Stacker Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/darrin-huff-basses-over-ten-years-still-waiting-256053/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Never heard of this guy before now. Seems like a crazy situation. I'm very surprised that none of the guys owed basses appear to have tried very much to get any kind of restitution from him. They seem remarkably zen about the whole thing. I'd have been knocking down his door after a year, never mind ten! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Being a bass builder involves actually building basses , not being able to build them but not actually getting round to doing it in ten years . These folks should have had refunds several years ago . In effect , they have been scammed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 That is totally bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 His basses really look like Ritter knock offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I did read it for the first time in years recently (back when I regularly used Talkbass the saga was still going on then - seven or eight years ago!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 They look like bloody awful basses to me , to be honest . Kind of [i]faux [/i]- Carl Thompson wannabes . I suppose ten years is a long time in the world of bass building , and fashions change . By the time these basses get delivered they might have come back into fashion , though . I would love to know what the original projected delivery date was for some of these basses . If this was a U.K - based builder and it was Basschat members who were waiting , it would have been resolved a long time ago . Either Ann Robinson and Watchdog would have got involved or we would have got together and gone round in person and sorted the guy out in a vigilante fashion ,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Most of those people will unfortunately never see their bass, or money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_skezz Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Jesus, is all I can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 In ten years, those fellas who haven't got their bass did nothing, just let the saga roll on? I'd have been at the guy's door a matter or months after any verbal contract had passed its stipulated completion date. The idea of throwing £4k at someone and having nothing to show for it after ten years is surely some kind of fraud? Proving it in court would be another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Should have bought a Fender. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think I've worked out his construction technique. Plant seeds for trees. Get tree to grow into correct bass shape. Job done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1370324805' post='2099042'] I think I've worked out his construction technique. Plant seeds for trees. Get tree to grow into correct bass shape. Job done [/quote] lol now that was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 One guy even traded an 80s Sabre is for payment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Plenty of discussion on that thread about what they did or didn't do - unsurprisingly, whilst they were still believing the chap's excuses, they didn't want to pressure him and scare him off. Still! I think a few of them have timed out their options to really go after him legally, also. Bizarre thread. I remember Dontcarebear complaining his Shuker was taking so long - and that's a comparative blink, compared to some of these waits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I find it unbelievable how tolerant some of these people have been! TEN F*CKING YEARS! How can this Darrin prick live with himself?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370345355' post='2099333'] I find it unbelievable how tolerant some of these people have been! TEN F*CKING YEARS! How can this Darrin prick live with himself?! [/quote] By retreating into a bubble, it would seem. Classic depressive, perhaps? I think a few of us would recognise some of the symptoms - I know I did. Just not quite to such a self-deceiving extent! Catch 22 sounds awful - sue me and I'll go bust, and then nothing will be finished. Shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1370345457' post='2099335'] By retreating into a bubble, it would seem. Classic depressive, perhaps? I think a few of us would recognise some of the symptoms - I know I did. Just not quite to such a self-deceiving extent! Catch 22 sounds awful - sue me and I'll go bust, and then nothing will be finished. Shameful. [/quote] I haven't had time to read the whole thread, I suppose I should before leaping to conclusions. Still accepting cash off people though isn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370345861' post='2099346'] I haven't had time to read the whole thread, I suppose I should before leaping to conclusions. Still accepting cash off people though isn't he? [/quote] Apparently he is no longer accepting orders. Small mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Blimey. I'm chafing at having to wait for the shirt I ordered off ebay on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I hear geddy lee has one on order, he's doing a rush job..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 [quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1370324086' post='2099039'] In ten years, those fellas who haven't got their bass did nothing, just let the saga roll on? I'd have been at the guy's door a matter or months after any verbal contract had passed its stipulated completion date. The idea of throwing £4k at someone and having nothing to show for it after ten years is surely some kind of fraud? Proving it in court would be another matter. [/quote] No idea what the limitation is in the USA, but if that happened in the UK, after 6 years you wouldn't be allowed to go to court. (Possibly the 6 year period starting from the breached date of delivery rather than the point of ordering it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidSnake Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 How long would people actually wait for a custom build anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I cant believe the whole sorry saga is still going on. I cant believe he also ripped off people with custom yo yo's previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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