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Chestnut Burl Imperial 5 Elite

  • Birth Month:
February
  • Birth Year:
1994
  • Model:
Imperial 5 Elite
  • Top Wood:
Chestnut Burl
  • Body Wood:
Ash (Ash Tone Block)
  • Fingerboard Wood:
Birdseye Maple
  • Neck Wood:
3-pc. Hard Rock Maple
  • Neck Joint:
Neck-Through
  • Scale Length:
34"
  • Strings:
5 (19.0mm spacing)
  • Frets
24 (Small)
  • FB Inlay:
Ebony Dots
  • Pickups:
Fodera / Duncan J/J Single Coils
  • Preamp:
Fodera / Pope Custom Shop, 3- Band
  • Control Layout:
Emperor / Imperial Layout



Unique Features
When one of our babies comes back to the shop that looks and sounds like this one, generally production stops for a bit as everyone comes up to the set-up area to have a look, get a few licks in and hear how she sounds.

Sadly, we no longer can get Chestnut as a top wood anymore so every Fodera out there with a Chestnut top is all that much more special.  Punchy, articulate and incredibly nuanced is how I'd describe this beauty's tone.  Of course she is also sporting the very latest Fodera / Pope Preamp which adds just the right amount of tonal versatility.