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Jumbo, Thanks for sharing your story & glad your on the way to a full recovery. #57 is the leader of a fine pack..Enjoy in good health.
Damian Coccio
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In & Here's one of mine
I'm real excited about the bass coming in January.
I feel for ya jumbo, I've had tons of cancer around me and my loved ones over the last 10 years. Best wishes and good luck with the recovery and the new bass.
I'm real excited about the bass coming in January.
I feel for ya jumbo, I've had tons of cancer around me and my loved ones over the last 10 years. Best wishes and good luck with the recovery and the new bass.
i'm in with my new standard. Number 57.
when i ordered the bass i was trying to delay shipping and get a serial number that meant something to me. my first choice of 37 (month and date) was taken so Jason was able to secure number 57 ( year) for me. Well months go by and all hell breaks loose in my life. I lost my job and then on my birthday I have to have my left tonsil removed. 2 days later i get the word that it was cancerous. So the month of April and May i have to undergo 7 weeks of radiation treatment with some chemo thrown in just for fun. To say radiation treatment for throat cancer is painful is the understatement of my lifetime. Simple things like talking and swallowing at times feel like a kick in the groin. And your throat is pretty much the center of your universe so it in constant use. So I make it through and I get the email from Laura that number 57 is ready.
I had not really thought much about the number and just that I had a bass being built. Well nowadays all doctors and hospitals do not use your SS number any more and all security, sign ins, treatments, bloodwork etc are based on your birthdate. So throughout my 3 month ordeal I must have said 3/7/57 what seems like a few thousand times but was more likely only a few hundred times. Needless to say that knowing I had a bass with #57 waiting to be picked actually brought a few tears to my eyes. And i got to pick it up at the shop a few weeks after my treatments ended. Feeling like hell but i got to see the guys and finally meet Jason and Laura in person.
Now several months later i am feeling great, starting gigging again, have been able to sing SOME the last few weeks and i expect a complete recovery over the next few months. Jason actually took some pix of my visit and one of these days I will get a copy. for now here is a family portrait in chrono order with the oldest being number 21 from back in early 1983....... And everytime I pick up number 57 it will remind me of what i have gone through but more importantly my rebirth back since receiving the bass. And i think I am getting close to hopefully getting a new job so i may have to celebrate that with a new deluxe.
What an inspiring story- congratulations on everything... and hope it all continues to look up.
Thanks for the comments. Would be cool to hear more recordings from all your foderas out there. Not many of the gigs I do requests a 6 string bass, but it is a buss putting stuff up on the Internet.
Damian Coccio
Supporting Member
Thank you, Jumbo, for reminding me that tomorrow doesn't owe me anything, and I need to enjoy everything, everybody, every day. Glad to hear you are doing better.
that's trio Nosso, they also been playing with Joao Bosco, bass player is Ney Conceição... great bass player
here check; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98kfkYQEFgA
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I absolutely love my Fodera and the people in the company! What a great bass!!
http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=665
http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=665
Damian Coccio
Supporting Member
Yes great players. A drummer from Croatia I recently played with turned me on to them. I really like what they do.
Thanks G,
She plays great but she hasn't played her 1st gig yet. I'll be playing my first set of gigs (since Dec 2012) with my Emperor 5. My guitar player bought new amp the Eddie Van Halen -EVH 5150 III- this week and I want to see how a Fodera stands up against or should I say fits in with the band.
My hearing will never be the same
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She plays great but she hasn't played her 1st gig yet. I'll be playing my first set of gigs (since Dec 2012) with my Emperor 5. My guitar player bought new amp the Eddie Van Halen -EVH 5150 III- this week and I want to see how a Fodera stands up against or should I say fits in with the band.
My hearing will never be the same
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