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portraitoftracy said:Well, and just like that this bass is of to my TB friend Danny, ended up picking up 3 Fodera 4 strings yesterday, got to sell a few of them now
Which 4 strings. Specs
hi mates, am probably going to sell this:
to move to a single cut... Silly? Ayup.
That's probably my favorite Fodera shape still.....love it. Have always dreamed of a 33" scale, 16.5mm with 26 frets version of one.
hi mates, am probably going to sell this:
to move to a single cut... Silly? Ayup.
yeah. saw that. 36-inch, right?
Damian Coccio
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Matt Garrison Standard in the house arrived today.
Thanks to Donovan over at http://www.fretspot.com/ for helping to quickly alleviate this most recent gas attack. He's a great guy to deal with. Fodera made another fine and very playable instrument.
Spent a couple hours with it when I got back, I know this isn't the jazz stuff a lot of guys here like, but it's what comes out : )
The bass takes some getting used to and I wouldn't want it as my only axe, but so far I really like it. It has a good jazz solo tone too, just haven't gotten to it yet. The bottom isn't huge, but that's what my other basses are for. It can get very growly tones. The bass came setup with action ridiculously low and buzz free. The top is nice, but it didnt blow me away, it's about what I expected in a standard and its quite elegant. Construction - its a Fodera enough said.
Thanks to Donovan over at http://www.fretspot.com/ for helping to quickly alleviate this most recent gas attack. He's a great guy to deal with. Fodera made another fine and very playable instrument.
Spent a couple hours with it when I got back, I know this isn't the jazz stuff a lot of guys here like, but it's what comes out : )
The bass takes some getting used to and I wouldn't want it as my only axe, but so far I really like it. It has a good jazz solo tone too, just haven't gotten to it yet. The bottom isn't huge, but that's what my other basses are for. It can get very growly tones. The bass came setup with action ridiculously low and buzz free. The top is nice, but it didnt blow me away, it's about what I expected in a standard and its quite elegant. Construction - its a Fodera enough said.
nuwavedc said:
I love it. I'm not much of a jazzer (which seems kind of rare for someone interested in the mighty Fodera), so the piece itself really worked for me. Does the bass come E-C as standard? That seems to work for the shorter scale. I'd love to get one, but I wouldn't want it as my main axe either. I just think it would really help me with my chording.
roadkill2309 said:
re the whole fodera = jazz thing . . . dunno.
played a bunch of rock and funk in my days with them . . . and a bunch of noise/improv too. guess i've played jazz too . . . but i don't think that's all there is to them.
Its just that most of the well known Fodera artists (the guys that primarily use their Foderas) play some form of jaaz or another. As you said though, no reason they couldn't be used for whatever.
I end up playing Black Sabbath and Poison on my Foderas in addition to jazz standards. Depends on what gets called...
I don't understand the logic that goes with wanting an 8 and half thousand dollar bass just to explore chording. I understand wanting an MGS, I want one too. But you don't need a single cut MSG to explore chording and harmony. This comment gets made a lot on TB. Why not get a theory book on jazz harmony and a cheap nylon string guitar and explor the sounds that chords make when resolving and spend the rest on a fodera you actually want to play bass on. I figur if you can't use chords on a four string, an extra string will only makes it more complicated.
I'm not taking a crack at anyone and I don't mean to offend. I love reading this forum and love all the input. I would dig playing and owning a MGS as much as the next guy, but don't let not owning one get in our way of playing the **** out of the bass you do own. Maybe I'm crazy I don't know. Maybe GAS has rotted my mind. Foderas will do that.
I'm not taking a crack at anyone and I don't mean to offend. I love reading this forum and love all the input. I would dig playing and owning a MGS as much as the next guy, but don't let not owning one get in our way of playing the **** out of the bass you do own. Maybe I'm crazy I don't know. Maybe GAS has rotted my mind. Foderas will do that.
p.s. my guess is that the op on the mg standard will soon find all the other things lurking in there. he's (imho) exploring the newest avenue on that bass. time will tell.
I know it's easy to see a signature instrument like being capable of only (or mainly) nailing that guy's tone but simply that's not the truth. For any bass out there so for the Fodera MGS as well. It CAN'T be' that way.
Look at the bass without thinking at Matt's tone... what you got?
A walnut bodied Fodera Imperial with the classic combination of two dual coil pickups, coil tap switch, Pope preamp and a roll off tone control: it should be capable of a thousand tones! Tons of Fodera of this kind out there. Forget about the model name: you just didn't choose the top and that's all.
Tony Grey and Janek Gwidzala play very similar instruments and they sound nothing like Matt (and nothing like each other).
I highly doubt that a bass constructed and equipped this way can't achieve a low, fat, dubby tone if that's your ticket. Or whatever tone you're after.
Look at the bass without thinking at Matt's tone... what you got?
A walnut bodied Fodera Imperial with the classic combination of two dual coil pickups, coil tap switch, Pope preamp and a roll off tone control: it should be capable of a thousand tones! Tons of Fodera of this kind out there. Forget about the model name: you just didn't choose the top and that's all.
Tony Grey and Janek Gwidzala play very similar instruments and they sound nothing like Matt (and nothing like each other).
I highly doubt that a bass constructed and equipped this way can't achieve a low, fat, dubby tone if that's your ticket. Or whatever tone you're after.
The bass knob on the pope preamp does wonders. A Fodera with that pre and dual coils has an amazing range of tones and flavors available to whoever is playing it. Listen to Michele and forget about it being a signature bass for a bit. Explore that thing!
Aye, it is. I've had 34, 35 and 36 inchers and I find that the upper horn and bridge make more of a difference than an inch in the neck. Pedulla MVP being an example of 34" that was highly unergonomical for me despite being 34", Skjolds being as easy to play at 35" as any 34" and the TRB and this one being great despite having that horrible added inch! Like AJ said '****'s got to sell'
Oh, and the ad is in the overseas section. Shipping costs are a bit higher than they'd be if you bought it locally, but not that bad considering the value of the bass.
Oh and this bass has a single truss rod. So far it's worked VERY well. I'm a little leery of two truss rods, myself. i can't shake the feeling I'll adjust the other more than the other one -> propeller.
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