It’s a truth universally acknowledged that, if you’re a touring guitarist, you’re bound to get one or more of your guitars stolen at some point. These tools of their trade end up disappearing into the ether, never to be seen again, with their owners still mourning their loss decades later.
In Richie Sambora’s case, his decades-long career means he has boundless guitar anecdotes – including ones of the robbery kind. But now, one of his early-year guitars, an original 1976 Gibson Explorer, has finally been tracked down.
