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Fodera Club Part XXV

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#284
Just Thumpin' said:
Sadly I am going to miss all of you at this year's NAMM Show. I just made the decision to stay home and tend to things on the home front. My mother-in-law has been fighting Melanoma valiantly for the past three years but according to her hospice nurse is in her final days.



I had the good fortune of seeing her this past Thursday. She is an amazing woman and one of the reasons that my wife Deborah is the most amazing woman I know. It's one of those times when I wish that I could clone myself and be in two places at once.



Joey, Ken, Phil and Laura will be there to hold down the fort.



Kindest regards,



Jason
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Family is first. Thoughts and prayers going out to you and your family.
 
#285
just saw these two pics on Facebook posted by Hong Kong Fodera dealer. Are these the new standards!???
Both are awesome especially the TK standard!!!
 

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#287
Just Thumpin' said:
Sadly I am going to miss all of you at this year's NAMM Show. I just made the decision to stay home and tend to things on the home front. My mother-in-law has been fighting Melanoma valiantly for the past three years but according to her hospice nurse is in her final days.

I had the good fortune of seeing her this past Thursday. She is an amazing woman and one of the reasons that my wife Deborah is the most amazing woman I know. It's one of those times when I wish that I could clone myself and be in two places at once.

Joey, Ken, Phil and Laura will be there to hold down the fort.

Kindest regards,

Jason
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I was looking forward to seeing there, Jason, but family comes first. I know your mother-in-law and wife will appreciate you being there for them. Best wishes to you and your family, and stay warm, for crying out loud.
 
#292
Two very nice basses, I really like the TKS. I always associate the 2 humbuckers being next to each other as the TK spec, but of course his new bass has the pups in 70's position. It would like cool painted - maybe tri-sunburst.

J, my thoughts go out to you and the famly. Big hug from across the pond.

widjajar said:
just saw these two pics on Facebook posted by Hong Kong Fodera dealer. Are these the new standards!???
Both are awesome especially the TK standard!!!
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#295
Yes, those are, in fact, the two new Standards. They were NOT supposed to be released until tomorrow / Friday. I guess one of our dealers did not read that part of my email.

:crying:

Anyway, I guess that is one of the benefits of being loyal TB folks!

J

widjajar said:
just saw these two pics on Facebook posted by Hong Kong Fodera dealer. Are these the new standards!???
Both are awesome especially the TK standard!!!
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#297
For the past two years (since the release of the E5S), Tom has been playing 70's spaced Fodera Dual Coils. As a matter of fact, his long-time signature bass with the closely spaced, bridge-centric dual coils has been here in the shop since October of 2011. Tom has been playing an E5S exclusively since then.

He did, however, want to get back to the Emperor II body shape again and his beloved Ebony FB...but in a bolt-on -- so that he could take the instrument apart for his extensive travels on airplanes.

For Tom's TKS we have added metal inserts into the body so that we could use machine screws (rather than wood screws) to attach the neck so that it can be removed a virtually limitless number of times without stripping the holes. This will not be "standard" on the TKS, but we are calling it the "Traveler Option" and will make it available to others too.

Regards,

Jason

LugzyDee said:
Two very nice basses, I really like the TKS. I always associate the 2 humbuckers being next to each other as the TK spec, but of course his new bass has the pups in 70's position. It would like cool painted - maybe tri-sunburst.

J, my thoughts go out to you and the famly. Big hug from across the pond.
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#299
Just Thumpin' said:
For the past two years (since the release of the E5S), Tom has been playing 70's spaced Fodera Dual Coils. As a matter of fact, his long-time signature bass with the closely spaced, bridge-centric dual coils has been here in the shop since October of 2011. Tom has been playing an E5S exclusively since then.

He did, however, want to get back to the Emperor II body shape again and his beloved Ebony FB...but in a bolt-on -- so that he could take the instrument apart for his extensive travels on airplanes.

For Tom's TKS we have added metal inserts into the body so that we could use machine screws (rather than wood screws) to attach the neck so that it can be removed a virtually limitless number of times without stripping the holes. This will not be "standard" on the TKS, but we are calling it the "Traveler Option" and will make it available to others too.

Regards,

Jason
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Why not make it standard in the first place?
 
#300
LugzyDee said:
Good point, but it would add more to the cost.

Also noted the carving to the neck joint (bolt area); Nice touch, glad to see it's back with this model..;)
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Metal inserts adding to the cost????
Aren't those things to be had for literally pennies, and pushing them through the body is a matter of seconds, not really adding to the time needed to build such an instrument either that's my outside view anyways.
So, minimal up in cost and time.
I am sure there must be more to it.
 
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