No longer available Stunning FODERA's (All made in Brooklyn, USA)

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Blue Monarch 5 Custom - Rare Color & Scale - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
- Translucent Blue / Flame Maple Top / Alder / Birdseye on 3 piece Maple neck
- Plays like butter with 33" scale, 17.5mm spacing, setup B - G
- Born in 2016. Newborn page here. Previous listing here.
- Set up to run in passive parallel or serial, single or dual. (Original owner dropped the preamp to lower the weight.)
- 9 lb
- New this bass was $10,150.00 ($7550+ $1000 paint, $500 birdseye + $500 thick acryic guard, $600 for dual coils)

(see newborn page for more pics)

 

thanks for the kind words. it sounds and plays as good as it looks.

i will miss it (and still not sure i can let it go) since i know i'll never find another 33" with alder/birdseye. most 33" are MG style elites and great for jazz but not what i would generally want for rock or other stuff. the truth is, this one can do it all although admittedly if you solo or chord a lot at the 24th fret, the MG would be nicer since it has 26 frets and the elite cut-away.

 

thanks for sharing your experience, xabicho.

not only is the B string huge, but the higher strings also have a sweetness i don't hear in my 34" fodera's with the same wood combo due to the shorter scale. i find the neck pickup more usable on it's own than on any other Fodera I've owned, which is weird and i'm not sure why. the bridge pup of course does that dual coil (or coil tapped) burpy thing well.

btw - i would be happy to have fodera reinstall the preamp if that's important to the new owner.

 

Added some more pics of the Blue Monarch 5. It's really hard to photograph, but every time I open the case I am amazed. The translucent blue finish does this cool thing on the alder body wood where it goes blue-green which sets off the blue flame maple on front really nicely without looking hokey. Stunning.