Help LickLibrary contributor Guthrie Govan & StickLibrary Pete Riley track down their stolen gear

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

During their recent tour in Italy, LickLibrary contributor Guthrie Govan and StickLibrary contributor Pete Riley and their fellow bandmates  unfortunately had their gear stolen from their van in Rome, Italy and are appealing for fellow musicians to help track down their missing items.

In the appeal on his Myspace Blog, Guthrie explains, "Unfortunately, someone broke into our tour van in Rome, during the afternoon of Dec 17th, and stole pretty much the entire contents."

"The Italian police didn't seem to think there was anything they could do about this situation, so... we're reaching out to you, the denizens of the internet, in the hope that maybe someone out there can help us to retrieve at least something." He adds and continues, "Please have at least a quick look through the following list, and report any suspicious sightings: our only real hope of recovering this stuff lies in the fact that some of it is fairly distinctive/unusual, so in theory it should be hard to sell and easy to spot, if you know what to look for..."

"If you can think of any website or forum where it might be helpful to post this stuff, please, please copy/paste the following as you see fit!"

Here is a list of the stolen gear:
SETH'S BASS GEAR

1989 Warwick Streamer bass, natural finish.

(Distinguishing features: smaller replacement Schaller tuners; screw for lower strap button replaced with a Philips style screw; thumb-sized indentation above the "P-Bass" pickup; long dark stripe/imperfection in the wood on the back of the bass, above the through-neck; small knot in the wood near the top of the inside upper horn...)

SWR SM900 head, serial # 4400106010
SWR Goliath 4x10 speaker cabinet (4 Ohm) serial # 4410500410

Boss OC-2 octave pedal, Boss TU-2 tuner, Boss power supply, various cables.

PETE'S DRUM GEAR

1x left-handed Drum Workshop DW 5000 double kick drum pedal.

DAVE AND GUTHRIE'S GUITAR GEAR

2x Brunetti Mercury heads, serial numbers ME10550 and ME10650 (in flight cases);
2x Brunetti 4x12 cabinets (in flight cases).

DK's pedals:
Boss Chorus Ensemble;
Boss TU-2 tuner;
Boss digital reverb;
Xotic Effects "EP" Booster;
Suhr Riot distortion;
Dunlop "Van Halen" signature wah;
Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal.

GG's pedals:
(mounted in a distinctively crappy-looking "tea tray" pedalboard):
Xotic Effects "EP" Booster;
RetroSonic "Vintage Vibes" chorus;
tc electronics Flashback delay;
tc electronics Polytune tuner;
Guyatone WR-3 envelope filter;
Dunlop "Jerry Cantrell" signature wah;
Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal.

OTHER

1x unique bag with the emblem "Roger Waters - The Wall";
Various camcorder tapes containing yet-to-be-edited footage from a professionally filmed 3-camera shoot - for what was intended to be a live DVD of a gig we played at Lapsus, Torino :-(

If you can help please share the missing items list and message from Guthrie, or get in touch with the band if you spot anything suspscious that might be able to help retrieve some of their possesions.

Click here for the full blog and how you can help.