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Fodera Club
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Tom7
I'm so bright, my mom called me son! ;-)
Yeow! I LIKE!as it is the fodera club, here is my new imperial!
I just got it today.
as it is the fodera club, here is my new imperial!
I just got it today.
Wow I love it!
WELL?? How is it??? Specs? Congratulations on a beautiful bass! And I suppose the end to one of the most infamous/enjoyable/painful threads on TB...
yeah the most painful thread as you say lol
the specs are
tulipwood top on ash body
maple neck with birdseye maple fingerboard
34' scale, 24 frets, ebony ramp, gold hardware, duncan dual coils, the new pope preamp.
thanks so much, we were all in this together brother!
don't forget to check the process in the "waiting for my fodera..." thread, at page 30, there's a lot of pictures.
the new preamp became standard in the fodera since january 12th 2009, for more precision I let just Thumpin' tell you, he knows a lot more about it.
congrats black rose. Really ended up great. Glad I've followed the thread. I'd really like to get my hands on a fodera some day.
He has a whole thread devoted to the wait:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=461818&highlight=fodera+waiting
He ordered it in August '08, expected to get it by May '09 and now he has it in August '09. That's actually WAY LESS TIME than the often rumored 2 to 3 year wait! But it's a long time to be dreaming about a bass before you actually get to play it.
Just Thumpin'
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Brand, new, ground-up design by Mike Pope and David Yates. The benefits you'll experience (forget about the technical stuff because I don't understand it)...
Greater signal to noise (darn high for a battery powered pre)
Greater transparency in your sound
A killer, tight, punch and never boomy low-end
Very low battery drain (I still haven't gone through a set on a bass that has had the new pre since January)
I think the upgrade costs $500-$600 including parts and labor. I have seen them doing them at the shop sometimes...
Greater signal to noise (darn high for a battery powered pre)
Greater transparency in your sound
A killer, tight, punch and never boomy low-end
Very low battery drain (I still haven't gone through a set on a bass that has had the new pre since January)
I think the upgrade costs $500-$600 including parts and labor. I have seen them doing them at the shop sometimes...
Just Thumpin'
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Presently the waiting time for a new order is around 2 years. There are a couple of dealers that have already put money down for stock instruments that have not yet been assigned to customers...so, if they put their deposit in a year ago and you step in line for one of those basses (and yes, specs CAN be changed once the bass has your name assigned to it), the wait can be less than 2 years. This is probably how Black.Rose1402 did it and how I got my Yin Yang last year...
BTW, there are also a couple of horror stories where people have been waiting 3, 4 even 5 years, but I believe that those are teh exceptions and that there are probably extenuating circumstances in many of those cases...
BTW, there are also a couple of horror stories where people have been waiting 3, 4 even 5 years, but I believe that those are teh exceptions and that there are probably extenuating circumstances in many of those cases...
I have been waiting since january 2007, 2 years and 7 months. I have 3 other Fodera basses to keep me warm though.
Roger
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