Fodera Club Part XX

[oldfretless]

Congrats! Looks cool!

 

[asbs]

Bull eye !

fretlessssss

 

[steubig]

todd. that's the first one???

simple and classy.

sweet. congrats.

 

[steubig]

I get what you're saying. The Barts are a little short compared to modern six string pickups but they will cover the outside strings, even if you max out the string spacing to 21mm. I think people don't like the look of them but they are 100% usable. I heard that when Fodera ordered the Barts from Bill Bartolini, they wanted them to fit both 5 and 6 string basses, so cosmetically it is a bit of a compromise, they look too big on fivers and too small on sixes. But they do work well...😃

they basically work, but there is some lack on the low b string. i actually talked to the fodera guys and rick turner about this issue. both camps felt that the lack of extra coverage made thing less than optimal.

the cosmetics didn't worry me one bit.

 

[nostatic]

todd. that's the first one???

simple and classy.

sweet. congrats.

Yup, the fretted twin is in (or out) of finish and should be here soon. You should come check out this one - interesting beast in my short first stint. Came in just a tad over 10lbs which is the same as the MGS. I can say that rolling in a bit of bass brings the thunder.

 

[Cookye]

Now isn't that pretty....

 

[steubig]

Yup, the fretted twin is in (or out) of finish and should be here soon. You should come check out this one - interesting beast in my short first stint. Came in just a tad over 10lbs which is the same as the MGS. I can say that rolling in a bit of bass brings the thunder.

totally wanna hear/see it. i'll pm you about when.

 

[Vic]

fretlessssss

Speechlesssssss!

 

[nostatic]

Some better pics

 

[steubig]

you always take the best boudoir pics.

 

[GHOST AT]

Nostatic that has got to be the most gorgeous walnut I have ever seen!!!!! Congratulations I am so happy for you and looking
forward to seeing the Brazilian Monarch.

 

[iwearpumas]

Did you use a DSL camera?

 

[kamakiriad7]

you always take the best boudoir pics.

Pure, unadulterated bass porn.

Congrats man, I need one now!

 

[nostatic]

Did you use a DSL camera?

Olympus OMD-E5 with a PanaLeica 25mm/1.4 lens.

 

[Plunger]

That's a beautiful bass Todd! I love the deeper cutaway...got the same thing on my Monarch that's going into production next month.

 

[iwearpumas]

I need a DSL camera. But I only want one to take pictures of my basses. Haha

 

[Brad Johnson]

It looks really great! My only concern is the age of the instrument... (more then 20 years)

Mine is 21 years old, very stable and bone stock. I wouldn't worry about age.

 

[PaPaVB20]

Wow that's a perfect quartersawn wood on the neck.... I really like how simple and beautiful this bass looks... Congrats!

 

[nostatic]

The neck is 3-piece ash. And fast.

 

[Baird6869]

Just stunning.

I am thrilled that I picked a top from the same batch for my current Monarch 5 build when I was in Brooklyn in March.

I was told by Jason after I looked at at least a dozen others and decided on mine that it was the same walnut as the "Nostatic" top. Todd has great taste!

I am also excited that I listened to Joey when he told me to pull the abalone inlays from the build as that top with ebony (fretted) would look great with no inlays or dots.

Just when I was whining to my wife this morning about paying down a bunch of my balance tomorrow, seeing a bass like this makes it an easy call to Laura or Phil.

The basses coming out of Fodera seem to get better looking every day.