Hello all, this is Lee from Sonic Youth here, we have had a fucked up situation come down on us over this last night--a brand new Ryder truck parked at a Ramada Inn in Orange County with ALL OF OUR GEAR IN IT was STOLEN! All of our guitars, tools, amplifiers, drums, synth -- EVERYTHING. We are fucked, both for the show tonight at the "This Ain't No Picnic" here in Orange Co., and for shows upcoming this week in Austin and Santa Fe. Our guitars are all mostly older and either very modified and/or fucked up/beat up. They are unmistakably ours, as are some of the amps, including my own 60s Fender Concert with the red/blue/yellow "Jasper Johns-style" target on it.

We are asking ANYONE with ANY INFORMATION about this to get in touch with us as soon as possible by calling our man Aaron Blitzstein in New York City at 212.343.2314, or via email to Mascaras66@aol.com. Call collect if you want to. Please no pranks, all, this is really serious--all the gear we've used to write our last few LPs worth of stuff, instruments used for songs old and new which if truly lost will mean those songs will be lost forever.

Help us out if you can, there will be a reward for any info, I'm sure. All our road cases, etc, are fully marked up with our name on them, the gtrs are so unusual that they won't really be too hard to mistake. ANY info at all will be appreciated.

If the thieves themselves read this, I'm sure we'd rather buy the stuff back from you than lose it forever (you fukkerz).

PLEASE PASS THIS LIST ON TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE OF HELP!

---Lee/Sonic Youth

here are some descriptions of gear:

GUITARS SERIAL # description

Drifter 4 String Guitar black NA Four string, obvious fractures, drumstick under strings

Fender Jazzmaster White 126646

Fender Jaguar (leopard paint job) 33 custom paint look like leopard spots

Fender Mustang Red w/ white racing stripe 259425 Chrome tuner low E, white knobs all others

Fender Telecaster Deluxe w/ F hole 370090 Semi-Hollow Body/replacement rosewood neck

Fender Jaguar /blond wood refin L98559 w/clover sticker

Fender Jaguar dark stain bare wood 12570 deep scratches on body; DDA, Humbucking pickups

Fender Jazzmaster Burgundy mist refin 44364

Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst 176211

Fender Duo-sonic White W/blue pickguard

Fender Jazzmaster Blue SY 006

Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst L68761 Japanese Neck #K625188

Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst 100958

Fender Jazzmaster Black refin 614960 28 sticker, chrome humbucking pickups

Fender P-Bass L64305

Fender Jazzmaster Red 145507 w/Squiggly Pen Lines

Fernandez Sustainer guitar 89802 Dark red, Fender bridge looks like threaded rod

Gibson Les Paul Jr. Tobacco Sunburst 5789 Snoopy sticker

Gibson Les Paul Red Sparkle 512510

Gibson RD Artist 71218092 Controls removed, holes showing in body

Gibson Les Paul Special 400357 Possibly SN 503202

Kimberly Hollow Body Acoustic day glo tiger sticker, held in place w/wire

Travis Bean Koa Wood 102

Travis Bean Red Flat Top 375 Target sticker, only two knobs, wood broken around knobs

Yamaha Pacifica Red Sunburst Mod.312 NA

AMPLIFIERS/SPEAKER CABINETS

Fender Bassman Guitar Head 22111 Black face amp in black roadcase

Fender Bassman Guitar Head A12534 Black face amp in black roadcase

Fender 2x12 Speaker box NS

Fender 4x12 Cream Color Speaker Cab. LO-436025 Blue roadcase for same

Fender Concert Amplifier N/A Combo amp, Red/Blue/Yellow target painted on grille

Marshall 4x12 Slant Cabinet A13762 Pink Hardshell Case

Mesa Boogie 1x18 Speaker Cabinet SY020 Self contained in road case with heavy duty casters

Mesa Boogie 400 Plus Bass Amp B 2589 or 1664

Mesa Boogie 4x10 C10397

Peavey Roadmaster 3A-01673927 In White Hardshell Case

Peavey Roadmaster 4A-1798945 Black Calzone Hardshell case

PEDAL EFFECTS UNITS

DOD PDS1002 Two Second Delay FX994837

Electro Harmonix Hot tubes Vintage pedal, some wear

Electro Harmonix Micro Synth pedal Re-issue fairly new

Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor 244117

Hughes and Kettner Tube Rotosphere 229974

Ibanez AD-80 Analog Delay 121817/111519 18 Volt Power supply soldered in

Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz (three total)

Korg EXP2 Expression Pedal

Maestro Ring Modulator RM-1B AE-914248 2 prong black cord, LED and Footswitches (custom mod)

Maestro Ring Modulator 3 prong white cord,LED and footswitches (custom mod)

MOOG Moogerfooger Ring Modulator #00608

Mu-Tron Volume Wah 5806

Mutron Bi Phase Effect unit 1321 In wedge shaped suitcase w/pedal and templates

Mutron Expression pedal 1197 In suitcase W/above

MXR Phase 90 (two)

MXR Blue Box Distortion (two)

ProCo Turbo Rat Distortion (three)

Sovtek Big Muff Distortion Pedal (two)

DRUMS AND HARDWARE

Gretsch Green Satin Flame Drum Kit:

Kick Drum 22x14

Rack Tom 12x8 Model 4415 124369 Yamaha Brand Tom Mount Hardware

Rack Tom 13x9 Model 4416 133636 Yamaha Tom Mount Hardware

Floor Tom 16x16 Model 4418 133660 Yamaha Tom Mount

Yamaha Cymbal Stands 3 boom stands 3 straight stands New with purple bands

DW 5000 Kick Drum Pedal New version withclamp on side

DW 5000 Kick Drum Pedal Old version, clampunder pedal

Two boxes Pro Mark TWJZX drumsticks

Assorted felt mallets in black stick bag

Zildjian Constaninople 20" Light Ride In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 16" Constantinople Crash Cymbal In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 17"Crash Custom Dark In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 16" Crash Custom Dark In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 20" Ride W/rivets Custom Dark In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 14" Custom Dark Hi-Hat top In Zildjian Cymbal bag

Zildjian 14" Hi-Hat New Beat bottom In Zildjian Cymbal bag

DW 5000 Hi Hat stand Tube cut for low playing position

14" Zildjian Nipple gong

16" Chinese gong

10" Chinese Gong

Small Bells in Cow shaped frame

Iron Pipe Gong Rack

LARGE ROAD CASES

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" 16085 Red Case on Casters

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" 20237 Purple Case on Casters

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" Maroon Case on Casters

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" Green Case on Casters, last seen full of T-Shirts

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" 24664 Blue case containing Kick Drum and Floor Tom

R&R CASE CO. "Coffin" 24665 Blue case containing Toms/Snare Drums/Hardware

Ludwig chrome snare drum (2) NA One has numbers written on pieces of tape on it

White Briefcase, "AMPTOWN CASES", misc.stickers on outside, containing:

Bank bag with Soldering tools

Bank Bag with Misc. Guitar tools

Bank Bag with misc. small hand tools.

Makita Drill, charger, and Battery

Fluke 65 Multi-meter

Boss TU 12 Guitar Tuner

Black Case, Cordura Covered Rack("soft case"), containing:

Alan Smart Stereo Compressor

Brook Siren Systems DPR 901

Audix D4 Microphone

Audix OM 6 Microphone

Boss Momentary control Pedal

MISCELLANEOUS MICROPHONES:

Shure SM 98 (three) with cables and adaptors

Shure SM 91 with cables and adaptors

Audix OM 6 (three) in black Audix pouch

Audix D3 (two) Marked with tape (snare top and bottom)

Shure SM 58 in pouch

Sennheiser MD 409 (two) in pouch

Small Calzone briefcase Containing:

Miscellaneous small hand tools For guitar work

Sequential Pro One Synthesizer NA in black Road Case W/ Violin Bow, Guitar Slides

SY MERCHANDISE

84 Cotton T shirts, size "Adult" Dog Silkscreen Design, seagrass green color

110 Cotton T shirts Jane Birkin screen print, scoop neck

408 Cotton T shirts Magic of Sonic Youth screen print, maroon color

47 Cotton T Shirts, Size "2T" SYR Records Screen print

12 Cotton T Shirts Size "Adult" SYR Records screen print

275 Cotton T shirts SYR Records, Green color

228 Cotton T shirts Astronaut screen print, white color