Recent content by samsara

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    Fodera Monarch/Imperial Shaped Body

    didnt know that one, well put ! i now made a scaleup with the method written above (my 2nd post). it came out pretty accurate i found out, because i got an email from the big T online store where their custom bass guy sent me a picture with some dimensions of the bass, (width, length, depth)...
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    Fodera Monarch/Imperial Shaped Body

    good point ! I think i will try to find a good pic to measure from nut-12 (to get half the scale length). then i wanted to resize the image to fit the multiplication factor. but, i maybe got some brainfreeze here, is the bass then in true size in the file ? if i resize the X and Y axis of the...
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    Fodera Monarch/Imperial Shaped Body

    Hey TB-Luthiers! Im currently planning on building a 5 String Bass (Bolt-on Neck), with a Body shape similiar to a Fodera Monarch Deluxe 5. The question is: How do i get the correct dimensions of the fodera body. I cant find any blueprint or list of dimensions for the monarch 5 deluxe fodera...
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    Sire Bass Club!

    thanks alot for the samples. These things considered. You guys think the maple gets close ? I feel like I'm liking the looks more of the maple/nt. I know looks < sound, but I feel like the differences in sound are quite small between those two versions
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    Sire Bass Club!

    This helped to calm my brain a bit. I was starting to get panic on the sounds totally limiting me depending on the bass I choose. Do you think on a sire I can get some similar sounds like Richard bona, Janek dwizdala and the other "solo smooth jazz soundish" modern jazzers? I would love to be...
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    Sire Bass Club!

    Could you explain me what you mean with feel ? So it's two different answers already. ,thanks for the videos, gonna check them out , maybe they help so considering this and the versatility of sounds, would a pj bass (sire p7) be best then ? Maybe ash and maple p7, so I get p sounds and clear...
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    Sire Bass Club!

    Hey sire crowd ! I'm thinking of buying my first bass (I'm guitar player for several years and wanted to try out bass cause I feel like I might enjoy it too :)) so now I was searching and researching in finding the best bang for the buck and I guess it's a sire v7... Also because of the tonal...