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Fodera Club Part XI

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#504
It is an awesome bass, but close to the YYD in spec and I am totally smitten with the YYD so it wouldn't get much playing time. Given that I have a couple others on order I figured I'd "economize" a bit. That's a fairly relative term though :p
 
#506
Angus said:
There was another poster from Lebanon in one of the other Fodera threads.
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sure it wasn't me? :smug: or someone from a town in the US called Lebanon?

I'd really like to know the other fodera owner, I know like most of the bassists over here..
plus, the YYS S'10 owner told me that Fodera (Jason, I guess) told him that it was the very first Fodera shipped to Lebanon..
Now there could be other second hands, non registered Foderas out there :)
 
#507
Please feel free to call our supplier and rant at them as we are frankly at our collective wits end. We have been using the same company for our entire history and really love the people there, but man they have just been taking FOREVER with our new cases. We started this project with them 19 MONTHS ago!!

Sorry for the rant, but as a closure, deadline-oriented guy, this experience has been quite frustrating. If all goes well from this point forward, we are probably looking at another 2-3 months before our instruments are being shipped in the new cases...

Sorry!!!

J
curt basner said:
Hey Jason,

Any updates on the new/improved Fodera cases? Just curious.

Also...I just packed up my wonderful F Bass BN5, which was sold to help finance my future Fodera. I can't tell you how hard it was to do that. It's headed off to San Francisco, to a fellow TalkBass-er. Not like I played it all that much, but all of my instruments are like pets...but I know I did it for a higher purpose...another Fodera!! :hyper::hyper:
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#508
TapyTap said:
Interesting question. I'm wondering how Korina compares/contrasts with Ash...tonally speaking.
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My MG6 is korina-bodied. As Jason has suggested, Korina has a pretty mahogany-like response. My bass was a long time in the making, long enough for me to be tempted to tweak specs here and there over the years. During my first visit to the shop I played an Ash/Maple/Maple Imperial and was blown away by the clarity and sheen in the upper register. I was very tempted to go with an ash body from the get-go, but Korina was suggested as a kind of uber-mahogany and, on reflection I think that's a reasonable description. Great fundamental tones but with a pretty even punch across the board whereas, to my ear, ash can be a bit mid-scoopy, but with that phenomenal upper clarity. As a nod in the direction of ash we did put an ash tone block in my bass which perhaps opens up the high end a little?
I've had the chance to compare at length with Joe Sanchez' MG6 which is Ash/Maple/Maple with an ash tone block. His bass is one of the favourite instruments I've ever played but we found that, even with minimal eq-ing, the two instruments are pretty close-sounding, I still think his has the sweeter slightly more rounded yet open top end on it whereas mine is a little more punchy and aggressive low-mids wise. Like I say, these traits can be equalized out pretty easily. Another couple of pertinent differences are that my bass has Aero duals and his Duncans, plus his bass has 10 more years breaking in on it compared to mine, another slight mellowness factor.
 
#509
Mik Walker said:
My MG6 is korina-bodied. As Jason has suggested, Korina has a pretty mahogany-like response. My bass was a long time in the making, long enough for me to be tempted to tweak specs here and there over the years. During my first visit to the shop I played an Ash/Maple/Maple Imperial and was blown away by the clarity and sheen in the upper register. I was very tempted to go with an ash body from the get-go, but Korina was suggested as a kind of uber-mahogany and, on reflection I think that's a reasonable description. Great fundamental tones but with a pretty even punch across the board whereas, to my ear, ash can be a bit mid-scoopy, but with that phenomenal upper clarity. As a nod in the direction of ash we did put an ash tone block in my bass which perhaps opens up the high end a little?
I've had the chance to compare at length with Joe Sanchez' MG6 which is Ash/Maple/Maple with an ash tone block. His bass is one of the favourite instruments I've ever played but we found that, even with minimal eq-ing, the two instruments are pretty close-sounding, I still think his has the sweeter slightly more rounded yet open top end on it whereas mine is a little more punchy and aggressive low-mids wise. Like I say, these traits can be equalized out pretty easily. Another couple of pertinent differences are that my bass has Aero duals and his Duncans, plus his bass has 10 more years breaking in on it compared to mine, another slight mellowness factor.
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Thanks for the great descriptions. This really helps me out.
 
#512
The comments on the korina instruments as compared to 'mahogany' seem to make perfect sense to me, as I understand that Korina is, in fact, just a variety of mahogany, African mahogany, to be exact. Or so I believe. I have 2 Gibson guitars, a Flying V and an Explorer, both custom shop reissues, which use the same wood as the 1958-59 originals, which were/are korina. They fall right in line with Les Paul type tone, which seems right, as the majority of a Les Paul body is mahogany (with just a thin laminate of maple for the top). Maybe more info than anyone cares about, just another explanation of the mahogany/korina connection.
 
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curt basner said:
The comments on the korina instruments as compared to 'mahogany' seem to make perfect sense to me, as I understand that Korina is, in fact, just a variety of mahogany, African mahogany, to be exact. Or so I believe. I have 2 Gibson guitars, a Flying V and an Explorer, both custom shop reissues, which use the same wood as the 1958-59 originals, which were/are korina. They fall right in line with Les Paul type tone, which seems right, as the majority of a Les Paul body is mahogany (with just a thin laminate of maple for the top). Maybe more info than anyone cares about, just another explanation of the mahogany/korina connection.
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Thanks...I love details.
 
#514
steubig said:
huh. i regularly take two basses to a gig: fretted and fretless. sometimes three if i'm taking a 12-string (double courses) or if i'm using different tunings.
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I take two to almost every gig - right now that combination is the Fodera YYD and Rob Allen Deep 5 fretless (soon will be the Deep 4 fretless). If it is a Steely Jam or Rock Karaoke gig then preferably I'll have a pair of fretted basses. I don't like doing club gigs without a backup. The only gigs that I take one are the nursing home shows and I usually just take the Rob Allen. For those I often do multiple locations in a day and want to travel as light as possible.
 
#518
How would you guys feel about a gig case - kind of like the ProTec Contego or similar, instead of the Fodera hardshell case?

Personally, I don't care for standard hardshell cases. 95% of the time (for me), a quality gig bag with rigid sides offers a similar amount of protection, with more storage and easier use. The times that I need the protection of a hardshell case, I'd rather have a flight case or travel case...
 
#519
Hey Donovan,
I'm with you in regards to the hardshell cases. My preference is a well designed gig bag like a Reunion Blues Continental or an Incase gig bag because they offer fantastic protection in addition to providing room for storage of gig accessories that I'd never store in a hard case.

I have to check out the ProTec Contego. Probably in the same league as the Continental and Incase.

Just my two cents. :)

BTW guys, Donovan is incredible to do business with and I'm excitedly awaiting my Emperor Standard 5 from Fretspot. I'll be using Fretspot for my purchases in the future and can't recommend him highly enough.
 
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