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Is this an old Fodera?

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studio305

Jul 1, 2019
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Calling all bass detectives! I came across this Spanish trio on YT and the bassist has a gorgeous 4 string through-neck that I have not been able to identify. It seems to have a round badge with an "F" on the headstock that is similar to the Fodera "F" but extensive image searching has not turned up anything. The body contours make me think it's vintage but the hardware looks modern. Any ideas?
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Here is one of the video
 
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studio305 said:
Calling all bass detectives! I came across this Spanish trio on YT and the bassist has a gorgeous 4 string through-neck that I have not been able to identify. It seems to have a round badge with an "F" on the headstock that is similar to the Fodera "F" but extensive image searching has not turned up anything. The body contours make me think it's vintage but the hardware looks modern. Any ideas?
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Here is one of the video
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You could try asking your question in a comment on YouTube. The uploader is the guitarist from the video, and he seems to respond to every comment, so I'm sure he'd be able to pass your question directly along to the bassist.
 
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who said:
You could try asking your question in a comment on YouTube. The uploader is the guitarist from the video, and he seems to respond to every comment, so I'm sure he'd be able to pass your question directly along to the bassist.
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Or, you could ask him directly on his channel.

www.youtube.com

Pedrito Martínez

[email protected]
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

His email address is posted there too.
 
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[To the benefit of future passers-by, let's put it into searchable text:]

Francesc Jordan Guitars, a luthier from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Made custom basses for Carles Benavent back in the '90s.
Here's another early customer discussing their own specimen:
sites.google.com

Els meus instruments - Francesc Jordan Belafonte 1995

La història d'aquest instrument comença al voltants de 1995. Joan Masana li va encarregar al Francesc Jordan que li fes un fretless a partir del model Belafonte de 6 cordes amb escala curta (o “escala Benavent” tal com diu el Francesc) amb una sola pastilla (la d’aguts) passiva. Després d’un temps,
sites.google.com sites.google.com
 
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I have 2 of this babies at home. They are well made but with some particularities. They don't look like anything you can try out there, in fact the neck is very thin and the string spacing at zero fret is minimal. Besides this, the original electronics were quite odd and I had to be replaced by an obp 3.
Carles Benavent original luthier designed them.
 

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