Recent content by Perry F Yeldham

Well I think I'm a little older than most of you guys!;-) My first bass was a baby blue 1965 P I bought for $75 in 1967. It belonged to a sailor who bought it, never used it, put it under his bed,went to sea, came back two years later and decided he wasn't interested anymore. He was asking $100...

Love the burst! Six of them here in my studio - two Sadowsky's, a Fodera, a P, an Ibanez Gary Willis fretless and a 2001 American Strat - and I would've gotten the Fodera Yin Yang in burst if I could've!...

They're not the only company (by a very long shot) and they have to raise their prices because their costs go up every year.

I agree with Nostatic. I had a Monarch 5 with S/D's. It was no doubt a great bass, played and sounded beautiful live and in the studio, but I never LOVED it. The best way I can think of to describe it is that there's a certain sterility which can work for certain styles but which lacks character...

Huh! Never heard of them or heard them (which just means I was out of the biz for a number of years and then got back into it). I'm not a fan of the usual suspects (Aguilar, Eden, etc) - they seem to me to color the sound of your bass. Obviously a lot of people really like that color and there's...

I agree with Nakoatron - every day feels like Christmas - just had a pro photographer in to my studio - here are a few "Merry Christmas" preview-shots I screen captured:

That is a BEAUTIFUL puppy! And what is that rig? I don't recognize it...

How about calling them on the telephone? (at least Bass Club Chicago - but you could call Music Force with Skype for free if you're worried about an overseas charge)

Yup - both absolutely great basses - so your question is, do you want an electric fretless sound or an acoustic fretless sound? Or maybe... why not get both?! Haha! I'll bet you could figure out how to do that!

Thanks again, adamcz - I had a "fancy wood" Monarch 5 for a while - great bass, but I didn't love the sound as much as the Mahogany YY5 I have now or this Monarch P. The mahogany body and ebony fretboard creates a beautiful combination of warmth and brightness along with the P/J configuration...

Have you played/heard one, Kinopah?

Hey, oldfretless! It happened! So here's the Monarch P Standard Classic Sunburst Kinopah sold me, in between a really nice Fender Custom Shop Relic'd '64 L series and an actual '64 vintage (on the right). I went down to South Shore Music in Weymouth MA (a dealer for Fodera, Lakland, F Bass...

Hey Kinopah - looks like you might have found your Fodera fretless! I know what you mean about Fodera and brand loyalty, but I would highly recommend (depending on exactly what you're looking for) checking out a Rob Allen as well. I did a lot of gigging with an 11 to 18 piece band that did big...

Hey, Adamcz - yes, it's the same bass! Only there's now a tortoise pickguard on it, though I got it from Kinopah with the black pickguard and also a white one in the case (so now I have two Sadowsky's, a Custom Shop Fender P '64 Relic, a Strat guitar, and a Fodera Monarch P all in Sunburst with...

That means a lot to me, Kinopah - it was a pleasure talking to you as well - the fact that you are an educator (a very noble profession IMHO), that you are musically talented (I checked you out on Spotify) and that you have MONSTER skills on a yo-yo - Wow! Very impressive! - that's a lot of...