Stolen

[xe mini]

Taken from New Model Army's web page.

THE ANNUS HORRIBILIS CONTINUES We all really enjoyed our first gig with new bass player Ceri Monger. Unfortunately, our van, parked in the Holiday Inn Express carpark, was broken into over night and most of the band's guitars and small items were stolen. These include all Marshalls Gibson Les Pauls and Justin's two Lowdens that had previously survived the fire(!). We are putting together enough equipment together for the show tonight in manchester, Strummercamp and are currently dealing with police and our unfortunate insurance company. We will be releasing all the serial numbers of the stolen items shortly and would be very grateful for any help in retrieving them.New Model Army

Please keep your eyes and ears open in the hope that the stolen gear can be found. Will post up the serial numbers and further details as soon as they are released.

[Martyn-123]

Must be horrible losing such persnal items such as musical instruments but come on in 2012 who could be so dumb to leave such items in a van overnight on a hotel car park.

[Steffan]

The previous poster suggests the was likely to happen. Sadly, whilst I think the realty of thefts from vans is considerable, it should not be. Society is at fault not the owner.

I do hope the van was insured and the instruments were insured. And I hope they are recovered.

Edited by Steffan on Sunday 3rd June 17:42

[Meeja]

Martyn-123 said:

Must be horrible losing such persnal items such as musical instruments but come on in 2012 who could be so dumb to leave such items in a van overnight on a hotel car park.

Sometimes there is no choice.

When on the road doing events and gigs around the country. We always try and rig before going to a hotel, leaving the kit slightly more secure at a venue. However this is not always possible. In those cases we have been known to unload significant amounts of kit from vans into hotel rooms!

Fortunately, we have never lost any kit from vans in car parks, but I did have an empty van turned over in the Holiday Inn car park at Brent Cross. Van had armour plate over the locks, but it didn't stop someone trying, causing upwards of £2.5k damage in the process. We never knew if they actually got any of the doors open, but I actually hope they did.... All they would have found was a couple of rachet straps and a few riggers tee shirts in need of a wash!

Hotel CCTV was no help, as despite parking the van in direct sight of a camera, when asked by plod for the footage, they were told "that camera doesn't work"

Agree that one shouldn't be in a situation when parking a van in a hotel car park, the expectation is that someone will have a pop at it.

[Martyn-123]

Leave the heavy amps sure but guitars at a grand each minimum, use the handle on the side of the case and walk into the hotel holding it.

Never made a claim myself but each year my premiums go up and up !

[xe mini]

A list of the items stolen, please keep your eyes peeled, it would be nice to see this kit returned to the band. Cheers for looking.

Gibson Les Paul Custom - red (serial number 2051429)
Gibson Les Paul Standard - 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
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 Junior guitar combo (serial number B-181446) USA model 110volts.
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 (crime number 20WS/91324T/12 -
Walsall Police Station 0345 1135000) or email us at [e-mail]