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Fodera Club Part XXV

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#902
sanwin17 said:
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.
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+1 for the Air Washer

Well built, simple to use & pretty quiet...

The "big one" is smaller than it looks in pictures (if you order from an online dealer)...

Still tough to hit 30 or 40% relative humidity in a large room this year... I think the maple boards are suffering the most...
 
#903
steubig said:
...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 . . .
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Yeah I've heard this type of thing in various forms and known a few artists that did similar. Seems it's just the nature of the business and the completely understandable need to put food on the table.
 
#907
steubig said:
indeed. i dunno if i could've gone the endorsement-whore route, but i had my fodera and it seemed pretty pointless to go elsewhere.
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I'm with you but it is sometimes hard to resist.

I know a bassist that has played with a globally famous female Canadian singer. A German bass manufacturer set him up with so many basses and other gear with very few strings attached, he would have been nuts to play his other basses or look for other endorsements. He had racks of identical basses.... It was just stupid.

Personally, I won't (and don't wanna) play anything besides Fodera for the foreseeable future unless I play a rainy outdoor or biker gig... Then my Squier comes out..... or a recording session where my old P with flats is called for. Beyond that, I am happy to pay for what I perceive to be the best basses one can buy.
 
#908
narud said:
+1
those guys are making serious music. im listening to the notes theyre playing, not which bass theyre using!
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Agreed, but the tone of the bass they're playing matters a good amount of the time....(and I super agree with you still). I've never really loved John's tone with the Yamaha, but I'm not him, and I'm sure he's getting the sound he wants. That's all that matters (and the guy can just plain play...he's a pro all the way around). With that said, I recently got the new Ben Monder CD and John's on some of the tracks. Now, I was skeptical because I love Skuli Sverrison's sound so much, but whoever mixed the album got such a great sound out of John's bass for Ben's tunes. It's very different from what he usually sounds like. I don't think a Fodera would have made his sound better on that record. It actually turned out really, really well. There aren't that many people who can hang with Ben Monder's charts....John flat out killed it.
 
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In officially today!
Just finished setting it up. It's a new model from 2011 so the factory setup is long gone. It was a pleasure though!
So far so good.
 
#910
Hi Jason!

On the subject of tone block equipped basses, what have your ears told you about how they augment the instrument vs. standard two piece glued-up bodies? Not sure how much comparison has been done amongst otherwise identical basses but would love your thoughts. Thanks much!

Lonnybass
 
#911
They are more like a spice than a main ingredient. Obviously it is different if we are taking about a Tone Block on a neckthrough vs. a 3-piece body with a middle section that is different than the two wings on a Bolt-on or Dovetail.

The effect on tone is proportionate to total mass, so the tone block on the neckthrough has less of an effect than making a 3-piece body on a Bolt-on or Dovetail.

Hopefully this makes sense!

Kindest regards,

Jason


Lonnybass said:
Hi Jason!

On the subject of tone block equipped basses, what have your ears told you about how they augment the instrument vs. standard two piece glued-up bodies? Not sure how much comparison has been done amongst otherwise identical basses but would love your thoughts. Thanks much!

Lonnybass
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#913
FYI, Janek G. is doing a clinic in the Aguilar loft next Tuesday, Feb 18th at 7pm Eastern. The Aguilar guys are going to live stream it (via the link below). Should be killer. Aguilar TH500/SL112's and a Fodera..... hmmmmmm:)

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Edit: Oh, and Mike Stern is helping him out on the clinic.
 
#914
Just Thumpin' said:
They are more like a spice than a main ingredient. Obviously it is different if we are taking about a Tone Block on a neckthrough vs. a 3-piece body with a middle section that is different than the two wings on a Bolt-on or Dovetail.

The effect on tone is proportionate to total mass, so the tone block on the neckthrough has less of an effect than making a 3-piece body on a Bolt-on or Dovetail.

Hopefully this makes sense!

Kindest regards,

Jason
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How about one piece versus two piece bodies on bolt on basses? :)
 
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