Shane

Fodera up for sale, located in North London. £5,500 or best offer. For some reason I'm having trouble uploading pics, but you can see it here [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/110974244073?ssPageName=STRK:MEUSX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1560.l2649"]http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1560.l2649[/url] I've been gigging with it for years and it's world class instrument. It looks like a beast, and can be intimidating, but it plays so nicely you'll get used to it quickly. Here's a recording featuring this bass for a sound reference. [url="http://shaneallessio.bandcamp.com/track/deep-vein-thrombosis"]http://shaneallessio...vein-thrombosis[/url] 35 inch scale (88.9cm) Spalted Maple top Walnut body Ebony fingerboard w/ side dots 5 piece maple neck Aero dual coil pickups matching ramp (easily removable) Let me know if you want to come check it out if you're in the London area, otherwise I can ship it out to you for a negotiated price.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1349222618' post='1823642'] I'm with you on this one - surely Fodera is still a private company and Vinny works, at one stage or another, on everything that goes through the workshop? [/quote] Right around the time I was ordering my bass, about six years ago, it was still just Vinnie, Joey and Mika in the shop. I was in and out of there quite a bit checking on my bass. They were having some serious financial and backordering issues though. I don't know who actually owns the company anymore, but I know they got loads of money from some Japanese company, and that's when they started pushing their "NYC Series" cheap-ass basses. Whatever his involvement is nowadays, I'm positive Vinnie doesn't work on the basses from start to finish like he used to. I'm not saying your not gonna get a quality bass if you custom order a new instrument from Fodera today, I'm just saying it's not gonna be what it used to be.

[font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Here's a beautifully constructed, custom-ordered instrument hand crafted in New York by Vinnie Fodera himself. It's in almost new condition, with the exception of a very small chip in the wood on the headstock (you can see it in the photos). Performance-wise it's in 100% working order.[/color][/size][/font] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Top: Spalted maple[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Body: Walnut[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Neck: 5-piece maple[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Fingerboard: ebony[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Aero dual coil pickups with matching covers[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Matching ramp (removable)[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times][size=1][font=Arial][size=2]Included in the photos is an appraisal from a few years ago. If you were to order this bass from Fodera today, it would coat upwards of 13,000 USD, and it would take at least two years before you had the bass in hand. Why wait?[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000]PRICE: £6,000[/color] [color=#000000]I prefer a pickup, or I'm willing to meet half way up to 100 miles from Barnet (North London). Parcel delivery can be negotiated though...[/color]