Fodera Club Part XIX

[otto B]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

 

[Vic]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

Beautiful! How much does it weigh?

 

[otto B]

Beautiful! How much does it weigh?

I was told by Basssandiego that is 9 Lbs 14 oz. Not that heavy at all.

 

[Munjibunga]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

Fantastic bass. It sounds a lot like my Viceroy.

 

[jumbodbassman]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

amazing top.... enjoy

 

[Lugzy]

Sweet!! & great looking fingerboard

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

 

[curt basner]

Not at all. Absolutely no harm done.

P.s. can you lend me few bucks in March 2014?

Cool...thanks for understanding; I'm so very pleased.

Now, about that money...

 

[Mitchthebassplayer]

love the fb!

 

[Baird6869]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

Ohhhhhh.... One of the Monarch Trio. beautiful!

You might be weirded out to know that I listened to sound clips of your bass a lot. Not a bass stalker or anything, but trying to decide on a bolt on vs. dovetail config on my recently ordered Monarch 5.

Congrats!

 

[otto B]

Ohhhhhh.... One of the Monarch Trio. beautiful!

You might be weirded out to know that I listened to sound clips of your bass a lot. Not a bass stalker or anything, but trying to decide on a bolt on vs. dovetail config on my recently ordered Monarch 5.

Congrats!

lol, I listen those clips a lot of times prior getting it, I was undecided witch one to get, either the Deluxe or the bolt-on, as you can see the bolt-on won. I am amazed how this bass sound, unbelievable tone.

 

[Just Thumpin']

AWESOME! I am so thrilled that you have one of those Monarchs!!!!

Enjoy.

Jason

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

 

[ono69]

this ebony top is cool，Jason，is it Garbon ebony？
http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=627

 

[curt basner]

this ebony top is cool，Jason，is it Garbon ebony？
http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=627

It is stunningly beautiful, but I have to wonder how much weight even that thin veneer on the body adds to the bass. I have just been talking to Jason about a new bass (yes, a third one) that may have an ebony fretboard AND an ebony face on the headstock (something I've never seen on a Fodera, at least on a bass that didn't have ebony as the top wood, which mine won't have)...but I'm guess the weight THAT might add would be pretty small.

 

[steubig]

I have just been talking to Jason about a new bass (yes, a third one) that may have an ebony fretboard AND an ebony face on the headstock (something I've never seen on a Fodera, at least on a bass that didn't have ebony as the top wood, which mine won't have)...but I'm guess the weight THAT might add would be pretty small.

strangely, they did that for a while in the late 80s/early 90s. maple top with ebony headstock. i have on from 88 and i had a matching made in 95 or so. i've seen others out there as well. for instance, this one here (not mine; probably from 86/87 or so).

 

[curt basner]

Ah, very cool, steubig, a Fodera history lesson! WWWAAAYYYYY before my time as Fodera guy, glad you updated me (and others) on what Fodera has done in the past. Thanks.

If I go through with the planned bass, maybe I'll be the first to do an ebony headstock in the recent era!

 

[steubig]

it's a cool look.

and if you do a fancier top than maple, it'll definitely be different.

 

[nostatic]

I'm interested to see what my fretted headstock ends up looking like as I don't know what piece of wood will be left from the non-solid top pieces. Time will tell

 

[steubig]

counting the days?

 

[nostatic]

No, saving my benjamins

 

[bThumper38]

I am back with my new Fodera, This bass is just unbelievable, amazing work of art.

This is a Special Build Fodera Monarch 1of 3 the crew from Fodera Build.

Body: Select Mahogany
Top wood: Select 5A Quilted Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple, 34" Scale
Fingerboard: 100 year old Brazilian Rosewood

Congrat's I was stalking those basses for awhile, as well as the Imperial you just sold since I live just up the road from you=). Were you looking for a different tone than the Imperial?