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Fodera or Fauxdera?
- Thread starter Nine-and-three-Quarters
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Years ago, I was approached in public by a guy with some sob story about how his car had broken down and he needed funds to get back home. If I gave him money he would repay me once he was home.
There wasn`t even a "deal" in it for me!
I never said it was, but it's morally dubious at the very least.
Hi and sorry to dig up that thread
I've taken a look at some of those basses and read many of your reactions but...
I'm still surprised about the very few reviews and objective opinions about those basses, I mean WITHOUT COMPARING.
I've been attracted by thoses instrument and this , I must admit, without knowing anything about Fodera but just as it is ; 4/5/6 strings basses with 5 ply neck-thru, 24 frets, singlecut ..? I mean these properties, if the playability is nice, are making of it a potential bomb.
I would be curious to see how would turn the debate is we drop out the question of the trademark, witch, IMO, parasites the true judgements about that kind of basses.
Are they really that bad ?
I would be attempted to try the jump, considering that I will probably must to swap the electronics and maybe a part of the hardware. but I would remove the logo obviously.
Does anybody can tell about the actual lutherie qualities about these basses ? And, again, without any comparison with a +10k$ bass, that makes of it a total different range of instrument ?
I've taken a look at some of those basses and read many of your reactions but...
I'm still surprised about the very few reviews and objective opinions about those basses, I mean WITHOUT COMPARING.
I've been attracted by thoses instrument and this , I must admit, without knowing anything about Fodera but just as it is ; 4/5/6 strings basses with 5 ply neck-thru, 24 frets, singlecut ..? I mean these properties, if the playability is nice, are making of it a potential bomb.
I would be curious to see how would turn the debate is we drop out the question of the trademark, witch, IMO, parasites the true judgements about that kind of basses.
Are they really that bad ?
I would be attempted to try the jump, considering that I will probably must to swap the electronics and maybe a part of the hardware. but I would remove the logo obviously.
Does anybody can tell about the actual lutherie qualities about these basses ? And, again, without any comparison with a +10k$ bass, that makes of it a total different range of instrument ?
Four years later, you get a reply. I bought an Ali Express Fauxdera Imperial as a project bass. $429 and about 6 weeks later, I opened the box to find a really rough looking "instrument". Construction was sloppy. The neck was very chunky and poorly finished. Sharp fret ends. Uneven frets and a fingerboard that looked it was added to...like taking a four string blank and adding two more strings worth of width. Two soap bars, five knobs, three switches. When I looked inside....it's passive! Two pup volumes, one "kinda/sorta" tone control. The other two knobs did nothing. One switch made it sound duller, one was kill switch, the last one did...nothing.
I had planned on a project...and I got one. I leveled, recrowned, took and end file to the sharp fret ends, polished and steel wooled the finished frets. The "electronics" went in the trash. Shielded the cavities with paint and foil. Aguilar soapbars and an OPB-3 pre. Replaced the Gotoh copy tuners and bridge with Hipshot ultralites and an A-style bridge. Took steel wool to the neck, back of the headstock and body and some of the rough-ish seam between the body and the top. The result? A $1200 bass that plays and sounds pretty damned good. Is it close to the real thing? Hard to say....I'd assume not but, it's been a fun project coaxing some shinola out of the junk that arrived from China. I've used it on stage as a second set bass along with my Modulus Q6. It sounded huge through my Helix and the venues house sound
I had planned on a project...and I got one. I leveled, recrowned, took and end file to the sharp fret ends, polished and steel wooled the finished frets. The "electronics" went in the trash. Shielded the cavities with paint and foil. Aguilar soapbars and an OPB-3 pre. Replaced the Gotoh copy tuners and bridge with Hipshot ultralites and an A-style bridge. Took steel wool to the neck, back of the headstock and body and some of the rough-ish seam between the body and the top. The result? A $1200 bass that plays and sounds pretty damned good. Is it close to the real thing? Hard to say....I'd assume not but, it's been a fun project coaxing some shinola out of the junk that arrived from China. I've used it on stage as a second set bass along with my Modulus Q6. It sounded huge through my Helix and the venues house sound
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