Club Alleva-Coppolo (Part 21)

[Chef]

Serial Sniffer.

 

[svtb15]

You'd be amazed at the detail i can detect with my huge snozolla ! ah

Serial Sniffer.

 

[Chef]

A fine fruity blush with undertones of walnut and chocolate.

 

[jpbass5]

Sebnem sent this to me today... Sniffing another Nitro bass.. this one is hugh mcdonalds... . smells sweet

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minty?

 

[Joelc73]

I spoke with Jimmy yesterday about his Alleva Coppolo yearly BASSACRE GTG.. It is usually in the spring but he is swamped right now...
So it looks like it will be in the fall. No Date is set as of this time . but that should firm up withing the next 2 months or so.
It will be in LA as usual . Looking at last weekend in Sept or first weekend in Oct 2015.
Last year was a huge success. Great performances, some of the top LA and NY , Nashville session bass players coming in to hangout..
Lots of gear too. Nordstrand, Ampeg , Form factor, A-Design REDDI, LaBella, just to name a few.
Plans are staring early this year. It will be larger and with more artist performances.
Figured I would let folks know.. Oh and also the usual Alleva Copplo and other Vendor giveaways... I won a set of Nordstrand NJ4 Pups and a Nord preamp last year... Ive never won anything.. Love the Pickups..
Lets see how it goes

Man, I wish there was a NY event...

 

[basses55]

There's nothing the like the smell of nitro at a Coppolo event.....

Sebnem sent this to me today... Sniffing another Nitro bass.. this one is hugh mcdonalds... . smells sweet

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[Chef]

I love the smell of nitro in the morning

 

[masoncole]

Need some input here. I have my choice of getting my LG5 with a skunk stripe or without. What would be your choice?thanks for your help here.

 

[peterpalmieri]

Functionally the skunk stripe is to insert the truss rod on a one piece maple neck and fingerboard. If your LG is going to have a rosewood fingerboard the route can be done from the top before the fingerboard is glued in place.

 

[basses55]

If I were to go one way or the other with the rosewood (or maple cap board on an LM or RA) I'd load the rod from the back and do the skunk stripe so the board is glued fully with no gap laterally between the board and the top of the neck ( loading it in on top before the board is glued leaves the gap). Not saying for sure it makes a difference, but its also what Fender did and I like the idea of keeping it as close as possible with Alleva Coppolo. Plus I like the way they look too.

 

[svtb15]

If you do the
stripe.... Maybe get a real mice Flamed piece as the filler.. Or something odd to make it unique

 

[masoncole]

Here is a pic! I decided to go with this one

 

[basses55]

I like the the grain in that one for strength?

 

[bdgotoh]

My last AC had a rw board and the stripe and I liked it! I've had both and they were equally good - maybe ask Jimmy which he would recommend for your build.

 

[masoncole]

Pic of front!

 

[svtb15]

i LIKE that FB

Pic of front!

 

[peterpalmieri]

Basses55, I'm not a fender historian but they did it on the early P basses that had maple boards. They stopped doing it in 59 or 60 when they started using rosewood boards. I don't think they use them again until the 70s basses came out with maple boards.

As far the LG being a 60s style J I'm thinking it's probably more period correct without.

That all being said someone may be able to give more accurate info on the history.

Nothing wrong with the skunk if it's the look you want.

 

[basses55]

Yes you are right, I have 70s Fender basses with and my LGs don't have them. I forgot about the 60s rosewood basses ( I'm forgetting a lot today). So I agree it would be more accurate for the LG.

I do still like the skunk …

Basses55, I'm not a fender historian but they did it on the early P basses that had maple boards. They stopped doing it in 59 or 60 when they started using rosewood boards. I don't think they use them again until the 70s basses came out with maple boards.

As far the LG being a 60s style J I'm thinking it's probably more period correct without.

That all being said someone may be able to give more accurate info on the history.

Nothing wrong with the skunk if it's the look you want.

 

[svtb15]

My friend Gary Saint in NY actually has a maple FB strat without a stripe... It was a capped maple/ maple FB . .Pretty rare for a fender in the day...

 

[masoncole]

From a structural standpoint is skunk stripe better, worse or indifferent?