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TimothyGroovy
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- Aug 3, 2000
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Haha..your being generous, I wish it was 60-70% because to me it's more like 40-50%.. And if you start typing in Chinese
Show me how to write Fodera in Chinese
For name like Fodera,Sadowsky,Fender...etc we can't actually write it in chinese, we can simply assign some words that similar when pronounced in English.
I can do bass guitar for you though. 低音結他
That's it, If I were getting a new bass that would be it.
My god that's insanely looking
Also MG layout, can you make one pic of mg shape like that, with 24 frets all other the same?
- Aug 21, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist : Fodera Guitars , Harvest fine leather bags & straps
Just Thumpin'
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- Mar 7, 2008
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- Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (10/14/09 - 12/16/19)
Actually the date is March 14, 1983.
We attended an event last evening at ShaprShifter Lab (Matt G's place" and saw two amazing performances -- one by Mikpe Pope and his band and the other by Reggie Young. We all celebrated Fodera's 30th together, but the actual date was on March 14th.
Tonight we have a small gathering for just the Fodera Team and our families to drink some good wine, eat some great food, play some music and to thank Joey and Vinny for the insanity that they started!!
Cheers,
J
We attended an event last evening at ShaprShifter Lab (Matt G's place" and saw two amazing performances -- one by Mikpe Pope and his band and the other by Reggie Young. We all celebrated Fodera's 30th together, but the actual date was on March 14th.
Tonight we have a small gathering for just the Fodera Team and our families to drink some good wine, eat some great food, play some music and to thank Joey and Vinny for the insanity that they started!!
Cheers,
J
Just Thumpin'
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- Mar 7, 2008
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- Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (10/14/09 - 12/16/19)
Apply firm pressure while pulling it up with your fingers, it's only on there with 2-sided tape...
Regards,
Jason
Regards,
Jason
- Jun 3, 2009
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- Bassgearu, Music Industry Consulting and Sales. Tech 21, NBE Corp, Sonosphere.
Good Morning Jason!
Congrats to you and the boys (and Laura too) for continued success and for the playable art you make.
Wish I could join you all tonight. Enjoy and give my best to everyone.
Tom
Congrats to you and the boys (and Laura too) for continued success and for the playable art you make.
Wish I could join you all tonight. Enjoy and give my best to everyone.
Tom
Cool, I know something in Chinese..
Easy...
Easy...
For name like Fodera,Sadowsky,Fender...etc we can't actually write it in chinese, we can simply assign some words that similar when pronounced in English.
I can do bass guitar for you though. 低音結他
I might remove my ramp and give the body a rub of Butchers wax.
I'm going to leave it off for a while so I don't get a faded patch against the rest of the body but will I have to apply fresh double-sided tape to the ramp before re-fitting?
I'm going to leave it off for a while so I don't get a faded patch against the rest of the body but will I have to apply fresh double-sided tape to the ramp before re-fitting?
Good taste, that's my favorite too but I would have the Emperor control layout.
Emperor layout on it?!? Man you have no taste.
Congrats to all. Send my regards to the guys tonight at the party and have good old glass of wine for me.......maybe 2 .....
PM SENT
Jason don't worry, you will live forever... I need my next custom fodera to happen! Lol!
Great show last night! Mike was rocking out really hard and I especially loved it when Reggie brought on two vocalists, one to sing Night in Tunisia and another to sing Summertime.
Now to talk about everybody's favorite thing on this thread: wood and tone! I was super excited for this show because I wanted to hear for myself two totally different Fodera basses by two different players in a live mix. Mike's bass is super clear and defined thanks to the mahogany body / ebony fretboard combination of his bass. I can tell that Mike REALLY LOVES his B-string because he was down in the basement quite a lot. I think my favorite part of his first set was his last tune because of how slap happy he was.
Here's Mike's bass: http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=86
While I had a general idea of what Mike Pope was going to sound like (I've seen multiple Youtube vids + my bass has all the same woods + I have his flexcore) I had no idea what to expect from Reggie for all I knew about him was his signature bass. He started off playing with some effects so I couldn't really judge at first but later he turned it off. His tone was more warm / growly than Mike Pope's due to the alder body / rosewood fretboard combination.
Here's Reggie's bass: http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=387
Mike's bass stood out much more in the mix. Not only was his amp turned up way more than Reggie's but every note he played was really clear and articulate (I can tell he probably just put a fresh set of strings that day too, lol). Reggie's had a much rounder sound. His notes didn't stand out as much as Mike's in the mix but everything was still clear. Reggie's sound was much rounded than Mike's to my ear.
When they both slapped for some reason I associated both of their sounds with Marcus Miller. I was really thrown off for a few minutes thinking how I could feel this way when both Mike and Reggie's tones are completely different. I think I felt that way because Mike's sound had the punchy aspect of Marcus Miller while Reggie's sound had the growl of the ash.
Honestly, I can't say I'm too big a fan of how both their high-C strings sound. Not saying they sounded bad, they just didn't sit as well to my ears as the other strings. I felt the combination of Mike's fresh new strings with his aggressive play-style that night made his high-C too pingy for me. As for Reggie, the notes on his high-C string cut like a knife compared to all the rest of his notes when he was chording. I think the only Fodera player whose high-C string I really enjoyed live because it didn't stand out compared to the rest of the strings was Janek Gwizdala's. I dig Tony Grey's too (he's my favorite bass player!) but I've yet to see him live
I'm really picky when it comes to strings. I've been playing with Fodera Nickels with tapered-B's for quite sometime and I'm pretty sure Mike was using stainless (probably Reggie too but I can't say for certainty). Both their B-strings blended well but I can't help but think they'd be better with a taper
Overall, great show. Every player was a killer and there was high energy throughout the whole event. One last thing I'd like to mention is that the newborn pictures DO NOT do these basses any justice, you have to see these things in person to truly appreciate the beauty of the woods / craftsmanship.
Just Thumpin'
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- Mar 7, 2008
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Just Thumpin'
Commercial User
- Mar 7, 2008
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- Manager and Partner, Fodera Guitars (10/14/09 - 12/16/19)
Steveman --
Thanks so much for coming last night! Just a couple of things to consider...
Mike and Reggie were going through very different rigs. Mike was plugged into an Pope MP-2 and then into a Walter Woods 1200 watt amp then into an Epifani UL212 Cabinet.
Reggie, on the other hand, was going through an Epifani 501 head and then into what looked to me like a pair of 1x12's but, sadly, I did not make a mental note of the manufacturer of them.
Finally, I found all of the high register stuff (for all of the instruments) last night a touch brittle / bright (including the work on the C-strings). For better, or worse, that is part of the tonal signature of Shape Shifter as much as anything else. The floors are concrete, walls are brick and there is very little acoustical dampening going on...
What I will say (from having spoken with both Reggie and Mike), is that they were pleased with the way they sounded and felt that overall it was pretty representative. I certainly enjoyed the heck out of the show and thought that the basses sounded largely like what they should sound like...
J
Thanks so much for coming last night! Just a couple of things to consider...
Mike and Reggie were going through very different rigs. Mike was plugged into an Pope MP-2 and then into a Walter Woods 1200 watt amp then into an Epifani UL212 Cabinet.
Reggie, on the other hand, was going through an Epifani 501 head and then into what looked to me like a pair of 1x12's but, sadly, I did not make a mental note of the manufacturer of them.
Finally, I found all of the high register stuff (for all of the instruments) last night a touch brittle / bright (including the work on the C-strings). For better, or worse, that is part of the tonal signature of Shape Shifter as much as anything else. The floors are concrete, walls are brick and there is very little acoustical dampening going on...
What I will say (from having spoken with both Reggie and Mike), is that they were pleased with the way they sounded and felt that overall it was pretty representative. I certainly enjoyed the heck out of the show and thought that the basses sounded largely like what they should sound like...
J
Great show last night! Mike was rocking out really hard and I especially loved it when Reggie brought on two vocalists, one to sing Night in Tunisia and another to sing Summertime.
Now to talk about everybody's favorite thing on this thread: wood and tone! I was super excited for this show because I wanted to hear for myself two totally different Fodera basses by two different players in a live mix. Mike's bass is super clear and defined thanks to the mahogany body / ebony fretboard combination of his bass. I can tell that Mike REALLY LOVES his B-string because he was down in the basement quite a lot. I think my favorite part of his first set was his last tune because of how slap happy he was.
Here's Mike's bass: http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=86
While I had a general idea of what Mike Pope was going to sound like (I've seen multiple Youtube vids + my bass has all the same woods + I have his flexcore) I had no idea what to expect from Reggie for all I knew about him was his signature bass. He started off playing with some effects so I couldn't really judge at first but later he turned it off. His tone was more warm / growly than Mike Pope's due to the alder body / rosewood fretboard combination.
Here's Reggie's bass: http://www.fodera.com/Main/NewBornDetails.aspx?FeaturedItemID=387
Mike's bass stood out much more in the mix. Not only was his amp turned up way more than Reggie's but every note he played was really clear and articulate (I can tell he probably just put a fresh set of strings that day too, lol). Reggie's had a much rounder sound. His notes didn't stand out as much as Mike's in the mix but everything was still clear. Reggie's sound was much rounded than Mike's to my ear.
When they both slapped for some reason I associated both of their sounds with Marcus Miller. I was really thrown off for a few minutes thinking how I could feel this way when both Mike and Reggie's tones are completely different. I think I felt that way because Mike's sound had the punchy aspect of Marcus Miller while Reggie's sound had the growl of the ash.
Honestly, I can't say I'm too big a fan of how both their high-C strings sound. Not saying they sounded bad, they just didn't sit as well to my ears as the other strings. I felt the combination of Mike's fresh new strings with his aggressive play-style that night made his high-C too pingy for me. As for Reggie, the notes on his high-C string cut like a knife compared to all the rest of his notes when he was chording. I think the only Fodera player whose high-C string I really enjoyed live because it didn't stand out compared to the rest of the strings was Janek Gwizdala's. I dig Tony Grey's too (he's my favorite bass player!) but I've yet to see him live
I'm really picky when it comes to strings. I've been playing with Fodera Nickels with tapered-B's for quite sometime and I'm pretty sure Mike was using stainless (probably Reggie too but I can't say for certainty). Both their B-strings blended well but I can't help but think they'd be better with a taper
Overall, great show. Every player was a killer and there was high energy throughout the whole event. One last thing I'd like to mention is that the newborn pictures DO NOT do these basses any justice, you have to see these things in person to truly appreciate the beauty of the woods / craftsmanship.
I remember Mike Pope talking about his tonal goals when his Viceory was still in production and I think he hit it out of the ballpark. What I loved most with Mike's sound was that it was not only clear, but thunderous. Mike's amp was really loud to my ears but it wasn't overbearing at all. I bet most of your everyday bass players would've sounded too boomy / muddy with the amp turned up that high but Mike's sound was perfectly balanced.
Funny story I forgot to mention in my previous post. When I was waiting outside in line, this guy passes me and gets behind me in line. As he passed me, my first thought was "is that John Patitucci!?" I thought about it for a second but this guy was like over six feet tall (which I'm pretty sure John Patitucci is not). Still, I feel like I knew this guy from somewhere so I pulled up my iPhone and googled something and was like "excuse me, but are you this guy?" and he was like "yes, yes I am." It was John DErcole! ()
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