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Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 21)

#541
Yeah his sense of groove is incredible. I think this is often what separates the great from the good.

Love the tone of his Fender but I have to say, for my tonal preferences I think I prefer the Alleva. It just sounds like it has a bit more low grind to the tone. In the end though they're both different shades of awesome.

Cheers

Ben
 
#542
Paul and I spoke in depth about the pick ups on his jazz bass and his Alleva-Coppolo. Jimmy has sent me about 10 different sets of jazz bass five string pick ups to evaluate. I recently sold one of my LG 5 that had a prototype set of those Alleva-Coppolo/Paul Turner pickups in it. They are about as close as you're going to ever get in a white shell.
 
#543
Bobby Vega just called me this morning we were talking about this specifically. How it's really in your hands and how you approach the instrument. Minor tweaks here and there blah blah blah.
By the way Bobby told me that he has a new column in bassplayer magazine that will be coming out it will be in the back pages Bobby's basement FYI
 
#544
I just got my new to me LG5 yesterday and I can see what the hype is about. There's something about the tone that just doesn't seem to be there with my other 'boutique' jazz basses with single coils and in passive mode. It just sounds more vintage fender to my ears.

Currently strung with blue label Sadowsky nickels which I'm liking but we'll see what happens as they wear. I need to try the DR's to see how much my fingers get in the road of the Paul Turner like tone. So far I can't see myself needing another 60's jazz bass in a 5er....perhaps its time to look for the 70's version :smug:

Cheers

Ben
 
#546
BenHack said:
I just got my new to me LG5 yesterday and I can see what the hype is about. There's something about the tone that just doesn't seem to be there with my other 'boutique' jazz basses with single coils and in passive mode. It just sounds more vintage fender to my ears.
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Wow!! Cool Ben... Would love to see the photos... Im sure some other Aussies have AC's too. I messaged one or two members who live in Melb to see if I could have a look at their bass.. No reply... Aussies aren't as keen on show and tell it seems..

svtb15 said:
Looking forward to seeing photos!
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Yeah me too!
 
#547
Sure thing guys. Here are some photos from the seller (much better than anything I would take).

I believe I'm the third owner of this 2008 NAMM LG5. It's an amazing instrument which sounds and looks great. In the club here I'm probably preaching to the choir but this just feels like an old jazz bass. Complete with many 'imperfections'. By this I just mean that access to the top frets isn't as easy as say a Sadowsky but this is to be expected as Jimmy is trying to build fairly faithful reproductions of vintage jazz basses.

Really though the sound is really most important. It sounds like an old jazz. I'm not sure what it is but it sounds way more like a passive jazz than my Sadowsky with Single coils and run in passive. It's a total groove machine.

Cheers

Ben
 

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If that is a "2008 NAMM" bass I played that one.. And it once belonged to a buddy of mine and Jimmy's , Keith Duffy.. who is friends with Paul Turner.. I have photos somewhere of it at NAMM.. Ill post
.. Keith plays with the Irish band The Corrs and The Commitments soundtrack..
Im sure that is this bass if it was from NAMM 2008...

EDIT:: My mistake possibly.. I think Keiths bass may have been at 2007 NAMM.. Im looking for photos now.. I found the one of yours form 2008 but its buried behind other basses at the booth

BenHack said:
Sure thing guys. Here are some photos from the seller (much better than anything I would take).

I believe I'm the third owner of this 2008 NAMM LG5. It's an amazing instrument which sounds and looks great. In the club here I'm probably preaching to the choir but this just feels like an old jazz bass. Complete with many 'imperfections'. By this I just mean that access to the top frets isn't as easy as say a Sadowsky but this is to be expected as Jimmy is trying to build fairly faithful reproductions of vintage jazz basses.

Really though the sound is really most important. It sounds like an old jazz. I'm not sure what it is but it sounds way more like a passive jazz than my Sadowsky with Single coils and run in passive. It's a total groove machine.

Cheers

Ben
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