Stolen gear please read.

[Monckyman]

Hello all.
On Sat night/Sun morning 2/3rd June ,after the first gig of the season at the Robin in Bilston thieves broke into our hired van at The Holiday Inn express,Walsall and stole quite a lot of kit.
This wasn`t discovered until 11a.m Sunday morn.
They had crowbarred a corner of the side loading door back and exposed the panel covering an electrical junction box that controls the central locking..
They also, for some reason, stuck a screwdriver or knife into one of the tyres.
The list is extensive and is as follows:


New Model Army equipment stolen from a van in The Holiday Inn
Express car park, Walsall 3rd June 2012.

Police crime number 20WS/91324T/12
(Walsall Police Station 0345 1135000)

Gibson Les Paul Custom – red (serial number 2051429)
Gibson Les Paul – black (serial number 90362428)
Epiphone Riviera – red with tremelo arm (serial number R97C0572)
Lowden 025 acoustic guitar with pick-up (serial number 5131)
Lowden 025 acoustic guitar with pick-up (serial number 12288)
Gibson SG – black (serial number 8176566)
Fender Precision bass – black(the new bassist just bought this so I`m not sure of the details but I`m fairly sure it was a US made standard.)

All these items were in new or nearly new Hiscox guitar cases

Evolution Keyboard (serial number MK361C – 222941)
Ampeg SVT 3 amplifier head
Fender Blues Master guitar combo (serial number B-181446)
Custom built pedalboard containing three way control unit for Blackstar
combo amplifier, 2 x Boss digital delays, tremelo and tuner pedals and a
Cry-baby wah pedal
Boss pedalboard containing Boss digital delay, bass overdrive, chorus,
compression, and tuner pedals
Gator 2U case containing AKG guitar radio receiver (serial number
AK3254-001272)

All these items were in new or nearly new cases

Heavy multi-guitar rack
Flight case containing tools for guitar repairs
Bag containing microphone stands/drum loom
Bag containing guitar cables, looms, power supplies, plectrums, capos,
two guitar radio transmitters

If you have any information please call the Police Station above or email
us at [email protected]

Luckily for us the gig we had on Sunday at Strummercamp was made possible by frantic driving around Manchester by myself and generous loans of equipment by members of Goldblade and Neck who were on the bill also.
A big thank you to all in those bands.
Please get in touch with me here or call the numbers provided if you hear anything about any of this stuff,you never know.
Thanks.
MM

[Billy Apple]

Very sorry to read about this. I hope you get it all back

[lurksalot]

That is some haul

Hope you get sorted with it , were there no cameras or witnesses ?

[Clarky]

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1338899616' post='1680754']
Very sorry to read about this. I hope you get it all back
[/quote]
+1. Thieving scumbags. Best of luck retrieving the gear, MM

[casapete]

Thieving scum - will lookout for stuff for sale around here.

[ShergoldSnickers]

Nothing I can possibly say will be of much use in this situation - a real bummer of massive proportions, and I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I'll spread the word in any case. Good luck with tracing and getting the gear back.

Edited June 5, 2012 by ShergoldSnickers

[Clarky]

FWIW, I've posted a copy of this on my FB page

[Musky]

That's low. Sounds like the bar stewards knew exactly what they were doing as well.

[Evil Undead]

@$$holes.

Good luck recovering the stuff, I'll keep my eyes open round here.

[voxpop]

Very sad, hope you catch the scum.

[stingrayPete1977]

I will keep my eyes open as its in my region, total w***ers especially the tyre! I dont want to point any fingers but that area has a plentiful supply of people with vans that tend to [i]work [/i]at night that also have a community that wont grass them in when they return home with a hoard.

[yorks5stringer]

One wonders if there is a pattern developing in that Bands are being targetted when they are touring and leaving their gear in an unattended but locked van outside their hotel/dogs? Are they being followed after the gig to where they stop for the night or is it more random?

[BassTractor]

Sorry to read this.

This is not only bad. It also looks like there's system to the madness. Haven't people reported a lot of the same lately?

Anyway, good luck in getting the stuff back.

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1338900095' post='1680768']
That's low. Sounds like the bar stewards knew exactly what they were doing as well.
[/quote]

^this; I hope the scum rot; but it does sound like they had you lined up, possibly followed from the gig? Robin's car park is on open view for folk to see what's being loaded out.
There's a few hotels in that area that could equally have been done if it was just on spec.

I know that hotel; IIRC it used to be a Quality Inn years ago? it must have had CCTV in a place that size?

[Monckyman]

Thanks for replies all.
There were two hotels at that location, both had cctv which is good, but neither would let us access any recordings at the time.
They insisted we wait until normal working hours,(Monday).
I`m not sure at this point whether any of it has been made available to the police yet.
Same with police,who couldn`t be arsed coming out and the TM had to go to them.
Hopefully some of it will surface at some point.
There is a few weeks till the next full show, so replacement kit can be found,but some acoustic shows next week in Greece may be cancelled.

Edited June 5, 2012 by Monckyman

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1338903671' post='1680827']
Same with police,who couldn`t be arsed coming out and the TM had to go to them.
[/quote]

Sounds familiar; until recently Bilston police station was across the road from The Robin, trouble has rocketed since it closed.

PS. Not actually IN The Robin AFAIK, it's a good venue. But Bilston is a spit & you miss it place - it's had shootings, stabbings, the lot in the past couple of years.
I'm not a aware of any Crack Generators in the area so I'd be thinking Brum or Wolves for it to turn up - if not wider afield.

Edited June 5, 2012 by Big_Stu

[Billy Apple]

Having this happen after the fire must be a sickener for the lads. I tried out for them earlier in the year, in fact Ceri went in before me. Please pass on my best wishes to them and hopes for some better luck.

Sean

[Silvia Bluejay]

I've just copied your initial post on to the Bass Players In London's Facebook page. Hope you recover all of your gear.

Edited June 5, 2012 by bluejay

[BILL POSTERS]

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1338903671' post='1680827']
Thanks for replies all.
[i][b]There were two hotels at that location, both had cctv which is good, but neither would let us access any recordings at the time.
They insisted we wait until normal working hours,(Monday[/b][/i]).

[/quote]

Seems to happen a lot, usually citing the DPA, which is bullsh*te. And with the M6 only being just up the road, it could be anywhere in the country whithin hours. If you noticed it quickly amd got a description of what they were driving you'd have at least been in with a chance,, Old bill might have been more interested as well.

I wonder if the tyre getting slashed might have been to prevent you following them if they were disturbed.

Sickener, just the thought of losing that much gear...........

[Sean]

Feeling your pain. That's absolutely vile, gives me that horrible feeling in my gut :-(

Fingers crossed that the gear turns up.

[merello]

Terrible.

[Silvia Bluejay]

Incidentally, has New Model Army's website been hacked...? If this is/was the correct one. [url="http://www.newmodelarmy.org/"]http://www.newmodelarmy.org/[/url]

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1338927748' post='1681327']
Incidentally, has New Model Army's website been hacked...? If this is/was the correct one. [url="http://www.newmodelarmy.org/"]http://www.newmodelarmy.org/[/url]
[/quote]

I must say Geert Wilders is an insult to everyone with that last name

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1338927748' post='1681327']
Incidentally, has New Model Army's website been hacked...? If this is/was the correct one. [url="http://www.newmodelarmy.org/"]http://www.newmodelarmy.org/[/url]
[/quote]

That's the one.. I can't access it, just get error 504

[Silvia Bluejay]

Until a few minutes ago I got a page with "hacked by the Muslim Hackers" or something to that effect.

Edited June 5, 2012 by bluejay