Stolen gear, lots of it

[robocorpse]

Repost from a while ago in the vain hope any of this has turned up... some of this is very recognisable.


All this equipment was illegally removed from premises in Willesden a couple of years ago. There was a lot more, but these are the main bits.
If any of this appears (quite possibly smelling heavily of tobacco/skunk, not mine BTW) then PLEASE contact me urgently.
Reward offered if I can find the druggy bxstard who ripped it off, his mobile number miraculously doesn't work anymore, but he was well known as a brilliant but extremely lazy technician in the amp-repair world until he did a runner with everyones money and equipment, now he is just a c..t who owes me several thousand quid of vintage gear and a big fat apology.


INSTRUMENTS:
Tempest (Greco) Electric Guitar (double cutaway, natural finish, maple/walnut thru neck, like Alembic, extremely rare)
Selmer Clavioline (late 1940s, black covering)

EFFECTS:
Alesis Microverb 3 + PSU
Grampian Reverb unit, 1960s, grey casing.
TLA Ivory Valve compressor
Great British Spring Reverb tube

AMPLIFIERS/SPEAKERS:
Sound City '67 DR103/105 Valve Head (S.no 0198)
Watkins Custom 15 guitar combo amplifier
Ekosonic 2x8 guitar combo amp (extremely rare, only a few in the country)
Nolan Valve guitar Head (blue panel, silver Vox type knobs)
Traynor YM3 Guitar Combo Amp
Selmer Zodiac 100 Valve Head with rare built in effects
Orange PA Head, transistor, but in valve-type case.
Kelly 50 Valve Head
Lafayette 12" Dual Concentric speaker (very rare)
3x Reslo mics

HI-FI:
ART VPL valve preamp.
DD Audio valve preamp
Thorens TD160 + ADL arm and cartridge
Ariston RD80 Reference Turntable, BOXED

[thisnameistaken]

That's not the sort of stuff you could sell on without raising a few eyebrows is it? I wonder what sort of a scumbag took it off his hands.

[Happy Jack]

The two instruments might be tricky, but the rest of it would go on eBay without making a ripple.

Sound City, Watkins, Selmer, Orange? They all turn up every week.

Having a list like that "go missing" would be a nightmare for me - sorry to hear about it.

[robocorpse]

vain hope of recovery bump...

[waynepunkdude]

What was the guys name?

[Wolverinebass]

I'd look on Facebook. I tracked down someone for a a mate who had something very similar happen to them (i.e. scumbag who had nicked loads of gear from them). Unless he's got an insanely common name you'll probably find him then it's rather easy. Hope you get it back.

[tarcher]

There was a Kelly head went on ebay last week.Quite rare,I only took notice because I used to have one35 years ago.£400

[4-string-thing]

If you know for sure who it was, you should name and shame the scumbag!

[MIJ-VI]

[quote name='robocorpse' post='566438' date='Aug 11 2009, 07:04 PM']Repost from a while ago in the vain hope any of this has turned up... some of this is very recognisable.


All this equipment was illegally removed from premises in Willesden a couple of years ago. There was a lot more, but these are the main bits.
If any of this appears (quite possibly smelling heavily of tobacco/skunk, not mine BTW) then PLEASE contact me urgently.
Reward offered if I can find the druggy bxstard who ripped it off, his mobile number miraculously doesn't work anymore, but he was well known as a brilliant but extremely lazy technician in the amp-repair world until he did a runner with everyones money and equipment, now he is just a c..t who owes me several thousand quid of vintage gear and a big fat apology.


INSTRUMENTS:
Tempest (Greco) Electric Guitar (double cutaway, natural finish, maple/walnut thru neck, like Alembic, extremely rare)
Selmer Clavioline (late 1940s, black covering)

EFFECTS:
Alesis Microverb 3 + PSU
Grampian Reverb unit, 1960s, grey casing.
TLA Ivory Valve compressor
Great British Spring Reverb tube

AMPLIFIERS/SPEAKERS:
Sound City '67 DR103/105 Valve Head (S.no 0198)
Watkins Custom 15 guitar combo amplifier
Ekosonic 2x8 guitar combo amp (extremely rare, only a few in the country)
Nolan Valve guitar Head (blue panel, silver Vox type knobs)
Traynor YM3 Guitar Combo Amp
Selmer Zodiac 100 Valve Head with rare built in effects
Orange PA Head, transistor, but in valve-type case.
Kelly 50 Valve Head
Lafayette 12" Dual Concentric speaker (very rare)
3x Reslo mics

HI-FI:
ART VPL valve preamp.
DD Audio valve preamp
Thorens TD160 + ADL arm and cartridge
Ariston RD80 Reference Turntable, BOXED[/quote]

Hi robocorpse.

Have you checked the relevant (red) links in my signature?

Edited February 2, 2010 by MIJ-VI