Stolen Musical Gear Notice from THE NICHE

Stolen Musical Gear Notice from THE NICHE
Posted by Rujah on 21 Jun, 2006 23:55
Stolen Musical Gear Notice from THE NICHE

Please contact one or all of the following numbers if you know the whereabouts of the musical equipment stated on this list, or call the police?.IT IS STOLEN!!!!!!.

Chris Z. ? (516) 458-0932

Or: Zukebooking@yahoo.com

theniche@theniche.org

jayschreiber@rochester.rr.com

tnestor@rochester.rr.com

Will - Keyboards/amps

- Roland JV-1010 Synthesizer Module

- Voce Micro B II Organ Module

- Fender KXR 100 Keyboard Amplifier (note* has mismatching volume knobs)

- Alesis Nanoverb Digital Effects Processor

- Roland A-33 Controller Keyboard

- Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal

- MXR Phase 90 Pedal

- Yamaha Bass Tube Amplifier Head (used to power Motion Sound)

- Motion Sound Controller Pedal

- Shure SM57 Instrument Microphone

- 2 Radio Shack 9V 1500mA Power Adapter

- a bunch of cases, assorted cables and accessories

Todd - Bass

- Warwick Corvette Standard 5 String Bass Guitar -Serial # 105454-04

(2/3 piece bubinga body, 3-piece ovangkol neck with wenge fretboard, MEC gold pickups, MEC active 2 BD electronics, chrome hardware, 24 jumbo bell brass frets)

- Jon Hill HB-5, 5 String Bass Guitar

(Wenge fretboard, Maple neck, Southern Swamp Ash body, Bartolini "P J" Pickups, 2 band treble/bass with Active/Passive push/pull switch preamp)

-Bass is in heavy, hard, tan Ameritage case with brown leather ends

-Bass Effects

-Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer

-Boss PH-2 Super Phaser

-Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb

-Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

-Ernie Ball VP ? JR Volume Pedal

-John Nau Spoonful Distortion/Boost Pedal

-Homemade Pedal Board (Wood, Spray Painted Black, Electronics Inlayed, 2 Brass Legs on the Bottom)

Paul - Guitar/amps

-G&L S500 Deluxe Strat -Serial # 40052

(Quilted tobacco sunburst, wood bindings, gun oil maple neck, locking sperzel tuners, locking strap-locks, dual toggle switch pickup mode selector)

-Guitar in black plastic G&L case

- Fender Twin Reverb 1965 reissue guitar amplifier

(Aftermarket Tolex chip, vibrato/reverb pedal)

Jay - Drums/Electronics

- Drum Workshop 9000 single bass drum pedal - Titanium Limited (has #57/500 etched underneath footboard)

- Drum Workshop 5000 single bass drum pedal

- both pedals in the same case, with beaters and accessories

- both pedals have nylon straps and raised heel plates

- Roland SPD-S sampling pad

(9 pad electronic percussion pad in soft laptop case with headphones, _expression pedal and cables)

#1 Reply
Posted by Spacey on 22 Jun, 2006 01:49
:doh:

oof...that sucks. where was the gear stolen from? after a show or at a gig? thats never fun especially when you invest so much time and effort into you gear. I know I would literally kill someone if my cds were stolen, because my collection means something to me, like the instruments mean much more to these guys.

karma will be back around...

#2 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 22 Jun, 2006 01:52
Seems like quite a few bands have had their gear stolen. There must be people who scope out the vans outside of known music venues.

#3 Reply
Posted by Spacey on 22 Jun, 2006 02:11
I\'m sure that the retail value on most instruments in the black market or on ebay is lucrative. In cities where there is lots of things happening and people on the streets all the time, they most likely scout it out and know its a band and just wait. Patience can be a hell-of-a thing sometimes. It sucks because once it is stolen, its pretty much gone for good, I doubt they ever find the instruments. I guess you can insure the instruments like anything else but I doubt the claim payout would be worth it.

Hopefully, better times are around the corner for The Niche. Didn\'t the Breakfast headline a festival with them or play The Niche\'s festival last year?

#4 Reply
Posted by Todd on 22 Jun, 2006 08:01
This really sucks to hear!!!

#5 Reply
Posted by Rujah on 04 Jul, 2006 12:56
The Niche’s

“GET OUR F’n GEAR BACK”
FUNDRAISER SHOW

As you may or may not know, The Niche’s van ( a.k.a. “The Creep”) was broken into and we were robbed of most of our gear. Though we were able to recover some of it back, there is still several thousands of dollars worth of equipment still out there, preventing us from being able to play out live or finish our album. With much money still being owed to our studio, we are unable to use any money to buy more gear with. Basically, we are screwed, and can’t do much about it because we can’t play out to make any money back.
So what is our plan?
We don’t have one. We did think, however, that since we are going to borrow enough gear to fulfill our obligations to Milestones anyway, we might as well try to create a fun event and raise some extra money that will not only assist in the survival of our band, but will also be given back to the scene which has given so much to us.
So, on July 22nd , we will be holding our “Get Our F’n Gear Back” fundraiser show at Milestones, in which a portion of all proceeds will be donated directly to Rochester Groove, the organization that has given so much of themselves to help progress our local music scene. We feel it is necessary that if we are going to ask you to give to us, we would like to give something back as well, and we couldn’t think of a better candidate than Rochester Groove.
Aside from 2 sets of music, there will also be raffles, auctions, quirky contests, and all donations will mostly likely not be refused. Also throughout our 2 sets we plan to have several guest appearances, many of which will be from local bands whom you all know and love. Finally, we will record the entire event and make it available for everyone to listen back to.
So, on July 22nd, we ask you all to look into your hearts and your wallets to help prevent our band from dying a miserable death, and feel good knowing that you are also giving something to the rest of your local music scene as well.
And please,
“ LOCK UP YOUR VEHICLES!!!”