Hello, In the book 'Brave New Bass' AJ describes the setup he used on Calle 54. "The film and audio were cut together; we recorded my Fodera Contrabass using a...
Hallo everybody, after few months spent with my Imperial I've defenately came to this conclusion: Fodera basses absolutely need to be amplified with very HI-FI...
Hey Frank, I'll weigh in here. . . my experience with Eden gear is limited to the Metro which is the 210 combo. I believe Eden stuff has a nice and unique...
How's the Elrick beast treating you? Man that Fodera 6 is a monster as well. . . there are a lot of messages I have to catch up on, so forgive me if you've...
Hi EB, Can't help but notice your preferance for high powered solid-state power amps. What are your thoughts on Aguilar's all tubed power amp (#728) as well...
I'll throw in my 2 cents worth. I've tried just about everything there is. I agree that Eden cabinets colorize the sound. My favorite cabinets are by Jim...
Hello everybody, can you please help me with orientation in body woods, what is the basic difference between walnut,mahagony & swamp ash?I saw many mahagony...
Hi I have a Fender vintage 62' and it sound good but sometimes I wish a have a preamp so I make my tone more colourful. Have some of you any experience with...
have a wonderful new to tell~~ i just got my fodera!!!!!! it`s vw classic~~flame maple top w/ rosewood fb. real beauty and full of surprises~~ i just love...
Hey Jay, I'm going to make this relatively brief because I've got to run, but I wanted to respond now so that it doesn't get buried in other messages because I...
Hi Erich, I really appreciate your response. My personal bias towards Smith and Fodera basses and tube amps as well as preamps pretty much defines my sound. ...
Jay- My first post here, been lurking for a while. What kind of mods have you done to Ampeg stuff? I'm always interested in what folks have done to their gear....
Hey Guys I have been using the sam rig for about 10 years and it has never failed any of my Fodera Basses. I am running a Walter Woods 1000 watt Stereo head...
Hallo everybody. Thanks for your replies. I've tryed my stuff with a QSC RMX 1450 power amp instead of the Eden WT1000, and things were already better: the...
Walnut is in my opinion the best one. Mahoganny can get too mid- rangy, Ash sometimes does not have enough Mids, Walnut is amazing. Remember that Video by...
Hi David, I use an Ampeg SVP Pro as one of my options with my Aguilar 728. The use of 5 tubes give it a very nice tone palette. I've modifed this preamp...
My solid walnut instruments all were extremely clear some were almost transparant. Mahogony works well in a sandwich between softer woods such as maple. I...
Jay- Thanks! Tube rolling... I had planned on doing that old hi fi trick at some point with it. Now I'll have to add the Groove Tube stuff to the list. I've...
David, The specs and quality of 12AX7s and all preamp tubes are extremely wide. I pay a bit more to Groove Tube because they test them before selling and are ...
As I said before, I've traded my old Eden WT1000 power amp with a QSC RMX 1450. Great improvement! The tone is more clear and definied now. Now I'm going to...
Hi Frank, I play on a EBS Fafner head and a EBS 4x10. I'm also going to sell my EBS cab to to get a Epifani 4x10 UL. I have only tried a Epifani 3x10 and 2x10...
Hey man, it's been crazy here. I'm getting ready to move to NYC and have had no time for the forums. The Elrick's been good to me. I haven't touched it lately...
I had an Eden WT400 for a while and I found it's cushy, spongy response favorable, at least initially. After I used it for a while I found that on gigs...
I' m showing my age here as I was raised on Ampeg's B-15s and Fender Bassmans. Having gone through stages of using the early Kustoms (naughyde covers),...