Good luck man, humidity in my house is staying at a steady 16% no matter what I do. My Fodera is solid, but my other basses are getting fret sprout and neck wonkiness.
Michael
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Good luck man, humidity in my house is staying at a steady 16% no matter what I do. My Fodera is solid, but my other basses are getting fret sprout and neck wonkiness.
Michael
Venta Air Washer. Best humidifier ever though it can be a pain to take care of if you get a big one. I used it in NJ for years and it kept the winter humidity above 40%. Worth the investment to take care of your instruments. No, I don't have any interest in promoting the product.
Damian Coccio
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+1 we have central humidifier and a few located around the house. Keeping the humidity around 40% made a big difference with the necks moving around and the fretboards shrinking.
Not bad for skin and sinuses either.
Not bad for skin and sinuses either.
nice inventive solo on this. especially liked the use of space on the front end.
good performance by all concerned.
Excellent Roger! I would run and hide if someone asked me to solo over those changes. 
Damian Coccio
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Somebody should make an effort to convert franc o' shea http://www.francoshea.com to be a Fodera player. Mike Flynn turned me on to him about 8 or 9 years ago. Bought the CD immediately.
Damian Coccio
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I hear you on that. I was a big fan of his early stuff. He seemed to settle in on KS tone and even placed hid pups on his yamaha similarly. It would be cool to hear him on a fodera.
I actually just picked up a Venta last night. I have high hopes for it. I wish there was a whole house model though -- otherwise I may just pick up a few of the smaller ones for the bedrooms.
Damian Coccio
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dunno you guys, john would go to fodera if he wanted. i'm pretty sure he knows what he likes.
not everyone needs to love what we love.
(and if he's still doing yamaha, there is probably a biz component in there as well.)
not everyone needs to love what we love.
(and if he's still doing yamaha, there is probably a biz component in there as well.)
Yeah, I know. He probably makes a decent buck with the JP Signature and he's been with them for a while now. I don't listen to every tune and be like "man, I wish ______ was playing a Fodera," but for John Patitucci, that's always on the back of my mind.
I'm sure John loves his Yamaha, but I got my wish with Christian Mcbride switching to Fodera, so...
+1
those guys are making serious music. im listening to the notes theyre playing, not which bass theyre using!
pretty much.
i once had a conversation with joey about a bass player who had a yamaha deal (not john p). the guy said he'd like to play a fodera, but yamaha kinda showed up with a truck full of gear at his home studio, so it was hard to want to change . . .
i assume the story is true.
i once had a conversation with joey about a bass player who had a yamaha deal (not john p). the guy said he'd like to play a fodera, but yamaha kinda showed up with a truck full of gear at his home studio, so it was hard to want to change . . .
i assume the story is true.
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