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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 20)

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Joelc73 said:
Thanks guys -- I'm really happy with it. I need to spend some time A/B'ing it with my Sunburst LM and see how they stack-up.

Wow - a lot of people have called early dibs. I haven't even had it 24 hours yet and Vic and Jonno are both already at the top of the list! ;)
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Jonno who? OH, you mean that guy right after me... yeah, him... ;) :D
 
#787
Hahahah.. .I was just in Nashville last week...I was in a store getting water... the store workers caught a guy stealing a bunch of stuff... there were 4 guys trying to keep him from getting out the door. Im standing there inline watching these guys get their rear end kicked by this guy getting away..

I couldn't take it anymore. I walked over and did a Brooklyn on him, and lightly:eyebrow::eyebrow: lifted the guys legs out form under while telling the others to catch his head so it wouldn't split when it hit the floor.. They did as i said.. Cops came 10 minutes later.. All done.. Turned out the guy was a wrestler.. I dont understand kids these days.. didnt their dads teach them how to take care of business if needed?:rollno::D:D

jonno1707 said:
Yea baby NY vs Mid West whos taking odds...:hyper::p
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#788
svtb15 said:
Hahahah.. .I was just in Nashville last week...I was in a store getting water... the store workers caught a guy stealing a bunch of stuff... there were 4 guys trying to keep him from getting out the door. Im standing there inline watching these guys get their rear end kicked by this guy getting away..

I couldn't take it anymore. I walked over and did a Brooklyn on him, and lightly:eyebrow::eyebrow: lifted the guys legs out form under while telling the others to catch his head so it wouldn't split when it hit the floor.. They did as i said.. Cops came 10 minutes later.. All done.. Turned out the guy was a wrestler.. I dont understand kids these days.. didnt their dads teach them how to take care of business if needed?:rollno::D:D
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Really? What store? My uncle works in the corporate security department at Wally World, and I'm sure he could get you a copy of the security tape for posterity,........ ;)
 
#789
svtb15 said:
Hahahah.. .I was just in Nashville last week...I was in a store getting water... the store workers caught a guy stealing a bunch of stuff... there were 4 guys trying to keep him from getting out the door. Im standing there inline watching these guys get their rear end kicked by this guy getting away..

I couldn't take it anymore. I walked over and did a Brooklyn on him, and lightly:eyebrow::eyebrow: lifted the guys legs out form under while telling the others to catch his head so it wouldn't split when it hit the floor.. They did as i said.. Cops came 10 minutes later.. All done.. Turned out the guy was a wrestler.. I dont understand kids these days.. didnt their dads teach them how to take care of business if needed?:rollno::D:D
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Oh look at THIS guy over here! BROOKLYNNNN!!!! OH!!
 
#790
A quick update on my new AC. A few guys have PM'd me asking how it was compared to my earlier LM. The specs are identical except my new one has a one piece body and is slightly lighter (9.1lbs vs ~10.3lbs).

Sound - They are remarkably similar -- so much so that you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. The new one might have a hair more definition but I attribute that just to new strings.

Playability - I shim the neck on all of my AC's and, now having done that on the new one, they play the same. The fretwork is perfect and the action can be set ridiculously low with just a hint of grind -- which is perfect for me with a 70's style JJ bass. Edit: I forgot to mention that the neck is ever so slightly chunkier than the original one. It feels great.

Woods - This particular bass is a 'Limited Edition' so, expectedly, the woods he used are just spectacular. Even the headstock and the back of the neck are gorgeous.

Finish -- Being completely candid, I was worried about the finish now that Jimmy's doing them in house. That's something I shared with him honestly also. There was also a recent post a few pages back where someone was complaining about the finish on his new AC.

I can tell you that the finish on my bass is literally perfect. Believe me, I'm a pretty picky customer and I've gone over every inch of this thing in all kinds of lighting. The clear coat and the polishing job he did is flawless. This bass could easily have been done at Wilkens -- it really is what you would expect for this price point. Every bit as good as my Nordy's and Sadowsky's (which I consider to be really high benchmarks.)

Being nit picky, the only thing I would site is that the pick guard is a little 'rough'. There are a couple of spots where it looks like the bit may have chattered slightly while he was cutting it. Nothing major though and I will likely swap it out anyway at some point for a pearloid one. And, lastly, Jimmy really needs to start using strap locks!

I opted for the NYC style body shape, which is slightly smaller than the new AC's are. This bass could easily have come out of his NYC shop. The quality, tone and fit and finish is every bit as good as the older AC's I have. Amazing consistency -- Jimmy is definitely hitting the mark!

Now I have to start saving for a KBP5 Supreme...
 
#793
ACB0015 said:
Strap locks -- absolutely NOT.
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The first thing I do with ANY bass that does not come with them is install dual action Dunlop strap locks. Standard (in one form or another) on MTD, Fodera, Sadowsky, Roscoe, etc.

Just doesn't make sense IMO to not use them, especially on an expensive instrument. With the 'dual action' models (or whatever they are called), literally no downside, since they work as standard strap buttons also.
 
#795
KJung said:
The first thing I do with ANY bass that does not come with them is install dual action Dunlop strap locks. Standard (in one form or another) on MTD, Fodera, Sadowsky, Roscoe, etc.

Just doesn't make sense IMO to not use them, especially on an expensive instrument. With the 'dual action' models (or whatever they are called), literally no downside, since they work as standard strap buttons also.
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+1
 
#796
KJung said:
The first thing I do with ANY bass that does not come with them is install dual action Dunlop strap locks. Standard (in one form or another) on MTD, Fodera, Sadowsky, Roscoe, etc.

Just doesn't make sense IMO to not use them, especially on an expensive instrument. With the 'dual action' models (or whatever they are called), literally no downside, since they work as standard strap buttons also.
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+1 again.

I've had too many close calls.

I tend to be pretty active on stage, since I do very little singing, but even if I wasn't that way, I've also seen cases where just moving the bass around to do something can be risky...

Say, if you have to bend over to pick something up and move the bass to avoid bumping it on something in the process...

It can pop off... usually the top horn... meanwhile, your right arm is busy doing what you bent over to do, your left hand is on the neck, but the body still swing/drops and hits the floor.

And that's just one of many possible examples. Many.

And like Ken says, those duals means you also have the option to use a plain strap with it as a backup plan if you do forget yours.

I literally can't think of a single reason not to use them, which is why I'm so curious about ACB0015's comment.

IMHO/IME anyway.
 
#799
64jazzbass said:
+1 I've played bass professionally for exactly forty years and I can think of one (1) instance where my strap came off my bass.
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And that one instance is reason enough. Again, literally NO downside to doing it IMO and IME. Literally no negatives.... no brainer IMO.

Edit: If you actually have a 64 J, OK, I can see where a negative would be modifying an instrument like that in any way. That would be a reason I guess.
 
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64jazzbass said:
+1 I've played bass professionally for exactly forty years and I can think of one (1) instance where my strap came off my bass.
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Ok, but the way he put it was not so much that they aren't necessary, but more like they were a bad thing. Honestly, that's the main reason I'm curious.
 
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