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Stolen Brubaker

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malthumb said:
Unbelievable. I was driving past there today and thought about stopping in, but chose not to. Now I wish I had. I'll go by in the next day or so and "chat" with them about it, unless you'd rather I didn't. PM me the serial number and I can confirm for you that it's yours. I'm guessing that's just a formality.

FWIW, Burk spends a lot of time there. Maybe he can help you out on this one :hiding: :hiding: :hiding:

Peace,

James

Just saw your last post. Glad to see it's heading back to you. The guys at LDS are top notch. Good thing they're not Alembic distributors. I have kids to feed.
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Maurice traded my bass to another bassist (forgot to mention that he didn't actually own it). That bassist consigned it at LDS. I contacted LDS, they contacted the bassist who consigned it at their store. That bassist immediately called Maurice (who answers his phone calls) and Maurice proceeded to try and feed him some crap about he thought his lawyer had paid me for it. Then tells him to have LDS send my bass back to me... and he'll pay the other bass that he traded mine for.

Even when he was caught dead to rights he's still lying his ass off. LDS will be shipping my bass back to me at the beginning of the week. I'm picking up the shipping cost, there's no reason this should cost them anything. I've already talked to the police and I'll figure out exactly what action I want to take against Maurice, he's a liar and I doubt anyone would debate the fact that he's a thief... he pretty much sealed that one when he traded an instrument he didn't own and knew he was supposed to return to me.

I'd truly like to see him in jail and that'll be my next project. In the meantime I'm sure I'm not the only one he's screwed and I have no doubt that this stuff will catch up with him, sooner or later.

Glad this part is over.
 
#25
Did they give you any description of the condition of the bass? When I saw it listed for only $2000, my first thought was that it probably caught some dings.
 
#28
Hey Brad,my name is JC....I heard from a friend that bass was in Memphis a few weeks ago....He asked had I heard of Brubaker and told me that's the new bass Maurice was playing...I don't know how long ago the LDS was posted but he may still have it...the music director of another band he tours with with is a good friend of mine...you can email me at [email protected] to get his number...I hope you get the bass back!!! I can't believe Maruice would do that but, you never know....

Take care,

JC
 
#29
Hey Brad...I just got an email from my buddy Mike in Detroit who said he talked to LDS about the situation...He sold a bass to Maurice and now he's worried about getting his money.I didn't know how long ago all this happened that's why I sent my reply yesterday.I'm glad that everything worked out for you!!!

Peace,

JC
 
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jcsgroove said:
Hey Brad...I just got an email from my buddy Mike in Detroit who said he talked to LDS about the situation...He sold a bass to Maurice and now he's worried about getting his money.I didn't know how long ago all this happened that's why I sent my reply yesterday.I'm glad that everything worked out for you!!!

Peace,

JC
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All of this happened yesterday.

If that's the same Mike, Maurice traded my bass to him. When I talked to him he didn't seem to have a problem with the idea of Maurice paying him for the bass he traded after he found out that Maurice had stolen the bass he was "trading". If someone I had a relationship with pulled that on me I wouldn't be the least bit understanding... there's no excuse to not only screw the owner but then involve someone you know in the scam. In fact I'd help get them prosecuted.

There was no hardship related to this situation, Maurice just wanted my bass. If I knew Maurice like Mike did I wouldn't be as understanding as Mike. I'm no legal scholar but I can't see how using another person's property as payment to me isn't theft. In this case for thousands of dollars. This isn't over though I'm sure Maurice will wish it was.
 
#33
I learned my lesson. I will not loan anybody anything. I will not store any of my gear at any studio or anyone else's house. All of my gear goes home with me after every rehearsal and every gig, every time, all the time... If just goes to show, people who you think are your friends and brothers, can turn on you and become nothing more than opportunistic, common thieves.

Slug
 
#38
Brad Johnson said:
Probably should've posted this sooner. This bass was on loan to Maurice Fitzgerald, a bassist whose work includes Fred Hammond and Destiny's Child, while he was having a custom Brubaker built. It's one of my personal basses and he's now had it for over a year and a half. At this point he refuses to return my property and I consider it stolen. He may no longer have it, it may have changed hands by now, it's my personal bass and whoever has it at this point is in possession of stolen property.

It's teal blue flamed Maple, birdseye maple fretboard. Ash body.

Any info regarding it's whereabouts would be greatly appreciated. Maurice is a common thief and I'd like for him not to get away with this.

Thanks.


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I'm glad that you got your bass back and this guys behavior is just ridiculous and I'm sure all of the artists that he works with and the labels, etc, would be very interested in hearing about this episode, so it's good that you have decided to name names.

Congratulations!
 
#39
MAJOR METAL said:
Brad

Are you going to have to pay to get your bass back?
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It was on consignment at Lowdown Sound so I don't think they're out any money. I'm paying to ship it back, no reason why LDS should pay for that and of course I wouldn't expect Maurice to. Again, LDS was very cool to work with in this situation. Not surprising, my other experience was top notch too... I got my Elrick NJS 5 from them not too long ago.
 
#40
Phil Smith said:
I'm glad that you got your bass back and this guys behavior is just ridiculous and I'm sure all of the artists that he works with and the labels, etc, would be very interested in hearing about this episode, so it's good that you have decided to name names.

Congratulations!
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People wouldn't expect someone working on that level to pull crap like this. I certainly didn't... and it just went from bad to worse. I have no idea why he would even try to get away with something like this, it's beyond pathetic. I guess in his mind it was... what was I going to do? He's "Maurice Fitzgerald".

The last time I talked to him in March, he assured me he wasn't trying to screw me. That was at same time he was telling me that he didn't have to give me my bass back.
 
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