Honestly they sound pretty similar to me. Maybe due to great craftsmanship. I've found that in terms of tone, there are other aspects that count in bass design: type AND placement of pickups, how they are wired, string tension and type, body wood, neck size (4 string basses tend to sound brighter to me). Thank you for the comparison.
I would say overall with headphones the neck thru wins, hands down. Reason being, the notes are full and even across the FB, great natural compression and sustain throughout. The bolt on sounds great, but, would need compression, and a lot. The deluxe is a great middle of the road (I own a deluxe).
I think the treble-y demonstration at the end highlights the neck-through's weakness, though. It is comparatively less elastic, almost dead in a way, once you separate the rather beguiling strong fundamental out (which is easily amplified in any setup anyway) It's clear that the best approach for all applications is the set neck, but this is of course the least suited to mass production. There's a reason the best acoustic instruments use set necks and dissimilar woods on either side of that joint, especially because you can't cover up imperfections with amplification in that case. The continuous loop of material of the through neck design creates a kind of swim and muddiness in the midrange, which is the cause for the lack of elasticity to my ear. You need some reflection at the neck joint for clarity and pop (e.g. by using dissimilar woods) but if it's not a perfect joint (e.g. a badly made bolt on), you get losses in both transmission through the joint and reflection from it, reducing sustain, "body" and punch etc. The choice of woods either side will balance the amount of reflection and so affect the balance of tone and articulation, over and above their "tone shaping" tendencies in themselves. The fact that each bass had a different body wood is also important in this comparison. Although body wood has the least effect on the through neck, it does have the brightest and most articulate (on paper) tone woods of the bunch, plus it is the only one with a "tone block" (of tone-warming alder), and it has a shorter (warmer, more mid-focused) scale, too. It's also interesting that the set neck bass has a less scooped sound than the through neck, despite its ash body (possibly helped by the articulate walnut top). I can't really escape the sense that the through neck gives of just being a plank of wood, whereas a good neck joint results in a sound more like a musical instrument.
Great demo Phillip ... all sounded great! Would like to hear three of the same models for contrast, every bass would probably sound slightly different. I love Fodera basses, but most of their neck throughs (with full top veneer) become set necks after the pickup cavities have been routed.
Neck Thru is shy and less pronounced attack, but the fifth string is excellent, maybe I just miss that, because I felt the slap volume was very very low, despite the good sound ( 70's pickup position ). I had an Emperor Neck Thru for 10 years ( Alder + Ebony). Now I have a bolt-on Lakland 5560 ( Ash + Rosewood ) and i'm very satisfied overall, the bass is a Explosion in live or studio situations, don't miss Fodera. In this video I am surprised by the Set-neck.Warm tone in all situations
I'm not sure about sound difference. So much is made of tone, sustain, etc. Both of these in a studio may be the same. Less discussed are feel and playability. I can say I have played one NT in my life and the feel was incomparable. I still dream about it. I wonder if someone could address feel.
but he can only play fast on single cut ,,look like fodera payed this ,,test,, well to show how all are ok ,,but b on is the plane one ,, set in is ok ,, but to be fast and pro u got to pay extra for single cut,, plus unfair test as from set up this is no set ,bo vs neck thru its single cut ,, that is like neck thru plus top wing glued till f octave // lol ok funk 0 as a test
@@sazangkim1961 i really feel like it //plus i hear one fast slapp triplets lick on sc ,,and on other 2 a kind of slow option but not same riff,, nice playing
Honestly they sound pretty similar to me. Maybe due to great craftsmanship. I've found that in terms of tone, there are other aspects that count in bass design: type AND placement of pickups, how they are wired, string tension and type, body wood, neck size (4 string basses tend to sound brighter to me). Thank you for the comparison.
Nice playing on all three basses, great demo, new subscriber.
I would say overall with headphones the neck thru wins, hands down. Reason being, the notes are full and even across the FB, great natural compression and sustain throughout. The bolt on sounds great, but, would need compression, and a lot. The deluxe is a great middle of the road (I own a deluxe).
Thank you for your comment.
I think the treble-y demonstration at the end highlights the neck-through's weakness, though. It is comparatively less elastic, almost dead in a way, once you separate the rather beguiling strong fundamental out (which is easily amplified in any setup anyway)
It's clear that the best approach for all applications is the set neck, but this is of course the least suited to mass production. There's a reason the best acoustic instruments use set necks and dissimilar woods on either side of that joint, especially because you can't cover up imperfections with amplification in that case.
The continuous loop of material of the through neck design creates a kind of swim and muddiness in the midrange, which is the cause for the lack of elasticity to my ear. You need some reflection at the neck joint for clarity and pop (e.g. by using dissimilar woods) but if it's not a perfect joint (e.g. a badly made bolt on), you get losses in both transmission through the joint and reflection from it, reducing sustain, "body" and punch etc. The choice of woods either side will balance the amount of reflection and so affect the balance of tone and articulation, over and above their "tone shaping" tendencies in themselves.
The fact that each bass had a different body wood is also important in this comparison. Although body wood has the least effect on the through neck, it does have the brightest and most articulate (on paper) tone woods of the bunch, plus it is the only one with a "tone block" (of tone-warming alder), and it has a shorter (warmer, more mid-focused) scale, too. It's also interesting that the set neck bass has a less scooped sound than the through neck, despite its ash body (possibly helped by the articulate walnut top).
I can't really escape the sense that the through neck gives of just being a plank of wood, whereas a good neck joint results in a sound more like a musical instrument.
Great demo Phillip ... all sounded great! Would like to hear three of the same models for contrast, every bass would probably sound slightly different. I love Fodera basses, but most of their neck throughs (with full top veneer) become set necks after the pickup cavities have been routed.
this is something most people don’t seem to understand
This man can groove!!! Slap that bass!!
Thank you.
Very nice! It's seems that the bolt-on and the dovetail have a very similar sound, but the neck-through is a little different.
Thank you for your comment.
Wow this is such a cool video! Thank you
All sound awesome! Different sounds, but which is the best? It depends. Playing style, music style. But the neck-thru performs superb in every record.
Thank you for your comment.
It’s amazing to see how people interpret that the neck mounting is the only thing changing the sound.
Neck Thru is shy and less pronounced attack, but the fifth string is excellent, maybe I just miss that, because I felt the slap volume was very very low, despite the good sound ( 70's pickup position ). I had an Emperor Neck Thru for 10 years ( Alder + Ebony). Now I have a bolt-on Lakland 5560 ( Ash + Rosewood ) and i'm very satisfied overall, the bass is a Explosion in live or studio situations, don't miss Fodera. In this video I am surprised by the Set-neck.Warm tone in all situations
Bolt: 1:27
Thru: 2:02
Neck Thru!!))
Neck thru for the most versatile of the three.
very nice my friend
Thank you.
I'm not sure about sound difference. So much is made of tone, sustain, etc. Both of these in a studio may be the same. Less discussed are feel and playability. I can say I have played one NT in my life and the feel was incomparable. I still dream about it. I wonder if someone could address feel.
The set neck is warmer than the bolt on, the neckthru is more grindy and agressive.
I disagree you man, totally
Neck Thru!!!! \,,/
They're all beautiful basses, but I'm partial to the punchy tone of the bolt on basses.
What the............🤩🤩
The neckthrough sounds more refined . I think it’s a better bass in my opinion . Just don’t break the neck !!
anyone know what kind of pre amp that is? bottom right corner
Darkglass Microtubes 900
Singlecut sounds best to me....
넥스루 포데라 튜닝이 뭔가 이상한거같은데
As usual, no B string being played! It IS a 5 string. Sheesh
but he can only play fast on single cut ,,look like fodera payed this ,,test,, well to show how all are ok ,,but b on is the plane one ,, set in is ok ,, but to be fast and pro u got to pay extra for single cut,, plus unfair test as from set up this is no set ,bo vs neck thru its single cut ,, that is like neck thru plus top wing glued till f octave // lol ok funk 0 as a test
oh, Is that what you think?
send this link to fodera.
I'm gonna feel some money. lol
@@sazangkim1961 i really feel like it //plus i hear one fast slapp triplets lick on sc ,,and on other 2 a kind of slow option but not same riff,, nice playing