Fodera Club Part IV

[chris.gotfunk]

I know I cannot be the only one that hopes one day I walk into a pawn shop or a yard sale where there just happens to be a Fodera for sale.... for cheap....

Yup.... I am bored and daydreaming again....

 

[Rich Treat]

Nice! What are the rest of the specs?

Emperor II
6 string 35" 3 piece maple neck/ Madagascar Rosewood FB (24 frets)
Mahogany Body
Walnut Top (solid top)
Duncan Dual Coils (matching walnut covers)
Pope Pre
Gold Hardware
Extended B headstock

I'm not sure what the grain is called on that walnut top (crotch?)...

 

[Rich Treat]

I know I cannot be the only one that hopes one day I walk into a pawn shop or a yard sale where there just happens to be a Fodera for sale.... for cheap....

Yup.... I am bored and daydreaming again....

I've had that daydream as well...

 

[Bernie Connors]

Emperor II
6 string 35" 3 piece maple neck/ Madagascar Rosewood FB (24 frets)
Mahogany Body
Walnut Top (solid top)
Duncan Dual Coils (matching walnut covers)
Pope Pre
Gold Hardware
Extended B headstock

I'm not sure what the grain is called on that walnut top (crotch?)...

Sounds friggin' great! Can't wait to see the in-progress pics. That's part of the fun and it's cool to be able to see it come to life. The magic of TB. We all get to experience that fun.

 

[Rich Treat]

Sounds friggin' great! Can't wait to see the in-progress pics. That's part of the fun and it's cool to be able to see it come to life. The magic of TB. We all get to experience that fun.

Thanks! I know, I like seeing build pics too. We'll see if I can get some taken.

 

[Brad Johnson]

I know I cannot be the only one that hopes one day I walk into a pawn shop or a yard sale where there just happens to be a Fodera for sale.... for cheap....

Yup.... I am bored and daydreaming again....

Next best thing... having a friend find one and let you buy it.

 

[chris.gotfunk]

Next best thing... having a friend find one and let you buy it.

Are you offering me a Fodera for cheap?? hahaha...

 

[Brad Johnson]

Are you offering me a Fodera for cheap?? hahaha...

Nope... just remembering how sweet my acquisition was.

 

[YCBass]

I know I cannot be the only one that hopes one day I walk into a pawn shop or a yard sale where there just happens to be a Fodera for sale.... for cheap....

Yup.... I am bored and daydreaming again....

I've had that daydream as well...

And it just happened to have the exact specs that you would order.

 

[jonno1707]

Before the internet that stuff happened all the time...

 

[climb]

Nope... just remembering how sweet my acquisition was.

what exactly happened???

 

[Brad Johnson]

what exactly happened???

A friend found a nice 1992 Anthony Jackson Contrabass at a local to him GC... for $2500. He was nice enough to think of me when he decided not to purchase it. That was "cheap" in my book.

 

[narud]

A friend found a nice 1992 Anthony Jackson Contrabass at a local to him GC... for $2500. He was nice enough to think of me when he decided not to purchase it. That was "cheap" in my book.

when you bought it, prices werent quite as ******** as they are now though. it still was a steal though!! i paid 2800 new for an emperor bolt on 5 with duncan duals back in 2000.

 

[steubig]

A friend found a nice 1992 Anthony Jackson Contrabass at a local to him GC... for $2500. He was nice enough to think of me when he decided not to purchase it. That was "cheap" in my book.

yeah, that was pretty cheap. looks like you put some work into it as that's not the original preamp. 36-inch scale?

 

[Brad Johnson]

when you bought it, prices werent quite as ******** as they are now though. it still was a steal though!! i paid 2800 new for an emperor bolt on 5 with duncan duals back in 2000.

Ah, the good old days.



Granted but seven years ago it was still worth way more than $2500. I doubt the price of a new AJ was under $7k at the time.


I missed a couple of other deals spending time "thinking about them"... something I usually don't do. I'm usually much more decisive when I know what's at stake.

 

[Brad Johnson]

yeah, that was pretty cheap. looks like you put some work into it as that's not the original preamp. 36-inch scale?

36" scale and it's bone stock. HAZ labs preamp and Fodera Lane Poors. Had Joey take care of a minor repair, other than that I cleaned it up, restrung it and set it up. That's all.

 

[steubig]

yeah, i probably got the years between the 2- and 3-bands wrong.

sweet deal.

 

[Bernie Connors]

36" scale and it's bone stock. HAZ labs preamp and Fodera Lane Poors. Had Joey take care of a minor repair, other than that I cleaned it up, restrung it and set it up. That's all.

B string on that bass must be insane!

 

[cnltb]

"bone stock"?

 

[Brad Johnson]

"bone stock"?

Yes, it's a fairly common term. It means unaltered, not mucked with, that sort of thing.



http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=bone...definition&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=fb201e72aac609ef