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[twonky]

Hey-

Just a heads up, my good friends from Richmond, had all of thier equipment stolen over the weekend, if anyone comes accross this stuff in the NYC area please give a shout, thanks.


"Sometime late Saturday nite or Sunday morning all of our equipment was
stolen from our van.
The van was parked in the Williamsburg part of Brooklyn, New York.
Here is the list of items that they made off with:

Epiphone Viola Bass (SN: 97110449)
Epiphone Viola Case
Gator 8 Space Rack Mount Case
SWR Megoliath 8 x 10 Bass Cabinet
SWR Mo Bass Head w/ EFX
Digitech Whammy4 Pedal
Zoom 506 Pedal
Digitech RP-7 Pedal (SN: 11280)
Boss Noise Suppressor
Moxley AB Switch
Korg Poly 800 Keyboard
Calzone 4 Space Rack Case
Waldorf Micro Q Rack Synth
Midiman USB Midisport 2x2 MIDI Interface
Alesis Andromeda A6
Kurzweil K2VX (with fake red panic button and black electric tape
covering hole on right corner)
Roland MC 505 (bent pitch knob)
Roland SPD 20 Drum Pad (neon green tape near power)
Carvin Keyboard Amp KB1015
2 Calzone Keyboard Flight Cases ("Rah Bras" on the side)
Marine Blue Pearl Session Export Drum Set (black Aquarian Regulator on
resonant head)
2 legged DW Pacific Hi Hat Stand
14in Pearl Deep Maple Snare (has some irregular lugs)
DW Delta III Double Kick Pedal
2 Digitech Vocal 300 EFX Pedals
Sabian 20" Metal X Ride
Sabian 18" Metal X Crash

If anyone comes across this stuff in NYC or wherever,
please contact me directly or b00rah-am@yahoo.com. "

[Ronny]

Sorry to hear about your friends getting ripped off. The gear will probably be fenced for crack rocks at less than 1/100th of it's worth.  

Mix magazine used to have an on-line equipment rip-off hotline. IIRC, it doesn't cost anything to list the gear, try a google search for it. Also check the A F Of M, they used to have a register for missing gear.

Insurance for gear can be outrageous. I've seen some policies that charge 1/3rd what the gear is worth new, go 3 years without getting ripped and you can buy it all again and the insurance slobs stay out of the profits. For folks that utilize good security and keep an eye on their stuff, saving what you'd pay for premiums in an investment fund is often a better choice, that way "if" something happens not too soon, you've got the dough to keep going. If nothing happens, the dough is still yours. Some insurance companies don't like to hand musical gear as it's one of the items that rip-offs like to steal the most. Thieves look at it as a quick turnover, easy to resell or pawn item. It really sucks because most of the low profile musicians that I know aren't getting paid anymore now than they did 20 years ago.

[twonky]

yeah, its the pits and insurance is giving them a really hard time.  thanks for the advice all the same!

Ian

[NelsonL]

Have them email the list to these guys just in case:

http://maindragmusic.com/md.html

The owner Carl is a really nice guy, I'm sure he'd help out if he see's anything turn up.