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why are Foderas so expensive?
- Thread starter quadrogong
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If you like what they do, there's a cost associated with them. It's no different for most upper echelon products.
And Foderas cost alot because of Victor Wooten? No doubt Anthony Jackson would be amused.
And Foderas cost alot because of Victor Wooten? No doubt Anthony Jackson would be amused.
HI
I purchased my first Fodera and didnt realize Vic played one. It had no bearing on my purchase.
Rob
I purchased my first Fodera and didnt realize Vic played one. It had no bearing on my purchase.
Rob
just my opinion, ugliest basses out there..., shape, wood patterns, just bad to my eyes... but that's me, I know you all love 'em.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like my fat Fenders more than any boutique I've seen or heard and I'm sure the boutique guys say exactly the same in reverse. Can dig that.
Buy what ever YOU want.
I don't know if you guys see Sadowsky as boutique but to me I believe their build is incredible and would be worth the money for sure. Not sure that would automatically make them sound better.
Buy what ever YOU want.
I don't know if you guys see Sadowsky as boutique but to me I believe their build is incredible and would be worth the money for sure. Not sure that would automatically make them sound better.
Again, to each their own. that's what makes this all so cool. I could care less if Wooten plays one, or if anyone else does. It's worth it to me because of what it is - how it's made; how it feels; how it sounds. Pretty much summed up by saying "Vinny" makes them what they are. I'd buy another in a second.
~Mark
~Mark
They get the price because they've earned it. Vinnie and Joey have been doing this a long time and developed a reputation that is well deserved. There are several fly by night luthiers out there getting pretty steep prices for basses and haven't paid their dues. It's an interesting time in the bass world. Bass players have more cents than sense. A lot of people on this site spend more time talking about and looking at basses than actually playing them. But from this it has spawned a sizable boutique market giving birth to many builders, several doing reasonably well, able to charge a lot more money than Vinnie charged with similar experience years ago. Everyone's prices will continue to go up as long as there are people spending the money. Nothing wrong with that.
I know a guy in New York who bought a Monarch from a distressed friend of his for $700! If I could find a deal like that, I'd own a Fodera, too!
Yeah sounds like he needed a quick fix for his habit or something... a desperation sell
I played a USA P and J and couldn't notice any difference between them and a Squier Standard P and J one third the price - does that make me a Philistine, uneducated, mistaken, missing the point? Is that a different comparison to a £1000 vs £3000 bass?
In cycling componentry, you pay big money for tiny savings in weight. But I reck this is not because it's infinitely better, more because competitive riders would rather not lose marginally using a cheaper component and wonder "what if...?".
I'm unlikely ever to see a Fod in the flesh so can't comment with authority BUT I'd put large money on it not being a different experience when fighting against drums, two slightly distorted guitars and vox in a tiny rehearsal room. However I might think I've done everything I can to make it so.
I wouldn't choose one because basses take knocks and get sweated on, exposed to smoky atmospheres, get carried about and are in environments where others aren't as careful as I should be.
Mind you, if you fall in love with it and not the one half the price, there's no argument. I was hoping to fall in love with the USA Fenders, but didn't.
In cycling componentry, you pay big money for tiny savings in weight. But I reck this is not because it's infinitely better, more because competitive riders would rather not lose marginally using a cheaper component and wonder "what if...?".
I'm unlikely ever to see a Fod in the flesh so can't comment with authority BUT I'd put large money on it not being a different experience when fighting against drums, two slightly distorted guitars and vox in a tiny rehearsal room. However I might think I've done everything I can to make it so.
I wouldn't choose one because basses take knocks and get sweated on, exposed to smoky atmospheres, get carried about and are in environments where others aren't as careful as I should be.
Mind you, if you fall in love with it and not the one half the price, there's no argument. I was hoping to fall in love with the USA Fenders, but didn't.
I know plenty of pros who use Squiers and SX Fender copies. I did an audio shootout of my 79 Precision and my new SX P copy, and to my ears they sounded identical.
It's Vinnies hand-chisel I tell you, uses it for everything from neck carving, pickup routing, fret slotting, even engraving that odd butterfly on the headstock. It's all in the chisel.
Like so many luxury items, they are there for people to spend their money on. Are there basses that are made as well and sound as good? Arguably, yes. Are there cars that are as fast and drive as well as a farrari? Again, probably. However, if you buy them, you wont be able to say that you own a farrari or a fodera.
I have a fossil watch that tells time as well as a Rolex (I'm sure the rolex is more accurate, but you get the point). The difference in the thousands of $$ in the two watches is that one gives you the privelage of saying that you own a rolex.
I have a fossil watch that tells time as well as a Rolex (I'm sure the rolex is more accurate, but you get the point). The difference in the thousands of $$ in the two watches is that one gives you the privelage of saying that you own a rolex.
