Fodera Club Part II

[Just Thumpin']

Folks --

This is readily available through Fodera at:

[email protected]

Long story short, this is an outboard version of our current internal preamp. Although the circuit is not identical to the internal preamp, it was made to sound sonically as close as possible in an outboard format. You can either plug it in (via a transformer) or use 9-volt batteries. It has the same ability to shape bass, mids and treble as the internal preamp.

Cheers,

Jason

 

[Just Thumpin']

They vary, but I will measure several tomorrow morning and report back...

quick question, how thick are those fodera bodies? they look abit thicker than than the average bass

 

[peterpalmieri]

Folks --

This is readily available through Fodera at:

[email protected]

Long story short, this is an outboard version of our current internal preamp. Although the circuit is not identical to the internal preamp, it was made to sound sonically as close as possible in an outboard format. You can either plug it in (via a transformer) or use 9-volt batteries. It has the same 3-band tone control as the internal preamp.

Cheers,

Jason

Bass xhange is selling them for $299

 

[Just Thumpin']

I would be very surprised by that given what their wholesale price is...

Bass xhange is selling them for $299

 

[peterpalmieri]

Another link to the Fodera outboard 2010.

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I'm just looking at the link provided earlier....

 

[Just Thumpin']

That pricing is not current...

I'm just looking at the link provided earlier....

 

[Angus]

As of today, picked up some ridiculous wood AND found the necessary NOS Lane Poors (in correct size and magnet arrangement, which took forever) to complete my basses. Excellent.

 

[PDavyduck]

Folks --

This is readily available through Fodera at:

[email protected]

Long story short, this is an outboard version of our current internal preamp. Although the circuit is not identical to the internal preamp, it was made to sound sonically as close as possible in an outboard format. You can either plug it in (via a transformer) or use 9-volt batteries. It has the same 3-band tone control as the internal preamp.

Cheers,

Jason

I did NOT need to read this....

 

[cnltb]

Bass xhange is selling them for $299

That's enough too, no?

 

[drbakker]

Hey, I just wanted to post a quick thanks to Jason and the crew at Fodera - I received my Imperial this past weekend and have spent the last few days getting to know it. The quality, workmanship, playability, tone, etc, is so good that it's hard to even describe.
Thanks Jason for all the impatient questions in the last couple months - you really are on top of things, and it is much appreciated.

 

[cnltb]

Hey, I just wanted to post a quick thanks to Jason and the crew at Fodera - I received my Imperial this past weekend and have spent the last few days getting to know it. The quality, workmanship, playability, tone, etc, is so good that it's hard to even describe.
Thanks Jason for all the impatient questions in the last couple months - you really are on top of things, and it is much appreciated.

Sound clips coming soon?

 

[basses55]

Hey, I just wanted to post a quick thanks to Jason and the crew at Fodera - I received my Imperial this past weekend and have spent the last few days getting to know it. The quality, workmanship, playability, tone, etc, is so good that it's hard to even describe.
Thanks Jason for all the impatient questions in the last couple months - you really are on top of things, and it is much appreciated.

Beautiful bass..congratulations

What are the specs on it and how long did you wait?

 

[jonno1707]

SWEET....Whats you opinion of the EMG's?

 

[drbakker]

Beautiful bass..congratulations

What are the specs on it and how long did you wait?

Thanks. Body is swamp ash, 34" scale, chestnut top, brazilian board, EMG's. I specified light weight, and while it is probably lighter than the average Imperial 5, these are heavy basses. The wait was a little under 2 years.

 

[drbakker]

SWEET....Whats you opinion of the EMG's?

Thanks!
The EMG's sound great to me. Very rich sounding. I can get some amazing piano-like tones easily on the E and A strings.

I know everyone has an opinion on pickups, and EMG's may not be everyone's first choice, but I have worked with the guys at EMG and know they really are committed to being great at what they do.

I figured EMG's would be a good starting point, and who knows in the future when I am very familiar with the bass I may try to 'voice' it a bit with some different pickups. But I knew that I couldn't go wrong starting with the EMG's, and I so far I'm not disappointed at all.

 

[jonno1707]

What does it weigh?

 

[Basehead]

Hey, I just wanted to post a quick thanks to Jason and the crew at Fodera - I received my Imperial this past weekend and have spent the last few days getting to know it. The quality, workmanship, playability, tone, etc, is so good that it's hard to even describe.
Thanks Jason for all the impatient questions in the last couple months - you really are on top of things, and it is much appreciated.

Damn...I did NOT need to see this! Now I want one

 

[steubig]

nice bass. (and two years doesn't seem so long to me.)

i just want to lay out some props to jason for getting the pipeline going.

yay fodera.

 

[drbakker]

What does it weigh?

I get 10lbs on the bathroom scale...

i'll add an edit:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, the bass is awesome. I just have a badly ruptured disk and a couple lbs does make a difference. My main bass is a sadowsky that is about 7lbs, which makes a huge difference to my back after a night of playing...

 

[cnltb]

It's refreshing to see hardware that's not "gold" !
Very nice touch that!