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Fodera Needed for Victor Wooten Tonight! Help!!

#181
Just Thumpin' said:
Folks, just to clear up an obvious misconception...none of the celebrated artists that play a Fodera have an Endorsement Deal with us. We do not have one contract with one of our artists. Just handshakes, friendships and (hopefully) great instruments. Sometimes for really top players we build them at nice discounts (usually 30% off for very top artists).

Vic has no contract and he can play whatever he chooses. He is our dear friend and he happens to love our gear. Our trying to get him a bass was borne purely out of trying to help a friend that asked.

Heck, I just posted that he played the gig on a Marcus Miller Jazz Bass to give everyone closure. We are not worried about him playing other basses...his main fretless isn't one of ours...
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Folks, this is how business should be conducted!!!
 
#182
I gotta say that I have a lot of admiration for Vic and fodera; both of you do things I will never be able to do.
I think the real issue is for ViC to get HiS
bass back and I really hope he does and
that his bass doesn't become a mystery!
Good Luck
 
#185
CrUiSeR said:
I gotta say that I have a lot of admiration for Vic and fodera; both of you do things I will never be able to do.
I think the real issue is for ViC to get HiS
bass back and I really hope he does and
that his bass doesn't become a mystery!
Good Luck
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He got them.....AFTER the gig. But he got them.....whew!
 
#186
noahw1 said:
I just started a thread on this but as this seems to directly pertain to Victor's issues right now I think it could help.
In Michael Manring's latest newsletter he discusses some new legislation being considered to allow musician's to make it easier for musician's to carry their instruments on as carry on items.
He writes:
Finally I'd like to ask for a favor to all of us who travel with musical instruments. Congress is currently considering legislation that will make it easier for us to take our instruments onboard airplane cabins instead of risking loss or damage from sending them as checked baggage. The Musicians' Union has made a simple and quick way to register your support, so if this is something you feel you could help out with please have a look at Link Removed. Also please consider passing the link onto anyone you think might be interested.

Many thanks!
Michael"

Maybe we can help make a change?
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Gonna be fun watching someone carry a tuba, chello and drum kit onto a plane and stuff them into the over-heads. :smug:
 
#194
Pretty awesome for a company to back up an owner of their product in such a manner. It's that type of commitment to customers and their product that makes "boutique" instruments often worth the investment. Sometimes you realized you get more than you paid for.

If I ever decide to take a step (ok, headfirst leap) into the "basses I probably can't afford" territory, I'll remember this! My brother owns a Fodera; it seems nice. I couldn't really play it due to it being both a 6-string and left handed, but the quality is pretty obvious regardless.
 
#197
@BassSaxMan
no prob, i use my phone for this stuff and it's kinda hard doing multiple quotes!
@Garey
glad to hear it
i've owned a couple basses for more than 20 years; the fender I would probably get over it pretty easily :) but i would be heart broken over no. 1 :D
 
#198
Just Thumpin' said:
Folks, just to clear up an obvious misconception...none of the celebrated artists that play a Fodera have an Endorsement Deal with us. We do not have one contract with one of our artists. Just handshakes, friendships and (hopefully) great instruments. Sometimes for really top players we build them at nice discounts (usually 30% off for very top artists).

Vic has no contract and he can play whatever he chooses. He is our dear friend and he happens to love our gear. Our trying to get him a bass was borne purely out of trying to help a friend that asked.

Heck, I just posted that he played the gig on a Marcus Miller Jazz Bass to give everyone closure. We are not worried about him playing other basses...his main fretless isn't one of ours...
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Great job to the great folks at Fodera.
Jason..we would love to hear any follow up to this event..how did the show go...how did the bass work out for him etc...

Curious bass minds want to know the skinny....
Thanks
 
#199
Just Thumpin' said:
Thanks so much for the kind words and as the person who had much of his day blown apart trying frantically to get Vic a bass to use, your words are very appreciated...

To those of you that don't dig what we do here at Fodera, hey, it's cool. We are not for everyone, but do let me ask you this, why are you so resentful of people that are trying their very best to do their very best everyday, take care of our customers and remain as passionate about music and our instruments as the day we started working here? All we want is to keep pushing what bass guitars are capable of forward and to help bring music to life through the hands of our artists. When they need our help, we try our best to be there...shouldn't every company do that?

Regards,

Jason
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Great job trying to help an artist/customer out in a jam. You did what you could do and anyone who truly has an issue with that has pretty obvious motives. Personally I wouldn't sweat it.

I've been in the same spot before (no, not equating myself with Vic, just a similar situation) and it's cool that with today's technology you can attempt on a fairly large scale to try and keep him on the same page instrument-wise. No doubt he killed on the Fender but not being 24 frets probably did affect what he could do on it. Vic likely did what he could do to the usual high degree.

Again, great job.
 
#200
Brad Johnson said:
Great job trying to help an artist/customer out in a jam. You did what you could do and anyone who truly has an issue with that has pretty obvious motives. Personally I wouldn't sweat it.

I've been in the same spot before (no, not equating myself with Vic, just a similar situation) and it's cool that with today's technology you can attempt on a fairly large scale to try and keep him on the same page instrument-wise. No doubt he killed on the Fender but not being 24 frets probably did affect what he could do on it. Vic likely did what he could do to the usual high degree.

Again, great job.
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My apologies for the derail, and I'm glad everything worked out in the end and the show was able to go on.

Brad... are you back from your African tour? If so, did you keep a tour journal? Any thoughts of publishing it to a blog? I'm sure many here would be very interested in that read.
 

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