Fodera Club

[emjazz]

Funny thing,,,, I heard Lincoln Goines is teaching at Berklee these days so I contact him to see if he has time to squeeze me in. I'm in committed to 3 months of weeklys.

I just heard that as well from my teacher John Lockwood...have a great time. I'm hoping to get him for private lessons when I start at Bezerkly in the fall...he took Matt's place.

 

[rb1]

I thought I'd posted this before here, but couldn't find it.

Here's my Fodera Yin Yang:
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Beautiful! Every time I see one of those, I want it! But I already have 4 guitars and 5 basses, so I think the wife would kill me if I got another.

 

[Tom7]

Beautiful! Every time I see one of those, I want it! But I already have 4 guitars and 5 basses, so I think the wife would kill me if I got another.

Thanks for the kind words. Keeping the wife happy is (by far) the higher priority, so good for you.

Does this club give numbers by the way?

 

[Shy Guy]

Yin yang 5ers are always just as nice looking. To bad I won't be able to afford a fodera for another 20+ years

 

[Christian Houmann]

Picked it up this past Wednesday. A custom order and the bass of my dreams...

Fodera Monarch 4-string
Buckeye Burl over Walnut
Ebony Fretboard
Vintage Frets with Abalone Dot and Tulip inlays
Seymour Duncan Dual Coils
New 2009 Pope-Fodera Preamp

What a nice bass! We need at picture with all your Foderas

 

[black.rose1402]

Picked it up this past Wednesday. A custom order and the bass of my dreams...

Fodera Monarch 4-string
Buckeye Burl over Walnut
Ebony Fretboard
Vintage Frets with Abalone Dot and Tulip inlays
Seymour Duncan Dual Coils
New 2009 Pope-Fodera Preamp

What a nice bass! We need at picture with all your Foderas

yes WE WANT A FAMILY PICTURE!!!!!!!

 

[black.rose1402]

Beautiful! Every time I see one of those, I want it! But I already have 4 guitars and 5 basses, so I think the wife would kill me if I got another.

sell 2 or 3 guitars and one or two bass and buy a yin yang.
we only have one life.

 

[Baryonyx]

I guess that depends on what you do with it Just don't start slapping it in front of Lincoln

Yep, you wouldn't want to play him under the table or anything!

 

[rb1]

sell 2 or 3 guitars and one or two bass and buy a yin yang.
we only have one life.

I may have to do that someday. For now, I'll just be happy with my Monarch. (See next post.)

 

[rb1]

My new camera arrived. Here's a pic of my Fodera Monarch:

 

[black.rose1402]

I may have to do that someday. For now, I'll just be happy with my Monarch. (See next post.)

I wait for my imperial bona style, and believe me the monarch could be enough, but I'm just a man!!!!!
Oh yes the monarch is really a great bass!

 

[uncle]

Hi,
I have a '92 emperor elite with a 2 band EQ, I guess it's a Haz Lab. On the print there is a switchbox to control the mid's. There are 4 switches on the box. Does anyone know how this box functions (works)? What does each switch do? Also need some spareparts for restoring the bridge.
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[jonno1707]

Yes that is a Hazlabs pre and the 4 switches change the entire frequencies spectrum across the board from bass to treble...I personally have them all off on my 92 Emperor 6 string...

 

[uncle]

Yes that is a Hazlabs pre and the 4 switches change the entire frequencies spectrum across the board from bass to treble...I personally have them all off on my 92 Emperor 6 string...

Do you have somekind of manual of this preamp?

 

[Brian Barrett]

Awesome Fodera, there are many guys that would love your bass. The Older ones with the HazLab and especially the 2 band are very cool. Don't ever fall into the upgrade idea!!!!! if you want a Pope pre then just sell that bass, don't ruin what it is!!!

I don't believe there is a manual of any kind, but if you search out Hazlab they might have something for you other wise just play the bass and listen as you flip them on and off.

Hi,
I have a '92 emperor elite
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[Just Thumpin']

I just posted a thread about something I observed on Vic's new Yin Yang related to the EMG PUPS here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7021195#post7021195

 

[Meehaw]

I guess that depends on what you do with it Just don't start slapping it in front of Lincoln

Why not? Mr. Goines does a fair amount of slapping on his instructional video.

 

[bassman74]

I have a quick and simple question for you all lucky fodera owner.

Is your fodera 1.75" thick or 1.625"?

It wouls help me a lot if you could answer this little question

Take care

 

[Just Thumpin']

I have a quick and simple question for you all lucky fodera owner.

Is your fodera 1.75" thick or 1.625"?

It wouls help me a lot if you could answer this little question

Take care

There is no standard thickness for Fodera...they are all made by hand. I have several and will measure them when I get home, but I know that they vary...

 

[cosmicevan]

Just got my new (to me) Monarch Wooten Classic from fedex today. I'm noticing that the Pope pre is really hot and that without much boost, the bass's signal really jumps and I can pretty easily push the bass to a level of clipping on my rig. It sounds fantastic flat/passive and a little bit of boost/cut with the pre can really shape the tone nicely. I also noticed that the Master Tone, treble roll-off is very subtle...much more so than on other basses I've played.

The Monarch I just got is in pristine shape, but is a bit older and has a Pope pre from a few revisions ago. I'm going to try some fresh batteries tomorrow, but I've played Fodera's in the past (but not in a few years) and vaguely remember this being the case with the basses I played. Does this sound normal or do I need to bring this bass in for a checkup?