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Club Alleva Coppolo (Part IV)

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I was looking through some old BP magazines today. I ran across a 1999 issue, page 75, Gregory Isola's Scouting Report. It features an Alleva Coppolo club member... can you guess who?

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"_____'s polished slap licks throughout "Take U Up" boast a quality many aspiring funkateers ignore: restraint."

More hints to come. . . :bassist:
 
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gruuv said:
I was looking through some old BP magazines today. I ran across a 1999 issue, page 75, Gregory Isola's Scouting Report. It features an Alleva Coppolo club member... can you guess who?

Quote:

"_____'s polished slap licks throughout "Take U Up" boast a quality many aspiring funkateers ignore: restraint."

More hints to come. . . :bassist:
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Holy Flashback Batman :D ... That issue came out the week that I moved from Boston to NYC. Talk about timing .... especially after submitting it 2 years before & forgetting about it. It made a hell of a calling card and punctuated my decision to relocate to the Big Apple. This, by the way, was also the same week that I met a certain guitar & bass store owner with aspirations of becoming a well known luthier. ;)
 
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biggreddbass said:
Holy Flashback Batman :D ... That issue came out the week that I moved from Boston to NYC. Talk about timing .... especially after submitting it 2 years before & forgetting about it. It made a hell of a calling card and punctuated my decision to relocate to the Big Apple. This, by the way, was also the same week that I met a certain guitar & bass store owner with aspirations of becoming a well known luthier. ;)
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Almost 10 years ago. . . notice I didn't state the age in the article. :eek:


:p
 
#770
Nice! It that's the same gold that I have (Harvest), it is nice and subtle and has a bit of 'grey' in it (along with some nice subtle sparkle/flecks. It's a beautiful, beautiful finish IMO.
 
#773
AJ Brown said:
Should I go for the vintage bridge? I know what the Hipshot "B" is all about. I'm wondering if the vintage bridge would enhance the old-school thump expected from a P Bass.
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If you don't mind the extra cost, I would certainly go with it! Jimmy thinks it sounds "old" which works for that bass. Plus it really looks great. A perfect match for a vintage vibe.
 
#774
+1 on the vintage bridge. Even if the tone is about the same, it just fits the look and vibe of the P and LG basses so wonderfully. I prefer the standard bridge on the more modern LM models, but that bent plate is just perfect for the P's and the more traditionally spec'd LG's (i.e., sunburst finish, etc.).

Also, assuming your bass has that 'string hold down' bar behind the nut, the advantages of a quick release bridge are greatly reduced anyway.
 
#775
Bent plate baby...
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#776
jonno1707 said:
Bent plate baby...
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KJung said:
+1 on the vintage bridge. Even if the tone is about the same, it just fits the look and vibe of the P and LG basses so wonderfully. I prefer the standard bridge on the more modern LM models, but that bent plate is just perfect for the P's and the more traditionally spec'd LG's (i.e., sunburst finish, etc.).
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SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!!!!! :help: :D

Also, assuming your bass has that 'string hold down' bar behind the nut, the advantages of a quick release bridge are greatly reduced anyway.
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IMHO, only if you have painted headstock. Otherwise, pulling all that string thru is not that big of a deal, and you don't risk nicking that beautiful body finish.
 
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Vic said:
IMHO, only if you have painted headstock. Otherwise, pulling all that string thru is not that big of a deal, and you don't risk nicking that beautiful body finish.
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My point was that once you have one of those string bars behind the nut, the primary advantage of a quick release bridge (i.e., the ability to quickly wrap the strings around the post without twisting the string and then pop the end in the bridge) is lost anyway. As you point out, once you have to pull the string through that hold down bar, pulling it through a vintage bridge doesn't really add any time or hassle.

So, on these particular basses, the quick release of the standard bridge is not that much of an advantage over the more 'vibe appropriate' bent plate IMO.
 
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KJung said:
My point was that once you have one of those string bars behind the nut, the primary advantage of a quick release bridge (i.e., the ability to quickly wrap the strings around the post without twisting the string and then pop the end in the bridge) is lost anyway. As you point out, once you have to pull the string through that hold down bar, pulling it through a vintage bridge doesn't really add any time or hassle.

So, on these particular basses, the quick release of the standard bridge is not that much of an advantage over the more 'vibe appropriate' bent plate IMO.
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Yeah, but IMHO not having to to work so hard at the ball end to avoid nicking the body is also a pretty significant "convenience" to me. I'm more worried about preserving the finish than how much string I have to pull. Thing is tho, I'm never in a hurry to change strings, either, because I always have a second bass with me, so if someone would be, "string pull time" would matter to them of course.

Of course, this is all also dependent on if it's even an issue. I didn't restring Tony's LG, so if it's not difficult at all to pull that end out without having to work at it to avoid the finish, then my point is moot. It's just that, I think typically, to have the max break angle on the saddle, they put those holes at the absolute bottom of the back plate, so you have to be super careful with it... even if you cut just past the saddle, as you pull that stub thru not to damage the body back there. On Poly it also wouldn't be that big of a deal, but on nitro, my gosh, huge risk.
 
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