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Stolen Brubaker

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Brad Johnson said:
I was sorry to see the whole thing go down like it did. I definitely learned a hard lesson. Maybe he will too.
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Could there be a way to reach the bands/sessions he is involved with, or in any way make this public in the music business?

I was shocked reading this whole thread. Can't you trust people anymore? Kinda' gives you a new perspective.
 
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The_Owl said:
Could there be a way to reach the bands/sessions he is involved with, or in any way make this public in the music business?
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I'm not going to contact anyone he works with. OTOH if word gets back to them so be it. He should've been concerned about his reputation as he was refusing to return my property and ultimately trading it away.

I was shocked reading this whole thread. Can't you trust people anymore? Kinda' gives you a new perspective.
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I was shocked when he did this. Seriously... flat out shocked. I couldn't believe he did this. I still have absolutely no idea why.

Yes, you can still trust people. I don't know who but I'm sure this episode is an exception to the rule. I know that I won't be trusting anyone I have a casual acquaintance with again.
 
#87
gruuv said:
I second Rob's post. . . a shame to read about, but glad it ended well (for you). Is it still in pretty good shape?

By the way, that bass is sick! :cool:
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I took it on a gig Monday night. I had almost forgotten how nice this bass looks, the flame Maple in this color is sick indeed. It sounded and played as great as I remembered.

Fortunately it's in good condition. Maurice had it a lot longer than I did.
 
#89
I almost spit my soda at my screen when I saw that bass.
Me: "HOLY ****!!! THAT WAS AT LDS!!!!!!!!!! I PLAYED IT (nice BTW)!!!!! IT BELONGS/ED TO MIKE HXXXXX!!!!!!!! (I know Mike, PM me and we'll talk) I REMEMBER WHEN HE BROUGHT IT IN AND SAID HE GOT IT FROM MAURICE!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I read the rest of the posts, wiped my chin and relaxed. You got it back.
 
#94
Brad Johnson said:
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.
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Was that in the message? Hope you didn't delete it! I think that means you win and he's a bastard. I really REALLY hate it when musicians don't respect each other.

Edit: Woh! 2 years, didn't see that! haha
 
#95
Yeah, that really was in the message:D. I know a few people who probably still have it on their ipods.

I still have it, it was converted to an mp3 right after I got it on my cell phone.

I didn't bother with pressing any charges, I got the bass back (no thanks to him) and figured what he did will probably follow him around anyway.
 
#96
Hey Brad,

just finished reading about the whole sordid saga....I realize it's an old thread but,......"Mr Maurice".....should continue to be regurgitated from time to time so that other impressionable folks don't get sucked in......Thank You for chasing this with the vigilance that you did and know......that even now, more folks are learning about this guy..... add me to the lengthy list of guys giving a "heads up" to my fellow bass players!!!!

All the best,
Terry
 
#97
Wow, what a read!

Glad the Brubaker found its way home at last and that Brad didn't have to fight too hard to get it once found, but I wish Maurice had been made to pay for what amounts to some of the worst of humanity; taking advantage of the trust of someone, then threatening to ruin them for what he did.

Reading this reminded me of two items I'm out right now, although one is mostly paid for with only the remaining $200 in limbo for a couple years now.

The worse of the two is a Marshall 30th Anniversary combo which I let a local guitarist named Steve Olson take until he got me the money. Now he claims not to have it and that he gave it back. I think I'm out of luck on that one...

Anyway I'm glad there was a happy ending for this one.
 
#99
Here's a bad one
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