Recently, I discovered a video from The Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Corgan discussing the return of the Gish guitar. For those who don’t know, the Gish guitar was the primary guitar Corgan used in the early days of the Smashing Pumpkins and was the sound heard throughout their first full-length Gish. However, after a show in Detroit in 1992, someone stole the Gish guitar, causing Corgan to offer a $10,000 reward and later a $20,000 reward for anyone to return it. 

With no luck and years passing, Corgan thought the guitar was gone forever, but always had an inclination that it might return to him someday. In 2019, someone contacted Corgan with knowledge on where the guitar was and he was able to have it back. After not seeing the guitar for more than 27 years, Corgan was reunited with the guitar that defined the early Smashing Pumpkins sound.