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I decided to take the day off (government holiday and all) and take my Fodera up to the shop in Brooklyn NY. After a five hour drive up (lots of traffic problems) and finally finding the Fodera shop (if you didn't know exactly where it is, you would never find it), both myself and a friend of mine met with Joey Lauricella. He was a great guy, made time for me in his busy schedule to take my guitar and fix all that ailed it. Joey was very patient, explaining what he was doing each step of the way, passing out tips for care and feeding of the bass. While he was working on my guitar, he gave the two of us a short tour of the facility, pointed out some of the more famous basses that they happened to have in the shop at the time (one of which was Victor Wooten's tenor bass that he left with Joey and Vinnie to get a little work done on it), and then he introduced us to Vinnie Fodera. The both of them showed us some of the basses that they are currently working on (including a beautiful Emperor with a Brazillian burl rosewood top).
You see, the thing is we are both bassists, but we are small fry. Hell, I'm aspiring to average. But Joey and Vinnie treated us as if we were visiting royalty. Gave us some free stuff to take home, fed us a pretty tasty lunch, was kind and gracious about everything. I can't speaking highly enough about their operation. I'm already a huge fan of their basses, and having met them makes me even more determined to get another one of them. Quality people like that deserve to be rewarded.
Posted by Casper at October 13, 2003 11:55 PM