nostatic said:Been known to happen
nostatic said:
I remember watching your transition from the stands, I definitely get it now. I'll just be hanging out at the Fodera Club Thread for the next three years until I get my own.
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I remember watching your transition from the stands, I definitely get it now. I'll just be hanging out at the Fodera Club Thread for the next three years until I get my own.
It is koa on alder with Brazillian rosewood fingerboard. The YYD is satin wood/ebony on chambered walnut with ebony board. The two basses sound pretty different. The koa/alder has more midrange punch and less sparkle up top with a tad less low fundamental. Basically it leans a bit more towards "vintage" though you can push the tone around with the preamp. The YYD has the classic ebony fingerboard "sizzle" and the chambered walnut gives a really nice tone - even with a bit of air. The MGS is a totally different beast. The dual coils are in a different sonic space than the PJ setup.
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i've heard the first two basses in person. pretty remarkable the differences in sound. both pretty amazing and useful in their own right. ;-)
Kinda makes you wonder if there's still a commonality between them that you could identify as an underlying "Fodera sound."
Did the bodies on the Imperials get narrower? This one looks odd to me -- Like it's longer and narrower than other Imperials.
Agree. Same what I posted here weeks ago about some of the Newborn pics. Everybody else laughed at me but I am still sure that some pics in the gallery are stretched in height - like somebody has cut the original dimenions without keeping the exact height/width relation and then pressed it into the standard frame of the gallery.
The gallery pics should be compared with the pics in the camera...
Jason, I can't see any angle in the view. Even with a small angle I would see the body side and the strings would not run even along the board BEFORE the perspective would change the body dimensions.
Anyway - not a big deal for me...
I just compared the Newborn pics with my older Imperials and found that the strap pin on the upper horn of all newer Imperials is on the same height like the 12th fret. All of my older Imperials (I own and owned 8) have the strap near the 13th fret.
That indeed looks like a changed body layout. Or is it an option ?
That indeed looks like a changed body layout. Or is it an option ?
I agree too. Something is stretching the photos between the camera and the site. Maybe someone is resizing the photos by dragging a corner without restricting the aspect ratio. Next time I'm at BSD, I'll measure the width at, say, the waist and the length between the strap pins, calculate the ratio and compare it to the same ratio taken from the picture on the computer screen.
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look at my old Imperial 08' - the strap on mine was between the 13th and 14th fret
look at my old Imperial 08' - the strap on mine was between the 13th and 14th fret
That one is 33" scale, right? That's where it lands at that scale.
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Vinny has moved that point back and forth several times during his years of building. I am not really sure why but I will ask him. The instruments have also gotten thinner and thicker over the years, rounder and less round, heavier and lighter...
I do know that we tend to view each instrument as its own project and we all take liberties with what the best blocks of wood would be to use with each instrument, how to make it balance the best given all of its components, what's been requested by the customer, etc.
In terms of the ongoing fascination with the photos, honestly, they are simply not intended to be archival quality representations of the instruments. They already take a tremendous amount of time and energy and we are comfortable with this being one area of our daily lives where we do not need to strive for Nth degree perfection.
I do know that we tend to view each instrument as its own project and we all take liberties with what the best blocks of wood would be to use with each instrument, how to make it balance the best given all of its components, what's been requested by the customer, etc.
In terms of the ongoing fascination with the photos, honestly, they are simply not intended to be archival quality representations of the instruments. They already take a tremendous amount of time and energy and we are comfortable with this being one area of our daily lives where we do not need to strive for Nth degree perfection.
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Can anyone comment on the difference ergonomically between the emperor II and imperial garrison cut bodies? In terms of access to upper frets.
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wow that left handed imperial looks amazing!!! what kind of wood is that? Olive?
hey guys, does anyone use flat wounds on their fodera? I use TI flats on my Jazz bass and wondered what they would sound like on a fodera.
I recently sold my Carl Thompson bass for a very hefty amount of money and I am planning a trip to NY next year with the money I got for my bass (i live in australia). I am definately hitting up Fodera HQ and playing some of these things. Check out this youtube clip of me jamming to the "Yinin and Yangin" groove by Victor Wooten. I figure you fodera players will all know this groove, I just played the bass groove into a loop pedal so i could improvise over it.
btw- I LOVE THIS THREAD
hey guys, does anyone use flat wounds on their fodera? I use TI flats on my Jazz bass and wondered what they would sound like on a fodera.
I recently sold my Carl Thompson bass for a very hefty amount of money and I am planning a trip to NY next year with the money I got for my bass (i live in australia). I am definately hitting up Fodera HQ and playing some of these things. Check out this youtube clip of me jamming to the "Yinin and Yangin" groove by Victor Wooten. I figure you fodera players will all know this groove, I just played the bass groove into a loop pedal so i could improvise over it.
btw- I LOVE THIS THREAD
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that is a good question.
i don't really know. my feeling is that there are so many variables with a fodera, either wood choice, etc., or tweaking of electronics (or not), that it might be harder to pin down than the "signature sound" of a fender/gibson, etc.
better minds than mine will have to think on that.
in terms of todd's basses, i think there is a commonality of focus of sound, nuance and character (elusive i know), but there was a difference that we attributed to the attack components of the sound that we attributed to the fingerboard materials (in this case rosewood and ebony).
i can attest to differences in a lot of variables and small touches.
i tend to think that vinny is an artist and wants to constantly improve and change his groove up.
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