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Fodera Club Part XVIII

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otto B said:
Does anyone have ever experience the Kingwood fret board? I would like to get some reviews on it.
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I have it on my Monarch Deluxe with P/J pickups;

For starter; it's a beautiful looking fretboard, kind of similar to Brazilian rosewood, it has some reddish looking vains..

Tonal wise; it's somewhere between (not like) ebony and rosewood; it will give you definite and clear frisky highs, and a fat lower tone, as well as beautiful punchy mids

I absolutly love this wood and would consider it on a custom bass..
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#885
We do this first when we receive wood. We tap it a couple of different ways -- with the meat of a finger, with a knuckle and sometimes with a gentle scratch with part of a finger nail. At this point we are looking for resonance and "dead" sounding pieces are cast aside so that they do not get stored with good wood.

Then when we select wood for a given build we are trying to make sure that the component parts will blend well together. By way of example, unless someone was looking for a specifically "shaded" sounding instrument, we generally try to ensure that the component parts (neck, FB, body) have as wide a tonal spectrum as the kind of woods for the build allow. So, if we have a very bass heavy FB, we probably would NOT pair it to a neck billet that was overly bass heavy...etc.

Hope this makes sense!

Jason

chris.gotfunk said:
Jason? Quick general-ish question. How does Fodera do their tone tapping of wood? What do you use and what do you look for? I've always been curious about the process. Thanks.
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#886
They are finished just as the rest of the instrument is -- with catalyzed, hand-rubbed acrylic lacquer -- and as thin as we can reasonably keep the finish...

Also, the finish is applied and sanded before the neck is fretted. This way if we ever do need to pull a fret we can without breaking the finish.

J


Baird6869 said:
Fodera Maple board question....

Folks,

I don't remember seeing a Fodera maple board up close and I don't recall seeing a finished maple board at while at Fodera.

How are they finished? I.e. Are they slathered in finish like a maple fender board is?

Thanks!
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#888
With a heavy polyester finish you are hearing as much finish as wood. We prefer to let the tone of the wood come through which is why all of our finish work is done super thin. That said, these are all personal preferences and there is no right or wrong...

Regards,

Jason


Blue Blood said:
I love maple boards. In my experience, and I'm sure many will disagree, I find that birdseye maple and hard maple sound different. Also, I actually prefer the Fender style of a heavy lacquer gloss finish on the board for tone, though I do prefer the feel of the satin finish for feel. I know many will say they hear no difference between the maple boards(birdseye/hard) and gloss/satin but I do.
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#889
Depends on which kind of Kingwood. The Kingwood that we have historically used here at Fodera is the same wood that many call Madagascar Rosewood and is fairly similar in tone to Brazilian Rosewood...

J

otto B said:
Does anyone have ever experience the Kingwood fret board? I would like to get some reviews on it.
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That's why I can hardly wait for Vinnie to get here (E5S #64). My only close encounter with a Fodera was when I first started working out of college back in 1983 or so. The oldest music store in Honolulu, Harry's Music had the Anthony Jackson Contrabass hanging up above the plethora of Fenders, Ibanez, and Musicman basses. At $3,500 back then it was a lot, but not as much as the Alembics next to it. Till this day I wish I had bit the bullet and purchased it. Interesting enough it's 30 years later and my first Fodera is finally on its way. ETA 4/9/2013.
 
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SRFSterling5 said:
That's why I can hardly wait for Vinnie to get here (E5S #64). My only close encounter with a Fodera was when I first started working out of college back in 1983 or so. The oldest music store in Honolulu, Harry's Music had the Anthony Jackson Contrabass hanging up above the plethora of Fenders, Ibanez, and Musicman basses. At $3,500 back then it was a lot, but not as much as the Alembics next to it. Till this day I wish I had bit the bullet and purchased it. Interesting enough it's 30 years later and my first Fodera is finally on its way. ETA 4/9/2013.
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I have almost the same story it was also AJ model in the story... :rolleyes:
 
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Actually, I am still in Tokyo. We will be back home late Sunday, but I was able to sneak a few minutes on TB yesterday!! The trip has been awesome. I cannot say that visiting with our Japanese friends and distributors is work, but lots of long days filled with amazing new discoveries about Japan...

J

DELACIUS said:
Nice to see you back Jason, hope you guys had great time.
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