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Fodera price question

ono69

ono69

Oct 23, 2007
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shanghai, China
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who konws how much does a anthony jackson presentation contrabass cost？like this：[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
and who has got a fodera ordering price list？thx very very much（i‘ve mailed fodera several times， but he haven't give me any information:crying:）
 
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MichaelJordan said:
I do hear they are nice basses, and Victor uses one... but im sorry that 6 string design in that link is the worst base design ive ever seen. It blocks access to the top frets via your left thumb. (yea i know who would use their left thumb... ) but breaking out of the box is a good thing right? :)
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Maybe a bad base design, but IMHO it is a great bass design. I play a singlecut five string. I have never seen the need to fret notes with my left thumb, although if you want to, that's fine. But I find the upper register access better than most double cutaway designs.
 
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MichaelJordan said:
(...)that 6 string design in that link is the worst base design ive ever seen. It blocks access to the top frets via your left thumb. (yea i know who would use their left thumb... ) but breaking out of the box is a good thing right? :)
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I've got one with 28 totally accessible frets and I can say that you don't have a clue of what you're talking about...

embellisher said:
Maybe a bad base design, but IMHO it is a great bass design.
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:D :p :hiding:
 
#11
flipper_gv said:
nah, it's the price to pay to have one. Very rare and very expressive instrument I heard. There's a guy who sold one a couple months ago and anthony jackson himself came and told him to keep it :P.
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That was me :)

To set the record straight I didn't sell it and now I'm glad I didn't. That AJ post was good advice and then my wife twisted my ear too.

To the poster who questioned the playability, it has the best upper fret access of any bass I've owned. Of course if you hang your thumb over the neck then you might find it personally a problem. But to call this a design flaw because it doesn't conform to your playing style is slightly off the mark and has been noted it doesn't seem to impede AJ when he plays it.

I thought the actual price is more than $10K btw, looking around a Monarch 5 string comes in around $8.5K list. :)
 
#14
Brian Barrett said:
I might be wrong, but I believe the AJ is $16k+

AJ's are only built to AJ's specs now with titanium bridge, truss rods, etc. You can no longer get a cheaper AJ anymore with more standard Fodera features, if you want to call it that LOL.
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wow!!that not a good news.
What's your opinion on bridges made of titanium?Tradionally,most of those thing made of either brass or aluminum,and sometimes alloy,but not titanium.as far as I know,a japanese company KTS offer some bridges made of Ti and more and more bass manufacturers begin to set it up on their products recently(MTD,Fodera,etc.).So...what special tone can a titanium-made bridge give to us?:help:
thanks
Dean
 
#18
I played a gig for a group of financial types about 3 years ago. One particular guy was hanging by the band chatting us up,he said that he played bass and a little guitar and he and I talked about music you know small talk. At the end of the night he asked if I taught and got my info and he called about two weeks later. He asked my advice about upgrading his gear and mentioned that he was very interested in Fodera's in general and A AJ model in particular. From our conversation I would say he was a casual hobbyist at best,so I recommended that he look at some other brands and/or models.

Didn't hear from him for awhile but he called me one day and told me he had made a trip to Fodera while in NYC for business (running into Matt Garrison at the shop ) he said he had a chance to play a AJ and realized why I had recommended that he check out something else; It was too much for him and he would have to put time that he didn't have into practice and study.

He also said that he priced one out at 12 G's and that plus the wait was more than he could deal with (although if he had ordered it then he would be getting it now) He asked me a question that I couldn't really give a definite answer to;Are AJ's,High end Ritters ect investment grade instruments? Will their value increase over the next 10-20 yrs? They are IMO works of usable art but could you stick one in a glass case and pay for your kids college?
 

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