Post by nkforster on Jun 10, 2018 18:22:42 GMT
Well, today I actually planned to send out a newsletter to tempt you all with a mandola that was made for a chap in the USA. Sadly, due to financial problems, the chap had to cancel his order.
About an hour after I wrote the newsletter, I received a phone call from my pal Ralph Plumb - I'm subletting workshop space from Ralph at the moment, to finish off a load of instruments before moving country (yet again) later in the year. Ralph rang me to say the workshop (our workshop) had been broken into early this morning, that the Police were there and that he was on his way to pick me up to see what was missing. The workshop is in Hexham, Northumberland.
Quite a lot as it turns out.
Here is a list of what was taken. Please share this on social media, the thieves are going to struggle to sell any of this without raising alarms. Even if you're not in the UK, please share this news, as Facebook algorithms are much more likely to show this in a newsfeed in the UK when people share it.
I hope to have a page up on my site within the next day or so - if you share and link to that also, it will help.
The thieves who did this are going to struggle to "move" this lot on without setting off the alarm bells, so it's possible they will end up dumping them or destroying them. But you never know, I may get them back. And if that is the case, there will be a sign of relief from quite a few folk.
Here is the list.
NK Forster Celtic O mandolin
NK Forster Sapele and spruce mandola
My 1890s Howe Orme
1970s Fender Musicmaster bass
Ralph Plumb Viola
NK Forster Model D-SS
NK Forster relic finish electric
NK Forster wenge and spruce Model S-HO
NK Forster Session King "relic" tenor guitar
An NK Forster 10 string wenge and spruce guitar bouzouki cutaway
NK Forster 8 string bubinga and spruce guitar bouzouki
A model C-SS cutaway was stolen (Indian rosewood) - I have no images of this one. But it looks like this -
That's quite a haul.
This lot represents about 8 months work. A lot of time, and a lot of money. A lot of care, and a lot of effort.
Ironically, it was yesterday afternoon that I closed the doors to the workshop, glad I'd finally finished setting up the whole lot. Done. Several were going to be shipped out to customers this week, the rest were going to my secure lockup in Newcastle on Monday. And I'm sorry to add that neither Ralph nor myself had insurance.
Please spread the word. Keep an eye on my site for a page like this and please share. If you see anything on eBay, Gumtree, Facebook or whathaveyou, please let me or Northumbria Police know. The crime number is 437 10/8/18
Thanks,
Nigel
www.nkforsterguitars.com
About an hour after I wrote the newsletter, I received a phone call from my pal Ralph Plumb - I'm subletting workshop space from Ralph at the moment, to finish off a load of instruments before moving country (yet again) later in the year. Ralph rang me to say the workshop (our workshop) had been broken into early this morning, that the Police were there and that he was on his way to pick me up to see what was missing. The workshop is in Hexham, Northumberland.
Quite a lot as it turns out.
Here is a list of what was taken. Please share this on social media, the thieves are going to struggle to sell any of this without raising alarms. Even if you're not in the UK, please share this news, as Facebook algorithms are much more likely to show this in a newsfeed in the UK when people share it.
I hope to have a page up on my site within the next day or so - if you share and link to that also, it will help.
The thieves who did this are going to struggle to "move" this lot on without setting off the alarm bells, so it's possible they will end up dumping them or destroying them. But you never know, I may get them back. And if that is the case, there will be a sign of relief from quite a few folk.
Here is the list.
NK Forster Celtic O mandolin
NK Forster Sapele and spruce mandola
My 1890s Howe Orme
1970s Fender Musicmaster bass
Ralph Plumb Viola
NK Forster Model D-SS
NK Forster relic finish electric
NK Forster wenge and spruce Model S-HO
NK Forster Session King "relic" tenor guitar
An NK Forster 10 string wenge and spruce guitar bouzouki cutaway
NK Forster 8 string bubinga and spruce guitar bouzouki
A model C-SS cutaway was stolen (Indian rosewood) - I have no images of this one. But it looks like this -
That's quite a haul.
This lot represents about 8 months work. A lot of time, and a lot of money. A lot of care, and a lot of effort.
Ironically, it was yesterday afternoon that I closed the doors to the workshop, glad I'd finally finished setting up the whole lot. Done. Several were going to be shipped out to customers this week, the rest were going to my secure lockup in Newcastle on Monday. And I'm sorry to add that neither Ralph nor myself had insurance.
Please spread the word. Keep an eye on my site for a page like this and please share. If you see anything on eBay, Gumtree, Facebook or whathaveyou, please let me or Northumbria Police know. The crime number is 437 10/8/18
Thanks,
Nigel
www.nkforsterguitars.com