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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 16)

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+1 to all the above. Jimmy really hit the ball out of the park with his LM basses. IMO, the 'best of the best' for those looking for a relatively accurate late 70's J vibe in an uber quality 5 string version. Four years and counting with mine.... still haven't had to adjust the neck! Plays like butter (as does Jason's), very even up and down the neck, fat D and G strings, articulate B, and moderate weight.

Literally the best 70's style J that I've ever experienced. I took it out of the box 4 years ago and started playing it and like it more every year!

Jason and I liked the tone of the LM's much better through the Markbass F500 (much punchier, tighter and meatier up top), but the point of the hang was to mess around with the Streamliner, which sounds good in a different way... warmer, fatter down low, with more 'give' to the feel, but a little too 'hollow' for a 70's style J IMO. I do not gig with that rig and the LM.

With a P bass.... that's a totally different thing. For those of you with the A-C P's who like a 'relatively clean but very all tube tone', the Streamliner/Berg combination is a thing of complete beauty! Massively dynamic in feel, and super meaty and fat down low, with just the right amount of mid grind for a P with nickels or whatever.
 
#643
Hey Guys,

I wonder if anyone has experienced the Tom Barney 5 model
from Jimmy?

Bassicly its a 60's pickup spacing bass with a 18 mm spacing
at the bridge. Maple or rosewood fretboard.

I remember Jimmy had a CAOJ Tom Barney 5 during
Winter Namm and there was a maple neck 18 mm spacing
Aged oly in the classifieds?

Any reponse is welcome.

@ Kjung : Waiting for the Streamliner 900 to arrive.
Right now i use the Shuttle 9 with two Aguilars GS 112
and i like it. Guess the Streamliner is more warm and fatter
in the lows?

Cheers Anil
 
#644
KJung said:
Jason and I liked the tone of the LM's much better through the Markbass F500 (much punchier, tighter and meatier up top), but the point of the hang was to mess around with the Streamliner, which sounds good in a different way... warmer, fatter down low, with more 'give' to the feel, but a little too 'hollow' for a 70's style J IMO. I do not gig with that rig and the LM.

With a P bass.... that's a totally different thing. For those of you with the A-C P's who like a 'relatively clean but very all tube tone', the Streamliner/Berg combination is a thing of complete beauty! Massively dynamic in feel, and super meaty and fat down low, with just the right amount of mid grind for a P with nickels or whatever.
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+1...The Streamliner is really smooth in the upper mids, which is right where the grind is with the LM5, so through that setup I felt like there was something missing. But man did it sound good with the P bass!

I'm wondering how the Streamliner would sound with a 60's spec jazz - Ken have you played your LG5 through it yet?
 
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vision said:
+1...The Streamliner is really smooth in the upper mids, which is right where the grind is with the LM5, so through that setup I felt like there was something missing. But man did it sound good with the P bass!

I'm wondering how the Streamliner would sound with a 60's spec jazz - Ken have you played your LG5 through it yet?
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Matt (matrok) was over yesterday, and we played the LG through it for a while. Still didn't really dig it as much as my Markbass heads. That head is IMO a PBass head, at least for me. Sounds good of course, but I just need that punch and tightness and quickness and brightness with an J. IMO there.
 
#648
Hi Bacco,

I tested a RA5 at the past NAMM show with the 18 mm spacing... This bass was awesome... The playing was a pleasure, very fast neck and the tone like all the Jimmy basses; to die for!!! Totally recommended!!!

Check the pic!!!
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Baccomang said:
Hey Guys,

I wonder if anyone has experienced the Tom Barney 5 model
from Jimmy?

Bassicly its a 60's pickup spacing bass with a 18 mm spacing
at the bridge. Maple or rosewood fretboard.

I remember Jimmy had a CAOJ Tom Barney 5 during
Winter Namm and there was a maple neck 18 mm spacing
Aged oly in the classifieds?

Any reponse is welcome.

@ Kjung : Waiting for the Streamliner 900 to arrive.
Right now i use the Shuttle 9 with two Aguilars GS 112
and i like it. Guess the Streamliner is more warm and fatter
in the lows?

Cheers Anil
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#656
Chef said:
It mus just be the camera angle, but the headstock looks huuuuge on that;)
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Like his sound Chef... Huuuuuge...ahahahaha :smug:

The first time that I looked at AC Basses I was very critic about his headstock design...after hear Paul Turner´s on Youtube live at the Intel concert in London, I was hooked with the sound and after receive the mine I was just falling in love with all the AC basses... The look is important some times, but the sound all way.
 
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Considering I spend a lot of time playing old G&L's, the A/C headstock has always actually appealed to me...

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Baccomang said:
Hey Guys,

I wonder if anyone has experienced the Tom Barney 5 model
from Jimmy?

Bassicly its a 60's pickup spacing bass with a 18 mm spacing
at the bridge. Maple or rosewood fretboard.

I remember Jimmy had a CAOJ Tom Barney 5 during
Winter Namm and there was a maple neck 18 mm spacing
Aged oly in the classifieds?

Any reponse is welcome.

@ Kjung : Waiting for the Streamliner 900 to arrive.
Right now i use the Shuttle 9 with two Aguilars GS 112
and i like it. Guess the Streamliner is more warm and fatter
in the lows?

Cheers Anil
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Hey Anil,
The CAOJ you're refering to was as Bass Player Live 2010... And as far as the Tom Barney model goes, last I checked it's any model 5-string with an 18mm spacing, except the KBP.
IMO, if you've played an LG, RA or LM, a Tom Barney would sound the same.
 
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