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Fodera

Logo: fodera.com3

American guitar manufacturer company

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. Fodera instruments are made with an inlaid butterfly on the headstock of most basses.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1
  • HeadquartersNew York City1
  • Websitewww.fodera.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1

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Photo: Fodera & Ampeg PB800.jpg : christina rutz derivative work: Clusternote ( talk ) 01:42, 27 August 2014 (UTC), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

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.2

Products and brands

  • bass guitar

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Timeline

  1. 1983Founded Founded1

Sources

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