Fodera

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Fodera
Type Private
Industry Musical instruments
Founded Brooklyn, New York (1983;40 years ago (1983))
FounderVinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella
Headquarters Brooklyn, New York
Area served
Global
Products Bass guitars
OwnerVinny Fodera, Joey Lauricella, Jason DeSalvo
Website Fodera - Official site

Fodera is an American manufacturer of electric bass guitars in Brooklyn, New York. 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 electric guitars each year; Fodera's first official instrument was a guitar.

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Inlaid butterfly on Fodera headstock. Fodera head.jpg
Inlaid butterfly on Fodera headstock.
Victor Wooten with a Fodera bass. Victor Wooten 2.jpg
Victor Wooten with a Fodera bass.

Company

Fodera instruments are made with an inlaid butterfly on the headstock of most basses. Other features include an atypical single-cutaway design, an ash neck and exposed dual-coil pickups with wood covers. Bartolini 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.[ citation needed ]

Products

Signature products

The company also makes "Signature series"-basses, based on some of their players' personal instruments. The following models are available:

Notable players

James Genus with Fodera bass Herbie Hancock (ZMF 2017) IMGP9544.jpg
James Genus with Fodera bass

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