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Fodera Club Part VIII

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#921
In with my first fodera! It's an Emperor bolt-on with quilted/ash/maple/BEM.
 

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#923
nostatic said:
Thanks - helps to have an inspiring instrument in your hands. That is one reason I've stuck with my Rob Allens during the past year or two of churn. They just make me want to play. So far the Fodera is having the same effect.

Gig #2 last night. Our regular Saturday night residence is a very different thing. We play at a laid back coffee house in Santa Monica which is open 24 hours and is a bastion of screen writers (you can't swing a dead fish without hitting one in most any coffee place in LA), hippies and hipsters, both young and aging. We do a trio thing where we stretch out and generally mix in a bunch of 60's/70's pop/rock/tv theme songs that we've never done along with whatever else floats through our heads. This is actually one of the gigs I really was excited to try the YYS as ideally I should be expanding way outside of a traditional bass role, playing chords (sometimes the distorted power version), taking the head/melody, making random noises, etc.

I took the YYS along with a RA and off we went. New on the list were Aquarius, Spinning Wheel, Paint It Black, along with some more traditional jazz stuff and bits and pieces of Kinks, The Police, Cream, etc.

At any rate, I never pulled the RA out of the gig bag, and we didn't take a break, playing a nonstop 2+ hour set (we are supposed to shut down at 10pm as there is an apartment building upstairs). I just couldn't put the YYS down. It takes pedals really well, and playing up the neck is a joy. Plus it can do the straightahead stuff. Just roll onto the neck pup, back off the tone and have fat thoughts :D

For those who are gluttons, a few tracks, with the caveat that there are some rough spots as this is all spontaneous stuff and some of it I'm reading off some scrawled chart. Nothing is rehearsed, just depending on each other to listen and adjust. Very fun, and thankfully we have an audience that is cool with it.

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I'd be okay with it too; these are fun audio recordings. Hopefully you leave these clips up for quite awhile because I bet they will be referred to many times in the future as guys considering purchase of a YYS will want to check them out.
 
#926
Jason, is there a reason why the guys went to the 2+3 headstock over the 3+2? I am going to assume "low B tightness", even though that argument has long been fought, and I believe the physics states it doesn't make a difference anyhow.

I always thought the 3+2 made so much more sense visually, since the upper horn side of the bass is the "larger" half, and therefore the larger part of the headstock should be the top as well. Just look at the difference on Matt Garrison's actual bass vs. a Garrison bass with the 2+3. Kind of a totally different look IMO, and the 3+2 looks so much more balanced and artistic as a whole.

Perhaps it's just a minor quibble, but considering the design aesthetic of the basses it still seems important. I know for the five strings I ordered I insisted on the 3+2. What does Vinnie think?
 
#927
BassSaxMan said:
Jason, is there a reason why the guys went to the 2+3 headstock over the 3+2? I am going to assume "low B tightness", even though that argument has long been fought, and I believe the physics states it doesn't make a difference anyhow.

I always thought the 3+2 made so much more sense visually, since the upper horn side of the bass is the "larger" half, and therefore the larger part of the headstock should be the top as well. Just look at the difference on Matt Garrison's actual bass vs. a Garrison bass with the 2+3. Kind of a totally different look IMO, and the 3+2 looks so much more balanced and artistic as a whole.

Perhaps it's just a minor quibble, but considering the design aesthetic of the basses it still seems important. I know for the five strings I ordered I insisted on the 3+2. What does Vinnie think?
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When I had my 5 Monarch built with a low B (not extended) I used the 2+3 to give a little more room from the nut to the B tuning peg. When I did the Matt Garrision I did 3 +2. It made sense to me but I think it is just personal preference.
 
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BassSaxMan said:
Jason, is there a reason why the guys went to the 2+3 headstock over the 3+2? I am going to assume "low B tightness", even though that argument has long been fought, and I believe the physics states it doesn't make a difference anyhow.

I always thought the 3+2 made so much more sense visually, since the upper horn side of the bass is the "larger" half, and therefore the larger part of the headstock should be the top as well. Just look at the difference on Matt Garrison's actual bass vs. a Garrison bass with the 2+3. Kind of a totally different look IMO, and the 3+2 looks so much more balanced and artistic as a whole.

Perhaps it's just a minor quibble, but considering the design aesthetic of the basses it still seems important. I know for the five strings I ordered I insisted on the 3+2. What does Vinnie think?
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Funny, I prefer the 2+3 on aesthetic grounds for the exact opposite reason--to balance out the upper horn, especially on a single cut.
 
#933
funny - this is why I have ordered the Extended B headstock for my new Bass - because this is my favorite shape of them all :)

and if the Extended B will add some "extra" - great ! ;)


BassSaxMan said:
Jason, is there a reason why the guys went to the 2+3 headstock over the 3+2? I am going to assume "low B tightness", even though that argument has long been fought, and I believe the physics states it doesn't make a difference anyhow.

I always thought the 3+2 made so much more sense visually, since the upper horn side of the bass is the "larger" half, and therefore the larger part of the headstock should be the top as well. Just look at the difference on Matt Garrison's actual bass vs. a Garrison bass with the 2+3. Kind of a totally different look IMO, and the 3+2 looks so much more balanced and artistic as a whole.

Perhaps it's just a minor quibble, but considering the design aesthetic of the basses it still seems important. I know for the five strings I ordered I insisted on the 3+2. What does Vinnie think?
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#937
The "standard" headstock shape for us on a 5-string has historically been 2+3. That said, in a completely custom shop there really is no standard...LOL!

Vinny, Joey and I personally prefer the 2+3 on aesthetic grounds mostly...we can get great function out of either. As a matter of fact a very significant new 5-string instrument that we will be releasing at Bass Player Live next month will have a 3+2 peghead...that's just what will work best for this new instrument...

Cheers,

J
 
#939
Just Thumpin' said:
The "standard" headstock shape for us on a 5-string has historically been 2+3. That said, in a completely custom shop there really is no standard...LOL!

Vinny, Joey and I personally prefer the 2+3 on aesthetic grounds mostly...we can get great function out of either. As a matter of fact a very significant new 5-string instrument that we will be releasing at Bass Player Live next month will have a 3+2 peghead...that's just what will work best for this new instrument...

Cheers,

J
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Very significant.... Hmmmm... A new Fodera?
 
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Just Thumpin' said:
The "standard" headstock shape for us on a 5-string has historically been 2+3. That said, in a completely custom shop there really is no standard...LOL!

Vinny, Joey and I personally prefer the 2+3 on aesthetic grounds mostly...we can get great function out of either. As a matter of fact a very significant new 5-string instrument that we will be releasing at Bass Player Live next month will have a 3+2 peghead...that's just what will work best for this new instrument...

Cheers,

J
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That's going to be fun to see.. exciting......
 
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