Fodera

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 electric guitars each year; Fodera's first official instrument was a guitar.

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

 * Fodera Monarch
 * Fodera Emperor
 * Fodera Emperor II
 * Fodera Imperial
 * Fodera Imperial II (formerly known as Fodera BeezElite)
 * Fodera NYC

Signature products
The company also makes "Signature series"-basses, based on some of their players' personal instruments. The following models are available:
 * Fodera Victor Wooten signature Monarch (Classic or YinYang versions)
 * Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation Contrabass
 * Fodera Lincoln Goines signature Imperial
 * Fodera Matthew Garrison signature Imperial
 * Fodera Tom Kennedy signature Emperor II

Notable players

 * Michel Alibo
 * Ryan Martinie
 * Richard Bona
 * Tim Bogert
 * Oteil Burbridge
 * Dominique Di Piazza
 * Nathan East
 * Oytun Ersan
 * Hadrien Feraud
 * John Ferrara
 * Matthew Garrison
 * James Genus
 * Lincoln Goines
 * David Goodier
 * Tony Grey
 * Janek Gwizdala
 * Anthony Jackson
 * Tom Kennedy
 * Marcus Miller
 * Mike Pope
 * Steve Rodby
 * Felix Pastorius
 * Evan Seinfeld
 * Pal Sinn
 * Anthony Wellington
 * Victor Wooten