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Cheap Yin Yang Fedora Bass?
- Thread starter Nathan Ferguson
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After reading this whole thread, I can't believe no one called it by its true name...
Are you ready? You sure?
Fauxdera
Are you ready? You sure?
Fauxdera
BTW They have a nice little blurb at the end of the ad ! Couldn't have described playing Bass better myself.
"For music lovers, cool bass guitars is another very important instrument. The sound of bass guitar pedals is relatively low, and more solemn, which can bring a different feeling. The bass electric guitar is suitable for blue and jazz music, also, you can learn to sing a song with the bass guitar buy for your beloved girl, which can show your love so perfectly."
That's AWESOME!!!!
The funny thing is that if you were to visit the factory and go through about a dozen of these things I bet you'd find a keeper in there somewhere.
Maybe find a keeper. But, it wouldn't hold a candle to a real Fodera. One can find keeper basses in pawn shops, garage sales, dumps, etc. A keeper bass doesn't equate to a quality bass. It just means there is some aspect of the bass one likes.
Is that what's called fret sprout?I mean there's always the option of going fanned frets on a six strings if you'd prefer. Kudos to the one who can intonate that thing properly
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There are some good reviews on various levels of Authentic, Copies and Counterfeit. You can Google it and read some great info. Summary: Authentic ($2,000 - $10,000+) - The real thing with all the quality components and careful craftsmanship that established the brand name. Copies ($500-$1,000+) - Good quality rendition of the real thing under a different name and made in other countries and potential for some level of compromise. Usually looks similar and may vary from a high of being manufactured by the same factories using all or most of the same components or even the same parent company as the authentic brand names to the lower end of quality substitute components. Counterfeit ($300-$500) - Usually made by lower-end plants in China to look very (too) close to the originals (intentional misleading) but with lesser components and workmanship. These often need to be upgraded with new components (pickups, pre-amp, bridge, nut, tuners) to be reasonably usable. They are usually marketed through websites and target beginners who prioritize looks over function, pretenders or those susceptible to think they can get something for nothing.
One thorough reviewer bought several levels for comparison and found the Copy to be sufficient for general purposes.
The reviewer commented on the counterfeit that it would likely not be suitable out of the box for high school music students. He basically only kept the body and neck which was decent mid-level components but had to replace everything else to make it playable. The result was a $400 down payment for a cheaply made guitar starter kit that ended up costing $1,000 and lots of time to make it into an equivalent $500-$600 Copy bass that looked like a nice bass, except to other bassists.
One thorough reviewer bought several levels for comparison and found the Copy to be sufficient for general purposes.
The reviewer commented on the counterfeit that it would likely not be suitable out of the box for high school music students. He basically only kept the body and neck which was decent mid-level components but had to replace everything else to make it playable. The result was a $400 down payment for a cheaply made guitar starter kit that ended up costing $1,000 and lots of time to make it into an equivalent $500-$600 Copy bass that looked like a nice bass, except to other bassists.
Yes, I've seen wood matching like that before... on B-stock SX basses. Only they usually sell for $100 not $500.
Get your mind wrapped around it. These things are just theatrical props. When you see a gold throne on stage that chair is not really made out of gold, you know!
as mentioned above, the wood matching on the back is bad, as well as the cardboard
box its on tells me its a fake. (not to mention the price)
but, buy it......and tell us what you think
box its on tells me its a fake. (not to mention the price)
but, buy it......and tell us what you think
I call that sort of basses Chodera according to Chibson, Chender, Chickenbacker, Chackson, Chibanez, Chamaha and CheSP and I've also seen at those sites Chalembic, Chen Chmith, Chodulus, Charwick and Chernie Chall Chusic Chan and there might be Chadowsky and Chpector.
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The problem with these is that for the price they just require too much work to overcome their inherent flaws. Yes, you might get 'a keeper' but aside the $500 for the bass you'd be paying a technician $100-200 to deal with the crappy action, tuners, fretwork, pickup height, etc. and Part from that it's not at all a faithful copy. At least SXs, Squiers and those new Sires have the pickups in the right location.
If you really want a Fodera copy that gets you in the ballpark buy a Maruszczyk or something rather than this POS.
If you really want a Fodera copy that gets you in the ballpark buy a Maruszczyk or something rather than this POS.
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Point: It's not a Fodera Yin-Yang bass. It's not even a knock-off Fodera Yin-Yang bass. It's a prop that on stage sort of LOOKS like a Fedora Yin-Yang bass and costs a lot less.
