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still more bass porn
I ordered one of these about a year and a half ago, and added the second one about 4 months ago when an open endorser slot came up. I'm still getting acquainted - have done a few gigs with them. The fretless is a keeper. The fretted is a hammer but came out a bit heavier than I typically like. Both are 34" scale and strung E-C. I'm trying to standardize on some aspects of my instruments - mostly 34" scale and 24-fret (or equivalent in the case of the fretless).
At any rate, the boys in Brooklyn make some crazy good instruments.          
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Very nice. I have a Soldano SLO 100 coming in the mail tomorrow. Traded my beloved ES-335 for it last week. Still got the jitters over that, but I am so far ahead on the deal, I had to do it. I will be in the market for another guitar very soon. Don't know what to get - ES-335, Les Paul, EBMM Axis, EVH Wolf. I'm down to three gig'able guitars and I'm kind of worried about that.
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Seriously beautiful...
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that is a gorgeous bit of art.
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Yeah, the guys at Fodera are old-school artisans. They still carve things by hand. Both are neck-through construction. The fretless is 3-piece ash neck with ebony fingerboard. The body wings are chambered walnut with a walnut tone block. The top is walnut. The fretted is 5-piece maple neck with bubinga stringers, chambered walnut body wings, walnut tone block and the top is Brazilian rosewood.
The fretless ash neck is just crazy nice. Evidently they are starting to use red oak for necks as well. The walnut is a "standard" top. The Braz is hard to come by and is getting stupid-expensive. Plus you can't export instruments made with it. The wood is CITES certified but there are all kinds of crazy stories of instruments getting confiscated internationally. There is talk of instruments having to get passports... |
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stop! Will you just stop! I can't keep up with you ...just stop! ( very nice by the way) Oh and you suck...
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What do all those knobs and buttons do?
On another note, I saw this bass at GC with slanted frets all the way up the neck. I took a photo and I meant to post it here for you all to explain to me, but I never did. You all must know about it, but if not, I will find the photo... Is this a gimmick or alternate tuning or what?
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volume/tone (stacked) pickup pan treble mid bass switches: active/passive mid frequency (set by jumpers on the board) coil split Quote:
So the fanned fret system is a way to equilibrate the tone and tension. |
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Yes, that is what it looked like. Thanks for the explanation.
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07-05-2013, 07:56 PM
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Wood is good!
That's a beauty. My prize fretless is a mere Godin A4 Ultra...but it goes "mwah" at the slightest provocation.
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Seriously nice looking wood. I really like the Brazilian rosewood.
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we love "mwah"....
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It's so great to see something still made well.
Beautiful!
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