Barefaced Cabs Stolen Manchester

[walshy]

Awesome stuff. I'm glad you got it all back!

[Roland Rock]

Delighted to hear about the recovery of your gear. I wonder whether a dashboard-type camera hidden in the stashing spot might reveal anything interesting over time...

Or you, in camo, with a trident...

Edited July 22, 2017 by Roland Rock

[Dad3353]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1500704063' post='3339660']...a dashboard-type camera hidden in the stashing spot...
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Nah, someone would nick it.

[jazzyvee]

That is sadly a rare case to recover all your gear. I'm so glad that it all ended well. But I can imagine the stress of the whole process whilst you were trying to find it. I guess the lesson for us all is don't let your guard down.

[SH73]

Good stuff. Sounds like local finests to me.
Some thieving bastards probably lurk on this forum!

[gjones]

Excellent. My bass was stolen out of my car years ago (I don't leave my gear overnight in my car anymore - I learned my lesson) and a year later I found it in a pawnbrokers window. I was well chuffed, so I know how you will be feeling now

[naxos10]

Nice ending to a bad situation. Glad everything has been recovered.

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='V2factoryman' timestamp='1500385362' post='3337366']
STOLEN EQUIPMENT RECOVERED! IT'S A MIRACLE! Here's the scoop.......about 7pm last night I got a phone call from my neighbour asking if I'd had any musical equipment stolen? Affirmative, stolen last night. Her brother had found a flight case containing leads and other stuff just up the road from where I live, found a reference to my name in there and my place of work, and rang my office....but I wasn't in. He rang his sister to say do you know Andy Burns, and hence she rang me. I hadn't seen the case at that stage so didn't know if everything was still in it, but I was sure it was mine. Then I thought, if they had dumped the case near to my house (which they had) they were probably on foot. They wouldn't want to be lugging a bass cabinet each round the streets in the middle of the night, so maybe they'd stashed them, to be picked up later with a vehicle? After an extensive search of neighbouring gardens I got to a piece of common land which I can only describe as like a small green. At the back of it, which is against the side walls of properties on two roads joining together, was a stretch of bushes and undergrowth. I ferreted about in there and eventually noticed an area of trodded down vegetation. I followed the trail and at the end of it, against the back wall, were my cabs! YAAAAY! So I thought I'd ring Miriam to fetch the car to pick them up, but I'd left my phone at home in my haste to get "on the case". I daren't leave them there, because it would be just my luck for them to have been collected by the thieves while I was getting my car! So I picked them both up and carried them back to the house! I went round to my neighbour to thank her for triggering the hunt in my mind, and her brother turned up with the case....everything still there....nothing gone, not the mic, the tuner, tools, nothing! So I've got everything back that was taken! RESULT! Big thanks to everyone who shared my post, sent me messages of condolence and support, and especially those who offered to tide me over with gear until I got sorted! I informed the police that I had recovered everything and gave them the location of the stash, to be honest it looked as if it had been used before. I don't know if they attended last night, I haven't heard anything. I'm sooo HAPPY! Thanks everybody!
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make sure you leave a small 'surprise' in case the crackhead scum come back looking for them a second time