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Is this an authentic Fodera Yin Yang 5 standard?

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At that price want to bet it's one of these Korean knock offs... A "Fordera" (sic) bass...

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DavetheDude said:
Hi fellas,

as the subject line states, can you tell something from those pictures?

5 Saiter PJ Bass Ying Yang EMGx

This is an ad where no brand name whatsoever has been stated. The lacquer is not in that great a condition, but should this be a legit Fodera, would it be worth buying and probably doing a refinish?

Cheers,
David
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Forget about the price, and the suspicious lack of the manufacturer's name in the description:

Look at the vague, soft flame on that top, and the indifferent wood used for the fingerboard. Then check out the clumsy contouring of the body edges, and the shape of the upper horn. Finally, look at the back- the nasty lumber chosen for the body blank, plus the short neck pocket and incorrect screw spacing.

The 3x2 headstock and improperly proportioned butterfly are also giveaways. I could go on...

Then check out real Yin Yangs on Google images. If you have decent eyesight, it shouldn't take more than a minute to detect at least some of the more obvious differences.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
Forget about the price, and the suspicious lack of the manufacturer's name in the description:

Look at the vague, soft flame on that top, and the indifferent wood used for the fingerboard. Then check out the clumsy contouring of the body edges, and the shape of the upper horn. Finally, look at the back- the nasty lumber chosen for the body blank, plus the short neck pocket and incorrect screw spacing.

The 3x2 headstock and improperly proportioned butterfly are also giveaways. I could go on...

Then check out real Yin Yangs on Google images. If you have decent eyesight, it shouldn't take more than a minute to detect at least some of the more obvious differences.
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bholder said:
100% legit Fauxdera
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Yep, decent stage prop if you want to have that Yin/Yang image. (I don't, even a real one). Doubtless does not sound or play like a real Fodera, but for looks might not be so bad and it does have emg pickups (which I don't like) and alder tonewood (which I do like). I presume it is a bass that is reasonably nice that plays and sounds a lot like my ESP LTD basses but cost less and looks (at a distance) like a Fodera Yin/Yang.

Not my cup of tea, not that I'm opposed to buying a cheap import bass just for looks (like say my AK47 bass), However, I'd be a lot more interested if say they did a knock off one of the High end Dingwall fanned fret models instead of Fodera. For me I'd only get this Fodera knock off if I were trying to work up an act that was a Wooten satire or the like.
 
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bassbenj said:
...I presume it is a bass that is reasonably nice that plays and sounds a lot like my ESP LTD basses but cost less and looks (at a distance) like a Fodera Yin/Yang.
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I got to play a real Yin Yang Standard, the day I picked up my Dingwall at Long & McQuade Markham.

Not really my cup of tea either. But, and this is a BIG but, it was an amazing instrument. It was almost eerily responsive. Harmonics popped out like nothing else I've ever played, and it vibrated to an extent that I've never experienced from any other solid-body instrument.

Total opposite from the familiar, nostalgic feeling of a typical passive Fender bass. Like it or not, think the price was reasonable or not, it was an impressive piece of work.
 

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