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Fodera Club Part XVI

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#81
basswalker2004 said:
sweet collection...
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Thanks... I wish they're all mine :rolleyes:

Among them all, my Emperor is the oldest (2001) and the warmest sounding, also the only one with ash neck and Extended 'B' headstock, and also the cheapest :D

But I must say, all of them is awesome, the Buckeye Imperial on the far right is the one that made me had to have a Fodera, my favorite among them all
 
#82
antontanzil said:
Thanks... I wish they're all mine :rolleyes:

Among them all, my Emperor is the oldest (2001) and the warmest sounding, also the only one with ash neck and Extended 'B' headstock, and also the cheapest :D

But I must say, all of them is awesome, the Buckeye Imperial on the far right is the one that made me had to have a Fodera, my favorite among them all
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Your bass is beautiful and i can see how that Buckeye got you hooked.
 
#83
I guess I'm way late here but the photoshopped picture of the monarch with the MG's lower non-flared out horn jogged something in my memory. Way back in the nineties I bought an instruction book called 'Improvising Rock Bass' by a guy called David C Gross. The book itself was written in the mid eighties. Anyway, somewhere in the book there is a picture of David C Gross's personal Monarch, and it had the non flared out lower horn. It was shorter that the one on the MG and looked rather nice. I remember also that David C Gross thanked Vinnie and Joey for the bass somewhere in the credits.
Jason, do you guys remember this bass? Does that actually make it the first (non prototype) Fodera ever? Or was it done for David as a special request? I Would scan and attach a picture but my copy of the book is thousands of miles away in England.
Would you guys make a bass like that now if a customer requested it?
 
#84
Belka said:
I guess I'm way late here but the photoshopped picture of the monarch with the MG's lower non-flared out horn jogged something in my memory. Way back in the nineties I bought an instruction book called 'Improvising Rock Bass' by a guy called David C Gross. The book itself was written in the mid eighties. Anyway, somewhere in the book there is a picture of David C Gross's personal Monarch, and it had the non flared out lower horn. It was shorter that the one on the MG and looked rather nice. I remember also that David C Gross thanked Vinnie and Joey for the bass somewhere in the credits.
Jason, do you guys remember this bass? Does that actually make it the first (non prototype) Fodera ever? Or was it done for David as a special request? I Would scan and attach a picture but my copy of the book is thousands of miles away in England.
Would you guys make a bass like that now if a customer requested it?
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are you sure it was a monarch? i thought david was using aj6 basses back in the day.
 
#85
Oh yes, it was a Monarch 4 string. It was a pretty crummy black and white photo so I can't say much about it other than it looked like it had a quite dark top as the butterfly was a light colored curly maple. Rosewood or walnut top maybe. Pickups were probably EMG JJs and it might have been fretless although it did have dots. Maybe it wasn't David's actual bass if he played AJ sixers, but a bass he just just snapped at the Fodera shop. Sorry guys but unless anyone else has a copy of the book they can scan I'm not going to be back in England for a couple of months so you're just going to have to take my word on this unless Jason can contribute something.
 
#86
Actually, the book may well be more from the very early eighties rather than the mid eighties as I remember that at the end there is a section on 'different types of basses' where he talks about fretless basses, eight strings and five strings. Nothing at all about six strings which would be strange if he was playing them at the time. I also remember a picture of a Fender jazz with the all plastic one piece pickguard and a crazily painted fretless maple fretboard in the fretless section. Always thought that bass was way cooler than the Fodera when I was 15. Oh, the follies of youth!
 
#87
gkbass13 said:
Such a great pic...really captures a moment. But so sad and unfortunate that someone would steal something like that from you. I'm actually in the process of finding a nice back up bass so I don't have to drag the Emperor 5 to sketchier gigging situations.

I hope you've replaced it fittingly or that you will be able to someday in the future.

Grady
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Vincent really sorry to hear about the theft. What does everyone do to secure their bass at gigs? I've insured mine, but I'm still considering a bike lock or something.
 
#88
jaysbassspace said:
Vincent really sorry to hear about the theft. What does everyone do to secure their bass at gigs? I've insured mine, but I'm still considering a bike lock or something.
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I have been bringing a 2 bass Levy's gig bag to gigs and between sets I put the bass(es) back in the bag and tuck it between my amp and drums. A thief would be pretty visible stealing my basses.

I always ensue that a band member is outside as well as inside during load out.

The only time I had a gear related theft was when I was a lazy dumbass and left a bass in my truck overnight. '70's Jazz gone.
 
#96
iwearpumas said:
A gateway drug leads to other drugs. A Fodera standard leads you to buy more Fodera basses.
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My first Fodera was a Yin Yang Standard. For years I avoided playing Foderas because they were "too expensive." I then played a couple of NYCs and wasn't crazy about them so I thought I was safe. Then the YYS came out. I held off for quite some time, but that was right around the time I picked 4-string back up. My local shop got one an on the way to rehearsal one night I stopped by to check it out. I bought it the next morning. Changed some aspects of my playing overnight. Eventually Fodera Fever™ took hold and then I had a NAMM bass acquired, then happened into another one. At this point I'm down to two but have a pair of twin 5-strings on order.

It happens..
 
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nostatic said:
My first Fodera was a Yin Yang Standard. For years I avoided playing Foderas because they were "too expensive." I then played a couple of NYCs and wasn't crazy about them so I thought I was safe. Then the YYS came out. I held off for quite some time, but that was right around the time I picked 4-string back up. My local shop got one an on the way to rehearsal one night I stopped by to check it out. I bought it the next morning. Changed some aspects of my playing overnight. Eventually Fodera Fever™ took hold and then I had a NAMM bass acquired, then happened into another one. At this point I'm down to two but have a pair of twin 5-strings on order.

It happens..
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I have to agree, after acquiring my Imperial 5 on a whim, it felt as if my playing changed for the better literally overnight.

But I have to say, I sometimes find myself in the middle of a gig with it thinking, "wow, this is the greatest feeling bass I've ever played on, but I kinda wish it sounded a bit more Fender-ish in the mix." Anyone have any EQ suggestions for overcoming this? I tend to crank the bass knob on the 3 band but then sometimes it can get too muddy. ALWAYS super clear and articulate though in the mids and highs....I guess I love the tone of my old Fenders and Fender-esque basses but I don't want to play them anymore now that I have this Fodera!!
 
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Depends on which Fender you're talking about (P or J). For a J, I think you can get pretty close assuming you have dual coils by running 50/50 split and switching to single coil. For a P, the dual coils have a tougher time imho - one reason i prefer PJ setup. I had a Fender PJ at the same time as my YYS and I could get them to sound fairly similar on the P pups.

fwiw I only add a touch of bass, but will crank the mids some to cut. I also prefer the mids to be on the low and mid setting (assuming you have the newer preamp). From the shop they are set to low and high. The low mid setting is great for fattening up the low mids, but the mid mid setting is ideal for getting more cut in a mix.
 
#100
nostatic said:
Depends on which Fender you're talking about (P or J). For a J, I think you can get pretty close assuming you have dual coils by running 50/50 split and switching to single coil. For a P, the dual coils have a tougher time imho - one reason i prefer PJ setup. I had a Fender PJ at the same time as my YYS and I could get them to sound fairly similar on the P pups.

fwiw I only add a touch of bass, but will crank the mids some to cut. I also prefer the mids to be on the low and mid setting (assuming you have the newer preamp). From the shop they are set to low and high. The low mid setting is great for fattening up the low mids, but the mid mid setting is ideal for getting more cut in a mix.
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ah, of course, you have the PJ setup on your YYS! I'm sure that helps a bit more. I guess I was leaning towards a P-like tone but really any Fender just has this inherent thick sound that sits really well in a mix. I miss that sound a lot but I don't miss the feel at all! I do have the newer pre but I'm not 100% sure what you mean by low mids and mid mids....I'm assuming you mean there are different freq. settings inside the Pope pre? Last time I looked in the back there it looked complicated and scary haha....is playing around in there something I can do or am I risking ruining my life?
 
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