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Fodera Club Part XVIII

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Can anyone comment on their experiences with brazilian rosewood as a fretboard? I am contemplating this for my new build. I've talked with Jason briefly and had some feedback from others, but my primary concern is not being able to get sufficient brightness, attack, or punch. Any experiences? Thanks!
 
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nuwavedc said:
Can anyone comment on their experiences with brazilian rosewood as a fretboard? I am contemplating this for my new build. I've talked with Jason briefly and had some feedback from others, but my primary concern is not being able to get sufficient brightness, attack, or punch. Any experiences? Thanks!
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I am used to brazilian rosewood now.
I like it a lot( in my case paired with a maple neck and one piece alder body. Not fodera though :) )
 
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nuwavedc said:
Can anyone comment on their experiences with brazilian rosewood as a fretboard? I am contemplating this for my new build. I've talked with Jason briefly and had some feedback from others, but my primary concern is not being able to get sufficient brightness, attack, or punch. Any experiences? Thanks!
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I've recently owned a Fodera with one and several others from another builder and the way I describe it is that you get more warmth than maple or ebony (like you would with Indian) but you also get more definition , attack (or snap), and high end ( very musical/sweet) than Indian. I love it for that combination.

IMO maple does have more of the qualities you mentioned above so whether or not Brazilian has " sufficient" amounts of those qualities only you can answer I think.....
 
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My thinking was pretty much in line with basses55' experience. I wanted warm, deep lows but also bright highs. I played a similar specced used deluxe with a different ( but dense) topwood with the same other specs and that's what it had. The hope is that the Olive will brighten the other tone woods a bit but that I'll still get the bottom end and low mids I'm after. Time will tell.
 
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Would you say that the brazilian rosewood have got a "thicker" (or larger) but still clear hight end than the ebony ?



basses55 said:
I've recently owned a Fodera with one and several others from another builder and the way I describe it is that you get more warmth than maple or ebony (like you would with Indian) but you also get more definition , attack (or snap), and high end ( very musical/sweet) than Indian. I love it for that combination.

IMO maple does have more of the qualities you mentioned above so whether or not Brazilian has " sufficient" amounts of those qualities only you can answer I think.....
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celinder 72 said:
Wrp how would you describe the tone of the Oak neck? I think it is great that Fodera thinks outside the box when it comes to neck wood. They pioneered Ash necks , now so many Luthiers use Ash.
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For me, Oak seems to emphasize the fundamental of each note more than Ash or Maple. I also notice a slightly sharper attack which improves note definition.

I believe Lincoln Goines was the first Fodera artist to spec an Oak neck.
 
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I personally have played neither (Imperial or Emperor II) but its likely that ergonomics come into play for those that have played both before ordering.

Personally, I love the sound and look of a Jazz bass but a P feels so much more natural to me.

Be interesting to hear from folks that have played both.....
 
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asbs said:
Would you say that the brazilian rosewood have got a "thicker" (or larger) but still clear hight end than the ebony ?
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If you were saying that Brazilian has a thicker or a bigger bottom end tone than ebony... but still has a clear high end like ebony ...I'll say yes to the thicker/bottom end part, and as for the other part IMO Brazilian's high end is less compressed and a little more organic ( open /sweeter?) to my ear while still being quite a bit clearer than Indian from what I can hear. I also like the high end of ebony and the overall definition it has for clarity of the fundamental..there's nothing exactly like ebony for that.
Every one of the three woods mentioned above has a place in "great tone" just depends what kind of player you are and the tone you hear/want.
 
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