SOLD FS: Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation #9

Yes, this was formerly Anthony Jackson's personal instrument prior to his current bass, #10. Here are the spec's as I understand them to be: 36" scale, 5A solid hand carved Chestnut top, Alder body, Pink Ivory fingerboard, Chestnut heel block, 5-piece neck with purpleheart stringers, custom dual coil pickup wired to the jack, semi-hollow chambers, 28 vintage frets. Mr Jackson has autographed the instrument on the rear of the headstock.

I'm posting some photos I just took, as well as a PDF file that contains some "TheGrooveShoppe" webpage screenshots that discussed this instrument when I bought it and some images of webpages from the Fodera site when it depicted this instrument (both on the home page, as well as in the signature instrument section). I won't expound with superlatives, you already know...

The price is $15k, buyer to pay shipping & insurance. Continental US sale only. I must receive complete payment, preferably by wire transfer, prior to shipment.

Jim

 

I am having trouble with the PDF. So here are more photos. If I can figure out why the PDF won't upload then I'll upload it.

 

More photos, head - front and rear.

Jim

 

I can't load the whole PDF because it it too big. Here are the first two pages.

 

Here is a Screen Shot of the earlier version of the Fodera website.

 

Thank you for the kind words folks. Here's what the former owner of this bass had to say in the Fodera Club XVI thread:

"+1 I owned this bass before JSBarber. It is a fantastic instrument and worth every penny. The signature on the peghead occurred when I met AJ at a Michel Camilo performance in LA."

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fodera-club-part-xvi-933299/index29.html#post13588388

Jim

 

The wood choices in this instrument are somewhat exotic, perhaps, so I thought I would provide some reference posts by Jason (Just Thumpin') from the Fodera Club threads that might help clarify what to expect from the instrument:

Here is his commentary on Pink Ivory for fingerboard wood:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fodera-club-part-xiii-882149/index17.html#post12745178

And here is something he had to say regarding the Chestnut tone block:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fodera-club-part-xv-916498/index35.html#post13372485

Here is an excerpt from an interview article with Anthony Jackson, where he discussed the history of his 6 String Contrabass Guitars:

"The first Presentation, No. 7, made with decent but not great materials, worked out very well. We did a lot of work on No. 8, replacing the alder body and maple top with an ash body and various tops; No. 9 was even better."

Jim

 

As far as I'm aware, Anthony Jackson prefers a single pickup wired straight to the jack. So there really are no electronics in the cavity, just the two wires from the pickup that connect to the terminals on the connector. (There is a photo in the second PDF file in post #4 above.)

Jim

 

Regarding the issue of in-bass electronics, here is a comment made by Mr. Jackson in an interview:

"on No. 6, we tried a high-quality integrated circuit in the active electronics, and it did sound better at first. But while A/B-ing the sound of the instrument active and passive one day on a Reggie Lucas session at Quantum Studios in Union City, New Jersey, I heard a difference; there’s high distortion even with the $75 IC. I decided that was it for onboard electronics. To properly power a really good preamp you need a big, hot-running AC transformer, not two 9-volt batteries."

Jim