Kirk sorry about you injury , get well soon!
Also looking for the pics of San Diego Hang
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Kirk sorry about you injury , get well soon!
Also looking for the pics of San Diego Hang
@ all that replied to my Q regarding the bridge : thx for the comments.
The Hipshot Vintage looks a bit like the bridge on my MusicMan Stingay V which sounds great.
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I have the Vintage bridge on my KBP5 bass and i think it is what helps it growl. .where many P bass 5's do not growl... they thud.. Thud is cool. but i like a little growl with my thud and mids that poke trough..
For the stuff i do i need the more vintage type tone that is brighter with good mid punch like a 60s bass does..
Its not your mudd machine.. Infact i did a gig last night with my Sadowsky NYC PJ5 passive P only, and it is a great bass.. Incredible bass, switched half way through the set to my Alleva,and the kbp5 just sat in the mix better. And did not get into guitar freqs by overlapping the freq area,but was clear and smooth they way it should be ..
The Sad is still with me all the time..
On the Alleva kbp5 i feel Alot has to do with this real light alder body for tone and sustain, the DN fingerboard really adds snap to the top and attach and the bridge brings out the growl.
A friend Lanice Morrison plays the same bass with Mike McDonald. Same color.. after he saw mine he wanted one from the same piece of wood... he has the B bridge and the basses sound different.. but its mostly in the attack not the decaying note..
the attack with the Vintage is pointier and the attack with the B is wider.. and there are still many other variables too.. but overall either way both sound great...
Can the audience tell the difference .. probably not. but you can when you play it.. it feels different.. not better just different.
For the stuff i do i need the more vintage type tone that is brighter with good mid punch like a 60s bass does..
Its not your mudd machine.. Infact i did a gig last night with my Sadowsky NYC PJ5 passive P only, and it is a great bass.. Incredible bass, switched half way through the set to my Alleva,and the kbp5 just sat in the mix better. And did not get into guitar freqs by overlapping the freq area,but was clear and smooth they way it should be ..
The Sad is still with me all the time..
On the Alleva kbp5 i feel Alot has to do with this real light alder body for tone and sustain, the DN fingerboard really adds snap to the top and attach and the bridge brings out the growl.
A friend Lanice Morrison plays the same bass with Mike McDonald. Same color.. after he saw mine he wanted one from the same piece of wood... he has the B bridge and the basses sound different.. but its mostly in the attack not the decaying note..
the attack with the Vintage is pointier and the attack with the B is wider.. and there are still many other variables too.. but overall either way both sound great...
Can the audience tell the difference .. probably not. but you can when you play it.. it feels different.. not better just different.
The Coppolo Bass Hang was a huge success ... lots of great gear & lots of great playing ... there were 3 basses available today, LG5 (ruby red slippers), RA5 (Sunburst) & LM5 (Iced Tea Burst) .... the LM was the hit of the show ... it wowed a bunch of folks, including myself ... Not sure if Jimmy left them @ Bass San Diego to sell or took them back to the shop.
My 3 week anniversary with my LG5 is today.
It's an amazing bass. I used it on my gig Saturday with
my new GB Streamliner and they sounded great together.
Dan
Hey Dan,
Forgive me being off topic , but what was your previous bass amp you were using with your AC's?
I now use the Shuttle 9.0 and it sound great, but i have the Streamliner on order. Regarding Ed Friedlands vid i think the Streamliner is more warm and smooth in the highs?
Cheers
Anil
Actually, someone did... I remember the comment about "has some weight to it". But always good to see it again.
Don't be sorry, like I said, ALWAYS good to take another look at something like that. Mmmm... Marcus bass jams...
Thanks for posting photos. At the far left of the stage appear to be two new basses in Jimmy's lineup. A six string bass and a no finish hippie bass.
Anybody have any reviews of the basses. Sounds like the LM5 was a 15 out of 10. Any other killers in the group.
You SoCal guys have no idea how good you have it. Looks like it was a great event.
Chef
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IIRC, the 6 string was a commission, and not necessarily a new model.
I believe the no finish bass is a new model, and might even be sans preamp.
I believe the no finish bass is a new model, and might even be sans preamp.
You can't compare your P with anyone else. I keep telling you your alleva P is beyond belief. It just so happened you got that certain bass that has everything going for it. You are not going to get a better P than yours. I don't care how many are made. Well I can't say that. But your P is pretty amazing. Its an early New York Alleva P. When is Jimmy coming back to NY?
True story... and Jimmy told me it took the customer a LONG time to convince him to do it.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it did have the preamp.
Chef
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