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Fodera Club Part IV

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Bernie Connors said:
I thought he was using that Fodera on Letterman with Herbie a few days ago? If not, his new bass looks just like his old one.
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The Fodera I saw him use a number of times live back in the 80's had single coil J pickups and a maple board (if I'm remembering correctly... could be wrong... it was a while ago). That bass was posted for sale on the Fodera used site a while back (maybe 2 years?), but not sure if it sold.

I'm sure Jason knows the scoop.
 
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KJung said:
The Fodera I saw him use a number of times live back in the 80's had single coil J pickups and a maple board (if I'm remembering correctly... could be wrong... it was a while ago). That bass was posted for sale on the Fodera used site a while back (maybe 2 years?), but not sure if it sold.

I'm sure Jason knows the scoop.
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Oh ok. When I think of old, I think of his Ash/Rosewood bass since it's been around for quite awhile. The bass you're speaking of predates that bass.
 
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Bernie Connors said:
Oh ok. When I think of old, I think of his Ash/Rosewood bass since it's been around for quite awhile. The bass you're speaking of predates that bass.
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That was a mistype on my part.... I saw him on the Brecker Brothers reunion tour, which I think was around 1990/91 so. It was fun, since I saw the opening night at the Bluenote in New York (I was up there on business) with Dennis Chambers, and then the next month at Mississippi Nights with Weckl on drums. Chambers was pumpin' the groove while Weckl accented every horn hit... very different vibe.

Amazing stuff!
 
#485
Bernie Connors said:
Found it. James + Dennis Chambers? Wow...
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That's the bass, and the tour. I was sitting about 5 feet in front of Chambers at that first show. Totally killing, and he looked like he was thinking about what he was going to have for lunch the next day. Genus looked like he was about ready to die playing that stuff though... killed it though. Since that stuff was originally recorded by Will Lee on a Fender or Sadowsky, that ash/maple Fodera with the single coil J's really worked on that tour... very J bass sounding, but with a bit more 'Fodera meat' to the tone. Nice!
 
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KJung said:
That's the bass, and the tour. I was sitting about 5 feet in front of Chambers at that first show. Totally killing, and he looked like he was thinking about what he was going to have for lunch the next day. Genus looked like he was about ready to die playing that stuff though... killed it though.
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What a tour de force. Incredible. That's playing of the highest caliber.
 
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Bernie Connors said:
Found it. James + Dennis Chambers? Wow...
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It's funny but James' Emperor is actually the bass that convinced me to get my first Fodera. I was in the shop in 97/98 and his bass happened to be there. I played it for about an hour and placed my order that day. I actually went for the exact same spec after playing his - but ultimately changed my order to a brazilian board.

His bass killed.
 
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Joelc73 said:
It's funny but James' Emperor is actually the bass that convinced me to get my first Fodera. I was in the shop in 97/98 and his bass happened to be there. I played it for about an hour and placed my order that day. I actually went for the exact same spec after playing his - but ultimately changed my order to a brazilian board.

His bass killed.
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What a cool story. That's a killin' instrument.

So the bass you ordered ended up being a lot like the bass James uses now? 36" scale and all?
 
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Hi Jason,

Is the same attention given to the butterflies on the Fodera NYC Empire?

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Just Thumpin' said:
The five pieces of each butterfly all start out as separate pieces and must be painstakingly matched to look as if they belong on the same butterfly. This has become a favorite rainy day past time at my house...my wife and I lay out hundreds and hundreds of pieces of wing-shaped abalone and the fun begins!

All in, at some point we figured that matching the pieces, putting the butterflies together, choosing them, inlaying them, etc., takes somewhere between 2 and 4 four hours -- PER BASS. A little bit nutty come to think of it, but lots of fun!
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Alas, no...

However, the process on the new NYC's (since late last year) is much more similar to what we do on the Custom instruments than what was used on the bass pictured. The butterfly on the bass pictured was an intermediate step towards what we do now...

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Hi Jason,

Is the same attention given to the butterflies on the Fodera NYC Empire?

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I've read few years ago that this material is a hard piece of wood to separate the top and the body, concerning the sound. Thanks to that, the top doesn't affecte the sound of the body.
But I'm not sure if it's right...
 
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