Police are appealing for information after expensive musical instruments and equipment were stolen in two burglaries.

The first raid happened at a house in Grafton Street, Brighton. A brown double bass, about 6ft 2in tall worth £6,000 was stolen.

Also taken was a £500 orangecoloured bass guitar, a black amplifier worth about £550 in a black bag with "Acoustic Image" on it, and a black David Eden speaker model CXM110 valued at £300.

The burglary happened between 7.30pm on Saturday and 5.30am the next day.

The incident followed a break-in on Monday, January 29, at Ventnor Villas, Hove.

Between 9.15am and midday thieves stole an Ibanez NDM1 electric guitar with grey gaffer tape wrapped around it in a black rectangular hard case, together worth £500.

An Ovation Pinnacle acoustic guitar in a hard black Ovation case, worth £300, was also stolen.

The Ovation guitar is black with a shiny edge and a leaf pattern around the sound hole.

Police are not linking the burglaries.

If anyone has any information they should call Sussex Police on 0845 6070999 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.