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American guitar manufacturer company
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Fodera
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
FoundedBrooklyn, New York (1983; 42 years ago (1983))
FounderVinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Area servedGlobal
ProductsBass guitars, Electric guitars
OwnerVinny Fodera, Joey Lauricella, Jason DeSalvo
Websitewww.fodera.com

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.

Inlaid butterfly on Fodera headstock.
Victor Wooten with a Fodera bass.

Fodera instruments are made with an inlaid butterfly on the headstock of most basses. Other features include a single-cutaway design, an ash neck and exposed dual-coil pickups with wood covers.

References

  • Roberts, Jim (May 2003). American Basses (First ed.). Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-721-8.
  • Tony Bacon; Barry Moorhouse (June 1995). The Bass Book. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-368-9.

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