Slug Ice Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) My friends Alpha Male Tea Party have had their equipment stolen. Will update with serial numbers when I can. Some of it is quite specific gear. If you see it for sale somewhere please contact me. "Hi all. We’ve returned to Liverpool after tour to find huge amounts of our gear was stolen this morning whilst having breakfast at London Gateway service station. If you could repost this we would really appreciate it, it may help to find some of this gear. We’re in shock right now and are contacting the police. I don’t remain hopeful we’ll find any of this, but here we are. Thank you x Fender Highway One Telecaster in Daphne Blue Fender Classic Player Triple Telecaster in Black Homemade telecaster walnut Fender Mexican Jazz Standard Rickenbacker 4001 Black Fender P-Bass Player Plus Victory Sheriff 44 Ampeg SVT Pro 4 Blackheart Little Heart with Flight Case 21 Zildjian K-Crash Ride 21 Meinl Byzance Polyphonic Ride 20 Meinl Byzance Medium Crash 19 Sabian HHX Complex Ozone Crash 18 Zildjian A Custom EFX Crash 18 Zildjian K EFX Crash 14 Zildjian K Hi-Hat Pair Tama Speed Cobra Double Pedal Cymatic Audio LP16 Track Player Palmer Re-amper Pedal Train Junior with Case App le Mac Book Pro 2010 15” " Link to post with pictures and videos: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXLEN_jvoz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Edited August 17, 2022 by Slug Ice Information 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHM Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 That's bad news. Hope you get it all back undamaged and the scumbags who did it are caught. I will keep an eye open down this neck of the woods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Ice Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, NHM said: That's bad news. Hope you get it all back undamaged and the scumbags who did it are caught. I will keep an eye open down this neck of the woods. Thanks, appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Saw this on their Facebook, hope they get it back. I think their original bass player used to post on here every now and then. Top band as well if anyone wants to give them a listen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Ice Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, lemmywinks said: Saw this on their Facebook, hope they get it back. I think their original bass player used to post on here every now and then. Top band as well if anyone wants to give them a listen. Thanks, and totally agree! Nobody deserves this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Dispicable, I hope you get the gear and the offenders get their comuppence. Our eyes are scouting all the avenues for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Top band indeed, and @D-L-B of this parish was in it once upon a time. Who knows, maybe their current bass player is on BC too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Ice Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 hours ago, naxos10 said: Dispicable, I hope you get the gear and the offenders get their comuppence. Our eyes are scouting all the avenues for you. Absolutely. Thanks! 23 minutes ago, BassTractor said: Top band indeed, and @D-L-B of this parish was in it once upon a time. Who knows, maybe their current bass player is on BC too. I can tell you right now that he's too busy being a Large Man for anything like that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 That's despicable. Years ago our band had all our gear nicked from the back of a van. I lost a beautiful, perfectly setup 78 Precision (in an unusual Antigua colour) and a 200w Marshall head and 4 x 12...and we weren't insured!, so I know how they'll all be feeling. We didn't have all this online media stuff in those days so we had no chance of getting the stuff back but hopefully someone from this forum or their contacts might spot something. Would be handy if you could give us the serial numbers to look out for. Hope they get their gear back and the vile scum get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Bad luck. Have they asked Gateway Services for copies of security footage? Should give them a reg. number - the thieves would have needed a vehicle to take it away (or even get into the services - they are only accessible via the M1 as far as I know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Dan Dare said: Bad luck. Have they asked Gateway Services for copies of security footage? Should give them a reg. number - the thieves would have needed a vehicle to take it away (or even get into the services - they are only accessible via the M1 as far as I know). They would only be allowed to give the footage to the cops. Hopefully a vanload of gear passes the threshold of giving a damn to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: They would only be allowed to give the footage to the cops. Hopefully a vanload of gear passes the threshold of giving a damn to investigate. According to their Instagram, the dibble have closed their case already. Pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 ^P!55 Poor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Disappointing but in no way surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 This is absolutely sickening and I'm in no way apportioning blame, but I do think sometimes we make it far too easy for thieves. For the sake of all being able to go and eat their breakfast together, the band have lost all their gear. I sincerely hope some of it turns up. It does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: They would only be allowed to give the footage to the cops. Hopefully a vanload of gear passes the threshold of giving a damn to investigate. Why would that be then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Why would that be then? Privacy laws protect randoms from being snooped on without justification, unless UK is behind the times wrt to digital privacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said: Privacy laws protect randoms from being snooped on without justification, unless UK is behind the times wrt to digital privacy. There are circumstances where you can apply to have the CCTV footage. Admittedly this isn’t one of them, but you can apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 minute ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: There are circumstances where you can apply to have the CCTV footage. Admittedly this isn’t one of them, but you can apply. Would your application be more favourably considered when plod have washed their hands of the matter? If I was the layby manager I would spend my lunch break going over the footage and get a screenshot of the crims' plate for the applicant to hassle plod with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 13 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: They would only be allowed to give the footage to the cops. Hopefully a vanload of gear passes the threshold of giving a damn to investigate. Are you certain about that? I note you are in NZ, so perhaps it's different there. I used to work at a prominent sports venue in the UK, where it was not unheard of for vehicles to be broken into because scum knew that there was likely to be expensive kit in them. Despite our posting warning notices in the car park, people would still leave stuff in their vehicles. We were always happy to give them a copy of the CCTV footage from our security cameras if their vehicle was broken into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Handing out cctv footage is now covered by GDPR, not sure how long this has been the case though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Lozz196 said: Handing out cctv footage is now covered by GDPR, not sure how long this has been the case though. Good point, I’m sure that it wouldn’t be an unreasonable request as part of a criminal investigation though, particularly a deed do heinous as stolen musical kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I spotted this on the alembic web site earlier. One of their dealers in Germany has been hit it seems. Eleven Alembics stolen but who knows what else got taken as well. https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=27500.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Ouch...there's a few Bob's worth of gear there but all very distinctive. I think that the thieves will find it more difficult to turn into cash than they originally thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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