FS/T 2010 NAMM Alleva Coppolo RA5

Alphaman · #1 12-07-2010, 08:50 PM

SOLD!
2010 Winter NAMM bass in Near Mint Condition
European Alder body (Made in NYC)
1-piece Maple neck with black Blocks & Binding (Made in CA)
Candy Apple Orange Juice Poly finish
Custom flat neck profile
Alleva-Coppolo pickups in 70's position.
Alleva-Coppolo preamp
19mm string spacing at bridge
8.5 lbs.
SOLD!$3600 shipped in CONUS (International at actual shipping cost)SOLD!
Trades are very nice Skjold 5'ers, Nordy 5'ers, select Sadowsky NYC basses all +/- cash.

rwider · #2 12-07-2010, 09:07 PM

bubinga5 · #3 12-07-2010, 09:10 PM

My god she is fine!!!

YCBass · #4 12-07-2010, 09:14 PM

I wish I can get her back Jerome... She sure is missed.

Bump for a great bass and even better guy!

Ivan M · #5 12-07-2010, 09:22 PM

DAG, i did not even want to post on here hoping this would go to the bottom till next week but i see others are eyeing her, oh well, lets see what happens.

Alphaman · #6 12-07-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by YCBass

I wish I can get her back Jerome... She sure is missed.

Bump for a great bass and even better guy!

It is an excellent bass! I'll probably kick myself when it's gone because you can't just call up and have one of these shipped to you right away like a lot of basses out there. You have to wait a good while. Maybe I'll come back to me senses soon enough? Man Gas is a terrible thing that I wouldn't wish on anybody!

honest abe · #7 12-07-2010, 09:25 PM

PM'ed.

Ivan M · #8 12-07-2010, 09:25 PM

ALPHA quick question, what do you mean by the custom flat neck i am curious, i am in the market for a stunner like this but will have the cash next week was wondering about the neck thing, in terms of feel and such, thanks and i am more than sure this will not last long on here.

Jerry J · #9 12-07-2010, 10:23 PM

PM sent

Alphaman · #10 12-07-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivan M

ALPHA quick question, what do you mean by the custom flat neck i am curious, i am in the market for a stunner like this but will have the cash next week was wondering about the neck thing, in terms of feel and such, thanks and i am more than sure this will not last long on here.

The neck is awesome. It was a custom neck profile carved with what I believe is the standard neck radius but at the center where the thumb rests, it was sanded flat which is the best neck I've played period. I wish you could try it out. It's not a very flat profile all the way across the neck like an Ibanez, but a subtle feature at the center of the neck that I really like on the bass. It increases the playability IMHO. ETA...if you look really close in the last photo, you can follow the neck carving from where the neck joins the body of the bass and see where the flat profile goes down the center of the neck. Like I said, it's a very subtle addition, nothing really extreme. If you go back through the AC threads, you can find where it was mentioned a while back.

Saluki · #11 12-08-2010, 05:08 AM

I knew I should have stayed of TB today. Jerome, this is making me want to do bad things with my current setup. And right before Christmas. You are bad, bad, bad.

hkfat9 · #12 12-08-2010, 09:10 AM

pm sent

YCBass · #13 12-08-2010, 10:00 AM

This was my former bass... And just to add to Jerome's post about the neck profile.

Like he said, it is not a skinny/flat neck by any means... The sides actually start out meaty but smoothly flattens out in the middle. It was an experiment that Jimmy tried and I had to have the bass... I like this neck profile so much that I will most likely do the same for my 2 incoming A-C's and any more I get in the future.

My left hand never felt better, the flat part is in the sweet spot where your thumb rests, given you're not a "thumb-over" player of course.

BIGREDSIX · #14 12-08-2010, 10:23 AM

Oh-oh. What Cory said. I have a Skjold 5 and a custom VJ5 Classic and I'm in Chicago. Hmmmmmmm....

Saluki · #15 12-08-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Alphaman

Trades are very nice Skjold 5'ers, Nordy 5'ers, select Sadowsky NYC basses all +/- cash.

It's like you looked at my current setup and are talking to me. Except the cash part

. If I had that I would just buy it outright and add it to the above.

p0k · #16 12-08-2010, 12:02 PM

Alphaman · #17 12-08-2010, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Saluki

It's like you looked at my current setup and are talking to me. Except the cash part

. If I had that I would just buy it outright and add it to the above.

<subliminal> ---Pack up the nicest bass you have, then drive to the bank, withdraw a big wad of cash, and send them to STL ---

Joe Clark · #18 12-08-2010, 02:57 PM

This is one of the few reasonably priced AC's I've seen on here. People seem to forget that they're not Pre CBS Fenders or that they are used instruments.

Wish I had the moneys...

**Joelc73** · #19 12-09-2010, 08:09 PM

Payment sent Alphaman. I'm looking forward to getting her!

Alphaman · #20 12-09-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Joelc73

Payment sent Alphaman. I'm looking forward to getting her!

This is headed to the land of York. I lived in Syracuse between 2003 and 2006.