Stolen gear - South Yorkshire and area alert

[borntohang]

Hello Basschat, time to mobilise the bat squad! Hope this is the right forum but want to get the word out to as many as possible. In case anyone hears of anything, Sheffield band [url="http://www.heysholay.com"]Hey Sholay[/url] had their van and gear stolen in Rotherham last night. Contents included:

[quote]Transit van - ML05KPP - choice equipment - juno 60, 2 vox ac30 amplifiers. One ampeg valve head and trace elliot cab. Fender 1952 telecaster, gibson sg - heavily customised es335 with 'rosie' laquered to it, custom electronics, epiphone lucille with nicrophone input. 4 kaoss pads, four pedalboards all customised with various boutique pedals. Pearl export drumkit and sabian cymbals. Korg ms2000b synthesizer, cased, three stands, trace elliot bass cab.[/quote]

Some pretty recognisable gear in there. If anyone sees it going up in their local pawn shop or gumtree get in touch with them and hopefully they can at least get a few irreplaceable bits back.

Don't know them personally but seen them playing around Sheffield and they all seem like good guys who love what they're doing. Sucks for anyone to be sh*t on like this and especially just as they start to get off the toilet circuit.

[stingrayPete1977]

Eyes peeled

[thisnameistaken]

Could do with colours for the guitars but will keep an eye out around here.

[mentalextra]

Maybe its just me being cynical, but I think there is a "lot" of stuff on gumtree that looks 'dodgy' these days. Especially on the run up to Christmas!

[Mr. Foxen]

Bit more specifics on the amps would be good, most generic things ever as described.