Recent content by Rich Treat

Hi Everyone, The last few years my career has become strongly focused on working as an audio engineer, and as such this beautiful Fodera has not been getting the gig time that it deserves. Because of this, I am looking to sell my custom shop Fodera Monarch 6 Bolt On. Since I do not perform as...

Yhuuupp!

They will do it, but they generally advise against it. The monarch body is smaller and if you have the emperor control layout on it then some of your knobs end up being pretty close to your high string which can get in the way of certain right hand techniques. The monarch layout is designed to...

I think that that design is part of what they do to allow you to get a lower action on your strings. I'm not completely sure how that works though.

They do trim off some of the excess string. They have directions on their website. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Baha! His timing is worse than Shatner's!

Speaking of straps,.... ;) I decided to weather my brand new leather strap, so after my gig this weekend I was smacking my strap against things to scuff it up. My drummer thought that I finally lost my mind. It was quite therapeutic as well! I have been intending on getting some shots of my...

This is part of the reason that I got a topless ash body on my latest build. Very neutral looking for gigs like that.

My new monarch landed on the newborns page today! http://fodera.smugmug.com/Newborn-Gallery-Vol-IV/Newborn-996/i-g6h7dXR

The balance is impeccable! Especially on the Monarch! I got to gig my new Monarch this weekend, and I'm just completely thrilled with it. I took both of my Foderas along to the gig, just in case I needed to use my trusted EmpII for any reason, but I ended up only using the new Monarch the whole...

I have that same leather Levy strap (that one is 2.5", right?) and for me it works great on my new monarch, but not so well on my Emperor II. On the monarch, it stays in place and I don't feel the weight on my shoulders at all. On the Emperor II it slides around like crazy and I can't keep it...

Wow!

My emperor II has the extended b, and all I can say is that the b string sounds fantastic. But, that could have everything to do with extended b design, or a little bit to do with it, or even nothing to do with it. At this point I truly don't care why I like how it sounds, I'm just glad that it...

Awesome! I'm a little bit proud of myself right now. Not gonna lie.

Very nice! Sounds like you are going to have two very complimentary basses, with amazing tops! Can't wait to see the pics! You might have to change the screen name to "KoaFodera." ;)