Happy Jack Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Fender? [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/cbacki.jpg[/IMG] Or Fedora? [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/poshreviewfedora.jpg[/IMG] Tough call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1327777980' post='1516714'] Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Fender? [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/cbacki.jpg[/IMG] Or Fedora? [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/poshreviewfedora.jpg[/IMG] Tough call. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1327777576' post='1516707'] good god man youve got too many great basses!!! i would use the 73 jazz... how come we never see pics of these beauties? or have i missed them? [/quote] Thanks Andrew - I've just been really lazy about taking pics of my basses recently! The '73 is lovely, bit heavy (but not as heavy as the '79!). Shame my latest purchase hasn't arrived yet - '63 Jazz, all original apart from a refinish, in the original colour, seafoam green: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24576162@N00/6777453395/"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 And this is the Monarch the Fenders are up against: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24576162@N00/6329776932/"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1327777358' post='1516705'] i know where your coming from, but its a shame to blame Fodera, for your own opinions on what you like about bass in music.. some incredible bass lines are played on them.... [/quote] I'll be honest I've never heard anything good played on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1327777358' post='1516705'] I know where your coming from, but its a shame to blame Fodera, for your own opinions on what you like about bass in music... some incredible bass lines are played on them... [/quote] Well, that's not much of a backlash! It's not just Fodera tbh - and I doubt the company could give a rat's ass as to what I think about them! This is just another thread about personal preference, isn't it? Personally I just happen to prefer basses with four strings that are shaped like a Fender P. No big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1327778680' post='1516730'] And this is the Monarch the Fenders are up against: [/quote] I'm sorry - I'm sure it plays like a dream, but I don't like the shape, I don't like natural wood finishes, I don't like P/J pickup configurations, I don't like 2+2 tuner headstocks and it's got too many switches! Apart from that it's very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327779149' post='1516746'] I'm sorry - I'm sure it plays like a dream, but I don't like the shape, I don't like natural wood finishes, I don't like P/J pickup configurations, I don't like 2+2 tuner headstocks and it's got too many switches! Apart from that it's very nice. [/quote] Lol - the shape is actually great for long gigs, just kina feels 'right' after you've played it for a while. I'm also not blown away by the wood on this one, looks very '80's to me. The switches are actually really simple & surprisingly useful. 1 is a mute - either off or on, no in between settings 1 is active / passive, very slight volume boost in active mode but still very usable passive 1 is neck / both / bridge It has individual volume controls for each pickup but I find the ability to just flick the switch to the neck only P works really well, combine that with another fast flick to passive and you go from a fairly modern sounding bass to a good approximation of a P in seconds - perfect for functions band stuff when you suddenly need an older school Motown or funk sound Overall it's much mellower in sound to any of the modern Foderas I've tried so maybe not as far away from Fender as something like an Anthony Jackson Imperial Presentation model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I've played a lot of basses over the last 38 years and I keep coming back to the P-Bass. There must be a very good reason for this! Haven't played a Fodera though tbh. I wouldn't mind a go on one. But I like the fact the P-bass has one pickup, one volume and one tone control, which I always have on full whack. My ideal P-Bass would have no controls at all and I'd use a Neutrik SILENT jack. I make all my tone and volume adjustments from the pre-amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) I'd stick with my jazz. It's the bass I learnt to play on and has sentimental value beyond the value of every fodera put together. No contest for me. Ps shouldn't there be a poll? Edited January 28, 2012 by skej21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327780417' post='1516780'] My ideal P-Bass would have no controls at all and I'd use a Neutrik SILENT jack. I make all my tone and volume adjustments from the pre-amp. [/quote] That's no use, no use at all. The guitarists will immediately see that you've turned up and take the opportunity to try to reach '11' again. For stealth volume increases, you absolutely MUST have a machined aluminium knob with no numbers showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1327614487' post='1514370'] I'd take the Fodera and sell it. [/quote] This, I think, is the post of the thread! Put me down for another Fodera... and I'll have it on the Marketplace in no time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'm sitting on the fence - the traditionalist part of me wants to say Fender but the only bass I've ever seen that stopped me in my tracks was a fretless five string Fodera that was in the Gallery some 18 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [indent=2]Fender without a moment's doubt. If I could pick any it would be one of those 60s slabs as used by Entwistle.[/indent] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1327782180' post='1516807']If I could pick any it would be one of those 60s slabs as used by Entwistle. [/quote] Ah, the legendary uncontoured 1966 Slab Precision. Made for the UK market, about 20-25 or so still exist. Funny you should mention it, I only just bought this book on the subject: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Britain-Slab-Bodied-Precision/dp/1438946627/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327787088&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co...27787088&sr=1-1[/url] Edited January 28, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) On the basis that Fodera, like any custom shop can source any old Fender part from old instruments/ebay, I'd get Fodera to build me a custom bass, with the nicest bits off the nicest Fenders (and other brands) I could find. I reckon Fodera could build a Fender better than Fender ever could anyway, unless you think certain build imperfections are part of the 'charm,' in which case you could just get Fodera to build those in deliberately through master craftsmanship, rather than get Fender to build it accidentally through incompetence. Edited January 28, 2012 by dc2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) [quote name='dc2009' timestamp='1327789449' post='1516942'] ...I reckon Fodera could build a Fender better than Fender ever could anyway... [/quote] You may be right. To this end I'm having a custom P built, which I'm hoping will be more Fender than Fender... Edit: Not by Fodera, I may add! Edited January 28, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327779149' post='1516746'] I'm sorry - I'm sure it plays like a dream, but I don't like the shape, I don't like natural wood finishes, I don't like P/J pickup configurations, I don't like 2+2 tuner headstocks and it's got too many switches! [/quote] I agree entirely, except if it has the same tone Victor Wooten gets, then I'd doubt it plays like a dream either!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1327790088' post='1516951'] I agree entirely, except if it has the same tone Victor Wooten gets, then I'd doubt it plays like a dream either!!! [/quote] Well, I didn't want to be [i]too[/i] down on it! I'm sure it can produce multiple tones, as stated. Each to his own, and all that. I wouldn't mind having a go on it. I'm not [i]entirely[/i] prejudiced. Probably only about 98%, I reckon. Edited January 29, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='dc2009' timestamp='1327789449' post='1516942'] On the basis that Fodera, like any custom shop can source any old Fender part from old instruments/ebay, I'd get Fodera to build me a custom bass, with the nicest bits off the nicest Fenders (and other brands) I could find. I reckon Fodera could build a Fender better than Fender ever could anyway, unless you think certain build imperfections are part of the 'charm,' in which case you could just get Fodera to build those in deliberately through master craftsmanship, rather than get Fender to build it accidentally through incompetence. [/quote]yep your right.. Fodera... doing the master builder thing on a fender 75 jazz bass.. now were talking.. that would be serious jazz bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1327778837' post='1516736'] I'll be honest I've never heard anything good played on one. [/quote] I take it you arnt a fan of Anthony Jackson then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I've never played a Fodera. I have only seen two or three of them. I have never played a Fender which was fantastic, though. That's why I took the Warmoth route when I felt I needed a vintage style jazz five string. Given the choice and with the criteria in the initial post, I'd go with a Fodera five string but end up longing for a Fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1327857497' post='1517739'] I'd go with a Fodera five string but end up longing for a Fender. [/quote] Ah, the head and the heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327789635' post='1516944'] You may be right. To this end I'm having a custom P built, which I'm hoping will be more Fender than Fender... Edit: Not by Fodera, I may add! [/quote] Quite. I said Fodera because they were the OP's choice, but the same could be said for any custom luthier who has sufficient skill/experience/access to rare timbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 It would have to be the Fender, more to it, my Fender Precision. Finish on the neck is wearing, scratchplate cut in two by a previous owner due to dodgy electronics (since fixed), dodgy orginal bridge, it is mine. I would sell everything, Vigiers and all, before I would sell that. If I did not have that sentimental value though, I really don't know. Probably the Fender still, the Fodera's just are a bit 'wow' looking for my taste. The looks just wouldn't sit with my grumpy personality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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