No longer available Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Classic - Alder Rosewood. E5SC - As New!

Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Classic - a tonal Swiss-army knife of a bass!
Made and purchased in the third-quarter of 2020. I am the sole owner from new and she remains in immaculate condition.
If you missed out on a Satin White finish or desire an abalone/MOP (position markers & butterfly logo), here's your chance as they are both now discontinued barring a Custom Build.





SPECIFICATIONS:

• Alder Body
• 24-frets: PLEK’d Compound radius fingerboard
• 3-piece Quarter-sawn hard rock maple neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard (+$150 option)
• Satin White Finish (no longer available)
• White Pickguard (plus a brand new extra Tort Guard - protective plastic still in tact)
• 19mm bridge spacing
• Fodera/Seymour Duncan Dual Coil Pickups
• Fodera / Pope 3-Band Preamp
• Controls: volume, pickup blend, tone, stacked bass/treble and midrange control. Spit coil & active/passive switches
• Certificate of Authenticity, Tools and all Case Candy
• Mono Vertigo M80 Series Case*
• Weight: 9.4 lbs

*This was provided by Fodera from new. Likely due to their standard case causing staining to the Satin White finish. Retail is of equal value.


A new build with these options would total $6375 (+SHP and/or sales tax) with the extra pickguard. Avoid the wait-time, and get a substantial discount on what is very much a brand-new Fodera! $5200 + Shipping* within the lower 48. Willing to meet for a local deal. NO TRADES please. Paypal ok.

*Shipping/Insurance at a lateral cost can be expected to run $85 - $130

 

Single Coil Mode + Preamp On with a slight Mid Cut; Blend and Tone controls to taste will get you there.
Having the options and added flexibility with this setup is really convenient.

 

Back up for sale- don’t miss out!

Back off the market- you missed out!

 

I've had several of these and have yet to experience a profile I'd correlate to a P-Bass, though I understand where you're coming from.
Profiles have differed from a production run as short as six months apart; it makes me wonder how close ones would be within the same run.

 

Sorry, I should've been more clear. None of them were C-shaped, all (including this one) were variants of a D-shape profile; 34" Scale

 

A very subjective question for sure; proof by opposing opinions from two members who've owned more than a few Foderas.
I purposely avoid labeling C vs D (or carves in general) but wanted to try and answer @Randy W Lopez - a compound radius (as these have) further blur those lines.

This chart confirms that we all likely know nothing

 

Yes, I was referring to its impact in correlation to (the perception of) the carve.