Posted this in another thread but figured it may be useful here as well...I want to send a shout out to the guys and gals at Fodera for making me 2 incredible basses!! THANKS YOU GUYS!! I will gig these basses about 230 shows per year and they have yet to let me down in ANY WAY! I get compliments on the tone everywhere we play and I think that is the best compliment you could ever give a builder!!!
I guess this would be a good place to post that after having spent about a month with my Emperor Standard 5 I can report that she is even better than I had imagined! I have used her in smaller clubs, large Amphitheaters through huge PAs and regional festivals playing for thousands of people. I have gotten a LOT of compliments on my tone. I played a festival in Myrtle Beach, SC earlier today with at least 10,000 people there and the PA was a Big JBL Vertec rig with a Midas Pro 2 digital console at FOH. Bass sounded HUGE but very defined. Eddie Floyd (who wrote and originally sang "Knock on Wood" sat in with us for Knock on Wood and another of his hits and was digging the tone enough to ask me to solo. After the show I was changing in the Trailer they had for us and he was in there when I got there. He held out his hand and said "Man that was the best sounding bass I think I have ever heard." I couldn't argue with that...My sound Engineer loves it and says it is the clearest sounding bass he has ever heard anywhere. I am very pleased with EVERYTHING about her and can't recommend them enough! I also have a Yin Yang Standard that gets some play but I use the 5 about 80% of the time. For what it's worth, I have also ordered one of the new Emperor Standard 5 Specials...I would love to have a custom but I think I can cover just about anything with these 3. I am REALLY looking forward to the Maple board as I am a Maple board guy. I am thinking of putting Flats on the Emperor Standard I have now to give me even more of that warm goodness she has. I am currently using the Fodera Nickels in .40 - .120 gauge and love them. The set I have on now have been on there since I got the bass and probably have well over 100 hours of playing time on them. They still sounded fantastic today! I HIGHLY recommend them. I played Sadowsky Blue Nickels for the last few years and love them to but there is something about the combination of Fodera Strings on Fodera basses that really works. I will definitely use the Sadowsky Flats if I decide to break down and put flats on the ES5. She sounds so good right now I am not sure what to do! I would love to hear from anybody who has tried flats on theirs...
Peace,
T
I guess this would be a good place to post that after having spent about a month with my Emperor Standard 5 I can report that she is even better than I had imagined! I have used her in smaller clubs, large Amphitheaters through huge PAs and regional festivals playing for thousands of people. I have gotten a LOT of compliments on my tone. I played a festival in Myrtle Beach, SC earlier today with at least 10,000 people there and the PA was a Big JBL Vertec rig with a Midas Pro 2 digital console at FOH. Bass sounded HUGE but very defined. Eddie Floyd (who wrote and originally sang "Knock on Wood" sat in with us for Knock on Wood and another of his hits and was digging the tone enough to ask me to solo. After the show I was changing in the Trailer they had for us and he was in there when I got there. He held out his hand and said "Man that was the best sounding bass I think I have ever heard." I couldn't argue with that...My sound Engineer loves it and says it is the clearest sounding bass he has ever heard anywhere. I am very pleased with EVERYTHING about her and can't recommend them enough! I also have a Yin Yang Standard that gets some play but I use the 5 about 80% of the time. For what it's worth, I have also ordered one of the new Emperor Standard 5 Specials...I would love to have a custom but I think I can cover just about anything with these 3. I am REALLY looking forward to the Maple board as I am a Maple board guy. I am thinking of putting Flats on the Emperor Standard I have now to give me even more of that warm goodness she has. I am currently using the Fodera Nickels in .40 - .120 gauge and love them. The set I have on now have been on there since I got the bass and probably have well over 100 hours of playing time on them. They still sounded fantastic today! I HIGHLY recommend them. I played Sadowsky Blue Nickels for the last few years and love them to but there is something about the combination of Fodera Strings on Fodera basses that really works. I will definitely use the Sadowsky Flats if I decide to break down and put flats on the ES5. She sounds so good right now I am not sure what to do! I would love to hear from anybody who has tried flats on theirs...
Peace,
T
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