PLEASE REPOST! HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP FIND MY GEAR! On Tues 9/24/13, between 11am - 430pm, my Iowa City, IA home was broken into and the following NINE (9) instruments and musical items were stolen. A police report (INC # 2013010902) is on file with the Iowa City Police Department. Please KEEP AN EYE OUT, SPREAD THE WORD, REPOST, ETC., & CONTACT ME if you hear, see, or smell anything related to my gear. Thanks for any and all help. THERE IS A REWARD FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF MY GEAR. ----------- 1) late 1960s Univox Hi-Flyer BASS, white-- Late 1960s UNIVOX Hi-Flyer BASS guitar, WHITE, w/ WHITE pickguard and WHITE leather strap permanently attached w/ WHITE duct tape. Short scale. Outfitted with two (2) SILVER Gibson Angus Young Signature GUITAR pickups (ie: they have SIX poles each, not four). Missing original bridge cover. Wood has been exposed in a few places on the body through natural wear on the finish. The volume and tone KNOBS have both been removed, and both volume and tone POTS have been placed underneath the pickguard (still hooked up). The (two) holes in the pickguard (in line with the switch and jack) have been covered with a single piece of WHITE duct tape. Bass is in a BLACK, On-Stage Stands brand polyfoam guitar case. Case has been partially redone INSIDE with PURPLE duct tape, and also contains a round clip-on tuner, a capo, a BLACK guitar cable with yellow ends (ends are straight and ‘L’ as pictured above), a second ¼” instrument cable, and a number of picks (brand unmarked, in orange, green, purple, and yellow). 2) late 1960s Univox hollowbody BASS, sunburst-- Late 1960s Univox hollowbody BASS guitar, ES-335 copy, SUNBURST. Fret marker dots are OFFSET. Back is full and unscathed. D’armond (aka Dearmond) diamond pickup in NECK position with custom ROSEWOOD spacer (half the height of standard spacer) underneath. Two identical custom spacers (with receipt), ORIGINAL rosewood spacer, and extra STRINGS are also in case. Pickguard and tremolo pivot have both been REMOVED. Fingernail-size nick on front of BASS. Tailpiece is wooden with metal diamond shape in middle. FLAT BLACK leather guitar strap is permanently affixed to BASS with BLACK duct tape. Case is a form-fitting, BLACK, HARDSHELL, EPIPHONE case with silver-grey lining. 3) vintage 1950s-60s(?) Premier BASS, faux rosewood finish-- 1950s-60s vintage Premier BASS guitar, SINGLE PICKUP model. VERY lightweight, thin plywood body wrapped in a plastic, FAUX ROSEWOOD finish with violin scroll on upper horn (google Mark Sandman bass for pictues). ROSEWOOD fretboard with mother-of-pearl inlays. FOUR open gear tuners, strung with FOUR BLACK ROUNDWOUND strings. Has original factory WHITE pickguard, but is missing wooden thumbrest. BLACK headstock with Premier in small, WHITE, cursive lettering. WHITE binding, NO serial number. Original bridge has been replaced with a fully-adjustable, Fender-style bridge (NO bridge cover). Two original knobs (tone and volume) only. Has SINGLE, original pickup with SQUARE POLES. Instrument fits loosely in its GENERIC, BLACK HARDSHELL case. Very unique piece. 4) 2011 Eastwood Warren Ellis Signature TENOR Guitar, vintage cream-- 2011 Eastwood Warren Ellis (Grinderman, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three) Signature electric TENOR (FOUR-stringed) guitar in VINTAGE CREAM. SINGLE (1) PICKUP model with Strat-style body and tortoise-shell pickguard. Purchased NEW (direct from Eastwood) in rectangular Eastwood HARDSHELL case. Part of the SECOND RUN of 40 TOTAL pieces. SERIAL NUMBER is SEVEN DIGITS, beginning 11XXXX. TENOR guitar is MISSING ONE STRING, but is otherwise SOLID MINT. 5) Fender Squier ‘No-Name’ FRETLESS TWO-STRING Precision BASS, metallic blue-- Fender Squier Affinity FRETLESS Precision BASS. Original AQUA body has been painted over in METALLIC BLUE; this can be seen through the ‘buckle rash’ on back. Headstock FACE has also been painted over in METALLIC BLUE, hence ‘no-name’ designation. BACK of FRETLESS MAPLE NECK (ie: neck and fretboard both appear ‘white-blonde’ in color) and body have both been wet-sanded smooth. FRETLESS MAPLE FINGERBOARD has BOTH fret markings and dots. SET UP AS A FRETLESS TWO-STRING BASS. Note: TUNING KEYS FOR 1ST AND 4TH STRINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM HEADSTOCK. 2nd and 3rd strings have been restrung and tuned to A and D, respectively (yes, this is correct). WHITE pickguard, ‘split’ BLACK BASS pickup, and SILVER hardware, including input jack, knurled volume and tone control knobs, and Badass bridge/tailpiece. Unknown year of issue. In soft, cheap, BLACK gig/carry bag. 6) Bill Lawrence L-250 blade GUITAR pickup, BLACK-- single, stacked, humbucking, blade-style guitar pickup in BLACK. 7) ElectroVoice EV-630 vocal mic-- with vinyl 2 sticker on left side, SERIAL NUMBER unknown. 8) ElectroVoice EV-630 vocal mic-- with vinyl 3 sticker on left side, SERIAL NUMBER 9508. 9) ElectroVoice Cobalt 4 (EV Co4) dynamic vocal mic-- NEW, in case, SERIAL NUMBER unknown. -----------
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:29:48 +0000
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