Fodera or Fauxdera?

[Nine-and-three-Quarters]

A friend just sent me a few pics of his bands bass players "Fodera" from what I can tell, it doesn’t look to be authentic but I could be wrong. I’m assuming the butterfly is covered up because he’s trying to get endorsement. For now the edges of the butterfly, the trussrod cover, the nut, switches, or the bridge doesn’t look right to me. Your thoughts?

 

[Schlyder]

Chinese Fauxdera

 

[India_Sierra]

It does look highly suspect.

 

[songwriter21]

The bridge is a dead giveaway that it's fake. Fodera doesn't use those.

 

[JACink]

I ain't no expert on Foderas (I wish I was), but based on the two photos above... erm... no.

 

[BioDriver]

Wrong bridge
Wrong truss rod cover
Wrong strap locks
Knobs don't look right
Neither do the pickups
Wrong switches

Am I missing anything?

 

[JACink]

Wrong bridge
Wrong truss rod cover
Wrong strap locks
Knobs don't look right
Neither do the pickups
Wrong switches

Am I missing anything?

The link to AliExpress

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Fauxdera for sure.

 

[Nine-and-three-Quarters]

Here’s a pic of one of my Foderas look how close the butterfly is to the edge of the head stock on the fake compared to the real. Look how long the trussrod cover is on my bass compared to the short stubby one on the fake. Look how wide the nut is on the fake compared to the real. That’s 3 things just on the headstock.

 

[Cliff Bordwell]

Wow, even using the Butterfly logo!

 

[Nine-and-three-Quarters]

Wow, even using the Butterfly logo!

Yep and if you look at the side of the fake butterfly you can see that the ridges and detail isn’t the same. And Fodera always uses a black outline on light woods.

 

[Basehead]

So fake...

 

[REV]

How does it sound?

 

[Mark_70]

man... if these copycats actually applied themselves and came up with an original design.. they may actually end up making a killer bass for a reasonable price.

As long as they make copies of Fodera's.. nahh..

Regards
Mark

 

[alaskaleftybass]

 

[nostatic]

Wrong bridge
Wrong truss rod cover
Wrong strap locks
Knobs don't look right
Neither do the pickups
Wrong switches

Am I missing anything?

wrong nut
butterfly too close to the edge of the headstock
wrong shaping on the lower horn (and pretty much all the body)

As fake as the day is long...

 

[HawldieMPB]

the frets even look wrong

 

[Marikk]

I would say its all Faux and no dera

 

[iTzPrime]

Wrong bridge
Wrong truss rod cover
Wrong strap locks
Knobs don't look right
Neither do the pickups
Wrong switches

Am I missing anything?

bad quality top wood. the part where the neck connects to the body, and the fretboard doesnt look right as well

 

[Groove Doctor]