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Club Alleva Coppolo (Part 8)

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#702
Andrew Jones said:
I'm not sure about With Sly but,,,,

With Graham Central I think he played what would be a RA4 with Black Tapewound strings. That combo Nails that sound.




Aj
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Yeah, I always associate Sly with that more 70's thing (since that was when I was really turned on to him through the 80's)... wasn't his Moon bass that sort of spec? Of course, in the early days in the 60's, well, duh, I guess he played a 60's J, but my LG doesn't really have that vibe. It's much more 'Joe Osborne' than 'Larry Graham' to my ear.
 
#705
I found another clip looks like a 67 Jazz CAR.

I think Big RED had a good looking Larry Graham Model:bassist:

 

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#709
guroove said:
Oh wow, I didn't know this thread existed. I actually have the first prototype Jimmy made for this line. The neck is from a '75 Jazz bass, and the body is some unknown fender copy, probably ESP or something similar. The pickups were hand wound by Jimmy himself. I'll take pictures of it when I get home!
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Wow, I'd love to see those pics!
 
#711
Vic said:
+1!!! :eek:
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There are a couple other players that have Jimmy's basses with his pickups and/or pre's, but otherwise made from Fender parts or similar (the wonderful bassist who plays for Suzanne Vega... can't think of his name... comes to mind).

I assume, just like Roger Sadowsky, Mike Lull and others, Jimmy started out as a 'repair and upgrade' guy before coming up with his own line of basses. My guess is, there are probably quite a few 'Coppolo assembled' J type basses out there.
 
#712
Tom7 said:
I always feel slightly disappointed when I come here and see no one has posted a new sound or video file for us to check out. Love these basses in action.
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I need to get another clip of my RA up. My LM and LG clips IMO do those basses justice (i.e., the playback sounds pretty close to what I hear live). My RA clips don't.... the clips sound more sizzly and less low end punchy than in 'real life'. I assume this is an interaction between the little mic's on my recorder and the tone that bass produces.

Every since I got the nickels on that bass, I've moved from 'kind of liking it' to really digging it. It does have that unusual 'warm low end super sizzle top end' to it, but through the right rig, it grinds like a m*********** on the gig, and the top end cuts like a knife.
 
#713
KJung said:
I need to get another clip of my RA up.
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Every since I got the nickels on that bass, I've moved from 'kind of liking it' to really digging it. It does have that unusual 'warm low end super sizzle top end' to it, but through the right rig, it grinds like a m*********** on the gig, and the top end cuts like a knife.
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Ok, you can shut up now. ;)
 
#714
KJung said:
There are a couple other players that have Jimmy's basses with his pickups and/or pre's, but otherwise made from Fender parts or similar (the wonderful bassist who plays for Suzanne Vega... can't think of his name... comes to mind).
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I think you're talking about Mike Visceglia. He was a featured artist in AC ads from bass player at one point.

I need to stop coming back to this thread... My credit cards can't take any more abuse! I still remember exactly how the LM5 I played at NAMM felt and sounded. That was one of the moments that sealed my position on the "are boutique jazz's really worth it" debate. :)
 
#715
wolfbass1025 said:
I think you're talking about Mike Visceglia. He was a featured artist in AC ads from bass player at one point.

I need to stop coming back to this thread... My credit cards can't take any more abuse! I still remember exactly how the LM5 I played at NAMM felt and sounded. That was one of the moments that sealed my position on the "are boutique jazz's really worth it" debate. :)
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+1 That's him. What a beautiful player that guy is.

And yes, Jimmy's basses have killed 'other bass G.A.S.' for me pretty much for a couple of years now. Of course, I keep buying A-C's, so I'm not totally free of the cash drain at this point!
 
#716
KJung said:
+1 That's him. What a beautiful player that guy is.

And yes, Jimmy's basses have killed 'other bass G.A.S.' for me pretty much for a couple of years now. Of course, I keep buying A-C's, so I'm not totally free of the cash drain at this point!
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I'm one year removed from my first AC....#3 should be arriving in the next month. Scary good stuff....:bassist:

BTW did a little jazz quartet thing last night and I got talked into pulling out an electric for a few tunes (it probably speaks to my poor upright skills) in any case I shoved a small folded cloth under the strings of my KBP5, which is my Jamerson trick... I have to say it sounded freakin' great and I hate playing electric in those settings....
 
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Aguilar/Dave B. said:
Jimmy is big fan of Sly Stone, and in fact, anyone named Sly.
So you have two Sly Stone bassists:
LG = Larry Graham
RA = Rusty Allen
And one bassist in Sly Stallone's little known Funk band from the mid eighties, Sly and the Family Stallone, which featured Frank Stallone.
LM = Larry Murchuck

okay....I'm guessing about the last one. ;)
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its finally all making sense. :hyper:
 
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