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Stolen Brubaker

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AerospaceGuy said:
It sounds like you already made up your mind, but do NOT let this guy go whatsoever! You could take him to court for pain and suffering, any bass you bought since he stole it you had to buy to "replace" the one he stole, therefore he must reimburse you. You will not send him to jail, but you could get his money, which since he went through such lengths to steal this bass, money is obviously very important to him.
I want 60s or 70s jazz bass so much, but cannot afford it, and doubt I ever will. But at a blues club I was at the bassist had a beautiful one! and as the drummer was loading up the truck he left it in the parking lot!!!!!
I took it home and went back every night to the same club, two weeks later I returned it to it's rightful owner. Thats what should always be done. (I won't lie.. I played that thing like crazy while I had it!) lol, but still, some people need to get a reality check, and this guy will only get that through his wallet!
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It's fairly well known that I had a couple of spare basses so I didn't "have to" buy another one;).

Still working on what to do.
 
#64
Brad Johnson said:
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Ha brad can I buy it the bass that Maurice fitzgerald stole may have doubled in value....But I'll pay the price before the incident
BTW Maurice just tried to get over on you buddy because he did'nt file bankrupcy nor do I believe that money is an issue with him he plays on all the top gospel artist albums including Beyonce, Destiny's child and even has his own jazz cd Urban Knights on Narada Jazz...check out allmusic.com and put his name in and see how much work he has done not to mention whats not listed or currently working on and he probably charges $2500 a session heck beyonce probably would have bought for him....I think that if anything he owes you a apology and about $50.000 in rental fees for a bass of that caliber plus interest 1.5yrs.
Glad you got your bass back and word from the wise don't loan your basses because no one will take care of it like the owner who spent thousands for it. :bassist:
 
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greenbass said:
Ha brad can I buy it the bass that Maurice fitzgerald stole may have doubled in value....But I'll pay the price before the incident
BTW Maurice just tried to get over on you buddy because he did'nt file bankrupcy nor do I believe that money is an issue with him he plays on all the top gospel artist albums including Beyonce, Destiny's child and even has his own jazz cd Urban Knights on Narada Jazz...check out allmusic.com and put his name in and see how much work he has done not to mention whats not listed or currently working on and he probably charges $2500 a session heck beyonce probably would have bought for him....I think that if anything he owes you a apology and about $50.000 in rental fees for a bass of that caliber plus interest 1.5yrs.
Glad you got your bass back and word from the wise don't loan your basses because no one will take care of it like the owner who spent thousands for it. :bassist:
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oh don't forget about all the money he makes from touring...get him he has it and that will help him make a better decision the next time he tries to pull a stunt like this!
 
#66
Got an interesting call this afternoon. It went to voicemail. Apparently Maurice doesn't think he stole my bass and that what I'm saying is garbage. I did let him borrow the bass. I did tell him repeatedly to send my bass back. He did refuse and refused to even contact me... until today. He didn't bother giving me a name for the act of trading someone else's property that you don't own.

If it's not stealing, it's...

I'm drawing a blank.

He also threatened to put his lawyer on me if I didn't remove this from the web. That even though (according to his message) he didn't give me my bass back and he tried to put it in his bankruptcy (and that little thing about it ending up in a store for sale he failed to mention), since he understood that my bass was on it's way back to me, that should be the end of it, let it be. That if I didn't remove it he said "I will retaliate and say stuff that ain't true".

In essence, I stole your bass and if you don't quit saying I did I'm going to lie about you.

At least I've been warned... this time.
 
#76
Brad Johnson said:
No, only knew him by reputation.
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Now you know! :D

So Maurice now has money to pay a lawyer to what? Have the truth silenced? What a joke! But what thing is for sure, the word has gotten around and he's feeling the heat. If he had any sense, he'd come on here apologize and offer you a new bass or something, that would salvage his reputation. The strong arm tactics only make it worse.
 
#77
Apparently. Beats doing the right thing at any point along the line in his mind. I'll never understand people like this.

And the fact that he was nice enough to leave me a voicemail... brilliant. He should talk to a lawyer. I already did.
 
#79
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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Brad I am sorry to hear that... I am a big fan of Maurice and his work never thought I would hear that about the guy. The not so funny thing is that I saw him do a clinic with the bass. I was thinking to myself that it was one hell of an instrument!!
 
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