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Fodera Club Part VI
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I just wanted to share my lovely NYC deluxe 5 with my new Aguilar "mini-stack" Love 'em!
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Very nice...I like the black and white combo.... enjoy
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Maybe it's just the lighting of the picture but is that a Titanium bridge on the Imperial 5?
As nice as the Bubinga top is, you should see the stunning Crotch Walnut back.
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What a beautiful pair of twins. Hats off to all at Fodera for raising the bar once again.
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First off, thanks to all for the kind words...I will pass them on later this morning to the gang!
Bubinga is quite heave and dense so, when used for a top it tends to add some brightness to the overall tonal signature of what lies beneath it...hope that helps. And, remember, although the top woods DO have an impact on overall tone, this impact is less than that of the choices made with regard to body woods, neck wood and fingerboard material...
Cheers,
J
Bubinga is quite heave and dense so, when used for a top it tends to add some brightness to the overall tonal signature of what lies beneath it...hope that helps. And, remember, although the top woods DO have an impact on overall tone, this impact is less than that of the choices made with regard to body woods, neck wood and fingerboard material...
Cheers,
J
Tom7
I'm so bright, my mom called me son! ;-)
Gorgeous work (as always), and thanks for the education. It reminds me of my math classes at university: I don't know when I'll ever use the knowledge, but I do like knowing it.
The inlay on that bass is just stunning
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I can almost hear how this thing is going to sound, everything about it looks amazing.
I keep looking at that shot of the neck joint from the rear as well!
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I can almost hear how this thing is going to sound, everything about it looks amazing.
I keep looking at that shot of the neck joint from the rear as well!
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Last night I took my new Monarch to the stage for the first time.
It was the kind of a jazz gig on which I normally use my fretless Godin. This bass sounds more like an upright and the band members like the sound very much. Hence, I was a bit in doubt if it was a good idea to show up with this very punchy and bright sounding Monarch.
Eventually the gig was terrific! Everybody was praising the sound and I had a helluva ball playing the new bass. The band mates said they could hear the changes much better and that this was very inspiring to their own playing. Plus, I also got significantly more response and applause for my solos from the audience than before!
I'm so glad I got this bass! Thanks guys!
It was the kind of a jazz gig on which I normally use my fretless Godin. This bass sounds more like an upright and the band members like the sound very much. Hence, I was a bit in doubt if it was a good idea to show up with this very punchy and bright sounding Monarch.
Eventually the gig was terrific! Everybody was praising the sound and I had a helluva ball playing the new bass. The band mates said they could hear the changes much better and that this was very inspiring to their own playing. Plus, I also got significantly more response and applause for my solos from the audience than before!
I'm so glad I got this bass! Thanks guys!
Ok, since nobody really responded to my question about woods/tone in Foderas (but I'd welcome any late responses), let's discuss bolt-on vs. neck through for a minute. Do you guys believe that bolt-on necks are punchier than neck-throughs? If so, why? What are the acoustics/physics involved with making it punchier?
climb said:
I recall reading a years-old luthier roundtable article in Bass Player magazine where this question came up. Mike Tobias presented an interesting concept, stating that a bolt-on build definitely lacks the solid fundamental and low-end response of a all-else-equal neck through build. He went on to say that our ears and brain "extrapolate" the missing sonic information in a bolt-on design, which gives the perception of a tighter sound that commands less sonic space. It's a psychoacoustic event, similar to why we still hear a man on a phone with a deep voice to have said deep voice. This happens even on a tiny cell phone speaker that cannot reproduce those low frequencies.
I personally like both neck-through and bolt-on, but mostly play bolt-on. I do hear a smoother, deeper tone out of a neck-through, but it seems to be more apparent to the player more than anyone else.
I'd be more interested in a bolt- on Fodera singlecut over a neck-through, if the choice was there. It isn't, since they only offer set-neck or neck- through for their singlecut models. I'll be happy with a neck-through Imperial.
One has to wonder, though. If I order my own Fodera and put a deposit on it right now, I may never get it before the world is scheduled to end in December of 2012 ! : p
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LOL...actually, if you order soon, you not only would have it before the End, you'd even be able to play it for a few months! Presently delivery times are running at roughly 17-18 months...
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Charles, her at Fodera we obviously have very strong opinions / observations about both this question and about the tones of various woods. That said, I think it best that I refrain from answering here unless I see something posted that is significantly different than what we generally experience on our instruments...
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