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Fodera Club Part XVI

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Just Thumpin' said:
Only our 6-string dual coils have a single pole piece for the C-string. The reason is because it sounds better. The next logical question is, "why do we use two pole pieces for the C on the 5-string PUPs (for E-C instruments) and that is because the sonic benefit of the single pole piece is fairly minor when compared to the logistical issue of needing to stock an entirely different sets of 5-string pickups (for multiple different string spacings) and the fact that many folks go back and forth between E-C and B-G on their 5ers throughout their lives together.

I hope that makes sense!

J
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Hmm... Something else for me to play with...cool. Any feel for how the sound in changes with one pole piece?

Are there any 5 string pickups available like this?
 
#803
Richard Bona is such a monster.. And a Fodera monster at that :-) Hope you don't mind but thought I'd put a link once again to him playing the S^*t out of his 4 string Monarch.. This sure gets my blood flowing... and the sound!!!!!!

 
#804
basswalker2004 said:
Richard Bona is such a monster.. And a Fodera monster at that :-) Hope you don't mind but thought I'd put a link once again to him playing the S^*t out of his 4 string Monarch.. This sure gets my blood flowing... and the sound!!!!!!

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Nice video. That's the first time I've seen Richard using a Fodera 4 string. When we saw him at the 55Bar, it was his trusty Imperial Olive 5 that he wowed the club audience with. World class chops and a real nice fellow to boot.
 
#806
basswalker2004 said:
Richard Bona is such a monster.. And a Fodera monster at that :-) Hope you don't mind but thought I'd put a link once again to him playing the S^*t out of his 4 string Monarch.. This sure gets my blood flowing... and the sound!!!!!!

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Jason.. If I remember correctly you were familiar with this bass.. Would you happen to remember what pickups were in it at this point?
 
#808
Just Thumpin' said:
Only our 6-string dual coils have a single pole piece for the C-string. The reason is because it sounds better. The next logical question is, "why do we use two pole pieces for the C on the 5-string PUPs (for E-C instruments) and that is because the sonic benefit of the single pole piece is fairly minor when compared to the logistical issue of needing to stock an entirely different sets of 5-string pickups (for multiple different string spacings) and the fact that many folks go back and forth between E-C and B-G on their 5ers throughout their lives together.

I hope that makes sense!

J
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Thanks. It makes perfect sense
 
#809
basswalker2004 said:
Richard Bona is such a monster.. And a Fodera monster at that :-) Hope you don't mind but thought I'd put a link once again to him playing the S^*t out of his 4 string Monarch.. This sure gets my blood flowing... and the sound!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpNjZDX0-uc
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I remember that Monarch being for sale on eBay awhile back, I would've bought it but didn't have the cash at the time. Then about a year and a half ago I saw it advertised on Craigslist (London) I'm sure it was a scam. (I didn't get caught!) The guy had loads of pictures that he emailed me of but I passed on it, something didn't seem right! Then a few months later I saw the real owner (who was actually in Australia i think) was selling it and said he'd had it for over a year!
 
#810
I'm no Bona, but I can't recall being so happy with my tone. Did a trio hit tonight in a typical tough room. This time I was stuffed back in an alcove. Had the Baer cab sitting on the cart, Monique into the power section of the Puma. Perfect tone, volume, and support. Two tracks, first one MGS, second the YYD on the bridge pup. I may have spoken too soon about changing up the order from ebony to maple fretboard. I love the tone of the YYD.

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#813
Not presently. Since I have never been able to personally hear the difference between a dual pole C and a single pole C on the same instrument, I can only answer based on what Joey has told me and that is that the C-string "sings" a little bit more openly...that said, I have not personally experienced a newly built 5er strung E-C with dual poles for the C that sounded anything less than excellent...

Regards,

J

nuwavedc said:
Are there any 5 string pickups available like this?
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#814
I owned that Monarch 4 for a couple of years. Funny, I never sounded like that! The bass itself was exceptional (although it had been fretted by a third party by the time I owned it), hmm, maybe less TB and more wood shedding for me?

J

OliveFodera said:
Nice video. That's the first time I've seen Richard using a Fodera 4 string. When we saw him at the 55Bar, it was his trusty Imperial Olive 5 that he wowed the club audience with. World class chops and a real nice fellow to boot.
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#815
When I got it there was a set of 1972 / 1973 Fender single coils in it -- an absolutely, screamingly great set of them.

They are now in my 1996 Monarch Elite. I am not sure if they were the PUP's in the bass back when Richard was playing it or not. When I sold it, I replaced them with a set of our Fodera / Duncan single coils. This was a way of me maintaining some connection to that bass more than anything else...

J

basswalker2004 said:
Jason.. If I remember correctly you were familiar with this bass.. Would you happen to remember what pickups were in it at this point?
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#816
nostatic said:
Talked with Jason and he queried both Joey and Vinnie while we were on the phone - and voila, a final spec was born :D ... The big change being a switch from ebony to maple on the fingerboard of the fretted (and the 5-piece neck which Jason suggested to complement the maple).
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Munjibunga said:
I'm sure you mean a "final" spec. They should be incredible basses. You lucky guy.
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nostatic said:
I may have spoken too soon about changing up the order from ebony to maple fretboard. I love the tone of the YYD.
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Yes, we see. Uh huh, uh huh.
 
#818
nostatic said:
I may have spoken too soon about changing up the order from ebony to maple fretboard.
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I wouldn't take a maple board over an ebony board unless I was using it for slapping. Although ebony slaps wery well in its own way as im sure you know. In addition to the high end ping I think it's contributes to a nice mid punch when the highs are rolled off.

I've owned 3 maple basses, 3 pauferro, and 7 ebony. Personally my favorites were ebony, maple, pauferro in that order. Just my .02.
 
#819
Ebony use to be my favorite, until I bought an emperor, with a mahagony body, koa top, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Then I traded it for VW classic. That bass had a mahagony body buckeye top and an Indian rosewood fingerboard. So I would say BR, IR, ebony, maple. In that order. What other woods are being used for the bass?
 
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