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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 14)

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I've been swearing by TI flats for years....as a converted classical upright player to electric, they've been the only set of strings with all the right balance of tension, feel, and tone for my playing style. A perfect bridge between upright and electric. They sit BEAUTIFULLY in a mix on any P-bass and I've used them on fretless before as well as a fretted jazz bass and they just make every bass sing with massive presence. And for what it's worth, I paid more $ for a set of Pyramid Gold flats....
 
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bassdoubler said:
I've been swearing by TI flats for years....as a converted classical upright player to electric, they've been the only set of strings with all the right balance of tension, feel, and tone for my playing style. A perfect bridge between upright and electric. They sit BEAUTIFULLY in a mix on any P-bass and I've used them on fretless before as well as a fretted jazz bass and they just make every bass sing with massive presence. And for what it's worth, I paid more $ for a set of Pyramid Gold flats....
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See!?!!!!!! ;) They SOUND like they'd SOUND great!!

Just, as you'd know- a set of flats STAY on the bass :rolleyes: so the Chromes seem to do the job & are staying put for now.

But comments like this really 'GAS' me up to try out a set of T.I. flats. Will get around to it.......

Thanks for the comments & Thanks Vic re the AC strings.
 
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I'm jumping in on the TI's are great portion of this thread. I dig the lower tension slinky feel. And a thing to consider is they last, and sound good a long long time. I have a set on my 64 P that's been on it for at least 6 years. I fell in love with them the first time I played a Pino sig and I suspect that's one reason nearly everyone who plays a Pino digs it.
I haven't yet put a set on my KBP-5 because I dig it with rounds, and I know once TI's go on they will stay there.
 
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YCBass said:
As Diglo alluded in page 9 the bass I posted about is sold... In case anyone was wondering.
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yeah I was wondering...until I called Jimmy yesterday and he said it already sold within an hour of it showing up here. I just saw it yesterday for the first time, apparently several other people had called to purchase it before me. Oh well...

That bass was just beautiful.
 
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THORRR said:
ALLEVAs are GREAT!

But so are Sadowskys and so are Nordys and so are Laklands !!

We need your input and comparisons in this new string to get to the real nuts and bolts of WHY one is "better" than the other.

Please share your experience and opinions:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9812024#post9812024

THANKS!

:hyper::bassist::bassist::bassist::hyper:
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The lakland JOs are really nice passive 60s style basses. To me the 5 string JOs were not all that great and the fact that they're mostly passive pretty much puts them in a different category then these other basses (AC, Sadowsky, Nordy) which shine as 5 string active jazz basses. These three also offer 5 strings in an active 70s version.

The short is I wouldn't put Lakland in the same category, although the JO4 to me is a great passive 60s J...

The similarity with AC, Nordy and Sadowsky is that they all have their own proprietary pickups and preamp. Which gives each their own flavor.
 
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peterpalmieri said:
The lakland JOs are really nice passive 60s style basses. To me the 5 string JOs were not all that great and the fact that they're mostly passive pretty much puts them in a different category then these other basses (AC, Sadowsky, Nordy) which shine as 5 string active jazz basses. These three also offer 5 strings in an active 70s version.

The short is I wouldn't put Lakland in the same category, although the JO4 to me is a great passive 60s J...

The similarity with AC, Nordy and Sadowsky is that they all have their own proprietary pickups and preamp. Which gives each their own flavor.
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While Jimmy and Carey's basses sound great with their proprietary preamps, don't forget that in passive mode, they shine. The preamp is there to augment what is an already incredible tone, IMO.
 
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YCBass said:
LM5 in the classifieds!
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I know...I saw that too. That Ivory AC was just beautiful. I'm in the middle of making a decision based on what I can get my hands on in the next few months and had no plans whatsoever of placing any orders until I got some time in with them. At this point I'm not even sure if I want a 4 or 5 but when I saw the pic you posted I was like - good enough!

It didn't hurt that I just happened to see Bob Cranshaw sounding great (briefly @2:45, 3:21 more @4:40) on an Alleva-Coppolo earlier that morning!
 
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Some folks drink Cabernet, and nothing else.
They may, occasionally dabble in Sterno when there's nary a drop of anything else.

I guess that's me...

I'd never used my Alleva passive til last night.
Yeah, I'd made sure the switch worked, and tried it at home and thought "well, ok."

But dang if it didn't sound great last night.
I may Be a Sterno addict now.
 
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Chef said:
Some folks drink Cabernet, and nothing else.
They may, occasionally dabble in Sterno when there's nary a drop of anything else.

I guess that's me...

I'd never used my Alleva passive til last night.
Yeah, I'd made sure the switch worked, and tried it at home and thought "well, ok."

But dang if it didn't sound great last night.
I may Be a Sterno addict now.
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+1 While the buffering and slightly boosting the bass EQ can make a 70's style bass (like the LM) sound great (i.e., move it a touch more into Marcus Miller land), that same thing seems to be a bit of a mismatch with a 60's style instrument. Not a lot of history or logic behind 'supercharging' a 60's style alder/RW bass.

As you can hear from all my clips, and others' clips, and of course, your own experience, the LG with the preamp in but set 'neutral' sounds GREAT.... but it moves that bass away from what most would consider a classic 60's tone.

Passive LG tone is the bomb IMO and IME! Not really my thing, as I've always enjoyed the somewhat juiced 70's thing, but it is very cool to have a 5 string bass that really vibes a 1965 Fender!:bassist:
 
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