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Club Alleva Coppolo (Part 10!)

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KJung said:
That must have been fun... just to see that bass much less play it. Cool! Interesting on the weight perception.
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Marcus and I went to the same chiropractor in LA. It was about 94. Saw him a lot for about 3 months and we had a common ground of dealing with pain. Very cool guy,,down to earth,Still remembers my name. Talks about my wolf hi-bred dog that I had at that time if I see him.

Anyway one day he had the bass with him and I had to check it out.
It was intimidating, duh,, I certainly wasn't gonna play run for cover. I think I played some reggae lines or meters probably some James Brown lines.



Aj
 
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Andrew Jones said:
Marcus and I went to the same chiropractor in LA. It was about 94. Saw him a lot for about 3 months and we had a common ground of dealing with pain. Very cool guy,,down to earth,Still remembers my name. Talks about my wolf hi-bred dog that I had at that time if I see him.

Anyway one day he had the bass with him and I had to check it out.
It was intimidating, duh,, I certainly wasn't gonna play run for cover. I think I played some reggae lines or meters probably some James Brown lines.



Aj
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Always great to hear about an artist who plays at such a high level who is also a nice person. Very cool. I hope your back (and his) are OK.

K
 
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Andrew Jones said:
Marcus and I went to the same chiropractor in LA. It was about 94. Saw him a lot for about 3 months and we had a common ground of dealing with pain. Very cool guy,,down to earth,Still remembers my name. Talks about my wolf hi-bred dog that I had at that time if I see him.

Anyway one day he had the bass with him and I had to check it out.
It was intimidating, duh,, I certainly wasn't gonna play run for cover. I think I played some reggae lines or meters probably some James Brown lines.
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Great story. It's nice to hear that he's such a cool guy.

Man I don't know what I would play if I was checking out that bass in front of him. I would have the urge to play run for cover or never too much but there's no way I could play any slap line in front of Marcus.
 
#325
I'd totally slap in front of Marcus, with the hope that he'd laugh at my crappy technique and give me some pointers;)
"Ooohhhh noooo man: do it like this!"
 
#328
ryanowens said:
I wanted to share a quick video of me playing my Willie Weeks Alleva Coppolo. This is from a live in studio set we did for Lifechurch.tv. There are 3 total sets and this is the first of the 3.
Set List.
Song of Hope
There is a Call
You Have Stirred My Soul

Turned out good I think. We recorded it at our studio outside of Houston and had a blast.

I am loving the bass and I actually think I struck a deal with Leona1 for the Burgundy Mist Alleva Coppolo P Bass!

Let me know what you think of the video :)

http://www.lifechurch.tv/player-only/file/RSB_Set1-nowords_640x360_8
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:cool:
I digging your tone, big time.
Very full, thick, tone, with nice top end.
Does J J pickups, alter tone on P-Bass that much?
Is neck P-bass width on your bass? (bigger than Jazz bass)
Any effects on video?
Jimmy's basses are happening.
 
#329
Chef said:
I'd totally slap in front of Marcus, with the hope that he'd laugh at my crappy technique and give me some pointers;)
"Ooohhhh noooo man: do it like this!"
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Vic said:
If I tried to slap in front of Marcus, he'd probably just slap me. ;) :D
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No Fear guys. If I had an opportuinity to play in front of Marcus, I wouldn't pass it up.;)

Give my best and at the very least he'd have to respect that.

After all everyone including Marcus knows there aren't many that can play like him.

God Bless, Ray
 
#330
ryanowens said:
Do you know if there are more white pickup covers laying around the AC shop that Jimmy would make available? I have always loved that look and would love to put them on my green AC......
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Hey Ryan,
I am going to the shop this weekend, I will find out for you. If not though, I would imagine stock Fender covers ought to work on 4 string pickups - those should be standard size, correct?
 
#332
YCBass said:
Another color that works well with matching headstock, imo, is CAR or trans red... Maybe even trans blue like Jimmy's BK signature basses. What you do you think?
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I would definitely agree with you. I LOVE the way my CAR to trans looks with the matching headstock. I mean, I've got a rosewood board, but I think it would look sick with a maple board as well.
 
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The green Willie Weeks bass has a P width neck and to me is really a jazz bass (in tone) but a P bass (in looks and feel)

There are effects in a few spots but mainly just a tad of overdrive to help the bass cut through. I run my overdrive through an Xotic blender pedal so I can just blend the overdrive with the dry bass tone... helps it to cut a bit but doesn't loose the bottom end.

Like I have said before this is the perfect bass for me, I am so lucky that is was available when I called Jimmie. I actually called him and said:
"How much to make the green bass on your website"
and he said:
"I actually have that bass sitting right here, I just got it back from Willie Weeks, want it?"

Fate:hyper:

Mojo-Man said:
:cool:
I digging your tone, big time.
Very full, thick, tone, with nice top end.
Does J J pickups, alter tone on P-Bass that much?
Is neck P-bass width on your bass? (bigger than Jazz bass)
Any effects on video?
Jimmy's basses are happening.
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#336
Thanks, I actually have some stock fender ones and they don't quite fit. The spacing on the pole pieces on the AC is a tad wider.

I also know that the neck and bridge pickups are slightly different sizes from each other so if he did have any left I would need to make sure that one is a neck size and one is a bridge size.

Thanks for the help:bassist:



YCBass said:
Hey Ryan,
I am going to the shop this weekend, I will find out for you. If not though, I would imagine stock Fender covers ought to work on 4 string pickups - those should be standard size, correct?
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#337
KJung said:
Here is a better picture of this color combination:

CIMG8567.jpg
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Late on this, but wow, this one looks perfect.
 
#339
YCBass said:
No, I thought I saw the blue version of the trans red on the website somewhere but I can't find it now.
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Gotcha. Do you remember if it was a light trans blue or if it was a darker blue? I haven't seen a trans blue AC and I always thought it would be a great looking color...
 
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