Bay Area music shop owner solves crime of stolen guitar: Here's howA Bay Area man whose guitars were stolen from a storage unit while he was moving was stunned to find some of the instruments being resold online. A Bay Area man whose guitars were stolen from a storage unit while he was moving was stunned to find some of the instruments being resold online. A Bay Area man whose guitars were stolen from a storage unit while he was moving was stunned to find some of the instruments being resold online. "They'll say, 'Oh, I got it at a storage unit,' or 'I won it a storage unit auction' or 'I got it from my grandma, grandpa, uncle' or something like that. Believing something was unusual about the guitar, Harrell posted information online in case the rightful owner was searching for it.