Fodera
Fodera is an American manufacturer of electric bass guitars. Fodera Basses are made in the Fodera Shop in Brooklyn, New York. Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella started their own company around 1983 after dissolving their working relationship with Ken Smith Basses. The company also manufactures a limited number of guitars each year. Fodera's first official instrument was a guitar.
Fodera Basses are comparatively expensive. Fodera instruments are easily identified by an inlaid butterfly on the headstock of most basses. Other notable features include an atypical single-cutaway design, an ash neck and exposed dual-coil pickups with wood covers. Bartolini pickups with PJ and JJ configurations are also available on certain models.
The company soon found its products in high demand among professional bassists. Today potential customers face a two-year wait for a Fodera instrument. Still quite rare, less than three thousand Fodera instruments have been created over the past 25 years.
Series include: Monarch, Emperor, Emperor II, Imperial, Imperial II (formerly known as BeezElite), and NYC. Fodera also makes "Signature series"-basses, which are based on some of their most notable players personal instruments. Following models are available: Victor Wooten signature Monarch (Classic [1] or YinYang [2] versions), Anthony Jackson Presentation Contrabass,[3] Lincoln Goines signature Imperial,[4] Matthew Garrison signature Imperial,[5] and Tom Kennedy signature Emperor II.[6]
Notable players
- Victor Wooten [1][2]
- Anthony Jackson [3]
- Lincoln Goines [4]
- Matthew Garrison [5]
- Tom Kennedy [6]
- Richard Bona
- Nathan East
- Marcus Miller
- Evan Seinfeld
- Oteil Burbridge
- Tony Grey
- Tino Dagostino
- Steve Rodby
- Janek Gwizdala
- Steve Rosati
- Mike Pope
- Michel "Labex" Labaky
- Grant Tyrie
- Robert Kubiszyn
- Kevin Freeby
- Hadrien Feraud
- Dominique Di Piazza
- Joshua Barnhart
- Tim Bogert
- Hartmut Hillmann
- John Ferrara
See also
- Spector
- Ned Steinberger
- Steinberger
- Ken Smith Basses
- Warwick (bass guitar)
- Kramer Guitars
References
- Roberts (May 2003). American Basses (First ed.). Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-721-8. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Victor Wooten '83 Classic". Fodera.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Victor Wooten Yin Yang 4 String". Fodera.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Anthony Jackson Presentation Contrabass Guitar". Fodera.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lincoln Goines Imperial". Fodera.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Matthes Garrison Signature". Fodera.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tom Kennedy Signature Emperor II". Fodera.