I have the complete list of gear stolen from Mae. If you see any of this, the band’s primary contact is Koya Perry at 404-355-1099.

Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Gibson Les Paul
Gretsch Electromatic ProJet
Vox AC 30 CC2X
Vox AC 30
Vox AC 50 Head
Orange AD 30 R
Orange AD 30 TC
Fender P Bass w/ upgrades
Crest XRM 12
Berhinger Dual Composer Pro XL
Gibson Firebird
Gibson Firebird
Sennheiser EW300 IEN G2
Sennheiser EW300 IEN G2
Sennheiser EW300 IEN G2
Sennheiser EW300 IEN G2
Sennheiser EW300 IEN G2
SennHeiser EW300 Antenna Distro
Taylor Acoustic – 810
Alvarez Acoustic Guitar
Mitsubishi PL6900U NTSC Projector
Telephoto Projector Lense
24″ C&C Drumkit
14″ Pork Pie Steel Snare
22″ Bosphorus Ride Cymbal
2 20″ Bosphorus Ride Cymbal
18″ Bosphorus Crash Cymbal
14″ Bosphorus Hihat Cymbals
DW 900 Series Hardware Pack
DW 900 Series Boom Stand
1 Drum Throne
Korg Kaos Pad
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Line 6 DL 4 Delay Pedal
Boss DD6
Old Yeller Overdrive Pedal
2 MXR Phaser Pedals
Holy Grail Reverb Pedal
Boss OD3 Overdrive
Cry Baby Wah Wah Pedal
2 Morley A-B Switches
Boss SuperShifter Pedal
3 Boss Tuner Pedals
Acoustic Fishman DI Box
Shure Bullet Mic
20 1/4 Inch cables
Sennheiser E 602
Sennheiser E 902
Sennheiser E 905
Sennheiser E 905
Sennheiser E 604
Sennheiser E 604
Sennheiser E 614
Sennheiser E 614
Sennheiser E 935
Sennheiser E 935
Sennheiser E 935
Sennheiser E 865
E906
E906
E906
E906
6 Radial Pro D2 DI Boxes
1 Shure SM57
Roland RD700
Roland XP-10
Micro Korg Synth
Korg Radius Synth
M-Audio Midi Controller
Roland KC550
4 Keyboard Stands
3 Sustain Pedals
Rode NTK Tube Microphone
Audix i5
2 Monster 20′ XLR cables
Stereo Bar
2 Shure PG81s
Digidesign Mbox2
iLok Plug-in dongle w/software license
Lacie 500 gig Hard Drive
USB cable
2 Firewire Cables
Pop Filter
160 gig USB Powered Hard Drive
1/8″ Audio Splitter
10 3′ XLR cables
2 Power Conditioners
Peterson Strobe Tuner
100′ 5 BNC Video Snake
10X10 Projection Screen
2 21″ Westinghouse LCD Screens
Video Distrobution Amplifier
8′ VGA cable
3 25′ VGA cables
6 50′ extension power cables
5 power strips
4 industrial sized fans
Custom Projector ceiling mount
4 clamps
Whirlwind 6 Sub Snake
Whirlwind 24 Sub Snake
Whirlwind Split-Snake

Road Cases:
Full Drumset Coffin Case
20 RU Iso Rack (w/wheels)
Road Ready Keyboard Case
Road Ready Keyboard Case
2 Chilli Con Quesa Combo AMP Cases
2 Anvil Combo Amp Case
Split-Snake Case
3 Drawer Work Box
GTR Head Case
2 Pedal board cases
7 Guitar Cases
Pelican Projector Case
Pelican 1500 Series Case
6 RU Iso Rack Case
Pelican Medium Case
Hard Drive Case
Pelican Large Case

Additional Equipment:
Kaidan 360 Lense
Bogan Tripod w/head
Western Digital 500 Gig Hard Drive
Western Digital 1 TB hard drive
Western Digital 500 Gig Hard Drive
Logic Pro 9

DBX Driverack Plus Serial Number 03001525.

Aurora IL police Report 09-26373

Aurora IL Phone 630-859-1700

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This equipment has been reported stolen. If you see these items, think of your safety first. We advise you not to purchase the item from anyone claiming to be the owner. If you feel safe with pursuing it further, contact your local law enforcement, referencing the above case number.

Here is a link to their official release about the theft: http://www.whatismae.com/index.php/news/view_post/55

They are looking for donations, but these can hardly make up for the merch and the like that they lost.Buying a CD or a download track might give them a little help, too. I’m attempting to get a list of equipment right now.

We awoke this morning in Philadelphia to discover that both our van and our trailer had been stolen from the parking lot of the hotel we were staying in. Needless to say, this was an absolutely devastating discovery! All of our instruments, equipment, merchandise, and many personal items are gone. This misfortune has fallen among many of our friends in the past and we suppose that after touring for 8 years this sort of thing is bound to happen. However, we will be finishing the remainder of the (a)fternoon Tour to the best of our ability! We have four dates left on our tour and will play the shows with the help of our friends in Deas Vail and Jenny Owen Youngs.

We got an email from somebody who fell victim to a scammer in purchasing an Ibanez Jem from a private party. He sent the seller $1,500 by wire for a counterfeit. If you’ve had a similar experience, please send us a line to bryan@gearsecure.net so we can spread the word. In issuing these warnings, we should be able to restrict the market for these scammers. Unfortunately with the economy in the shambles it is, more people are pulling this sort of thing to make money.

In this case, the seller was named Dante Meman, and he was using the email guitar_player1976@hotmail.com, which doesn’t seem to be in use anymore. I’ll get the city and state he lives in in an update.

UPDATE: He is from Adelanto CA.

We’d recommend staying away from buying from this individual at least until we get word of some resolution to the situation. Since he isn’t responding to the buyer, we are assuming he knows he’s selling counterfeits.

We’re working on some new ideas in how to prevent this in the future.