I currently own 4 Foderas and 6 Wals and I can honestly say that the Fodera-Wal sounds much more like a Wal than a Fodera.
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My Most Expensive Bass Ever..
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I currently own 4 Foderas and 6 Wals and I can honestly say that the Fodera-Wal sounds much more like a Wal than a Fodera.
my warwick more than likely. paid just a hair over 1k for it and a BBE 482i. probably the most ive spent at one time on gear ever. and now i wan another one.....
The most I have spent is $625 which is what my CIJ Fender Mustang Reissue cost - I don't think the price has changed that much on them. Nice basses that are worth the money but I traded it toward one of my cabinets as I learned (the hard way 
) that I didn't really need a short scale and I couldn't get used to the tighter string spacing.
My three other basses cost between $275-500 each which makes sense for me given that I am an amateur that plays out a few times a year.
) that I didn't really need a short scale and I couldn't get used to the tighter string spacing. My three other basses cost between $275-500 each which makes sense for me given that I am an amateur that plays out a few times a year.
Some of the first nice basses I bought were Tobias'. I ordered a Signature fretted 6 around 1992 and I think I paid around $5,500 for it (before tax! 
). I later found an identical zebra fretless Signature 6 at Corner Music in Nashville and I snatched it up. I think I paid around $2,200 for it! They were a happy couple for a few years before I sold them both. I really wish I still had them.
In 2003 I bought a Fodera Edward 6 used. I got it at a NYC music store and it was marked up quite a bit when I first saw it. They were asking $7,000! I came back a few times and kept trying to negotiate the price down. Since it was a consignment piece, they wouldn't budge much on the price. I'm not sure what it's real value is today but Joey tells me it's one of the only solid-color basses and one of only a handful of Edward models they ever produced. They didn't give me a ballpark of what it was worth though, no doubt fearing they would upset me after hearing how much I paid for it!
AFA my double bass goes, I bought it from KC Strings back in 1998. It's not a full-fledged Anton Krutz bass ($14K+) but rather a sort of shop bass that was intended as a lower-cost alternative to their flagship models. I was a loyal customer of theirs and had bought and sold several basses through them. They always offered me full-value on my trade-ins so I was able to trade in my German bass ($3,500) towards their "shop" bass which was about $7,500. David Gage, one of Anton Krutz' former employers, had a look at the bass last year and told me he could easily get $14K for it! I was surprised to say the least. So I guess my DB has nearly doubled in value, something that can't be said for my electric basses.
Even though it's not bass-related, I also own a Summit Artist model F5 mandolin made by Paul Schneider. He finished mine in 1999 and I paid nearly $6K for it. I don't think it's appreciating but that doesn't matter to me since I'm never going to sell it.
). I later found an identical zebra fretless Signature 6 at Corner Music in Nashville and I snatched it up. I think I paid around $2,200 for it! They were a happy couple for a few years before I sold them both. I really wish I still had them. In 2003 I bought a Fodera Edward 6 used. I got it at a NYC music store and it was marked up quite a bit when I first saw it. They were asking $7,000! I came back a few times and kept trying to negotiate the price down. Since it was a consignment piece, they wouldn't budge much on the price. I'm not sure what it's real value is today but Joey tells me it's one of the only solid-color basses and one of only a handful of Edward models they ever produced. They didn't give me a ballpark of what it was worth though, no doubt fearing they would upset me after hearing how much I paid for it!
AFA my double bass goes, I bought it from KC Strings back in 1998. It's not a full-fledged Anton Krutz bass ($14K+) but rather a sort of shop bass that was intended as a lower-cost alternative to their flagship models. I was a loyal customer of theirs and had bought and sold several basses through them. They always offered me full-value on my trade-ins so I was able to trade in my German bass ($3,500) towards their "shop" bass which was about $7,500. David Gage, one of Anton Krutz' former employers, had a look at the bass last year and told me he could easily get $14K for it! I was surprised to say the least. So I guess my DB has nearly doubled in value, something that can't be said for my electric basses.
Even though it's not bass-related, I also own a Summit Artist model F5 mandolin made by Paul Schneider. He finished mine in 1999 and I paid nearly $6K for it. I don't think it's appreciating but that doesn't matter to me since I'm never going to sell it.
