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Alleva Coppolo Model 1600
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Date of last review
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6597
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Tue January 20, 2009
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$3,600.00
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9.5
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supersize
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Description:
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The bass was made in 2006 in NYC. It has 21 frets and is a 5 string. It is set up as Vol/Vol/Passive Tone/Bass/Treble. It has 2 custom Alleva Coppolo single coil pickups (70's spacing) as well as an Alleva Coppolo preamp (active bass with push-pull passive knob). The bass has an alder body, highly figured maple top, an oil finished maple neck w/African Rosewood board, brass bridge and vintage small Dunlop frets.
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Author
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Neil
Registered User
Registered: March 2004
Location: North Arlington, New Jersey
Posts: 34
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Review Date: Mon November 27, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $3,600.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sound, Feel, Playability, Looks
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Cons:
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None
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This bass has an amazing Fender Jazz Bass vibe. The sound is very rich and complex. Jimmy’s preamp is tuned perfectly. The bass control never gets boomy even if turned all the way up. The treble control never gets brittle when it is turned all the way up. The passive tone control gives the instrument just the right amount of warmth when cut back just a bit. The bass gives me a great punchy finger style sound as well as an amazing slap sound. The bass simply sounds amazing for all styles!
As soon as I played this bass it felt like I had owned it and played it for years. Brand spanking new it felt like it was completely broken in. It is extremely easy to play. The neck is super comfortable both in lower and upper registers. The oil finish on the neck gives it a very fast smooth feel. The neck never gives sticky or tacky. In my opinion, the oil finish on the neck is the only way to go. The action on this bass is flawless! The bass is very inspiring to play. In fact the bass feels so good it’s hard to put down. In my humble opinion that is the mark of a great bass! I've owned numerous high end basses. I’ve had a few Fodera basses, a Ken Smith bass, an MTD bass, to name a few and don't get me wrong these are all great basses. However, my Alleva Coppolo 1600 is as good if not better than all of them. Jimmy is a true craftsman.
Judging from the way this bass is put together I can't ever imagine there would be a problem. If there was a problem I have every confidence in the world Jimmy would fix the problem quickly.
I've had numerous questions since owning the bass. Jimmy has returned every e-mail and has taken every phone call. He has never made me feel like I'm a pain in the butt. I've gotten first class service all the way.
This happens to be my favorite bass. From the construction, to the fit and finish, to the playability, to the sound, this bass is top shelf all the way. It is absolutely the best! If you're lucky enough to be in the NYC area do yourself a favor and check out Jimmy's basses…you'll be very happy you did.
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p-rok
Registered User
Registered: January 2009
Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Tue January 20, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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For a vintage style instrument, this is pretty much as good as it gets. I was at the 09 namm show, and the company I was with took one home with them. It was a light blue 70's 5 string jazz. They employed me to cruise the show and find them a vintage style jazz bass that was better than the rest. While that's always subjective, this bass came in at the top along with an F Clef. The precision of the build of the bass is 1st class. The paint is just amazing on the body and the nitro on the neck just feels so nice. It's quite a large instrument, and made me wonder how I was even going to play it, but once i plugged it in, it feels like it just does it's own thing. it wants to be slapped! deep meaty slap tone. The back pickup just barks at you. Everyone around me was just pulling nasty faces when I was playing this bass. Doesn't feel nimble and flighty like modern instruments, but I guess that's the point of these basses. They are a beautiful demonstration of pushing the jazz bass envelope.
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on the way up and out.....on five strings
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