Jul-D Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) FS/FT SP Guitars Matt Garrison 5 style bass 34" Light ash body wings with alder tone block Burl mapple top 3 pieces mapple neck with Pau Rosa fingerboard Seymour Duncan pickups with Aguilar OBP 3 preamp Hipshot / Fodera hardware 19/20 mm at bridge This bass is awesome…Super nice lookin, playing and sounding bass…. I only consider Sadowsky NYC 5 (I prefer a modern 24) or Fodera NYC 5 (24 frets prefered)..... [url="http://www.myspace.com/spguitars"]http://www.myspace.com/spguitars[/url] Edited September 13, 2011 by Jul-D
lozbass Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 I used to have the Fodera version of this and I have to say, yours looks very close indeed (even the wide fingerboard). The wood working looks to be of a very high quality too. The control layout is different, but overall, an extremely impressive looking bass - good luck. What's your 'sale' price?
Jul-D Posted July 6, 2011 Author Posted July 6, 2011 Sorry Molan my basse has 34" scale and the B is tremendous Thanks lozbass, my sale price is 2500€ (2250£)
molan Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 [quote name='Jul-D' post='1294831' date='Jul 6 2011, 03:25 PM']Sorry Molan my basse has 34" scale and the B is tremendous[/quote] Ok, just checking as I know Matt Garrison uses a 33" scale. So does he now play SP Guitars as well as Fodera? I've only ever seen him with a Fodera as far as I can remember. Also - doesn't he use walnut bodies with ebony boards and Mike Pope pre-amps?
k-sad Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 It's more of a copy than of a signature model... But the guy has worked at the Fodera shop making basses, so he pretty much knows how it works, and anyway people ask for them so... definitely looks like it doesn't it?
molan Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 Umm, not trying to be difficult but it's not really a 'Matt Garrison' bass at all is it? It's not a model he's ever played, it has the wrong scale length, made of different woods and has a completely different set of electronics installed. I can't really see how it's going to play, sound or feel like a 'Matt Garrison' bass? Wouldn't that make it a copy of a standard Fodera Imperial with a deeper cutaway? Doesn't mean it isn't nice to play or won't sound good of course
Chris2112 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I wonder how much it would cost to get him to build another of these:
molan Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 [quote name='molan' post='1296837' date='Jul 8 2011, 09:33 AM']Umm, not trying to be difficult but it's not really a 'Matt Garrison' bass at all is it? It's not a model he's ever played, it has the wrong scale length, made of different woods and has a completely different set of electronics installed. I can't really see how it's going to play, sound or feel like a 'Matt Garrison' bass? Wouldn't that make it a copy of a standard Fodera Imperial with a deeper cutaway? Doesn't mean it isn't nice to play or won't sound good of course [/quote] As you've now bumped this up - can I ask the same questions as you didn't reply previously?
pierreganseman Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 [quote name='molan' post='1362421' date='Sep 5 2011, 12:18 AM']As you've now bumped this up - can I ask the same questions as you didn't reply previously?[/quote] well said... doesn't have much to do with a garrison signature bass... of course not that i doubt the playability or quality of this instrument... for a "fake" fodera.... it does look MUCH better than all the fodera clones out there... cheers
Jul-D Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) [indent][indent][quote name='molan' post='1296837' date='Jul 8 2011, 10:33 AM']Umm, not trying to be difficult but it's not really a 'Matt Garrison' bass at all is it? It's not a model he's ever played, it has the wrong scale length, made of different woods and has a completely different set of electronics installed. [/indent][/indent] Cause you can’t see the butterfly ? Matt played a lot of different fodera imperial signature : 33", 34", 35" and 36" scale, with Barts pickups, aero, seymour…, with different wood combo…. He never played my bass you are right, and fodera doesn’t install the OBP3. [indent][indent]I can't really see how it's going to play, sound or feel like a 'Matt Garrison' bass? [/indent][/indent] Stas, the builder, has worked with Fodera, and the feeling is really the same… the finish is identical (I’ve owned 5 fodera so I know what I say), same neck and body size…… the sound is different cause the OBP 3 is not the Pope…. [indent][indent]Wouldn't that make it a copy of a standard Fodera Imperial with a deeper cutaway? Doesn't mean it isn't nice to play or won't sound good of course [/quote] [/indent][/indent] Edited September 11, 2011 by Jul-D
molan Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 "Cause you can’t see the butterfly ? Matt played a lot of different fodera imperial signature : 33", 34", 35" and 36" scale, with Barts pickups, aero, seymour…, with different wood combo…. He never played my bass you are right, and fodera doesn’t install the OBP3. I can't really see how it's going to play, sound or feel like a 'Matt Garrison' bass? Stas, the builder, has worked with Fodera, and the feeling is really the same… the finish is identical (I’ve owned 5 fodera so I know what I say), same neck and body size…… the sound is different cause the OBP 3 is not the Pope…." I'm not sure what difference a Butterfly would make other than an additional copyright infringement that an ex-amployee doesn't really care about because he lives in Russia & is beyond the reach of US law? I'm gonna duck out of this one now. To my mind this isn't a 'Matt Garrison' bass as listed, it's simply a copy of one, with lots of fundamental differences to an original, and that's really a very different thing. I'm sure someone else will enjoy it.
Jul-D Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 OK Molan, you're probably right.... I just change the title of this post !!!! But this bass plays like butter and sounds like a dream... The FODERA spirit.
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