Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley finally reunited with his iconic Gibson Marauder guitar, which was stolen from his home in 2003.
Whibley annouced the news on Instagram. He also shared that he’ll be using the guitar for the remaining performances of the band’s ‘Tour of the Setting Sun.’ “I got this guitar when I was 17 years old. In 2003 it was stolen from my house. I thought it was gone forever. It took over 20 years but I finally got it back. Just in time to use it on this final tour!”
The musician also revealed the guitar’s meaning for him. “It’s a mid 70s Gibson Marauder. I used it through all the early years of Sum 41. The Half Hour Of Power and All Killer No Filler tours. You can see it in the Fat Lip, In Too Deep and What We’re All About videos,” he stated.
“I thought I would never see this guitar again,” he said. “But a few months ago, I said f*ck it, I’m gonna find it and try and get this thing back. It took a little bit but it’s now back where it belongs. The interesting thing was, when I picked it up again after all these years, it just felt like home. Like, no time had passed at all. As if I had been playing it just yesterday.”
Wibley admitted that he was trying to get his hands on this guitar for too long. “I sat on the idea of ‘wanting’ to try and get this guitar back for years, but thought, it would be too hard so I didn’t do anything about it. When I finally decided enough was enough, I took action and made it happen. And you know what? It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be.”
He ended the story by sharing fans with a lesson he just learned: “Don’t hesitate. Just f*cking do shit. If you put the effort in, your dreams come true.”
Whibley has recently been in the spotlight for his legal battle against his former manager. He accused him of physical and emotional abuse.
Sum 41’s Tour of the Setting Sum kicked off on February 27, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea, and will wrap up on January 30, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.
