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 inlaid 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

* Michel Alibo *

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* Dominique Di Piazza *

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* Lincoln Goines * David Goodier * Tony Grey * Janek Gwizdala * Anthony Jackson *

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* Mike Pope *

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* Felix Pastorius *

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* Anthony Wellington *

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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