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Fodera Club Part XXV

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oldfretless said:
Very nice playing and three different tones. Can I ask what effects you use?
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Thanks! Much appreciated. The only effect I am using is the Strymon timeline. It's a great delay pedal and it has millions of settings. I use it set in dual mode, and it never gets changed from that. ImageUploadedByTalkBass1391787640.279242.jpg.
 
#783
I shipped my Emperor to Fodera for a PLEK and some general TLC last summer. I had been having neck issues as he climate here in Mexico is hell on bass necks , varying from dry to extreme humidity. Whatever they did, I couldn't be happier with the results! It's like having a new bass! Here's a video from this week. Playing's a little sloppy, but you get the idea. Amp is set flat. Thanks to everyone at Fodera!
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Steve York said:
I shipped my Emperor to Fodera for a PLEK and some general TLC last summer. I had been having neck issues as he climate here in Mexico is hell on bass necks , varying from dry to extreme humidity. Whatever they did, I couldn't be happier with the results! It's like having a new bass! Here's a video from this week. Playing's a little sloppy, but you get the idea. Amp is set flat. Thanks to everyone at Fodera!

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Nice playing and cool gig! What's the scale length on your EII?
Thanks for taking me away from the uninhabitable northeast US for a few minutes :)
 
#785
nuwavedc said:
Speaking of Fodera tone, I am extremely happy with the tone of my latest Build. Im excited to begin recording with it next week. Really just very pleased with the wood combination and the overall dynamics and feel of the instrument. The Low B is monsterous and piano like and the finger style and slap tone are just out of this world. Im still a big fan of ebony due to the fast attack, but when you want a different attack like for jazz walking of for slap with a bit of sizzle, its tough to beat. This particular bass can get very bright if needed, but sounds great just set flat or passive.
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Very nice!
 
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Great sounding/looking bass, nice!

nuwavedc said:
Speaking of Fodera tone, I am extremely happy with the tone of my latest Build. Im excited to begin recording with it next week. Really just very pleased with the wood combination and the overall dynamics and feel of the instrument. The Low B is monsterous and piano like and the finger style and slap tone are just out of this world. Im still a big fan of ebony due to the fast attack, but when you want a different attack like for jazz walking of for slap with a bit of sizzle, its tough to beat. This particular bass can get very bright if needed, but sounds great just set flat or passive.
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Steve York said:
I shipped my Emperor to Fodera for a PLEK and some general TLC last summer. I had been having neck issues as he climate here in Mexico is hell on bass necks , varying from dry to extreme humidity. Whatever they did, I couldn't be happier with the results! It's like having a new bass! Here's a video from this week. Playing's a little sloppy, but you get the idea. Amp is set flat. Thanks to everyone at Fodera!
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Minus 14 degrees here right now.

Man.....that bass line sounded and felt like pure sunshine to me!

Thank you.
 
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Steve York said:
I shipped my Emperor to Fodera for a PLEK and some general TLC last summer. I had been having neck issues as he climate here in Mexico is hell on bass necks , varying from dry to extreme humidity. Whatever they did, I couldn't be happier with the results! It's like having a new bass! Here's a video from this week. Playing's a little sloppy, but you get the idea. Amp is set flat. Thanks to everyone at Fodera!
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That's cool - I love drum solos over ostinatos.
 
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nuwavedc said:
Speaking of Fodera tone, I am extremely happy with the tone of my latest Build. Im excited to begin recording with it next week. Really just very pleased with the wood combination and the overall dynamics and feel of the instrument. The Low B is monsterous and piano like and the finger style and slap tone are just out of this world. Im still a big fan of ebony due to the fast attack, but when you want a different attack like for jazz walking of for slap with a bit of sizzle, its tough to beat. This particular bass can get very bright if needed, but sounds great just set flat or passive.
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You had me scratching my head with the first one, since your post talked about the low B and I'm watching/listening and thinking, "damn he's getting some really high notes out of the G and D string." Then I saw the note that you restrung it E-C and felt better about my ears :D
 
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nostatic said:
You had me scratching my head with the first one, since your post talked about the low B and I'm watching/listening and thinking, "damn he's getting some really high notes out of the G and D string." Then I saw the note that you restrung it E-C and felt better about my ears :D
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That's funny. Actually these clips really don't do the b justice...actually come to think of it they don't even feature the b which is stupid because it's one of the greatest aspects of the bass. Hmmm....
 
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Steve York said:
I shipped my Emperor to Fodera for a PLEK and some general TLC last summer. I had been having neck issues as he climate here in Mexico is hell on bass necks , varying from dry to extreme humidity. Whatever they did, I couldn't be happier with the results! It's like having a new bass! Here's a video from this week. Playing's a little sloppy, but you get the idea. Amp is set flat. Thanks to everyone at Fodera!

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Very cool happy summer vibe. I'm sitting here in could Denmark and dreaming of being a varmer place. This could be it :)
 
#794
RLK said:
I may be all wet on this, but here goes:

Down force aside, theoretically, the length of the “non-speaking” portion of a string could have some other interactive effects:

When you energize the main "speaking" portion of the string, the other portions of the string across the nut and saddles also vibrate (I’m calling it a “responding wave”).
The responding waves vibrate at a different frequency and amplitude than the speaking portion; so the oscillations of one portion of the string might affect the oscillations of the other portions (maybe causing damping, changes in resonance, etc.).

Imagine if the string extended 36” beyond the bridge or beyond the nut.
It seems there would be a dramatic difference in how the speaking length of string behaves.
(Intuitively, I speculate the extra length would make the string seem less taught, but more lively.)

I don’t know if any of this applies to the extra inches of “non-speaking” B string on Foderas, but it’s food for thought.
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Now that raises an interesting possibility. The portion of the string above the nut vibrates at a constant frequency - its mass, length, and tension don't change. Is it possible that this causes constructive or destructive interference with each note that's played on the fretboard? Could it be a cause of dead notes or wolf notes? I think that would have to be the case if the amount of vibration is significant.

Your intuition is incorrect on the taughtness, thing, though.
 
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