Industry Musical instruments Products Bass guitars Founded Brooklyn (1983) Type of business Private | Area served Global Website Fodera - Official site Headquarters New York City | |
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Founder Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella Owner Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella Profiles | ||
Fodera bass guitars overview
Fodera is an American manufacturer of electric bass guitars in Brooklyn, New York. 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 guitars each year. Fodera's first official instrument was a guitar.
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Fodera
Company
Fodera instruments are made with an inlaid butterfly on the headstock of most basses. Other features include an atypical single-cutaway design, an ash neck and exposed dual-coil pickups with wood covers. Bartolini 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
Signature products
The company also makes "Signature series"-basses, based on some of their players' personal instruments. The following models are available: