| Seth Govan's Warwick Bass Stolen in Italy-Guthrie Govan's Band Gear Stolen
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(Mods: Pleas move this to where it needs to go if elsewhere. Thanks!-Roy)
This is passed along via my friend Bryan Beller. If any Talkbassers in the EU can find this bass,there's a good likelihood that the rest of Guthrie's band's gear is there as well. This is the relayed email from Guthrie to Bryan to me (and now you):
"An appeal for your help, after a recent van break-in in Rome :-(
The following isn't exactly a fun read, but it would be hugely
appreciated if y'all could have a quick look through the
following: we need your help!
I've just finished a tour of Italy with Dave Kilminster, Seth
Govan and Pete Riley. Unfortunately, someone broke into our tour
van in Rome, during the afternoon of Dec 17th, and stole pretty
much the entire contents.
This sucks on a number of levels: not only did the theft make it
very difficult for us to play the remainder of the shows we had
booked on our Italian tour, but also we're now faced with the
prospect of having to find some way of replacing a lot of
equipment - both rental gear and personal stuff.
Some of the stolen gear - particularly Seth's Warwick bass, which
he's played almost exclusively for the last 22 years or so - also
has considerable sentimental value, as you can doubtless imagine.
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.
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!
(NB - although the theft took place in Italy, it seems feasible
that the people responsible might instinctively head for the
border of some nearby country and try to sell our gear there...?)
Anyhow... here's a list of what was taken. I've left out the
various cables/power supplies etc, but needless to say we lost a
lot of that stuff, too...
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 :-(
Well... profuse thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to
help us out with any of this!
Cheers,
GG (and the band)" | 
