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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 13)

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Just put new Lo Rider Nickels on the LG, cleaned/oiled the fretboard, and polished 'er up. It's a beautiful, sunny morning in Detroit, so I snapped a few pics.

I continue to totally dig this bass... super lightweight, beautiful, sounds great, neck is stable as heck... and old school Nitro...mmmm. That stock Indian RW board is just beautiful... dark chocolate!

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peterpalmieri said:
Yes thank god. All I wanted was someone anyone to pat me on the back.
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You were a brave soldier! I just could not even conceptualize someone building a full size ash/maple J, then put a BA bridge on it, and then use 60's pickup position:eek: Strange indeed! I guess it makes sense that, like most luthiers starting out, the very early models are 'interesting'.

I remember playing a few of the first Fodera 5's that came out of that shop back in the day (they kept sending basses to Tommy Kennedy and Jimmy Mayer in St. Louis back in the 80's, and they passed them around to us to check out), and they were pretty rough. It takes a little while for a luthier to 'get it right' I guess.
 
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bugbass said:
Nice pics!
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Thanks guys. Every time I open the case with that particular bass, it is kind of a 'wow' experience. It's always fun to experience a player seeing it for the first time, since I have a pretty constant stream of players coming through the house checking out gear and hanging.

This LG gets a 'holy s***' comment from almost everyone who sees it, and when they play it (like most other A-C's), the 'wow' turns into 'WOW', especially given the full size and featherlight weight and very legitimate vintage tone.
 
#429
Sometimes, it's the little things that make you happy. Okay, sometimes it's the big things, too, but as of right now, it's a little thing. To be more specific, I recently received my Hipshot D-tuner from Jimmy, and I installed it last night. We do several songs in drop-D, so I generally take one D-tuner-equipped 4-string (and one 5-string) with me to band practice. Tonight, the LG4 Classic will be going with me. :D :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :cool:
 
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KJung said:
You were a brave soldier! I just could not even conceptualize someone building a full size ash/maple J, then put a BA bridge on it, and then use 60's pickup position:eek: Strange indeed! I guess it makes sense that, like most luthiers starting out, the very early models are 'interesting'.

I remember playing a few of the first Fodera 5's that came out of that shop back in the day (they kept sending basses to Tommy Kennedy and Jimmy Mayer in St. Louis back in the 80's, and they passed them around to us to check out), and they were pretty rough. It takes a little while for a luthier to 'get it right' I guess.
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After Jason's post about Jimmy's first four basses it really made me think how far Jimmy has progressed in a fairly short period of time.

The general talk with the bass players in my area after playing my AC basses is: These things are awesome, usually followed up by a story of going into Jimmy's shop early on and not being overly impressed with the early basses. Not bad but not totally blown away, on the early stuff.

I've got to add my LM5 is a specimen, it just nails so many things with the skunk stripe, bullet truss rod, blocks, 1 piece neck/fingerboard and binding. I would think at some point in the future Jimmy is going to come out with a 70s wind on the LMs and take it a step further. That's just conjecture on my part though.
 
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peterpalmieri said:
The general talk with the bass players in my area after playing my AC basses is: These things are awesome, usually followed up by a story of going into Jimmy's shop early on and not being overly impressed with the early basses. Not bad but not totally blown away, on the early stuff.

I've got to add my LM5 is a specimen, it just nails so many things with the skunk stripe, bullet truss rod, blocks, 1 piece neck/fingerboard and binding. I would think at some point in the future Jimmy is going to come out with a 70s wind on the LMs and take it a step further. That's just conjecture on my part though.
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Yeah when you think about it in that context the recent changes in his designs make more sense. Ever sense he started building he's been making small changes along the way to make the models more and more period correct.
 
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peterpalmieri said:
The general talk with the bass players in my area after playing my AC basses is: These things are awesome, usually followed up by a story of going into Jimmy's shop early on and not being overly impressed with the early basses. Not bad but not totally blown away, on the early stuff.
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I'm absolutely in this camp. I didn't love the early stuff I played years ago. Fast forward to playing your basses a few weeks ago -- now I'm hooked and desperately seeking an LG5!
 
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Joelc73 said:
I'm absolutely in this camp. I didn't love the early stuff I played years ago. Fast forward to playing your basses a few weeks ago -- now I'm hooked and desperately seeking an LG5!
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You are one of 4 guys that seem to feel the same way, not including myself. Three of those four guys also had a similar conversation regarding Jimmy's dislike of another well know companies design. It's rather strange actually.
 
#435
KJung said:
Just put new Lo Rider Nickels on the LG, cleaned/oiled the fretboard, and polished 'er up. It's a beautiful, sunny morning in Detroit, so I snapped a few pics.

I continue to totally dig this bass... super lightweight, beautiful, sounds great, neck is stable as heck... and old school Nitro...mmmm. That stock Indian RW board is just beautiful... dark chocolate!

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Damn, that looks hot! I am totally digging that rug as well.
 
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vision said:
Yeah when you think about it in that context the recent changes in his designs make more sense. Ever sense he started building he's been making small changes along the way to make the models more and more period correct.
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Not just period correct, but IMO more and more his own at the same time. It goes back to his statements about doing what he thought should've been done.
 
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