15 stolen bass guitars belonging to Korn bassist Ra Diaz were recently recovered by Henderson Police in Henderson, Nevada. According to FOX5, the instruments were taken during a storage space break-in that took place in the Las Vegas area roughly two weeks ago.
A tip from a fan who noticed markings on the instruments dating back to Diaz‘s days playing in Suicidal Tendencies led to the eventual recovery of the instruments. The fan noticed the markings while playing one of the stolen instruments in a local music store.
Henderson Police property crimes detective Jameson Harding went on to say of the investigation:
“It definitely helped us early on to be able to get a couple of leads on recovering some of his property, probably a little bit quicker than we may have found them. Because it’s people that he knows and some of his friends who know his stuff very well. So, I think it was pretty helpful with timing.”
Harding also commented of reuniting Diaz with the instruments:
“One that we recovered had a Chilean flag on it. And Mr. Diaz is from Chile. And so, they’re getting ready to tour there. He was just super thankful that we found that guitar because he said his plan the whole time was to come back to Vegas for ‘Sick New World‘, get that guitar and take it on tour with him. So, it was really cool to be able to give him that. It’s obviously part of his heritage. He wants to have that with him on this next leg of their tour.
They hung out for a couple of minutes with us in the office, just going over his stuff. He just seems like such a super guy. Extremely nice, very friendly with our staff here. And he’s been super thankful.”
So far no arrests have been made in the incident. Korn were onstage in Las Vegas, NV last Saturday, April 25th, to perform at the 2026 ‘Sick New World‘ festival alongside System Of A Down and many more.
