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Fodera Club Part VII

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Hey Jason,

I was wondering if I could inquire about Richard Bona's setup as far as electronics - I've heard it mentioned that he runs his Imperial passive all the time. If so, why does he keep the preamp in his bass, and why would he order his new bass with a preamp, as well? Also, I'm not too familiar with the Pope pre (I'm assuming that's what he's got in his original bass), what is the passive operation like? Or is it even a passive bypass as part of the preamp?

Thanks for all your input in these threads! It's appreciated. :)

-Evan
 
#328
Does any body with the yin-yang design notice a difference in tone on the different parts of the fingerboard? For example, the one on Jason's avatar pic has ebony and purpleheart. Does the part of the fb with the purpleheart sound different than the rest of the neck?
 
#330
This year we do not. We were thinking about going, but we are really committed to making up the time that we lost on the schedule due to illnesses and weather this winter and if we give up a week of shop time to go to the show, we won't make any progress. Thus far we have clawed back 2 weeks of the 5 weeks that we fell behind. Sorry!

J

lemon3007 said:
Hey Jason,

does Fodera have a booth (maybe together with Epifani) at Frankfurter MusikMesse this year?

thanks,

lemon
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#331
Actually there is no preamp in Richard's bass, so it is truly passive in terms of a preamp. However, since EMG's have onboard preamps in the pups themselves, it is not truly "passive" in the traditional sense.

As far as our onboard Fodera / Pope preamp is concerned, when you run it in passive mode it is truly passive and bypasses all of the tone shaping circuitry...all but the volume, passive tone control and blend pot are bypassed completely.

superfunk47 said:
Hey Jason,

I was wondering if I could inquire about Richard Bona's setup as far as electronics - I've heard it mentioned that he runs his Imperial passive all the time. If so, why does he keep the preamp in his bass, and why would he order his new bass with a preamp, as well? Also, I'm not too familiar with the Pope pre (I'm assuming that's what he's got in his original bass), what is the passive operation like? Or is it even a passive bypass as part of the preamp?

Thanks for all your input in these threads! It's appreciated. :)

-Evan
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#332
Yes, ever so slightly...but you really have to let the notes ring and listen for them. Under "battle conditions" it is all but unnoticeable. BTW, the bass in my avatar has finally made the Newborn page...

http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=131

Cheers!

J

Rich Treat said:
Does any body with the yin-yang design notice a difference in tone on the different parts of the fingerboard? For example, the one on Jason's avatar pic has ebony and purpleheart. Does the part of the fb with the purpleheart sound different than the rest of the neck?
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Just Thumpin' said:
Actually there is no preamp in Richard's bass, so it is truly passive in terms of a preamp. However, since EMG's have onboard preamps in the pups themselves, it is not truly "passive" in the traditional sense.

As far as our onboard Fodera / Pope preamp is concerned, when you run it in passive mode it is truly passive and bypasses all of the tone shaping circuitry...all but the volume, passive tone control and blend pot are bypassed completely.
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Wait - I could have sworn Richard had Duncans in his bass. Am I just crazy, or did he switch it up more recently? Also, if there's no preamp, does he just keep the knobs on there? (I'm talking about his main Imperial, to avoid any confusion.)

Also, on a completely unrelated and utterly pointless note, I found myself literally drooling at points during that documentary over your guys' wood stash. Being able to work with wood like that is a dream job in the truest sense.

Thanks again for your time. :)
 
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He has had EMG's in it for years. Early on he worked with Joey through multiple different pickup / preamp configurations, but in the end, the final "ingredients" included EMG's and no preamp. The knobs that remain on his bass are Volume, Passive Tone, Pickup Blend. The remainder are related to the onboard Roland MIDI system...

Yeah, the wood stash is wonderful. Particularly great is that the "Private Reserve" section has kind of become my domain, and WOW, some of the stuff up there is just mind boggling. The amount of incredible wood that Joey and Vinny accumulated over the years is probably enough for us to build at the rate that we do for 5-10 years without really needing to buy much of anything. Of course we DO continue to replenish what we use, but we have a lot of great stuff on hand...

superfunk47 said:
Wait - I could have sworn Richard had Duncans in his bass. Am I just crazy, or did he switch it up more recently? Also, if there's no preamp, does he just keep the knobs on there? (I'm talking about his main Imperial, to avoid any confusion.)

Also, on a completely unrelated and utterly pointless note, I found myself literally drooling at points during that documentary over your guys' wood stash. Being able to work with wood like that is a dream job in the truest sense.

Thanks again for your time. :)
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