Fodera is an American manufacturer of

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. Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella launched the company around 1983 after dissolving their working relationship with Ken Smith Basses. The company also manufactures a limited number of

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s each year; Fodera's first official instrument was a guitar.

Company

Fodera instruments are made with an

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butterfly on the

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of most basses. Other features include an atypical single-cutaway design, an ash neck and exposed dual-coil pickups with wood covers.

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pickups with PJ and JJ configurations are also available on certain models. These Fodera instruments also have 5 or 6 strings on them. Fewer than three thousand Fodera instruments have been manufactured since 1983.

Products

*Fodera Monarch *Fodera Emperor *Fodera Emperor II *Fodera Imperial *Fodera Imperial II (formerly known as Fodera BeezElite) *Fodera NYC

Signature products

The company also makes "Signature series"-basses, based on some of their players' personal instruments. The following models are available: *Fodera Victor Wooten signature Monarch (Classic or YinYang versions) *Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation Contrabass *Fodera Lincoln Goines signature Imperial *Fodera Matthew Garrison signature Imperial *Fodera Tom Kennedy signature Emperor II

Notable players

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* Ryan Martinie *

Richard Bona Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Early life Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a y ...

* Tim Bogert * Oteil Burbridge *

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Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

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Hadrien Feraud Hadrien Feraud (born August 16, 1984 in Paris) is a French jazz bassist. Biography Hadrien Feraud was born into a very musical family. His parents -- who are also musicians -- immersed him at a very young age in various musical environments: ro ...

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Matthew Garrison Matthew Justin Garrison (born June 2, 1970) is an American jazz bassist. Since 2011, he has run ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, New York, with Fortuna Sung. Described by ''the New York Times'' as "an electric bass virtuoso", he has toured with He ...

James Genus James Genus (January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, havin ...

Lincoln Goines Lincoln Goines (born 1953) is a double bassist and bass guitarist from Oakland, California. Biography A mainstay of the New York City jazz/Latin/studio scene since the early 1980s and noted for his versatility and fluid style, Goines' extensive ...

David Goodier David Goodier (born 1954) is an English musician. He has been the bassist for the rock band Jethro Tull from 2007 until the band went on a hiatus in 2012, and again from 2017 when Ian Anderson started to tour again using the Jethro Tull name, ...

Tony Grey Tony Grey (born March 25, 1975, in Newcastle, England) is an English bass player, composer, producer, author and award winning music educator; Grey studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated receiving the "Outstanding Performer ...

Janek Gwizdala Janek Gwizdala (born 19 November 1978) is an English jazz bassist. Biography Gwizdala initially preferred drums, but switched to bass guitar after hearing Laurence Cottle. Gwizdala later moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music. Rec ...

* Anthony Jackson *

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Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

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Steve Rodby Steve Rodby (born December 9, 1954 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American jazz bassist and producer known for his time with the Pat Metheny Group. Biography Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher ...

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* Victor Wooten

References

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External links

Fodera - Official site
Bass guitar manufacturing companies Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States Manufacturing companies based in New York City Companies based in Brooklyn