Unique guitar & music equipment stolen from south Nanaimo garage
NANAIMO — A local musician is left without many tools of their trade after an early morning weekend theft.
Collen Middleton’s garage at his home in the 500 block of Victoria Rd., near Needham St. was broken into just after 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 19.
Among the roughly $3,000 worth of items stolen was a sentimentally priceless, early 1990’s Squier by Fender Stratocaster guitar.
“I’ve had the guitar since I was 11 years old,” Middleton told NanaimoNewsNOW. “It was my first guitar, my parents bought it for me on a trip to Los Angeles when I was young. It’s not the most expensive guitar, it’s a beginners guitar but it’s what I learned to play on and over the years I’ve done upgrades to it.