In his earlier days, Francis Rossi (of Status Quo, of course
) thought of an alternative means of "securing their instruments" which involved a drill bit, a piece of chain, and a padlock...
A '57 Tele he still uses to this day - the hole is noticeable beyond the bridge...
I like the principle - if you alter an instrument that you would never wish to part with (most of my gear comes into this category) to a
significant degree (ie "Tequilabird" or my RD) and do not care what the purists (sorry Uwe, et al) think, then a couple of things take place...
A) you make the instrument almost unsaleable as you have (almost certainly) ruined the value of it, and...
B) you ruin any pleasure the
thief may have as it would be easy to publicise it's differences, making it "publicly" unusuable...
This is as much as you can hope for if you lose one...
These words are heresy; I have previously admitted my crimes, but that does not admonish me of the guilt...
Caveats... things that are sacrosanct (to me) are what makes an instrument playable: primarily the neck and the "sound" - they have to have both...