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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 12!!!)

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svtb15 said:
Just got this Link from Paul Turner and wanted to share it with you all.
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Its his new Alleva Coppolo LG5 with binding and different fingerboard wood.
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Honduran rosewood baby, this new one of Paul's is my favorite LG5 I've played thus far.

Thanks for sharing Kirk, can't wait to get home and watch the entire thing!
 
#903
Just got these from a friend too and wanted to share them with you all.

It's John Taylor of Duran Duran playing the KBP4 bass.

I believe his and mine are the only two with the old style headstock and ultra light tuners.
They were basically made at the same time. Both Nitro and African RW fingerboards...

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Johns has a JT decal on the headstock and experimental pre-Lollipop tuners... Same "L" size Jazz neck profile of my old Fender modeled after
 
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svtb15 said:
Just got this Link from Paul Turner and wanted to share it with you all.

Its his new Alleva Coppolo LG5 with binding and different fingerboard wood.

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Paul said it was cold outside and damp which made the strings feel like glue... No matter he still played his tail off IMO..
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Damn I love that guy's playing (and JK's music).
 
#906
Vic said:
Damn I love that guy's playing (and JK's music). So what's the "different fingerboard wood"? Any idea?
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Post 902 Honduran.

It is what Peter has on his (MikeBass's old LG), and it is killer.... a bit more meaty and grindy than the Indian, and much brighter (I assume) than the Brazilian. Not quite as 'pingy' as the Indian, but more brightness than the older, darker sounding Brazilian.
 
#907
John T's bass and mine were made with African RW.. as is Jason's Bigred bass.. If Jimmy can get more i will have it on my new LG5. But I think that was a one time thing.. Its real tight grain.
It's somewhat similar to the DN boards in grain. But has much more red to it..
It is bright and articulate.. Makes a P bass sound way more articulate with No mud at all... Its also real burpy.. with growl....
 
#908
Great afternoon in the office concert, thanks for sharing.

You guys had to bring up the Honduran RW thing just as I'm trying to come to grips with selling my LG w/an old growth Honduran board. Killing me on this one...

Great playing....
 
#910
KJung said:
You are selling that bass:eek: Wow... that's one of the best J basses I've ever played.
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Well we'll see. An undisclosed TBer has dibs and is putting together some money for it. I still have time to change my mind, it's not on the the marlet officially. I am totally in love with the LM it just kills with Hi beams and the TIs are pretty awesome too. It's hard to quantify but it feels like the bass is sounding better then when I got it. I am not sure if my ear is adjusting or if it's settling in.
 
#911
KJung said:
Post 902 Honduran.
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Yeah, you're too fast. I edited my post after I flipped to the next page. :)

Edit again... I guess it's African according to Kirk. :D

It is what Peter has on his (MikeBass's old LG), and it is killer.... a bit more meaty and grindy than the Indian, and much brighter (I assume) than the Brazilian. Not quite as 'pingy' as the Indian, but more brightness than the older, darker sounding Bolivian.
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Interesting. I don't think you and I hear Indian the same way... either that, or my Indian board is different than most. I hear my board similar to how you describe the Honduran board. I just looked it up, and Honduran rosewood is denser than Indian (60-70 lbs per cubic ft vs 53 for Indian), so I'd think the Honduran would have more "ping" than Indian (just as the denser Ebony does compared to any Rosewood). Indian has typically been mostly described as a good alternative, and pretty comparable, to Brazilian in most of the posts/pages I've seen.
 
#912
peterpalmieri said:
You guys had to bring up the Honduran RW thing just as I'm trying to come to grips with selling my LG w/an old growth Honduran board. Killing me on this one...
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I'm totally with Ken on this, and I know I'm repeating myself, so pardon me for that, but I still think, unless you're really hurting for the money, you should hang on to that LG!
 
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Just to clarify....
Paul Turners LG5 is Honduran...

John Taylors and my P4 as well as Jason's Bigg Redd are African.

Vic said:
Yeah, you're too fast. I edited my post after I flipped to the next page. :)

Edit again... I guess it's African according to Kirk. :D

Interesting. I don't think you and I hear Indian the same way... either that, or my Indian board is different than most. I hear my board similar to how you describe the Honduran board. I just looked it up, and Honduran rosewood is denser than Indian (60-70 lbs per cubic ft vs 53 for Indian), so I'd think the Honduran would have more "ping" than Indian (just as the denser Ebony does compared to any Rosewood). Indian has typically been mostly described as a good alternative, and pretty comparable, to Brazilian in most of the posts/pages I've seen.
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