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Fodera Club Part VIII

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#81
DELACIUS said:
I remember this pictures years ago, I was in love!!!

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maybe my fav also...
 
#86
Steveman said:
Here's a good conversation starter: which bass player (or bass) drew you to Fodera? While I love Vic and his pretty basses (his playing ain't too shabby either, LOL) his tone never really drew me in. It wasn't until I was obsessed with Hiromi and watching Tony Grey's style of playing and hearing his tone when I was like "I definitely need to get me one of those!"
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I had never heard a Fodera until Joey and Vinny brought 2 basses to Focus II guitar center on Long Island, NY where I was teaching bass. That was very early '84 I believe. I was after the owners to carry a high end line of basses, heard about Fodera from a friend and asked them to come down. I played one and fell in love and bought it right away. Mine was the only one I had seen/heard for many years until I heard Vic. I didn't realize though that AJ was using one and I had loved his tone. Saw him in some clubs in NYC.. I think with Michel Camillo (I apologize for the spelling)
 
#87
Steveman said:
Gotta love those basses formally known as the AJ 6 Presentation!
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Just wondering, what inspired the name "Peresentation"?
Are not the other Fodera bass model names based on butterfly names, and aren't all basses"presented" and had not a few instruments prior ti the one that carries this name been "presented" to Anthony jackson?
Or was it possibly, that the original presentation model bass was a present ?

... I really don't get why, but this question occured to me recently... :-)
 
#88
I recall that the Presentation mark comes from the fact that it's built from the best of the best materials, and outfitted with proprietary titanium hardware. Jason at Fodera has also mentioned that the build process for an AJP takes significantly longer than their standard offerings. There's a lot of passion, expertise, wood shavings, and sweat in every Fodera, but this model is the highest expression of all that.

Presentations are also approved and evaluated prior to sale by their namesake artist - this is the only instance I can think of this happening in the world of fretted electric instruments. Granted, the title is lofty, but it is well deserved - they're the premier model of one of the world's premier builders played by a legitimately world class bassist.
 
#89
That and it may help differentiate between AJ's current bass, "presentation" and the previous version of his instrument the "AJ6" one of which I have on order.




20db pad said:
I recall that the Presentation mark comes from the fact that it's built from the best of the best materials, and outfitted with proprietary titanium hardware. Jason at Fodera has also mentioned that the build process for an AJ takes significantly longer than their standard offerings. There's a lot of passion, expertise, wood shavings, and sweat in every Fodera, but this model is the highest expression of all that.

Presentations are also approved and evaluated prior to sale by their namesake artist - this is the only instance I can think of this happening in the world of fretted electric instruments. Granted, the title is lofty, but it is well deserved - they're the premier model of one of the world's premier builders played by a legitimately world class bassist.
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#90
I was messing around with my new Fodera Yin Yang, and a bass cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah started to take shape. I've always loved the song and wanted to reimagine it on the bass. The shorter version of the song that focusses on the slap portion of the song is here;

YouTube - ‪Fodera Yin Yang Slap Bass cover of Hallelujah (Short Version)‬‏


The full version is here. Not as "camera ready" for a youtube audience (first half may bore people) but it gives the full picture of what I'm trying to do. It's still work in progress (and I don't have the patience for a "studio perfect" performance when it comes to youtube videos - so there are a few errors) - but it gives you the idea.

YouTube - ‪Fodera Yin Yang Bass Cover of Hallelujah (Full Version)‬‏
 
#91
pringlw said:
I was messing around with my new Fodera Yin Yang, and a bass cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah started to take shape. I've always loved the song and wanted to reimagine it on the bass. The shorter version of the song that focusses on the slap portion of the song is here;

YouTube - ‪Fodera Yin Yang Slap Bass cover of Hallelujah (Short Version)‬‏


The full version is here. Not as "camera ready" for a youtube audience (first half may bore people) but it gives the full picture of what I'm trying to do. It's still work in progress (and I don't have the patience for a "studio perfect" performance when it comes to youtube videos - so there are a few errors) - but it gives you the idea.

YouTube - ‪Fodera Yin Yang Bass Cover of Hallelujah (Full Version)‬‏
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Sounds killer! That's pretty much the perfect slap tone right there :bassist:
 
#96
kamakiriad7 said:
Has anyone here ever spec'd out a bass with a swamp ash body/koa top/ebony fingerboard? I would love to see pictures, as I'm planning to put in an order for a bolt-on 4 string in this configuration before the year is out! :)

The hard choices: Monarch vs Emperor? PJ vs. Dual Coils?
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Nice. There has been many basses with ash body and ebony board. Can't rembemer one with Koa top. Go with Emperor and dual coils :)
 
#97
To date there appears to have been only been ONE (1) Fodera with this spec. It was an Emperor II and it was completed in the Fall of 2008. Of course there may be a couple more out there because our early records are not perfect, but certainly that combo is rare. I too would recommend Dual Coils as the wood combo itself will be inherently bright and adding EMG's to the mix with this combo might send things a bit over-the-top in the brightness department...unless that's the tone you're looking for!!!

Cheers,

J

kamakiriad7 said:
Has anyone here ever spec'd out a bass with a swamp ash body/koa top/ebony fingerboard? I would love to see pictures, as I'm planning to put in an order for a bolt-on 4 string in this configuration before the year is out! :)

The hard choices: Monarch vs Emperor? PJ vs. Dual Coils?
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#98
Thanks, guys! My feeling on bass tone, for what I do, is definitely leaning towards being bright, but still able to roll the tone off a bit when required to take some of the zing off of the sound. I'll definitely have a look at that Emperor II. And in this case, dual coils sound like the best option... as well, it must be nice to have the coil splitting capability just in case, I imagine. :)

Jason, I know you must get this asked quite a bit, but how would you compare the tonal differences between Swamp Ash and Walnut? One reason I chose Swamp Ash was for the tone - a little brighter than alder - but another was the weight, as I've got some recurring shoulder/neck problems that would be alleviated with a lighter weight bass. However, I see a lot of walnut bodied Foderas with ebony fingerboards and am considering that combo as well. I might chamber it, though!

Just Thumpin' said:
To date there appears to have been only been ONE (1) Fodera with this spec. It was an Emperor II and it was completed in the Fall of 2008. Of course there may be a couple more out there because our early records are not perfect, but certainly that combo is rare. I too would recommend Dual Coils as the wood combo itself will be inherently bright and adding EMG's to the mix with this combo might send things a bit over-the-top in the brightness department...unless that's the tone you're looking for!!!

Cheers,

J
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#99
Here's the thing about our Ash...it is NOT the super lightweight stuff and this is definitely a conscious decision. Our Walnut is heavier than our Ash, but not hugely so...

Walnut has a warmer, slightly more compressed tone than our Ash. That said, the Ash we use does not sound the same as what most people think of as "Swamp Ash." Very lightweight Swamp Ash appears bright because it has an absence of the mass necessary to resonate in the lower frequencies. To be clear, we really do not recommend very lightweight Swamp Ash on a Fodera. The Ash we uses tends to be a great all around body wood that is a bit brighter, more percussive and punchy sounding than the other woods in our arsenal...

Hope that this helps.

J

kamakiriad7 said:
Jason, I know you must get this asked quite a bit, but how would you compare the tonal differences between Swamp Ash and Walnut? One reason I chose Swamp Ash was for the tone - a little brighter than alder - but another was the weight, as I've got some recurring shoulder/neck problems that would be alleviated with a lighter weight bass. However, I see a lot of walnut bodied Foderas with ebony fingerboards and am considering that combo as well. I might chamber it, though!
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