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For sale Alleva Coppollo KBP-4 Supreme

Pinnacle vintage P bass with now unobtainable Dalbergia Nigra board and Professor Nitro finish
$7,500.00
Item Location
New York New York, United States
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4
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Original ad description seems to have been deleted in the website transfer.

I’m way too tired and on my cell phone, so I’m going to give the cliff’s notes version…

Excellent condition. Campbell’s soup Dakota Red finish by the Professor, who is either close to complete retirement or already retired. DR is superior to Fiesta Red, fight me. It’s common knowledge midrange is clearer and treble content is less harsh with DR finishes ;)

California Era Jimmy Coppollo creation. For the comparatively brief time he was there, Jimmy produced exceptional instruments. He’s still doing so, just in Tennessee :)

Tremendous player. Smooth, deep, articulate…pinnacle P bass.

Lightweight at 8.5 lbs. Balances like a dream.

Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia Nigra) board. Old growth evidenced by extremely fine grain, small pores, deep coloration with beautiful orange and black silica streaks. This is not a available for years now, Jimmy’s stash of beautiful old growth stuff (and DN altogether) is gone.

Neck shape is based on a “secret menu” item from the 1960s… 1.625” nut, entirely hand-shaped round C shape toward the headstock, thin and flat by the neck joint…it’s like a compound radius but for the back of the neck…feels fantastic and didn’t become a common option for Fender due to the skill needed to pull it off and the risk of scrapping a neck if it didn’t come out correctly. Jimmy did it perfectly :)

Willing to trade for an AC LG4, Wal Mk III 4, Ken Smith Elite 4, maybe an Olinto to satisfy curiosity.

I honestly wouldn’t sell this one if I didn’t already own another KBP4 NYC era. Only keeping that one bc I’m an NYC product myself, so I feel a bit more connection to that one :)
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Latest questions

Hey bud HOPE ALL is well beautiful p bass might you have a demo of this bass ? Thanks mike
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Hey man I'm sorry I didn't see this message earlier!

My home is turned upside down at the moment (oil to gas conversion, new electrical, new pipes) so none of my setup is hooked up...I'll have to dig through boxes in the basement to find cables and power supplies. It's a great suggestion though and I should do it! Although not all of us have your chops ;)

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Not sure what happened to the original ad, but I'll take some time to rewrite it.

Long and short, it's a winner and impossible to recreate as there is no more DN available for new basses.
 
I’ve committed to buying yet another bass…I need to slow down. Never had this much GAS!

Adjusting price on this one and will likely list another. Will consider REASONABLE offers. Need to get some funds back.
 
Will cut price $500...

John Fox recently sold a gold KBP in good condition with a CNL Hybrid board for $9100, and a white KBP with a Brazilian rosewood board for $10,000.

I'm not pretending like $7K isn't a good deal of money. However, a Professor nitro Dakota Red KBP (rarer than either of the aforementioned colors by far) with a Brazilian Rosewood board for thousands less is a comparative deal.
 
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Last price cut to encourage a sale.

I don't just want to keep it in it's case...this bass needs to be played! Trouble is I keep buying basses + amps this year after a decade really of not too many at all and I have to offset my last 2 purchases. Since I have 2 P basses, losing this gem won't deplete my sonic arsenal.

No trade offers please. Will take off another $100 for local pickup.
 

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