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Fodera Club Part IX

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chris.gotfunk said:
Congrats!!! Good Lord does that bass sound incredible!!!! THAT is the perfect tone to my ears! Excellent playing as well.
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I have to agree that's pretty much what I've had in my head for about 10 years or so. I've flipped a good number of basses (well still doing so to pay for this;) ) and I think this is it.

If you think of the wood combo in order of size- Mahogany, maple, alder, rosewood, and that amazing piece of figured ash- I think you pretty much realize it's an ideal blend of all of the most classic tone woods used in bass guitars. Sort of warm, clear, punchy, everything at same time. (I would've worked some walnut somewhere if there were room!)

The only bad thing is I was hoping to order one new to get some other details to my liking, but this sounds so good I don't see that making much sense right now. Good problem to have, I suppose!

I know people complain about Fodera's price but to find what you've been looking for is quite amazing and worth every penny!

Anyway, sorry about the player problems, I'll check it out. New site, new blog. It seems to work best if you use the yahoo player to advance tracks, rather than reselecting tracks on the page.

That guitarist needs some practice as well. ;)
 
#325
fivestringdan said:
I could be wrong but your skunk stripe looks like walnut. At least the grain pattern doesn't resemble bubinga or purple heart.
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I checked with seller and he's not sure either. We agree that it doesn't have much effect on tone. I like anyways.

Let's call it walnut, which is my best guess. Perhaps Jason could ID it.

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Robin Ruscio said:
Anyway, sorry about the player problems, I'll check it out. New site, new blog. It seems to work best if you use the yahoo player to advance tracks, rather than reselecting tracks on the page.
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you can scroll through the tunes if you go to the player window at the bottom of the page. (click the little arrow next to 4 plays.)

nice feel on beautiful love, btw.
 
#330
Just Thumpin' said:
Walnut accent stripe...no impact on tone!

J
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Well, I asked for walnut and I got it!

Vinnie et al. don't think adding those layers does something to the tone? Not because of the wood type or anything, but just introducing more pieces vibrating together seems like it would have an impact. A certain other famous luthier in Pennsylvania told me he thought they made basses sound a bit more compressed, but that would be more like veneers that are between the top and body wood through the whole bass. I'm sure it's not very important compared to everything else.

What a great bass, I can't put it down. This weekend of gigging will be interesting. I've not even played this in person with a drummer yet! I feel like there is gonna be a whole new level of groove going on.
 
#331
Lennard III. said:
Do you guys know the COMFORT STRAPP ?????

I use this strapps since 10 years and I even hardly feel my 10+lbs Walnut Foderas .... with a normal strapp I would suffer but with the Comfort Strapp it just feels great.
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I have a Comfortt Strap and a 3.5" wide Levy's Leather leather strap. I prefer the Levy's. Same type of support without that little bit of give that the spongey Comfortt Strap has.

People have mentioned though that they haven't found any strap that alleviates the problem they have with weight.
 
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I meant that using Walnut vs. Bubinga vs. Purpleheart for the accent stripe has no discernable impact on tone...not that the construction method itself has no impact on tone.

EVERYTHING that we do to one our instrument undoubtedly changes the way the finished instrument sounds...that said, since we have always built our neck-through instruments with accent wood at that location, I am not certain how they would sound different without them...

Cheers,

J

Robin Ruscio said:
Well, I asked for walnut and I got it!

Vinnie et al. don't think adding those layers does something to the tone? Not because of the wood type or anything, but just introducing more pieces vibrating together seems like it would have an impact. A certain other famous luthier in Pennsylvania told me he thought they made basses sound a bit more compressed, but that would be more like veneers that are between the top and body wood through the whole bass. I'm sure it's not very important compared to everything else.

What a great bass, I can't put it down. This weekend of gigging will be interesting. I've not even played this in person with a drummer yet! I feel like there is gonna be a whole new level of groove going on.
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#335
steubig said:
agreed. had a comfort strap and didn't like the yo-yo effect.
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ok you're right - it bounces a bit ;)

but I don't notice that anymore after all those years.


If you guys like fine leather strapps - I have sth. nice for you :

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they also have fine fine leather bags.

:)
 
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[quote="Lennard III., post: 11583624
If you guys like fine leather strapps - I have sth. nice for you :

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they also have fine fine leather bags.

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Thanks for posting!

I may try to find this place when I'm in Germany next year.
 
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