Wow what a great story, that axe sure has a very cool history and sounds like a cracker. I would love to have a look at it one day ..damn shame about the case though,fkn theives!
I remember finding a bass guitar( a very nice musicman) in the carpack of a local pub after a cover band had played. I made sure that the guy got his instrument back, he was so stoked when he came to pick it up a few days later he gave me $200.I love talking about guitars and music too.
Marshalls are cool. I had a jcm 900 a few years ago and a vintage jtm 45 when I was around 20 that I scored for a bargian at the time.
I owned a Peavey once...the 5150...great amp but I needed a crane to move it.. ...so I moved that on swiftly.

Very nice Daz, now you have to split your time between the IM / Ric, enjoy......

...Yeah that's right mate...a nice dillema to have for sure.