Fodera Introduces Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Classic Basses
Fodera went old school at NAMM this year by introducing the Standard Classics line, including the Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Classics. The new models retain the qualities of Fodera’s Standard series models while taking on a classic aesthetic.
“All our tone woods and everything are from the same Brooklyn shop [and are] the same tone woods we use on our custom shop instruments, made by the same exact people,” Fodera’s Jordan Cortese explains. “It’s a through and through Fodera, but it’s more geared towards those classic basses.”
The Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Classic share many features with the main difference being the body shape and number of strings. They bothy come with either an ash body with a maple fingerboard or an alder body with a rosewood fingerboard. Fodera fits the basses with a pair of Fodera/Duncan proprietary dual coil pickups matched to a Fodera/Pope 3-band internal preamp. Other common features include a quartersawn hard rock maple neck, a compound radius fingerboard, 24 frets, and a high-mass bell-brass bridge.
Where Fodera’s Standard series models are typically limited in options, both models can be ordered with a choice of paint colors (Vintage Sunburst, Red, Black or White) and pickguards (3-ply Tortoiseshell, Black or White). The Fodera Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Classics are available for order now for $4,850 and $5,850, respectively.
Fodera Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Bass Classics Photos:
Fodera Monarch 4 and Emperor 5 Standard Bass Classics Details:
| Body: | Ash or Alder |
| Neck: | Quartersawn Hard Rock Maple |
| Fingerboard: | Maple or Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius: | Compound |
| Frets: | 24 |
| Pickups: | Fodera / Duncan proprietary Dual Coil Pickups |
| Electronics: | Fodera / Pope 3-band proprietary internal Preamp |
| Bridge: | High-mass, proprietary, adjustable, bell-brass bridge |
| Color: | Vintage Sunburst, Red, Black or White |
| Pickguard: | 3-ply Tortoiseshell, Black or White |
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*drooooooooool* love the sunburst model.
Wow! Love the features! HATE the price tags!?
I want one! Anyone interested in a healthy kidney?
Ooooo, I’m in love. Now I just have to sell my kidneys. Dialysis isn’t that bad, right?
Thats cheap for a Fodera right? …right? lol
That Monarch is totally worth it though.
Only $5000.00??? WOW!!! I’m all over it!!!!