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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 17)

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Vic said:
I played that one at NAMM, and while it was a really great bass, I like my LG5 Standard much better. :)
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This bass belongs to my friend Miko now and he loves it. He says it sounds better in some respects than his LG5, which is his main bass and he considers irreplaceable, I guess he feels it's a bit more open sounding... Maybe due to the water-based finish.
 
#262
YCBass said:
This bass belongs to my friend Miko now and he loves it. He says it sounds better in some respects than his LG5, which is his main bass and he considers irreplaceable, I guess he feels it's a bit more open sounding... Maybe due to the water-based finish.
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Cool. Well, like I said, it is a great bass, and it'll definitely be a way for someone to get into an AC for less money, which is always good! :)
 
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YCBass said:
This bass belongs to my friend Miko now and he loves it. He says it sounds better in some respects than his LG5, which is his main bass and he considers irreplaceable, I guess he feels it's a bit more open sounding... Maybe due to the water-based finish.
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I bet that openness he's referring to has more to do with the true passive controls (lack of preamp) than anything else...
 
#267
jonno1707 said:
I bet that openness he's referring to has more to do with the true passive controls (lack of preamp) than anything else...
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YCBass said:
Could very well be... No preamp "buffering."
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Unlikely.

It may be counter-intuitive, but that preamp buffering actually does more to open up the sound of a bass than anything... or rather... preserve it's open sound.

It electrically isolates the pickups from the long instrument cables and the input stage of the amp, so they can sound more as if you literally had the pickups tied directly to a clean high sensitivity power amp and speaker system, so to speak.
 
#268
Vic said:
Unlikely.

It may be counter-intuitive, but that preamp buffering actually does more to open up the sound of a bass than anything... or rather... preserve it's open sound.

It electrically isolates the pickups from the long instrument cables and the input stage of the amp, so they can sound more as if you literally had the pickups tied directly to a clean high sensitivity power amp and speaker system, so to speak.
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Makes sense Vic... Shows you what I know.
 
#269
YCBass said:
Makes sense Vic... Shows you what I know.
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Meh, you know what's really important... no matter how it gets there... tone.

I always kinda' laugh (including at myself) sometimes when we get all nerdy and nitpicky about technical details... especially given how much tone simply comes from our fingers. :)
 
#270
Vic said:
Meh, you know what's really important... no matter how it gets there... tone.
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I hope so... Thank God for that. :)


Vic said:
I always kinda' laugh (including at myself) sometimes when we get all nerdy and nitpicky about technical details... especially given how much tone simply comes from our fingers. :)
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Case in point: The LM5's, well 70's J's in general, are often described as having the "Marcus" sound... And sure, it's generally there... But hearing Marcus play that LM5 at NAMM, now THAT is the Marcus sound! A bunch of great people played that bass and they sounded great on it, but the Marcus sound is from Marcus.
 
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YCBass said:
I hope so... Thank God for that. :)
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Yes, you do, and yes, I agree. :)

Case in point: The LM5's, well 70's J's in general, are often described as having the "Marcus" sound... And sure, it's generally there... But hearing Marcus play that LM5 at NAMM, now THAT is the Marcus sound! A bunch of great people played that bass and they sounded great on it, but the Marcus sound is from Marcus.
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Yeah, and not to get too OT, but someday I'll get off the gear-hound-go-round, too, because as time goes on, I find myself narrowing and narrowing around a central sound and feel, so when I do decide to really do some herd thinning, it'll probably be easier than one might assume.

Thing is, even at my level I've had others comment about my "finger tone" and note that I always sound pretty much like "me" no matter what I'm playing. And while I'm pretty happy with what I can do, in the grand scheme of things, I know I'm at a pretty pedestrian level, so it keeps me humble. Just what I'm mainly saying is you don't have to be Marcus to have a lot of "yourself" in your fingers that carries through whatever you play.
 
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Vic said:
Thing is, even at my level I've had others comment about my "finger tone" and note that I always sound pretty much like "me" no matter what I'm playing. And while I'm pretty happy with what I can do, in the grand scheme of things, I know I'm at a pretty pedestrian level, so it keeps me humble. Just what I'm mainly saying is you don't have to be Marcus to have a lot of "yourself" in your fingers that carries through whatever you play.
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I 100% agree... Same for me. I feel I sound the same or always try to get the same sounds with any bass. Bottom line for me is I'm good enough to write and play the music I like, I'm happy with that, but it doesn't mean I don't get inspired by hearing other people play... Makes you wanna go home and try a bunch of new stuff! :bassist:
 
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My very first Alleva Coppolo. Picked it up in a trade earlier last week and have to say easily the best P tone I have ever played...

The pictures aren't the best color tone as this is actually a bit more red, so instead of calling it burgundy mist I have changed Jimmy's color to Oscar Meyer Bologna, enjoy!

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