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Dinosaur Jr Gear Stolen (Long Island City, NY) [CALL FOR HEL
  • jeremiahjeremiah
    Posts: 1,832
    After a blisterning set last night in Brooklyn, NY the band awoke this morning to find that the their trailer had been broken into and all of the gear has been taken.

    J's Amma guitar, the mountain man guitar, Lou's Rickenbacker... EVERYTHING IS GONE.
    They are still taking inventory to see what else is gone but they were pretty much wiped out.

    WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Spread the word to everyone you know, every music store, pawn shop, club... anywhere you can think they may show up.
    If you have ANY information let us know - management@jmascis.com

    Thank you.

    The band is driving to Amherst to see if they can get enough gear together to play the scheduled show @ Toads in New Haven, CT but it may have to be cancelled.


    - I just added this to digg to help bring awareness - please digg it so we can get the news out there!!!! -
    http://digg.com/music/Dinosaur_Jr_Gear_ ... rooklyn_NY
  • tonastonas
    Posts: 1,802
    Fuck that really sucks. Thats going to be really expensive to replace. I can't believe it....... :(
  • RobertRobert
    Posts: 4,546
    Oh my :( This is sad. Hopefully they´ll get their stuff back. Fingers crossed that they won´t have to cancel any shows.
  • darrendarren
    Posts: 139
    Scumbags >:( >:(


    I really hope that they can recover the gear .....and I wish nothing but pain to the people responsible
  • my name is lisamy name is lisa
    Posts: 950
    i think i might cry...
  • fata morganafata morgana
    Posts: 1,362
    This has happened to countless other bands (I think in the same area) and no one has caught the jerks yet. This is really fucking sad. If those jerks read this, and laugh, I'll be even more pissed. I'll do what I can on my end.
  • jeremiahjeremiah
    Posts: 1,832
    I heard that Sonic Youth actually did get the gear stolen from them back recently so there is hope (I just hope it does not take that long)
    jeremiah - http://twitter.com/pixelnated
  • Another Girl Another PlanetAnother Girl Another Planet
    Posts: 11,147
    Bastards!

    What a horrible deal, people suck!

    hopefully word gets out & they can recover some gear... :(
  • SGSG
    Posts: 10,041
    :(
  • MattmanMattman
    Posts: 969
    ARRRRGGGHHH!!!! This seems to happen to every band that we like! GRRRR >:(

    Well, it looks like both, Jeremiah and I, have posted this on myspace as well. I think I'll toss it up on my Live Journal, too. Any means to spread the news as quickly as possible helps, so any of you who frequent other boards, journals, etc... Get to posting! It's time to rally the troups!
  • AnnastefkaAnnastefka
    Posts: 1,883
    Stress, this is an ongoing problem in this area (they know it, but when they know you know, it makes a difference)

    I'm sure it's been done but get all of the serial numbers into NCIC today.....................plead with the cops, because it gets busy and it is easy to sit on that NCIC paper work for one or two days and not get it into the computers (unless it's a missing person,because it's against the law to sit on that paper work)

    ask them how soon can it be put into GCIC. Keep on the dectective handling your case to do a NCIC pawn search.................every few days............................detectives get busy but the victims are the ones who keep their own case active (unless of course it's a murder) but for some stolen music gear, it can get pushed to the bottom of the paper work..........................be nice.................tell them you are really thankful for all of their help in helping you get your gear back.......................bring them some bagles or doughnuts or something.................(I'm not kidding)

    Sorry, I know this is heartbreaking but stuff does get found everyday, it does get found!
  • anthonyanthony
    Posts: 1,319
    Guitars:
    1959 Fender Jazzmaster SN# 38927.
    -decal coming off. cracked headstock at top near low E peg.
    color black with purple/bluish sparkle coming through. adonized pick guard gold metal. tuneomatic bridge gold, tuning pegs gold.

    1961-3 Fender Jazzmaster SN# 62012.
    -purple sparkle, black pickup covers. headstock repaired, a whole new piece of wood was glued on for the top part of the headstock under the tuners and up a 1/2" , along the whole top of the headstock. gold tuneomatic bridge, gold tuners

    1964-5 Fender Jazzmaster SN# L21581.
    -orange, white pearl pickguard, stickers we're all over it, original tuners.

    Fender Purple Jazzmaster new SN# R074329.
    -purple sparkle with matching headstock gold adonized guard tuneomatic bridge.

    Rory Gallagher Stratocaster new SN# R25507.
    -has a big gold grover tuning peg on low E

    Rickenbacker 197? Fireglo Bass SN# 4001.
    -checker-board binding.

    B.C. Rich Warlock Bass SN# 4242413

    Custom pedal board with custom audio electronics RS-10 foot controller, Teese RNC2 wah pedal, boss stage tuner, mute box, and cables.

    Cymbals:
    [1] Paiste 20" 2002 medium
    [1] Paiste 20" giant beat
    [1] Paiste 20" 2002 crash
    [2] Paiste 19" 2002 crash
    [2] Paiste 15" 2002 sound edge top hi-hats
    [1] 15" 2002 sound edge bottom hi-hats


    One Black backpack with Sony headphones, tools, etc.
  • dazedcoladazedcola
    Posts: 71
    Man that is is seriously fucked up. Whatever happened to respecting the artists. I mean no on would dare steal hendrix's gear.
  • fata morganafata morgana
    Posts: 1,362
    But... if they see it posted everywhere, they might sit on the gear for a while... I'm pretty sure these are savvy bastards who were salivating all over the thought of pissing people off more than making money off vintage band gear. Unless they had an order.
  • AnnastefkaAnnastefka
    Posts: 1,883
    Sorry to post again but I had another thought.
    Find out (start by asking the cops and then move on)
    who has video surveillance cameras in the area that may
    have caught anything...................
    You can all imagine, that a detective is not going to
    go door to door looking for video surveillance for some guitars and such...............
    If it were a missing child or a rape, yeah, but not for missing "stuff"
    no matter how important it is to you, you have to be your own detective.
    Is anyone available to stay a few days in New
    York and look into these things?

    Oh, Anthony now has something to work with, number ID
    Everyone who can, should copy this list of gear and serial numbers

    Enlarge it a bit and put in big letters B O L O (be on the look out) on the top of the paper, take it to your local pawn shops, thats how the cops would do it although more and more with the computer these days.
    Stress how thankful you are.
    crap, I'm on a lunch break and not focused, if you are not in the state of New York, put stolen out of Long Island City, NY (modified) and the date on the bottom, also a Police department contact phone number on the bottom would be helpful, Anthony do you have that?
  • tonastonas
    Posts: 1,802
    I know I'm on the west coast, but I know a Vintage guitar retailer who has a pretty big name within the industry. He's sold J some stuff in the past. I emailed him the list of stuff stolen with the serial numbers. Hopefully he can spread the word through many of the Vintage guitar resellers he knows. I wish there was more I could do......... :-
  • anthonyanthony
    Posts: 1,319
    Here is a PDF document you can save and print
    http://www.freesofree.net/DinosaurJr_Stolen_Gear.pdf">http://www.freesofree.net/DinosaurJr_Stolen_Gear.pdf
  • Another Girl Another PlanetAnother Girl Another Planet
    Posts: 11,147
    posted the list of gear & contact numbers on the flaming lips, merge & teepee records sites, up on the sonic youth site as well, also emailed pitchforkmedia... :(

    hopefully they get the stuff back, gotta be heartbreaking, all those guitars!!!
  • alicemudgarden_jralicemudgarden_jr
    Posts: 696
    This is so bad, I hope they continue the tour and get the gear back. I posted the list of stuff on the SY forum but seen as I live in England there ain't much I can do :-
  • AnnastefkaAnnastefka
    Posts: 1,883
    great Anthony, If I could change anything I would put the number for the Police Department on there as well,
    most pawn people will not call the artist or management in person because on the phone, they just don't know who is who.............you know what I mean?.............is there a contact for the PD in Brooklyn?
    If the stuff is found they will need to call the PD anyway to confirm this as a hit, unless they have computers, I'm sorry to say in Athens, our pawn system is still not on computer so it is PDF file print out and hand delivered and followed up with a phone call to confirm a hit, just like most of you can do, but NYC, I bet ya' they are on top of the technology.
  • lofi73lofi73
    Posts: 58
    "jeremiah " said:

    I heard that Sonic Youth actually did get the gear stolen from them back recently so there is hope (I just hope it does not take that long)


    Lee got two of his guitars back....And they were pretty f¤#ked up.15 + guitars and gear vanished.

    ...And now Dino too!?. >:( & :'(
  • anthonyanthony
    Posts: 1,319
    I don't know which phone number...

    Here at the near bottom for Brooklyn Precincts
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/phone.html">http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/phone.html
  • alicemudgarden_jralicemudgarden_jr
    Posts: 696
    Does anybody know if J got that pedal back that got stolen in Scotland? That seems like nothing now compared to this and does anybody know if Lou has used that Rickenbacker since '85. It would be a real shame if he has had it all these years and doesn't get it back
  • anthonyanthony
    Posts: 1,319
    I think the bass was in J's possession this whole time.
    There was also a Black Heavy Metal Warlock looking bass at the shows that was not played.
  • alicemudgarden_jralicemudgarden_jr
    Posts: 696
    So it's actaully J's not Lou's? weird, i always pictured Lou being buried with it.... i didnt really
  • OSXOSX
    Posts: 68
    This news sucks... >:(

    >:(

    -osx
  • tom_in_chicagotom_in_chicago
    Posts: 302
    the Rickenbacker is Lou's. The "Warlock" bass was bought as a backup by J last fall. Not that it matters now, I guess.
  • Another Girl Another PlanetAnother Girl Another Planet
    Posts: 11,147
    "alicemudgarden_jr " said:

    This is so bad, I hope they continue the tour and get the gear back. I posted the list of stuff on the SY forum but seen as I live in England there ain't much I can do :-


    Thanks for posting that, wondered if it was someone from here...

    Added the info to swervedriver, guitar world, Harmony Central & slap skateboard forums. Anyone hooked up with any guitar forums...please add the info, those guitars need to be found!!!
  • trensidohtrensidoh
    Posts: 423
    I read that Lou tried to sell the Rickenbacker and bass-amp after a Sebadoh show in NYC, back in 1990 or 1991. When I interviewed him last year he told me he gave it to a friend in NY and that he was really excited when he asked his friend to get it back for the reunion and how surprised he was to get that original gear back. Damn, I wish he'll get it back this time !
  • jeremiahjeremiah
    Posts: 1,832
    pics from last night - http://flickr.com/photos/17314244@N00/tags/warsaw/">http://flickr.com/photos/17314244@N00/tags/warsaw/
    jeremiah - http://twitter.com/pixelnated
  • tom_in_chicagotom_in_chicago
    Posts: 302
    "deepsIush " said:

    How's J doing? It must be pretty devastating, I hope he doesn't attack anyone in New Haven tonight in anger.


    I guess J was doing OK. Having his wife there w/ him probably helped. They are probably in Amherst right now getting shit together. Lou has a friend coming down from Westfield w/ a bass that was at his parents' house. He's apparently not all that broken up about losing the bass as he had just gotten it back before the reunion.

    The rest of them finally left Brooklyn about 30 minutes ago so it'll be a huge PITA to deal w/ rush hour traffic.
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