mrbassman_de Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) Fodera Matt Garrison Signature 5 - the real one ! With tears in my heart I offer my rare Matt Garrison Signature 5 for sale. It is the real Signature, not the Standard model. Specs: Chestnut Burl Top (not available anymore at this grade) Walnut Body 5 pc Ash Neck Ebony Board with 26 frets 33" scale, 19mm spacing at bridge Chestnut Tone Block Duncan Dual Coils Pope Preamp pre-2009 version Black Hardware Original Chestnut Ramp Weight ~5kg Original Case and Tools Strung E-C It is a wonderful bass with ultra-low action, very responsive - pure fun for any soloist and chord player. Top condition - everything works as it should. Well balanced on the strap even with its ~5kg weight. Due to the distinct Figured Chestnut Burl this model will not be available anymore. Like the original one this is tuned E-C and I feel that this is the best match for this bass. I will give a bunch of brand new and sealed Fodera Garrison 100-28 string packs as an add-on to this bass. This bass has been sold here long long ago and since then it has had 3-4 owners. The strange thing is that none of them had realized that the pickups have been wrongly wired to the Pope pre. And all solderings and cables looked untouched when I received it - so the mistake seems to be factory made - not sure of course but most likely. The result was that this bass sounded very thin with balance set to center - it was out-of-phase ! I fixed this of course and since then the bass sounds great and belongs to the top Foderas I ever owned - and owned a few :-) This bass is SOLD Pics here: [url="http://s934.photobucket.com/user/mrbassman_de/library/Basses/Fodera%20MG5%20Signature%20Chestnut"]http://s934.photobuc...ture%20Chestnut[/url] Edited February 8, 2017 by mrbassman_de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I love the smoky grain on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Ahh, this was mine - I remember selling it to the US a few years ago. Nice top, don't remember any problems with the wiring. Sold it very cheaply by current standards (but made a few bob) and it's replacement made it worth it. First saw this in the Gallery then it popped up a few years later - board was massively too wide for me, but nice to have tried. Very even across the board, accurate, detailed tone. All this was before the Fodera story took off. Very nice bass for a collector or player - really nice chestnut, though the flux pattern wasn't my favourite of Fodera's early stock. Sounds nuts, but probably a bit of a bargain! Good luck - will probably fly out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cascanicoff Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Amazing bass, stunningly beautiful. Rainer, do you really want to sell this? Edited October 10, 2016 by cascanicoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbassman_de Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 [quote name='cascanicoff' timestamp='1476114889' post='3151445'] Amazing bass, stunningly beautiful. Rainer, do you really want to sell this? [/quote] Honestly ? No :-) But things must ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbassman_de Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 I just received a message from one of the previous owners, who had no trouble with an out-of-phase effect, so he can't confirm my assumption that the wrong wiring was factory made. Finally it seems that the preamp had been subsequently rewired or replaced. Anyway. Fixed and sounds like a charm now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugzydee Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I played this bass too at the The Gallery in Camden and it just blew me away and set me in a dangerous course and now I have 3 Foderas. Can't say I'm not tempted. Good luck with the sale.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auslander Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Another great instrument from a Premium Seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybassdoyle Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Fabulous basses and a great seller. There really isn't much that the MG can't do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbassman_de Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks guys :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomika Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 WoW! GLWTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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