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Fodera Club Part XIII

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#922
osmarokuma said:
Yes, to me it's not a matter of looks, it's more of a comfort problem when standing up. Other bassists (some) will also tend to think just cuz you have a 6 you gotta play chord melodies, fast technical solos...etc, and when you play something simple or just stay in the pocket with nothing fancy it disappoints them.
I had teachers in college tell me that if it has more than 4 strings it's not a bass... To which I ignored and played my 6 throughout my studies, there are people out there that think that way. They either expect way too much or way too little since 6 is not the norm. If you don't use that high c or low b in one tune they start to question why you have a 6. As for me I wouldn't care but I'm pointing it out, those kind of people are out there.
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#923
A few posts ago there was a request for a full frontal photo of Garey's Koa Imperial. Which is now my (Tim's) Koa Imperial. It's a really fantastic bass and my first Fodera. Playability is incredible. The range of tones I can get just by plucking in different locations has really surprised me. I've been running it in passive mode and love it. The Koa is awesome looking. Garey told me he handpicked the piece of Koa from a harvester in Hawaii. Very cool.
 

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double8vb said:
A few posts ago there was a request for a full frontal photo of Garey's Koa Imperial. Which is now my (Tim's) Koa Imperial. It's a really fantastic bass and my first Fodera. Playability is incredible. The range of tones I can get just by plucking in different locations has really surprised me. I've been running it in passive mode and love it. The Koa is awesome looking. Garey told me he handpicked the piece of Koa from a harvester in Hawaii. Very cool.
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Hey Tim! Glad to hear you're loving the bass as much as I did! Not sure if you've seen this...but here is the piece of wood before I sent it to the shop...Enjoy!

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#927
double8vb said:
A few posts ago there was a request for a full frontal photo of Garey's Koa Imperial. Which is now my (Tim's) Koa Imperial. It's a really fantastic bass and my first Fodera. Playability is incredible. The range of tones I can get just by plucking in different locations has really surprised me. I've been running it in passive mode and love it. The Koa is awesome looking. Garey told me he handpicked the piece of Koa from a harvester in Hawaii. Very cool.
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Tim & Garey, you've made my day, I'm most grateful for the pics. Fodera do not accept any other wood other than that purchased by the shop and I remember now that yours was actually sourced in Hawaii, you must have been the first and last customer to have submitted a top and been accepted and control pots carved from Koa, sweet!
Always good to hear that a pre-owned bass has found a good home.

Thanks again..
 
#930
Hej Houmann,

Chris used to live here in Vancouver, and taught at Capilano with me. That bass is a set-neck, or dovetail. It used to be blue, but the finish was some sort of water-based experiment and it rubbed off over the years. I think it had mandolin fret wire.

Med Venlig Hilsen,
Laurence
 
#931
LM Bass said:
Hej Houmann,

Chris used to live here in Vancouver, and taught at Capilano with me. That bass is a set-neck, or dovetail. It used to be blue, but the finish was some sort of water-based experiment and it rubbed off over the years. I think it had mandolin fret wire.

Med Venlig Hilsen,
Laurence
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Tak Laurence :)

He is a great composer and player. His bass sounds good.

Hygge :)
 
#933
Ebony and Maple are both "bright" FB's, but the Ebony is more bell like with a very ringing upper register and I find maple to be more "round" sounding -- bright, but round. Less "shimmering. Quite hard to accurately describe with words but unmistakenly different when you hear them side by side...

Hou said:
-Jason

The talking of Ebony being more bright than maple. Will this bass have more warm than the classic walnut/ebony combo?
http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=449
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#935
In the past three years we have accepted just four pieces of outside wood for use in building an instrument (we have declined to use roughly 10 other pieces that customers asked us to use). We really hate to use outside material, but if the wood appears to be GREAT and the customer is willing to accept that we will not warranty any issues that arise with it, we do make an occasional exception.

LugzyDee said:
Fodera do not accept any other wood other than that purchased by the shop and I remember now that yours was actually sourced in Hawaii, you must have been the first and last customer to have submitted a top and been accepted and control pots carved from Koa, sweet!
Always good to hear that a pre-owned bass has found a good home.

Thanks again..
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#939
Done, just have to find time to sit down in front of my home sound system to listen to them!

This week has been wood inventory week at the shop and three of us have been putting in 8 sold hours each day sorting, cutting, grading and organizing wood. My plan is to listen to the recordings this coming Monday...

J

steubig said:
speaking of which, how's that recording of the three different builds going?
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Just Thumpin' said:
Done, just have to find time to sit down in front of my home sound system to listen to them!

This week has been wood inventory week at the shop and three of us have been putting in 8 sold hours each day sorting, cutting, grading and organizing wood. My plan is to listen to the recordings this coming Monday...

J
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there's a joke about wood in there somewhere.

are you guys also gonna talk about the actual feel of the instruments' resonances, etc., as you played them? i think that might also be of interest.
 
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