{"id":612,"date":"2015-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=612"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","slug":"bass-of-the-week-fodera-flame-koa-monarch-4-elite-4000","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-fodera-flame-koa-monarch-4-elite-4000","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Fodera Flame Koa Monarch 4 Elite \u201c#4000\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s always good to look back at your work when you hit a milestone, but Fodera does it with style. They recently completed a special Flame Koa Monarch 4 Elite that they\u2019ve dubbed Fodera #4,000, and it\u2019s a beauty.<\/p>\n

\"Fodera<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Monarch design was our very first bass design and the second instrument that we ever built was a Monarch Bass (#1 was a guitar),\u201d the company writes on their blog<\/a>. \u201cOur original goals were simple \u2014 build an instrument that is a joy to play, sounds fabulous and is very flexible tonally. This is the same approach that we take to building today, 3,999 instruments later. That said, once every 1,000 instruments we like to revisit our roots and build one that is similar to our first bass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similar to the company\u2019s first bass, #4,000 has a mahogany body, a flame koa top, and a rosewood fingerboard. The body\u2019s mahogany is old-growth has a matching wood backplate. It also has a korina toneblock. The neck is a five-piece maple neck with a flame center and bubinga stringers. Electronics include a pair of Fodera Duncan dual coil pickups matched to a Fodera\/Pope custom three-band EQ.<\/p>\n

The bass\u2019s Brazilian rosewood fingerboard has a stunning floral inlay designed by Emily Krohn as well as the roman numeral for \u201c4000\u201d at the end of the fingerboard. As a final touch, the headstock features the company\u2019s \u201cold-style\u201d wooden butterfly. <\/p>\n

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For more information, check out the Fodera website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fodera Flame Koa Monarch 4 Elite \u201c#4000\u201d Specs<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s always good to look back at your work when you hit a milestone, but Fodera does it with style. They recently completed a special Flame Koa Monarch 4 Elite that they\u2019ve dubbed Fodera #4,000,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1941,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[101],"class_list":["post-612","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","builder-fodera-flame-koa-monarch-4-elite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}