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Fodera Club Part XXVI

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blessedbassist said:
No joke! Great way of looking at it!

Crazy to think that my bass will be done in about 6 months... Here's a pic of my top again for the 3rd time! Lol View attachment 401649

I'm really excited! Especially since this will be, if not the first, one of the first custom Emperor II bolt- ons!
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Nice! First Emperor II bolt-on is cool. It should be possible to do a bolt-on MG then :)
 
#503
It will be THE first...

J

blessedbassist said:
No joke! Great way of looking at it!

Crazy to think that my bass will be done in about 6 months... Here's a pic of my top again for the 3rd time! Lol View attachment 401649

I'm really excited! Especially since this will be, if not the first, one of the first custom Emperor II bolt- ons!
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#506
Don't you want 24 frets ?

LakeEffect said:
I’ll be going with a Monarch 5 bolt-on, 3-piece maple neck, ash body, maple fret board, ebony ramp, dual-coil (non-exposed), 3x2 peg-head, black hardware, 34-scale, 22-fret, 17.5 mm string spacing tone monster that I just cannot even begin to tell you how happy I will be to play. It’ll likely have a walnut top, but Jason and the gang are kindly sending me pictures of a few lower-cost upcharge tops to evaluate (certain cuts of flamed redwood, myrtle burl, spalted maple). The aesthetic thing for me will likely be a decision between an upcharge top or wooden pickup covers. We’ll see, plenty of time to decide, and either way I’ll be extremely happy.

As to the ash over alder decision, which largely dominated my discussion with Jason (rightly so), he said one simple thing in particular that resonated. He basically just noted that a maple/alder bass would be more tonally similar to my rosewood/ash MS4S than a maple/ash bass would (not necessarily that bright body/warm fretboard basses sound the same as warm body/bright fretboard basses, just that they sit on the same end of the tonal spectrum and share a few characteristics). I love my MS4S for many, many reasons - favorite/best bass I’ve ever played, let alone owned. But the tone has never been absolutely spot on for me. I’ve always wanted a little more bark immediately following my attack. I play with extra light gauge strings and also have a very light touch (plus I slap a little with a pretty silly jam/funk outfit I play with every once and a while) and I’ve missed the initial “push” or “snap” just after my attack that ash/maple provides. Plus, if all goes well, I’m hoping to be able to also keep my MS4S, in which case, I will have both combos. So, all in all, I am very comfortable with my decision on specs and cannot wait to continue working my tail off for the next year in the name of her delivery.
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#507
asbs said:
Don't you want 24 frets ?
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Nope. I like to get under the strings with my thumb behind the fretboard. 24 frets make my technique suffer because they force me to angle the headstock further out in front of me. Since the bass is no longer as parallel with my shoulders, my left wrist has to angle to reflect this, too. A little harder to explain than show, but it's just how my body mechanics and technique relate to Monarch. As a result, my playing suffers and I have to play in a manner that will eventually lead to injury. That is more important to me than the few extra notes. The added benefit is it keeps the neck dual coil out of my way, not a huge deal, but a plus. I make due with my MS4S just great, but if I'm spec'ing a bass myself and it's an easy fix, yes please.
 
#508
celinder 72 said:
That Walnut is gorgeous ! How cool to have the first custom bolt on Emperor II. I'm excited for you and everyone else who has a Fodera on order. And to everyone who dreams of owning a Fodera I hope you all find a way to make it come true!!!!!
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Thank you!!! I think that if you make that diet plan available to everyone out there, more people could make that dream a reality! lol
 
#513
I am not 100% sure but I believe that one of the improvements on the later pre is prolonged battery life (which seems to be the opposite of what you are describing). Double check with Fodera on this.
 
#514
Steve York said:
Question for Jason or anyone else that may know. Does the 2010 Pope preamp burn out batteries faster than the older preamp? My Emperor has an older preamp and lithium batteries last me six months to a year. The 2010 pre in my Imperial seems to deplete the batteries in one to three months. Is this normal?
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I have the latest Mike Pope Flexcore (very similar to the Fodera 2010 preamp) and my batteries last at least 6 months (they never died on me but I always change them every 6 months).
 
#515
Unless there is a short or the bass is left plugged in, the new preamp is usually MORE forgiving on batteries than the old version.

Check and see whether or not any of the copper shielding in your cavity is touching the jack anywhere...that can cause rapid battery depletion even if its only a small sliver of copper...

Also, we do not recommend using Lithium batteries in the preamp. Sadly, I cannot remember exactly why! They won't hurt anything, but something about them is less ideal than gold old fashioned alkaline batteries...

Cheers,

Jason


Steve York said:
Question for Jason or anyone else that may know. Does the 2010 Pope preamp burn out batteries faster than the older preamp? My Emperor has an older preamp and lithium batteries last me six months to a year. The 2010 pre in my Imperial seems to deplete the batteries in one to three months. Is this normal?
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