Fodera Club

[jonno1707]

Hey CT,
That is a solid Ebony top...It really is amazing and very rare.In low lights it looks perfectly black and at daylight it has a cool chocalatey hue with the grain popping through..

 

[CTbass&birdsong]

Very Neat !!!!!

 

[brandinstroy]

For now here are some photos of what I picked up.

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Thanks BassBuddha for sending it my way. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=314219&highlight=fodera

 

[brandinstroy]

Does anyone know anything about the bartolini pickups that are in some of the basses

 

[mikoespanol]

Here's mine:

 

[Christian Houmann]

 

[Baryonyx]

Hi there Butterfly Clubbers,

I am still gently breaking her in after 4 months, and she's sounding better by the week. Attached also is a simple recording of a buddy of mine from a Carribbean isle called Dominica, laying down a sweet groove right here at home in Beijing.

Enjoy the pics again.

Kind regards,
Beebebop,
Beijing.

That bass is incredible...wow!

 

[brandinstroy]

So does anyone know about the bartolini pickups that they offer?

 

[KJung]

That's a pretty one! I like the way the horizontal stripes of the top wood play off the 5 piece neck stringers, and even the fretboard, etc. Beautiful fretboard also.

What are the top board and fretboard woods?

 

[Christian Houmann]

That's a pretty one! I like the way the horizontal stripes of the top wood play off the 5 piece neck stringers, and even the fretboard, etc. Beautiful fretboard also.

What are the top board and fretboard woods?

Glad you like it. This bass is amazing and I love playing it!

The topwood and fingerboard is Tulipwood.

-Christian

 

[KJung]

Glad you like it. This bass is amazing and I love playing it!

The topwood and fingerboard is Tulipwood.

-Christian

Tulipwood!!! Interesting. I've never seen that as top or fretboard material. It really looks nice! Enjoy!

 

[ibanezcollector]

Tulipwood!!! Interesting. I've never seen that as top or fretboard material. It really looks nice! Enjoy!

It looks amazing its nice to see a wood that isnt just used to death..

First it was flames, then quilts, then burls, then spalteds etc..

Everyone seems to go in spurts..

But tulipwood.. NEVER EVER have I seen that.. That makes that bass to me one of the prettiest I have seen cause its not like every other bass..

Beautiful

 

[brandinstroy]

who here is bypassing the onboard preamp? and why? are you using an external pre in its place or are you staying passive?

 

[mikoespanol]

who here is bypassing the onboard preamp? and why? are you using an external pre in its place or are you staying passive?

Me! =) I love the sound of my Foderas when they are passive. I use passive in single-coil mode most of the time. You can hear the wood sing this way. Depending on the gig or tunes, I turn the preamp on with the EQ flat or just boost the lows a bit. The sound when the EQ is flat is pretty much a boosted passive sound. The pre is more of like a booster this way.

Here's the latest addition to my Fodera club:

 

[fretless Bob]

This one is the newest! Koa body, rainbow maple solid top, Aero duals in koa covers, 34" scale
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hey man have you got a front view of this bass, that top is soo nice by the way

im gonna get some pics of my emporer up soon


Dave

 

[brandinstroy]

Hey Miko,
tell me about that new bass you got. what are the woods? How do you like it? I still need to post the one i just got. Have not gotten around to take some pics but will real soon.

 

[rabass6]

hey man have you got a front view of this bass, that top is soo nice by the way

im gonna get some pics of my emporer up soon


Dave

There are some more pics!!!
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[rabass6]

who here is bypassing the onboard preamp? and why? are you using an external pre in its place or are you staying passive?

I always play mine passive...I thought about having it built without the preamp, because it's always off!

 

[mikoespanol]

Hey Miko,
tell me about that new bass you got. what are the woods? How do you like it? I still need to post the one i just got. Have not gotten around to take some pics but will real soon.

Alder body and tone block
Ebony board on maple neck
Rainbow maple top

I'm loving the bass. Amazing tone, playability, and handling. The PU's are also in 60's spacing, which I'm digging a lot since my main bass is 70's spacing.

 

[jonno1707]

Thats a sweet bass there bro......I think she's a keeper....