28th July 2012
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#1 | | Gear maniac
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Thread Starter | Ever Have This Guy in Your Studio?
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28th July 2012
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#2 | | Gear maniac
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28th July 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2009 Location: Ontario Canada
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Had a guy who wanted to "share" my hockey equipment for about 3 months once when I was young. Ended up getting mad at me for needing it on the same night and wouldn't talk after that. ha ha
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28th July 2012
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#4 | | Gear addict
Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Planet Earth
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Originally Posted by slackstallion  |
I had a guy that came close. he "borrowed some sound absorption panels, I asked for them back a few months later when I was installed a project studio in my house and when I asked for them back, he gave them away to someone else without asking first. I told him to give me some money so I can make some new ones because it cost about $350 to make the ones I had, but he didn't have the money.
He is permantly off my list of people I will ever deal with. Now, I hear he is playing with a Christian artist that sells music on line without having proper contracts and release forms being signed. go figure.
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28th July 2012
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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sad these kinds of bast*rd that can take someone else's property and then claim "no money" are protected by law.
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29th July 2012
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#6 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by _Ludovico sad these kinds of bast*rd that can take someone else's property and then claim "no money" are protected by law. | yeah, because it's a pain in the ass to collect the money. Small claims is a pain just to deal with, so I just wrote him off and he'll get it in the end. Scammers always get what's coming to them, unfortunately the victims of their BS don't always get settled financially for their loses.
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29th July 2012
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#7 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by _Ludovico sad these kinds of bast*rd that can take someone else's property and then claim "no money" are protected by law. | What's worse is that he and some bass player friend of his are basically conning some rich guy to fuel their recording studio and they are buying all kinds of gear with this other person's money trying to act like they are a record label and I don't even think these idiots have an entertainment lawyer making sure they have the proper contracts and release forms signed off to make the content legal. <DELETED BY MODERATOR> | |
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29th July 2012
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Depends what they're borrowing. I'd much prefer clients to borrow the studio's tuned, nice instruments than use their own crap ones... Lots of stories about that with drum kits
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Obviously this situation isn't about that, though
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29th July 2012
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#9 | | Gear addict
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NO, but I can rent it to you. Payment upfront please.
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31st July 2012
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tom Higgins Depends what they're borrowing. I'd much prefer clients to borrow the studio's tuned, nice instruments than use their own crap ones... Lots of stories about that with drum kits
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Obviously this situation isn't about that, though | Not that kind of borrowing... If i'm not mistaken we're talking about people actually taking stuff out of the place to use it elsewhere, not people who use the studio's equipement in the actual studio.
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31st July 2012
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by drblank What's worse is that he and some bass player friend of his are basically conning some rich guy to fuel their recording studio and they are buying all kinds of gear with this other person's money trying to act like they are a record label and I don't even think these idiots have an entertainment lawyer making sure they have the proper contracts and release forms signed off to make the content legal. And they're all reborn Christians thinking they are forgiven for their sins. Yeah, right. Commit a crime, ask Jesus for forgiveness? What's THAT about? Jesus forgives criminal behavior when they leave a victim without restitution? Don't get me started on that rant. That's a BIGGIE. | And who's the fool?
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31st July 2012
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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31st July 2012
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Eat | That's the feller !
I always find these types are recidivists with their "borrowing" , and there are many allies willing to help swing the bat .
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1st August 2012
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by drblank What's worse is that he and some bass player friend of his are basically conning some rich guy to fuel their recording studio and they are buying all kinds of gear with this other person's money trying to act like they are a record label and I don't even think these idiots have an entertainment lawyer making sure they have the proper contracts and release forms signed off to make the content legal. And they're all reborn Christians thinking they are forgiven for their sins. Yeah, right. Commit a crime, ask Jesus for forgiveness? What's THAT about? Jesus forgives criminal behavior when they leave a victim without restitution? Don't get me started on that rant. That's a BIGGIE. | If I were you and knew where this studio is I would go right in there and jack $350 worth of gear.
I've been in the same boat, buying stuff before clients paid for it or lending things out never to see them again or returned in damaged condition. Never again...
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1st August 2012
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#15 | | Gear Guru
Joined: May 2008 Location: Mountain View, CA
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Originally Posted by drblank What's worse is that he and some bass player friend of his are basically conning some rich guy to fuel their recording studio and they are buying all kinds of gear with this other person's money trying to act like they are a record label and I don't even think these idiots have an entertainment lawyer making sure they have the proper contracts and release forms signed off to make the content legal. And they're all reborn Christians thinking they are forgiven for their sins. Yeah, right. Commit a crime, ask Jesus for forgiveness? What's THAT about? Jesus forgives criminal behavior when they leave a victim without restitution? Don't get me started on that rant. That's a BIGGIE. | They should get some t-shirts that say "Jesus is my Lawyer".
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1st August 2012
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#16 | | Gear addict
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I'll confess and say that was sorta me in audio school... Just wanted to break all the rules to make a better recording or mix... Haha
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1st August 2012
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#17 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2009 Location: California
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I would never lend out anything not even to a good friend. Ill let them use it wherever they need it but I'm handling my gear. I agree with taking $350 worth of gear from them. Isn't that how we get our freedom? I bet you could even try reporting them to the city that they are running a business without a license and that they are using downloaded software without licenses. Proof or not they'd get investigated.
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1st August 2012
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#18 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by Dean Roddey They should get some t-shirts that say "Jesus is my Lawyer". | Dean remember The Eels song Novocain , has the line "Jesus and his lawyers are coming back"
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2nd August 2012
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#19 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Dec 2011
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gotta pay to play.... bro
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3rd August 2012
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#20 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Norcal in the weeds
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I just let my friend borrow THREE guitars.
He tuned and intonated all of them for letting him use one for 2 weeks.
In two weeks he is going to tune two more for "Rent" charge.
I feel pretty happy!
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