I finally got a Fodera!

I went a favorite store mine to get a nicer gigbag for a bass of mine. By the the way they sell a really nice store brand bag for $49. After getting the bag, I noticed an older Fodera preamp among the used effects and boxes. It turns out it belonged to the deceased TB member, Foderaman. This store sold most of his gear last year. Some of you may remember videos I recorded last Spring playing his Foderas, Sadowskys, USA Spector, and Warwick’s.

Cutting to the chase, I tried the preamp with my Geddy Lee and it was fire. The preamp is called the Fodera 2000. It is a Mike Pope designed box. It is quite simple with treble boost, bass boost, mid cut-boost. It also has a mid bypass foot control too. Simply put, it is ideal for the classic active Jazz tone. This gives my Geddy even more versatility.
Update: here is a quick demo. There is some distortion because I had the master volume too high for much of the video.


I got rid of the distortion and hum by really turning down the preamp master volume. This is the sort of tone I heard at the shop today.

 

Not yet, I have been pretty busy today. I hope to do something this evening or tomorrow.

 

Here is a quick demo. There is some distortion through much of the video because I had the preamp master volume too high.

 

I got rid of the distortion and hum by really turning down the preamp master volume. Now you are hearing the tone I was getting in the shop today.

 

I have had a few Sadowsky pedals. I like this Fodera pedal better. That said, I don’t think I truly understood how use a boost only preamp when I had those Sadowsky pedals. That Ken Smith costs a arm and a leg!