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Fodera Yin Yang Standard Special Tribute Bass Guitar

This near-mint condition Fodera features a FLAMED Spalted Maple Top – you can’t get this top anymore from Sweetwater – making this particular instrument the one to get!

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Like Playing Victor Wooten’s Personal Bass
Whenever Victor Wooten takes the stage or steps into the studio, we expect nothing less than world-class musicianship. So it comes as no surprise that Mr. Wooten’s signature Fodera bass is a serious, ultra-premium instrument. Fodera, after all, enjoys a reputation as the Ferrari of boutique basses. The Fodera Yin Yang Tribute semi-hollowbody bass takes the superior playability, sonics, and build quality of Victor’s Deluxe model to a new level. Premium tonewoods — walnut body with a red oak neck — combine with Seymour Duncan dual-coil pickups and a proprietary Fodera/Pope Standard 3-band preamp to deliver sculptable high-fidelity bass tone that will grace any musical genre. Sweetwater bassists are blown away by the Fodera Yin Yang Tribute semi-hollowbody bass. We think you will be, too.

Superior playability, sonics, and build quality
Based on Victor Wooten’s signature custom Fodera bass, this Yin Yang Standard Special takes the series to a new level of sonic supremacy. This Yin Yang bass features a semi-hollow body for wonderfully organic tone and resonance. Premium tonewoods are used throughout, including a walnut body, red oak neck, and ebony fretboard. Seymour Duncan dual-coil pickups deliver prominent tone, with ample sound-shaping provided by the Fodera/Pope Standard 3-band EQ.

Hybrid pickup spacing for midrange punch and warmth
The Fodera Yin Yang Standard Special features a pickup spacing that is in between the ’60s and ’70s spacing, which your bridge pickup extra midrange presence with more warmth and body, perfect for finding your place in a dense mix.

Superior playability, sonics, and build quality
The Yin Yang Tribute gives you the superior playability, sonics, and build quality of the custom model played by Victor Wooten, in a more affordable axe. Crafted with the same materials by the same top luthiers, the Yin Yang III Tribute offers no options, allowing it to be built in small runs instead of one-offs, thus holding down the cost. Take a step up to boutique quality with Fodera. You’ve arrived!

Fodera Yin Yang III Tribute Features:
Semi-hollow walnut body
Red oak neck with ebony fingerboard
Painted Yin Yang design
Seymour Duncan dual-coil pickups, Fodera/Pope 3-band standard preamp
34″ scale length, 24 large frets
Fodera 19mm standard bridge

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MTD 530-24 Myrtle Burl “10” top, Matching Headstock/Knobs, Chechen Fingerboard

This bass is one of the most stunning instruments I’ve had the pleasure of playing. Playing a 30″ scale bass is like playing on cheat mode – everything is so easy and so quick – it’s almost not fair! And don’t worry – the B string sounds fantastic!

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This instrument does have a small ding on the bottom corner of the bass and a control knob, and a small crack in the finish of the headstock – this is reflected in the price.

530-24 figured Myrtle body
Chechen fingerboard (metopium brownei)
Myrtle burl 10 top
Matching peghead veneer
Hand Rubbed Dark Cherry Burst Stain
Knobs color matched to the body
Buzz Feitin Tuning System
MTD black gig case
19mm String Spacing
Weight is 8 lbs 4 oz.

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NEW F Bass BN5 Olympic White Flat Carve Top, Roasted-Ash body, Gold Pickguard

Body: Roasted Ash Body (body only)
Finish:
– Matte Olympic White
– Matte Roasted Ash Back
– Walnut Grain
Gold Pearloid Pickguard
Exposed-Pole Pickups
Gold Hardware

This bass produces a thick rich sound reminiscent of a good vintage tone with a sweet rather than harsh high end; however, retaining the ability to cut through a mix. The addition of the very natural sounding preamp allows for variability towards more modern sounds.

The two separate volumes allow you to blend the two pickups in any amount of each, not limiting you to the fixed levels of a blend control. The passive tone control functions whether in passive or active mode enabling it to modify a different set of frequencies than the ones affected by the active tone controls.

Finish: Olympic White
Nut Width: 45mm (1 3/4″)
Width at Last Fret: 76mm (3″)
Fingerboard Radius: Compound 10″ – 16″
Scale Length: 34.5″
Number of Frets: 22
String Spacing at Bridge: 19mm (3/4″)
Neck Wood: 3 piece quarter-sawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Quarter-Sawn Maple
Body Wood: 2-piece Northern Ash
Tuners: Gotoh tuners with 20:1 ratio
Bridge: Hipshot B Style
Hardware: Gold
Knobs: Handmade Ebony
Pickups: Two F Bass stacked, single coil/hum-cancelling, magnetic pickups
Strings: F Bass Stainless Steel Exposed Core
F Bass Gig Bag
Weight is 9 lbs 7 oz

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Fodera Curly Walnut Monarch 4 Deluxe, Fodera Certified Pre-Owned, Victor Wooten series

Curly Walnut Monarch 4 Deluxe

A “Time Capsule” Monarch 4 Deluxe Certified Pre-Owned that was featured at the 2012 NAMM Show. Completely indistinguishable from an instrument that just was completed yesterday, this gorgeous Monarch was built back in 2004! Of course, as part of the Certification process, it received our new Fodera/Pope preamp and a brand new set of Pick-ups, but the wood has been together as a musical instrument for almost 8 years already!

With its delightfully rich, deep low-end — coming from both its Alder body AND P/J PUPS — this bass had the folks at Fodera grinning from ear to ear as they put it through its paces. A wonderful combination of old-school and modern. Fat, round, deep AND articulate too!

Specs for the Curly Walnut Monarch 4 Deluxe:

Body Woods

Monarch
Alder Body
No Tone Block
Walnut Curly Top (Solid)
8.3lbs

Neck Woods:
Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
3-pc. Hard Rock Maple
Mother-of-Pearl Dot Inlays with Tulips 12th and 24th Frets

Construction Specs
Birth Date – June 2004 – Updated by Fodera in 2012 with new pickups, preamp, case
Dovetail Construction
34″ Scale Length
4 String Configuration
24 Frets (Large)

Electronics Options
Fodera / Pope Custom 3-Band Preamp
EMG P/J Pickups
Emperor Control Layout

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Muckelroy Fretless 5-String Bass_ Exhibition Grade Maidou burl top, Delano pickups, Nordstrand EQ

This is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful fretless basses I’ve ever had come through FretSpot! Brady Muckelroy is a bass builder out of Austin, TX and if this bass is any example of his work, than he is really on to something!

5 piece wenge/padauk neck
Alder body
Ebony Fretboard
Maidou burl top with matching head cap
33 inch scale
17.5 mm spacing
Hipshot tuners
Hipshot A style bridge
Delano jsbc pick ups (3)
Nordstrand 3 band eq
Weighs only 8 lbs 4 oz!

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