This Emperor 5 Standard is an amazing value. Standard's are Fodera's "Gateway Drug" because they put a Fodera experience in your hands at a fraction of the price of a custom. New this Standard went for $5850. Pick it up here for more than $1000 off new! SALE PRICE $4800.00Paypal or Bank wires accected.
Custom Black Fodera Case included with all case candy and certs. Shipped in original factory box ...Buyer pays actual fair shipping! Location & type of service will dictate cost.
The aged woods & Craftmanship is Spot On! I have owned many Foderas over the last 25 years and you we be extremely happy with this one.
Here's what Fodera has to say about it:
Specifications
- Medium weight Alder body *Prototype*
- Beautiful Birdseyed Maple FB * Look at the photos*
- 5A Flame Maple Top
- Fodera / Duncan Dual Coil Pickups
- Fodera / Pope 3-Band Standard Preamp
- 34 inch scale, 24 large frets, 19.0mm spacing
- Nlack Fodera 19.0mm Standard Bridge matching Tuners / Beautiful Combo!
The Emperor Standard features blends the aesthetics, tone, playability and pro-player reliability bass players have come to expect from Fodera. By building just one configuration, with no options, we are able to offer the same legendary Fodera quality of our custom instruments at a very competitive price point. Based on our acclaimed Monarch Standard, the Emperor Standard was designed using a combination of tone-woods that works beautifully on virtually any gig and playing situation with the added range of a tight and responsible low-b and our ergonomic Emperor body shape. Hand-selected, medium weight Ash bodies with 5A Flame Maple tops matched with our incredibly stable, Quarter-sawn Hard Rock Maple necks with Pau Ferro or Custom Maple fingerboards, delivers deep, tight lows, transparent mids and just enough top-end to make for an incredibly balanced sonic palette. It also offers a 24-fret PLEK’d compound-radius fingerboard providing the effortless playability Fodera has become known for as well as the powerful sustain and resonance from our fully adjustable, custom designed, bell-brass bridge.
The Emperor Standard features a set of our Fodera/Duncan dual-coil pickups and the Fodera/Pope Standard Preamp with 3-band EQ. Designed in collaboration with Seymour Duncan, our passive Dual Coil pickups were designed to provide a punchy and focused tone with a natural and smooth upper midrange. Compared to an active soapbar style pickup, the tone is warmer and more organic. Wired in parallel, these pickups offer a noise-free single coil sound with added body and weight yet come with the added flexibility of full single-coil operation providing the snap, warmth, and mid-range punch of classic single-coil Jazz Bass pickups. Designed for optimal performance, our 3-band Fodera / Pope preamp offers an incredibly low noise flow, a very musical sounding EQ, and active / passive operation for the utmost reliability and flexibility whether you’re on stage or in the studio. Together, these electronics let you tailor your tone, from deep and round to bright and punchy and everything in between.
Every Emperor Standard is hand-crafted right here in our Brooklyn, New York shop alongside our custom instruments by the very same people, using the same tools and materials as our Custom basses.
It is time to own this Great Instrument! GOOD LUCK!
