Sweetwater Exclusive Fodera Monarch 4 Standard Special!
The Fodera Monarch 4 Standard Special Sweetwater Exclusive electric bass is designed from the ground up for optimized performance. This unique Monarch 4 Standard Special features a lightweight chambered walnut body with an eye-popping flamed redwood top and a super-fast quarter-sawn 3-piece hard-rock maple neck capped with a Plek-perfect compound-radius ebony fingerboard. For killer tone, the electronics package includes two Fodera/Duncan Dual Coil pickups and a Fodera 3-band preamp. Step up to Fodera boutique quality with the Monarch 4 Standard Special Sweetwater Exclusive. It's available in limited quantities — and only at Sweetwater!
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Top-shelf Duncan pickups deliver warm, passive tone
The Monarch 4 Standard Special Sweetwater Exclusive packs a pair of Dual Coil pickups designed in a collaboration between Fodera and Seymour Duncan. They're built with passive dual coils, which integrate with the natural qualities of the tonewoods to produce added punch on the low end, focused mids, and smooth highs. At Sweetwater, we love the sound and responsiveness of these pickups. They deliver a beautifully warm and organic tone; and while the pickups are wired in parallel for noise-free performance, you'd swear the Monarch 4 Standard Special was loaded with single coils.
Exceptional tonewoods, appointments, and playability
Custom tonewoods meet professional performance in Fodera’s Monarch 4 Standard Special Sweetwater Exclusive electric bass. The hand-selected walnut body and 3-piece hard rock maple neck serve up a classic combination of resonance and sustain, while the silky-smooth, Plek’d compound-radius ebony fingerboard delivers the fluidity you need to nail everything from rootsy grooves to high-register solos. Add to that the powerful connection you get from a fully adjustable high-mass bell-brass bridge, and the Monarch 4 Standard Special Sweetwater Exclusive delivers the look and feel you’ll only get from a premium, luthier-built instrument.
Craft your signature voice with the Fodera x Trickfish preamp
The Fodera x Trickfish preamp is an enhanced iteration of Fodera’s onboard preamp, developed in collaboration with the renowned tone experts at Trickfish Amplification. This exceptional preamp offers unrivaled performance, featuring a lower noise floor and extended battery life compared to previous models. It’s compatible with both active and passive pickups, and it operates in both Active and Passive modes. Additionally, it features a passive Tone knob that functions in both modes, along with a shapeable active EQ. The Fodera x Trickfish preamp also allows for deep configuration via internal dip switches, enabling you to easily adjust the preamp’s overall output gain, the frequency sweep of its passive Tone control, its lowpass and highpass filters, and the frequency center of its active Midrange tone control — no soldering or additional circuit jumpers required. With the Fodera x Trickfish preamp, dialing in your signature sound is moments away.
Fodera: superior playability, tone, and build quality
Established in 1983 by custom luthier Vinny Fodera and pro bassist Joey Lauricella, Fodera enjoys a reputation as the Ferrari of boutique basses. Fodera basses give you the superior playability, sonics, and build quality of the custom models played by bass legends such as Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson, and Oteil Burbridge — in a more affordable axe. Handcrafted in the US with the same materials by the same top luthiers, Fodera “production” instruments offer no options, allowing them to be built in small runs instead of one-offs, thus holding down the cost. Play a Fodera and take a step up to boutique quality. You’ve arrived.
Fodera Monarch 4 Standard Special Features:
- A handcrafted 4-string bass guitar with active electronics and retro vibe
- Flamed Redwood top, chambered walnut body; satin finish
- 3-piece bolt-on hard rock maple neck, Standard profile; satin finish
- Ebony fingerboard, compound radius, dot inlays
- 34-inch scale length, 24 large frets
- 2 Fodera/Duncan Dual Coil pickups, Pan control
- 3-band EQ, Active/Passive switch
- Coil-tap switch; Master Volume control
- Fodera Standard bridge, 19mm string spacing
- Brass nut; Gotoh tuners
- Dual-Action truss rod, neck heel access
