What an amazing bass! I went up to Fodera earlier this month and played Mike Bendy's bass. It was an absolutely phenomenal instrument. It packed such a punch for a 30.75" scale! Congrats on the bass, it's in good hands.
So happy with the travel possibilities -- I thought it was cool when I had the headless just for fitting in the gig bag! Now the body on its own is roughly 19" x 13" , and the neck is just under 30" on its own. The feel on my mini-jazz is very loose, and I guessed this one would be a little looser too. There seem to have been some refinements with the Hipshot hardware now though and the detuner is much smoother, and overall feel is actually a lot tighter overall!
lots of money and I am sure it was worth every thousands spent. innovative idea between you and the builder. I am a luthier and very aware of Fodera. this is what is setting these basses and company from the rest of the high end boutique builders.
I think the fodera TKS had a 4 band EQ before the MG. I saw a 2014 video with Tom, Jason and Joey and I believe they said that his TKS had the 4 band EQ.
Really cool idea. I have a medium scale bolt-on F Bass being built at the moment, so if I have to travel I might steal your idea and get a "quiver" for the neck haha.
It's understandably not for everybody, but ohhhhh man does this thing fit my needs perfectly! I've got some short travel coming up that literally would not be possible if I were still having to do the flight case thing -- got this one sorted just in time!
Traveling with it right now! Scale length on the Fodera "Mini MG" basses is 30.75" My other Fodera is based on the mini concept, but is 33" scale same as other "MG Custom" models, so this one was a bit of an adjustment, but is very comfy.
I can’t imagine the thought and planning that went into making the new Fodera a reality!! Let’s plan a Zoom hang after the holidays!! What’s the scale length for the new Bass? I’m sure you probably mentioned it in the video. I also loved hearing some funk on the other Basses!!
@@osamaafifi3905 yeah man! Hopefully I'll have made it to Canada by then, so I won't have an amp, but I'll definitely have the bass! Scale on the 1st Fodera is 33", mini-Jazz is 28.5", new Fodera is 30.75". That's same scale Stanley Clarke's instruments used in case you ever messed with those Alembics? The low E is somehow even tighter (even when detuned to B!) than on my first Fodera! I'm guessing that can be attributed to the "bolt-on" joint and going with maple neck instead of ash.
Wow, what a fantastic idea, congrats! I wonder, do you notice any difference between this and your other MG in terms of, I dunno, purely acoustic response, transfer of energy from the strings to the body, how much the body resonates, that kind of thing? I'm curious if there's any trade-offs for the detachable neck joint, although I guess in theory it's pretty similar to a standard bolt-on. Also, I mean obviously Fodera knows a million times more than I do about building basses, but I'd worry about those black screws on the underside of the neck, at the joint - is there a bit of cracking around the screws visible at 5:54?
Definitely a difference in acoustic response. It sounds properly like a bolt-on in a lot of ways. A trade-off is that the bass gets a lot of time with the neck detached, and a lot of time attached, so there's always a "break-in" period before I know for sure how much more the neck will settle, but it's a fair/expected impact of the design. The screws and that mechanism have held up just fine. There is the appearance of a crack, but it's a surface-level on the finish only. I think a nice evolution of the design would still be to use inserts, or find some other mechanism to make adjusting the screws a little more intuitive -- they aren't a "feature" for making adjustments, but if the action and relief aren't getting me the right feel, I can slightly adjust the neck pitch from the screws. It's handy, but working with the screws doesn't feel like a very bi-directional process.
The Traveling Fodera sounds very good is a great innovation ,tell me if the bass every time you disassemble it you have to adjust the strings action and neck. I think is more easy not having to disassemble and direct to the gigbag. The white bass not bad i liked, Yes the Fender souds beautiful, But the Neck through Fodera 💪🏼 explosive wood combination Walbut body, Ash Nexk, eboby fingerboard the bass as a Killer sounds , the tone is amazing
Thanks! I really love that first Fodera. As for the new one, no, I don't need to adjust anything when reassembling. It fills a very specific need for me, and I expect a lot of people don't have the same need, but to be able to disassemble for travel has been an awesome advantage for me. Once I get off the plane, I can assemble it and keep it in the gig bag like regular, and only take it apart again before flying.
This is amazing man.. amazing bass, I’m sure they’ll find a way to lower the height of the fingerboard/neck from the top of the bass later... are u in Instagram??
The neck isn't an issue thanks to how they planned the angling, and the height of the pickups/ramp. Unless they come up with some very different ways to attach the neck (different materials?), I think the thickness needed to make a secure attachment from the heel and the neck will require that height. Not on Insta, sorry, but thanks for watching!
for the removable neck setup, it appears a bit weak and cheesy.. simplistic if the price is right (for an import bass) I would have expected a little better setup
That's called a "ramp" or "pickup ramp" . It's a piece of wood shaped to give you a surface underneath the strings. Think of it like the difference (in the feel on your fingers, at least) between playing right at the bridge, where there's 1-3cm from the string to the body, or playing over the pickup, where there's closer to 1/2cm from the string to the body. It's not for everybody, but it's a feature I put on all my basses now. Most players using it have them to allow for a lighter touch. Using a lighter touch can also mean adjusting for lighter action as well. I set both my Fodera's at 0.004" neck relief and between 2/32" and 4/32" string action @ 24th fret depending on the string. I'd be useless without that ramp to help me navigate it!
The new joint system was a nominal upcharge, so it ended up being comparably priced to the 1st Fodera. Sorry, not totally comfortable advertising the price in a public way! It's only a few upcharges past a regular MG or a MG Mini 👍
