New DR Fodera merger

[Snaxster]

Ik always liked the Fodera strings both as THE round wound string for 4 string fretless and fretted six string - they sing and have some real bite in a way that I never got out of other strings...

Agreed, for fretted and speaking of stainless steel, at least. For me, the Anthony Jackson zing is emblematic of how Fodera strings were different from probably any others.

I haven't played all makes and models of bass guitar strings for comparison. But I cannot recall ever playing strings that sounded like pre-DR Foderas (or, for a while there, also Dark Horse).

So I just bought a bunch of NOS pre-DR Fodera 4- and 5-string sets on Reverb. I don't change strings often, but when someday all my old Fodera and Dark Horse sets are spent, I will have to face the brave new world, I guess.

 

[Snaxster]

So I just bought a bunch of NOS pre-DR Fodera 4- and 5-string sets on Reverb... when someday all my old Fodera and Dark Horse sets are spent, I will have to face the brave new world, I guess.

Or so I thought. The seller was incompetent: Their listings showed the pre-DR packaging, but they sent me the DR strings. This was true of the 4-string sets, which arrived first. Presumably it will be true for the 5-strings sets, too.

So now it's returns for refund, and still no strings. Probably the brave new world already is here for me.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

HAA!! At lest it is not Fodera and Glarry !!! Fodera for $199 !!! there would be some pis**d off Fodera owners "Fodera by Glarry" !!!

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

Or so I thought. The seller was incompetent: Their listings showed the pre-DR packaging, but they sent me the DR strings. This was true of the 4-string sets, which arrived first. Presumably it will be true for the 5-strings sets, too.

So now it's returns for refund, and still no strings. Probably the brave new world already is here for me.

Link Removed has the OG Foderas. I ordered some from him, a few mos. ago. Just shoot him a message to make sure.

 

[Snaxster]

Link Removed has the OG Foderas. I ordered some from him, a few mos. ago. Just shoot him a message to make sure.

Thank you! Seeing your earlier post about that, I checked their website and saw none available to buy. So I will contact him first.

 

[iwearpumas]

It seems like old Fodera strings are sold out everywhere. This sucks.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

It seems like old Fodera strings are sold out everywhere. This sucks.

The guy making them passed away last year, you might find some via Bass Alien webstore had some still. Just looked he had some 5'ers avail too.

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Nickel too:
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6 string stainless:
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[Gravedigger Dav]

It seems like old Fodera strings are sold out everywhere. This sucks.

Yeah, that's sad. The DR Fordera strings are okay, but not as good as the originals.

 

[iwearpumas]

The guy making them passed away last year, you might find some via Bass Alien webstore had some still. Just looked he had some 5'ers avail too.

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Nickel too:
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6 string stainless:
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Thank you so much. I figured that’s why they did a merger. Sad situation.

 

[Ggaa]

Yeah, that's sad. The DR Fordera strings are okay, but not as good as the originals.

Been playing a FDR 5er set for a while, not hearing the +$10 difference in price from Dadds and some others, maybe they'll last a long time.

 

[Ggaa]

Just occurred to me to look for a string comparison on YouTube, and I found a pretty good one. Sounds to me like the F DR steels sound a lot like original Fodera nickels, which I've never heard before and they ain't bad. FDR nickels still sound PB like.

 

[iwearpumas]

Can anyone recommend a replacement strings that is identical to the (pre DR) Fodera stainless steel strings.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Can anyone recommend a replacement strings that is identical to the (pre DR) Fodera stainless steel strings.

I believe the DR Fodera strings are as close as you are going to get.

 

[Ggaa]

Had the nickels for enough playing time now to know they have just average string life. They feel pretty good, sound like they sound but to me they're not worth ~$10 more than others.