Fodera Club Part II

[steubig]

jason, just keeping track of this page and answering the myriad questions must be taking a lot of your time . . . thanks

 

[tomika]

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[Tom7]

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And to you as well.

 

[black.rose1402]

merry christmas to all the bass brothers here and all the fodera owners, crew, and families.

 

[Just Thumpin']

On behalf of all of us here at Fodera, I would like to wish you and your families a joyous, healthy, musical holiday season and New Year. We are profoundly grateful for your support of what we do.

Kindest regards,

Jason

 

[black.rose1402]

On behalf of all of us here at Fodera, I would like to wish you and your families a joyous, healthy, musical holiday season and New Year. We are profoundly grateful for your support of what we do.

Kindest regards,

Jason

...and we love what you do, keep on making us dreaming !!!!

 

[Just Thumpin']

So, I recently sold one of my son's Fenders so that he could buy....the very first of the new Fodera NYC Empire 4-string series of basses. We were going to formally announce it at NAMM, but my TalkBass brothers and sisters deserve to know first, don't ya' think??

Anyway, I will do my best to get it out of his hands long enough so that I can shoot a few pictures and post them...

The specs...

34" scale, 21 frets
Alder body with Vintage Sunburst Finish (my son elected to NOT have a pickguard installed -- he's a bit of a Jaco fan)
1 pc. Maple Neck
Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
Fodera Vintage Single Coils -- modeled after those of a 1962 Jazz Bass
Fodera Bridge
Fodera NYC Preamp with Active Bass and Treble
Controls are Volume/Passive Tone (stack), Volume, Bass, Treble

For those of us that are four string fanatics and think that Vinny's necks are the sine qua non...this neck will not disappoint. I think that I may have finally found a Fodera four-string to take with me to some of my dive bar gigs!!!

Photos and more in-depth discussion soon!! Merry Christmas!!

 

[lamarjones]

you're just tossing out all sorts of killer presents this year eh?

Merry Christmas!!!

 

[Just Thumpin']

Let's just call it a thematic present giving year...actually the only real present to my son was that he got the very first one and it was delivered on Christmas -- he paid for it entirely!

you're just tossing out all sorts of killer presents this year eh?

Merry Christmas!!!

 

[sps500]

Whoa Jason you can't put a teaser like that with no pics!!!!!!

 

[Just Thumpin']

Sorry that the pictures are not better, but you get the idea. I figured timeliness was better than waiting for "professional" photos...

Some KILLER, Old Growth East Indian Rosewood...

NYC-4, Serial Number 1 of the year 2009...

 

[tomika]

So, I recently sold one of my son's Fenders so that he could buy....the very first of the new Fodera NYC Empire 4-string series of basses. We were going to formally announce it at NAMM, but my TalkBass brothers and sisters deserve to know first, don't ya' think??

Anyway, I will do my best to get it out of his hands long enough so that I can shoot a few pictures and post them...

The specs...

34" scale, 21 frets
Alder body with Vintage Sunburst Finish (my son elected to NOT have a pickguard installed -- he's a bit of a Jaco fan)
1 pc. Maple Neck
Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
Fodera Vintage Single Coils -- modeled after those of a 1962 Jazz Bass
Fodera Bridge
Fodera NYC Preamp with Active Bass and Treble
Controls are Volume/Passive Tone (stack), Volume, Bass, Treble

For those of us that are four string fanatics and think that Vinny's necks are the sine qua non...this neck will not disappoint. I think that I may have finally found a Fodera four-string to take with me to some of my dive bar gigs!!!

Photos and more in-depth discussion soon!! Merry Christmas!!

Cool Thumpin'! Thanx! Similar to this?

 

[emjazz]

What the hell???? Is that a Fodera with fanned frets????? There's something I never thought I'd see.

Cool Thumpin'! Thanx! Similar to this?

 

[TimothyGroovy]

What the hell???? Is that a Fodera with fanned frets????? There's something I never thought I'd see.

You can even purchase it if you want to..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Fodera-B...QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2c5251bb5d

 

[thndrstk6]

What is this shape called and why don't they make it anymore?

 

[emjazz]

What is this shape called and why don't they make it anymore?

....and it's a bolt on singlecut!

 

[thndrstk6]

Take off the fanned frets and I would definitely buy that thing.

 

[steubig]

if i had the lottery i would seriously consider buying it . . . seems intriguing.

 

[Christian Houmann]

I really did the thread. There is no more bad things about Fodera! Only Love and that's so great! I love my Fodera but seeing those great basses makes me want another one A NYC 4 might help soon! They look great

Jason! Do the NYC 4 have vintage frets?

 

[Just Thumpin']

Funny, not really sure what to call them! Larger than vintage and a bit smaller than the Medium Jumbos we use on the custom instruments.

Joey and Vinny worked on this design for a long time. Even though it is clearly a J-Bass descendant, everything about it feels and looks really well thought out. Over the past year they did many, many iterations of the NYC-4 and really just finalized the design in early Fall...

Anyway, it weighs exactly 9 pounds (right where Vinny feels that the tone / weight balance is optimal) and balances quite well with just a slight hint of neck dive on the lap and perfect balance on a strap...

As for sound...it does exactly what Joey and Vinny wanted...A Jbass with more tonal control, a wider tonal spectrum and more punch yet very natural and woody sounding. It is most certainly a Fodera.

On Monday we will be stringing up a fretless (Alder / East Indian Rosewood FB) and an Ash / Maple FB -- I cannot wait to hear them!

Jason! Do the NYC 4 have vintage frets?