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    STOLEN EQUIPMENT ALERT - MONTREAL

    This just came in from the Camper Van Beethoven folks. Most of these instruments have been played by these folks for years, and I'm sure they're quite attached to them.

    If you know anything, contact the foks through the CVB website, or the Montreal police.

    David's green Surfcaster has a black humbucker in the bridge.
    Ezster's SG has a single P94 in the bridge.
    Jonathan's violin has a lot of stickers on it, some were in German, had DDR printed on them, etc.
    Jonathan's strat was a three-color burst, with only a very thin line of red.
    Greg's bound sunburst tele had a bookmatched top/body, and no logo on the headstock.
    Another distinctive instrument they had, but not listed was a vintage Kay/Harmony/other off-US brand electric tenor banjo.

    I hope they nail these bastards.


    Message from Jonathan:
    all of camper van beethoven's guitars and violin and our merch got
    stolen last night in montreal. if anybody has any contacts up here,
    tell them to look for our stuff in stores. or hunt down the robbers
    and
    kill them.

    jonathan's violin with stickers all over it
    jonathan's 1971 strat (sunburst) (with a couple stickers, etc.)O
    victor's 1969 precision bass (natural finish)
    david's green charvel surfcaster
    david's black jackson surfcaster
    a couple ibanez acoustics
    johnny's black eric clapton strat
    greg's frankenstein strat (black) and tele (tobacco sunbusrst)
    (warmoth esp or something)
    plus mike duclos' precision bass and ezster balint's gibson sg
    and
    danelectro semi acoustic.
    maybe more.. not sure yet.
    a few tshirts and a road case of cds. including the email list we
    collected last night, preventing this from going out to montreal
    fans!
    Last edited by Kap'n; 10-20-2004 at 12:01 PM.
    Several guitars in different colors
    Things to make them fuzzy
    Things to make them louder
    orange picks

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    Re: STOLEN EQUIPMENT ALERT - MONTREAL

    Update:

    The Camper folks have a webpage detailing the stolen gear:

    http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/gearstolen/

    A reward is offered. It's obvious pros stole the stuff, as they cut a big hole into the side of the van to steal everything.

    The nice folks at Ibanez are providing David some replacement instruments, but obviously, they're not the same as his favorites.

    While they've been around for a while, they're not exacly big time rock stars with money to burn, more like you and I.
    Several guitars in different colors
    Things to make them fuzzy
    Things to make them louder
    orange picks

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