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Quite a lively conversation here! Glad there is so much interest!

It would be cool if they ever perfected those novatone removable fingerboards that would go from frettted to fretless also but i''m digging the 60's and 70's pickup placement.

Really well thought out ideas on this instrument. Mike Pope is a master musician in every sense of the word. The sliding pickup just makes so much sense.. and the B string being on the farthest tuning peg is another simple, yet very important feature.

man i would have never thought of those mods, very creative! nice

Amazing bass player for sure.I iwant this bass!!!! greetings from greece

theres a switch at the back that turns that fodera into a Fender jazz bass ´60 fretless

Mike, this is a cool bass and you really have something totally innovative going here. Even as a non-musician I can appreciate the sound and style. Who cares about the look? It's the sound that impresses.

this Pope's sig is the way to the future without losing the past!!!

The Jim Gaffigan of bass

This is revolution

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Very crazy!!!

Ill probably lose the removable fretboard at a gig.

Great idea. Only someone with an ear for tone could appreciate an concept as radical as this. Alembic and Gibson basses touched on this idea...Fodera seems to have perfected it. I might try this on one of my axes...seriously. I like having options.

None of this is really 'necessary', but who cares? If you have the scratch and this is your hobby, it's a 'nice to have'. I think basses like these are fun to look at!

excellent bass!!! All the best from Russia!!!

@Twinphreex That bass was a Fodera Emperor Bolt-On that Mike experimented with for years. The ideas he came up with on that bass were put into the Viceroy. You'll notice the bass he used with the Elektric band had a maple fingerboard, pickgaurd, non-tilted headstock, and a slightly different body shape.

nice

That space in the rear pu slot would drive me nuts.

fodera .... i dreaming!!!!

why not both?? YAAY!!!!

Hey thanx for the information man. But besides the differences you mentioned the concept of the bass is still the same, isn't it? Or was there a major change?

They do now, I believe

it would be cool and very useful to have 2 removable fretboards, a fretted and a fretless

I would like to have that bass because of the wide spacing but man! they are so expensive even at used condition hahahaha It's only just a dream!

such a good idea. too bad fedoras making it so i have no chance of ever owning it :(

I love how one dude that no one knows posts on a KZread video stating that Fodera paints the fret markers on the fingerboard, and people believe him.

How many life this bass can possibly cost??

@DuxJerome Haha I was just thinking that!

Of course this axe looks like a science project with strings, but it does make a difference in tone. Kudos to Fodera and Mike Pope for pushing the envelope of bass guitar design. Why carry a 60s Jazz and a 70s Jazz to the gig when you can have both in one bass? And that's fair, considering how much a Fodera costs to build...lol!

The movable pickup is cool but i'm surprised they just leave the extra space open like that. Myself and others have made them under a wood cover so 1. better looks 2. more location options including slanting them. But of course you have to remove or loosen the strings and some screws, and they are not foderas...sick bass. Now I just have to start a ponzi scheme in order to afford one.

Pope is meticulous about sound and would never do anything frivolous. These are very innovative ideas on one of the best basses on the planet. After playing for 51 years owning a Fodera Custom Emperor is a highlight in my life. I can’t imagine how much money I would have saved over all those years had I just bought a Fodera in the first place. Incomparable!

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Well done - thumbs up for forward thinking....but a little too radical for my personal taste.

The bass by IKEA

New? He already played that bass in 2003 - see Chick Corea Elektric Band.

@williambradley8004

2 жыл бұрын

No he didn't.

all the best bass lines were written on Fender P & J and Rickenbackers. Took me 35 years of playing to "discover" Fender basses and now that's all I use. And despite having a few American ones my favorite is a Chinese Squier Classic Vibe P bass. Used it for a recording session yesterday. I did own a '73 Ric from 1980 to 1995, traded it for a brand new Tele and amp. Good trade at the time but looking back I totally screwed myself since it was an early 70's and worth way more now than the trade.

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well, if you want the "Fender Sound" , use a Fender bass instead of Fodera.

Where's removable neck and removable hands?

why not make the whole fretboard removable?

Wouldn't you rather just drag an extra bass around instead? or two?

at 0:25 you can hide your weed in there

Sorry but I don't hear any difference with moving the neck humbucker, well maybe a minimal difference. 85% of the sounds comes from your fingers, if you want a more dry sound you play more with your tips of your fingers on the bridge humbucker instead of moving the humbucker. I also wonder how long it takes for the removable fretboard to gets worn out and then just falls off during a gig.

HAHHAHA:DDDDD

Everybody is entitled to their choices Ronny. This bass doesn't sound like the right one for you.

@catboyzee Speaking of having options... do you know this ? gamechanger . music-man com

Cool features, but they really look terrible. In the studio, probably tons of tones, but if it's going to look like that I'm not into it. I don't dig the look of the bass with the fingerboard off, those magnets look tacky, and the movable pickup is a cool idea, but the hole behind looks weird. That's just my two cents. Nonetheless, cool ideas.

lol

can u play fuck all that shit lol

While I'm not calling bullshit on Mike Pope, I could not hear a difference through that example. Oh, and everyone quit bitching and moaning that Fodera's are unaffordable. They're expensive, deal with it.

I'll never buy into things like the removable fretboard, the B string tuner placement, or the moveable pickups. It doesn't look good, and it's just pointless. So many people are great bassists without all of that, so is it really necessary?

@banjokastooie

10 жыл бұрын

If how the bass looks is the most important factor for you....then obviously you do not have need of these functions. The assumption about them being pointless is not correct.

@StyrofoamCancer

10 жыл бұрын

Function over fashion. Just because you don't like the way it looks and can't understand how the features would be used doesn't make them pointless. He even EXPLAINS the point. And you saying "so many people are great bassists without all of that, so is it really necessary?" is just crazy. With that kind of attitude, we'd all be playing P-Basses through B-15s and while we'd nail that Motown sound, we wouldn't be moving forward.

@catboyzee

10 жыл бұрын

I agree with StyrofoamCancer. Pope's bass is about function over fashion. Innovation is always a good thing when it comes to music and musical instruments, keeps things fresh. It also illustrates Fodera's willingness and ability to give players(for a price) exactly what they want in an instrument. Another irony is Anthony Jackson(arguably Fodera's most famous endorser) plays a signature six string that's virtually devoid of bells and whistles: Just a pickup wired straight to an output jack with no knobs whatsoever. I'm just glad that bass guitarists finally have options beyond a Fender bass. Kudos...

@rizzbot7613

10 жыл бұрын

Pretty innovative stuff. I don't like the fact that magnets are holding the fretboard piece together. I wonder how it would hold up to more aggressive playing. I like the idea of being able to choose between a more 60's or 70's tone, but I dont think a lot of ppl these day care about that. Oh well, to each his own.

@1BassJohn

8 жыл бұрын

+Caleb Pruiett 'It's just pointless'... it's comments like these that show you are either inexperienced, or just close minded about this stuff :) No offence intended, but I see comments like yours everywhere :)