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Fodera Club Part II

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#882
harrybosch said:
Tomika, what are the woods used in your Emperor II? I really like the tone of that bass.
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Hi Harry, where did you hear my old baby? ;)
See this:
buckeye burl solid top, walnut body, 35 scale, maple neck thru with ebony fingerboard, black hardware, [DEL]Seymour Duncan Dual Coil PU's[/DEL] Fodera 3- band electronics with bypass and standby switch - (siehe Testbericht Gitarre & Bass 11/2003, Seite 102)

Only one mistake, the picups are Aeros! ;-)

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#884
Garey said:
Any chance you can mock up a Monarch 6? Here's what we're looking at:

Monarch 6, 35" scale
Walnut body, Ash heel-block
Quilted Ash top (non-solid)
Maple neck
Asian Ebony fingerboard w/ pearl dots
Dual coil pickups
Asian Ebony pup covers (no holes), truss cover and backplate

Thx!

Aloha, Garey
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Wow. Its color is Goregeous!

I have never seen and played this wood on Fodera.
I just saw it on Ritter or classic guitar company.
She is best looking ebony I've ever seen
So I have searched asian ebony on web.
As information I searched, It is also known as malaysian Blakwood.
I instantly falled in love with Asian ebony. because every photo has Great color although it is ebony.-Sorry I don't like dark color- Just my taste!
Of course other ebony like macarsar "sometimes" have Great looks,and color but it is rare and only available in 5A grade figured. and Ebony that has both Great Figured and Tone is rare.
However Asian ebony originally has great color. and People said that It has beautiful color -onething is red-brown like yours, and another is green color and sometimes has Great striped pattern like macasar ebony.
Also wood's rarity and price is very similar to macasar ebony. (or Slightly cheap). -reasonable price wood, Yes they (mac and asian..)are expensive but affordable. Some woods like Brazilian and chestnut are Too rare and Expensive to get.

So If its tone is similar to ebony, it is best ebony for me.

however People said that Tone is not similar to mac ebony, althoughs it is ebony, Its tone is similar to african blackwood (rosewood).
However There are diverse opinion regarding tone. So I'm confusing.

ANYWAY I think it is great wood
If its tone similar to ebony -- It is Best looking ebony.!
If its tone similar to african blackwood -- Best price/value relationship!! --because african blackwood is extremly expensive.!!!! (similar to Brazilian Rosewood!!)


What is its tone? Focusing on Tone *NOT looks, is it great wood?
Is My information correct? (price,value,tone..)
Is there anyone who know correct information regarding Asian Ebony? maybe Just thumpin'.or Garey.. Could you explaine me this wood? Please let me know!
 
#891
Just Thumpin' said:
Anthony's are round core. I meant that his set is the most difficult to make...
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Ah I see.
Interesting that they use round cores.
The G and C are on exposed core too?
I've had the experience once , that I ordered an exposed core set from a manufacturer and they delivered a tapered G rather than an exposed core one and that was not on a round core...
I use round core exposed core strings and found only one maker that would do it without charging exorbitant prices for them.
Mind you , I am talking smaller volumes.:)
I am however extremely happy with the strings I use and did percieve a difference between hex and round core.
So , well done Fodera! :)
 
#892
La Bella and Fbass also make exposed core strings also. Just so you know. I think La
Bella actually makes the Fbass strings though. I have an Fbass and I use Fbass strings
on it. I really like the feel of the exposed core strings. They feel like trampolines under
your fingers. Very flexible and have a great sound too.

I'm interested to see how the AJ strings are. Glad to see the exposed core design is
catching on.
 
#893
thndrstk6 said:
La Bella and Fbass also make exposed core strings also. Just so you know. I think La
Bella actually makes the Fbass strings though. I have an Fbass and I use Fbass strings
on it. I really like the feel of the exposed core strings. They feel like trampolines under
your fingers. Very flexible and have a great sound too.

I'm interested to see how the AJ strings are. Glad to see the exposed core design is
catching on.
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Are all the strings exposed core? Including the G and up?
And do they wind them on round cores?
When I contacted labella I seem to remember that they told me they do hex core only.
I may be wrong though. :)
 
#894
I'm not 100% sure about the La Bella strings. I think the only difference between the
Fbass strings and the La Bella's is that the Fbass strings have a custom gauge size to
them. The Fbass strings are round core. I'm guessing the exposed core La Bella's are
the same.

The Fbass strings are all exposed except for the C string and up for the extended range
basses. The B,E,A,D,and G strings are all exposed. The C and up strings are regular
because George Furlanetto (owner of Fbass) doesn't want his high strings sounding thin.
That's also why he does the 34.5 inch scale basses.

It will be interesting to see if the AJ strings have an exposed C string.
 
#895
thndrstk6 said:
I'm not 100% sure about the La Bella strings. I think the only difference between the
Fbass strings and the La Bella's is that the Fbass strings have a custom gauge size to
them. The Fbass strings are round core. I'm guessing the exposed core La Bella's are
the same.

The Fbass strings are all exposed except for the C string and up for the extended range
basses. The B,E,A,D,and G strings are all exposed. The C and up strings are regular
because George Furlanetto (owner of Fbass) doesn't want his high strings sounding thin.
That's also why he does the 34.5 inch scale basses.

It will be interesting to see if the AJ strings have an exposed C string.
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Thanks for the info!
I think I tried to try the super steps once ( that's what the la bella exposed cores are called, right?)... they were too short for my instrument. :-(
Sure they are round core?
 
#897
thndrstk6 said:
Yeah they are called the super steps.

I just looked at my Fbass strings and I think they might be hex core too.

I guess they are both hex core. My bad.
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That would not be surprising, judging by the comments I got from some manufacturers .
They all were saying that winding on round core and going exposed is difficult and unless you order many,many sets at one time they wouldn't do it.
In my case , the request for custom gauges made it a no no with all I approached,apart from one.:)
 
#899
After a series of interesting events (and hopefully doing the right thing by the fodera family), I am back in the queue again. Talked with Jason about a 'dream bass' and actually honed in on what it would be. Basically a walnut topped emperor elite II, that really would be one of the basses that is on my all time WOW list.

In order to use it, I wanted it to be as light as possible, and I know this comes up as a topic here occassionally. All I can say is, I am sure I'll be fine with the tone so I don't have a lot of reason to not try and spec something that wouldn't yield something pretty light. I am going for a chambered alder body which is hopefully lightweight in the first place, maple neck and 'dark' old growth rosewood board, 34" scale. I think SD vintage singles and the pope pre are also on deck. Lately, my preferred sound has been single coils running into a j-retro deluxe, I have a bass with fralin singles and another bass with Nordstrand big singles running into the j-retro deluxe and I have just been really comfy with that setup. but I think the pope pre should be a nice touch. Question, do you guys feel any of the dual coils can nail the single coil J sound when set to one coil?

Anyways, I will be trying to put this out of my mind for a while, but I will say that I have a little more faith in scheduling these days with Fodera. Actually, even though I didn't feel like I got a straight answer in the past, I didn't mind knowing that the guys doing the work are true artists and I personally don't like to rush artists, and I have gigged enough to know that I don't get real logical answers from a lot of artists either ;) Regardless, I have gotten some straight answers after talking with Jason that panned out, and also I REALLY dig the fact that the guys doing the work are doing just that, and all the other stuff is being handled by equally capable hands.

Just like a band, great player rarely make good managers. And dang if you don't need a good manager!
 
#900
thndrstk6 said:
Yeah that makes sense.

Who is helping you with your custom gauges?

What and why custom gauges?
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I have my strings wound by newtonestrings. (Invalid Link Removed)
The reason for custom gauges was simply that I didn't find anything that felt and sounded RIGHt to me and the neck of my bass.
My attitude was and is... "let's see if I can get even better results, altering certain parameters of my set up. Including the strings".
I was almost anal about it all but am in therapy :D.
...well maybe not quite.:)
Luckily I am now able to ask for pretty much any gauge I want to try and get it at high quality and affordable prices.
I have used exposed core strings for a long time though and used custom sets from another manufacturer who is also very, very good , before finding Newtone.
Their strings felt just a little too tight to the neck of my bass and they also didn't want to do round core.
Now I'm happy as far as the strings are concerned but have a try out set on order none the less... that might just work even better :)
 
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