molan

I agree!

The extended B used to be an option on 5 string basses. I think the only model that came with it as standard (and not changeable) was the Lincoln Goines Signature. There's been loads of debate about whether it makes any difference whatsoever. The general view seems to be that it cannot affect either the direct tension or tone of a B string. Extending the string longer, either behind the headstock or through the body, makes no difference to tone (despite all the people who claim they can 'hear' a difference on through-body stringing). However, there is some physics that say the longer the string is, beyond the nut, the more likely it is that you might be able to 'feel' a slight looseness in flexibility of that string. To be honest I think this would only be the case if you were extending by way more than few centimeters on an Extended B bass though! Whenever questioned the guys at Fodera would always say that 'the customer is always right' - if someone requests something & it can be done they will build it for them. They will offer advice if they think something is really silly though. I did once have a conversation with Joey Lauricella and he said that in early days they received some strange requests and Vinny would say, this'll never sound good. They said that they only ever once built something that a customer absolutely insisted on that they knew wouldn't work. Customer refused to change his spec so they built it. As soon as he went to play it he said "this sounds really bad". The Fodera guys shrugged their shoulders and kinda said "we told you this". They then told the guy what needed to be changed and, if I remember correctly, they built him another that actually did sound right

Couldn’t resist - have pre-ordered one from a shop that’s only getting one in stock!

First new Fender in an age that’s got me even remotely excited!

I sold my Fodera Monarch Elite for £12K. That’s the most I’ve ever sold a personal bass for. We did sell a couple of custom build Foderas for around that amount as well.

Jens does have a ratecard that’s supplied to dealers but he doesn’t publish them. One simple reason was that he sells all over the world & it was a major hassle keeping on top of exchange rate fluctuations.

No problems here. Simple install and everything working fine.

I see 2.92 has been released. Painless install for me. supposed to fix lots of small glitches in 2.91 / 2.90

From MarkBass: ”British bassist John McKenzie has worked with a vast range of very popular artists including Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Tom Scott, Morrissey Mullen, Seal, David Bowie, Eternal, Shakira, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Annette Peacock, James Ingram, Phoenix Horns, Wham, The Christians, Tim Finn, Lionel Richie, Steve Hillage, Man, Kajagoogoo, Eric Burdon, Andy Taylor, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Serge Foubert and Raw Stylus. More recently he has toured with Bond, Wild, Ive Mendes, and concert pianist Maksim“

Just heard that John McKenzie has left us I remember him back from the mid 70’s with Man but his Recording and Live CV reads like a who’s who of artists to have played with.