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12-18-2012, 10:48 AM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | Ebony has a characteristic high "ping" and some sizzle to it. Rosewood doesn't have that, tends to be a bit warmer.
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12-18-2012, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by nostatic Ebony has a characteristic high "ping" and some sizzle to it. Rosewood doesn't have that, tends to be a bit warmer. | Your "ping" and sizzle is my "bell like upper register", exactly the reason I did get a ebony fretboard. Fodera has some unbelievable quality ebony. They must have acquired that ages ago! |
12-18-2012, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Baird6869 Agreed.
I have played with dozens (probably over 100) of guitarists and most of the "gear heads" GAS for weird amps and boutique effects.... But rarely guitars other than Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, PRS, G&L, Gretsch, etc. MAYBE the odd Pensa/Suhr or Valley Arts, but not even close to the weird boutiquey stuff we bassists play.
Jazz guitarists may be the rare exception with the Monteleones and other boutique jazz boxes.
In any case, Sadowsky and Alembic seem to do fairly well with guitars.... | That mirrors much of what I've seen. Didn't know that Sadowsky or Alembic were having much success with guitars. I knew they made them, didn't know that folks were buying them in any notable quantity. |
12-18-2012, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by nostatic Ebony has a characteristic high "ping" and some sizzle to it. Rosewood doesn't have that, tends to be a bit warmer. | This. I have a couple of basses with BW and have had a few with Ebony. Ebony tends to be tighter and because of less heft than BW with highs, seem brighter. BW has a more full sound but the highs are still there. I prefer BW by a wide margin for fretted basses and like Ebony for fretlesses where that tightness allows me to get a tight, percussive sound when I want to. |
12-18-2012, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by steubig | The big P.  |
12-18-2012, 02:29 PM
| | | | Just saw on the Fodera facebook page that Felix brought The Bass of Doom (Jaco's bass) into the Fodera shop. How was it Jason? |
12-18-2012, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by iwearpumas Can anyone describe the tonal difference between an ebony fretboard and a Brazilian rosewood fretboard? | Ebony is harder and heavier than BR. http://www.wood-database.com/wood-ar...her-rosewoods/
East Indian Rosewood is also a very nice wood for fretboards.
BR sounds a little warmer and smoother.
For a fretless bass, I prefer Ebony. It has a beautiful response and sustain.
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12-18-2012, 05:42 PM
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Speaking of fingerboards for fretless basses and the bass of doom: I have always assumed the the bass of doom had a Brazilian Rosewood FB - is this correct?
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12-18-2012, 10:11 PM
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Endorsing: Fodera basses, Black Diamond strings, Jule Amps, EA, IGiG | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | a little off topic but one of my bands just sent me one of the final takes of a video we made for the first single off our new album, Blue & White, called "Novocaine". I recorded this track with my Imperial 5 Elite so I used it in the video as well. If you're interested in seeing the bass in action or checking out the track here's the link! Novocaine - by Soulfarm
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12-18-2012, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bassdoubler a little off topic but one of my bands just sent me one of the final takes of a video we made for the first single off our new album, Blue & White, called "Novocaine". I recorded this track with my Imperial 5 Elite so I used it in the video as well. If you're interested in seeing the bass in action or checking out the track here's the link! Novocaine - by Soulfarm | Your slap intro was freakin awesome. I would totally come hear your band live.
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12-18-2012, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bassdoubler a little off topic but one of my bands just sent me one of the final takes of a video we made for the first single off our new album, Blue & White, called "Novocaine". I recorded this track with my Imperial 5 Elite so I used it in the video as well. If you're interested in seeing the bass in action or checking out the track here's the link! Novocaine - by Soulfarm | Great tune, bassdoubler. Nice playing and great groove. |
12-19-2012, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad Johnson The big P. | indeed. ;-)
kinda wacky, no? |
12-19-2012, 03:30 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | We were promised the right of review for factual mistakes and were never given that opportunity. I had a long discussion with their editor about it and explained how much of a disservice this does to their readers. Sadly, Premier Guitar's policy seems to be that no one gets to review the articles before they go to print -- of course the writer that wrote the article (with whom I was very clear about wanting the right to review) did not know about this rule...
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Originally Posted by LugzyDee Thanks for sharing the link. It's always great to read new articles on your favourite builder, but agreed, those few mistakes/misquotes detract from what should be a stellar read i.e "The Anthony Jackson Presentation a $20,000 5-string contrabass"?
After the howler by Bassplayer magazine for releasing the details of the new standard line way in advance, I would've thought that press releases/articles would be returned to Fodera for final approval before publishing. It would save for a lot of head scratching... |
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12-19-2012, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by iwearpumas Man, that top is gorgeous. I wanted a buckeye, but I think I changed my mind for this one.
Fodera has such a huge selection of woods. Its gonna be tough to narrow it down to one. |
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12-19-2012, 03:35 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | The burl that made that top was purchased by Vinny and Joey back in the very early 1990's and they paid around $5,000 for it then. Turns out we were able to get tops for four instruments from it. All four will be built between 2012 and 2013. So forgetting beauty and scarcity, what's a fair price for something that you have been sitting on for 20 years that you paid $5,000 for and has become impossible to get?
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Originally Posted by DirtPoorRobins Yeah, I remember talking with Jason, and he mentioned some Brazilian rosewood tops they had were $2-3k, beauty has quite a price sometimes. |
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12-19-2012, 03:39 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | I believe that forum rules prohibit me from getting into a lot of detail about price. That said, your conjecture is correct...
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Originally Posted by curt basner Not to be talking specifics on pricing here, but based on my experience, and with the slight price increases as of 01/01/12 (that's January 1, 2012 for you European guys), I'd expect an especially lovely Braz top to be at least $3K. But that's just me talking out my a**.  Jason is always THE answer man. |
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12-19-2012, 03:42 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | The 30th anniversary Monarchs are exact replicas of Vic's first Monarch (Fodera #37) and have nothing to do with the spec of the Monarch Standards.
Yes, we will be bringing three guitars to the NAMM Show this year, but this being Talk Bass, there's no major reason to go into that here...
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Originally Posted by DirtPoorRobins So did anyone else catch that premier guitar stated that the 30th anniversary monarchs will be the basis for a new monarch standard? Did they misquote Fodera, or is it true? They also stated that they are intorducing a new guitar line at NAMM this year. |
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12-19-2012, 03:44 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | The Monarch Standard already exists and we start shipping them in early January. More on them here... http://www.fodera.com/Main/BassModels.aspx?SeriesID=25
Overall, a very different vibe from the YYS...
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Originally Posted by tommixx From what I have read they already alluded to a new Monarch Standard. I think it is basically the same as the Yin Yang Standard setup without the Yin Yang Design Scheme and will have the same woods used on the Emperor Standard. I LOVE my YYS so this should be a home run as well!
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12-19-2012, 03:49 AM
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Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (as of 10/14/09) | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE United States | | At present there are no plans for additional Standards. We are bringing 6-string guitars to the NAMM Show this year. We figured all of your / our guitar playing friends whould have a chance to be part of the Fodera Family!
At present guitars are only planned to be Custom instruments. If they take off and the demand is there, we'll consider a Standard Guitar down the road...
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Originally Posted by nostatic I'm reading between the lines of this:
"Naturally, the luthier’s products have evolved over the years. In fact, Fodera’s first project was a 6-string guitar. He and Lauricella built Fodera #1 as a custom order for a friend. It was loaded with intricate inlays and featured a body with flamed and bird’s-eye maple. In retrospect, Fodera says he would use different woods if he were to build that guitar again today, but experimentation and evolution have helped define his instruments over the years. Besides, that first guitar was more of a showpiece to drum up orders for the fledgling company. It turns out that lots of orders came in—but for basses, not guitars. There wasn’t much of a boutique-guitar market then, so Fodera became known as a premier bass builder. Today, roughly five percent of guitars made by Fodera are 6-strings, but they’re hoping to change that with the introduction of a guitar line at winter NAMM 2013."
So either they are introducing guitars, or a 6-string standard bass. On second read, I think it might be guitars but I guess we'll find out in Jan. |
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