New Fodera Emperor Classic. Fodera are better known for their custom bass guitars, but now add to their 6-string product line. Based on the Emperor J Standard Classic bass model the new Fodera Emperor Classic 6-string has all of the old-world craftsmanship, tone, playability and pro-player reliability that the company has long been known for…
The Fodera Emperor Classic is a double-cutaway slightly offset body shape the same as its ‘parent’ Emperor bass guitar. Available with a premium, hand-selected Alder body and Indian Rosewood fingerboard, 3-piece Hard Rock Maple neck with bolt-on construction, 25.5″ scale length and angled back headstock. The pickups are a set of three custom-made Seymour Duncan single-coil pickups. The Emperor has a unique pickup configuration for a wider variety of tonal options compared to traditional single-coil-style instruments. In addition to the traditional five-way pickup selector, a mini-toggle switch has been provided to allow the bridge pickup to be engaged with any pickup selector position. The bridge pickup is also set in a Telecaster-style metal tray.
The Emperor Guitar will be available in six classic, high-gloss finishes including Fiesta Red, Candy Apple Red, Vintage Sunburst, Black, Olympic White, Charcoal Frost Metallic, Butterscotch Blonde and Pelham Blue as well as a choice of Black, White, or Tortoise Shell pickguards with classic chrome hardware.
- Body Material: hand-selected Alder
- Body Finish: Urethane high-gloss nitro
- Body Shape: Emperor
- Pickguard: choice of Black, White, or Tortoise Shell
- Neck construction: bolt-on
- Neck material: 3-piece Hard Rock Maple
- Neck Shape: ’60’s SlimTaper
- Scale Length: 25.5″
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard inlays: Clay Dots
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut width: 1 11/16″
- Number of Pickups: 3
- Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom Single-Coil
- Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom Single-Coil
- Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom Single-Coil
- Pickup configuration: S-S-S passive
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 5-way pickup selector and bridge-pickup toggle switch
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Gotoh two-post vibrato with metal plate
- Colours: Fiesta Red, Candy Apple Red, Vintage Sunburst, Black, Olympic White, Charcoal Frost Metallic, Butterscotch Blonde, Pelham Blue
- Country manufactured: USA
