Fodera
| Private | |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | Brooklyn, New York (1983) |
| Founder | Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York |
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Area served
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Global |
| Products | Bass guitars |
| Owner | Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella |
| Website | Fodera - Official site |
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.
Fodera instruments are made with an inlaid butterfly on the 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.
The company also makes "Signature series"-basses, based on some of their players' personal instruments. The following models are available:
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