Club Alleva Coppolo (Part V)

[bugbass]

My friend, Walter Cosby, has some clips of the LM-5 from an upcoming live CD. He used it on Yearning for Love and Slide.

You can check it out here: Link Removed

Thanks, great clips!

 

[KJung]

Just beautiful, Ken! Absolutely a perfect match for your LM5!

Thanks! I've been tweaking the action and set-up today, and with the Hi Beams settling in, I'm really diggin' it. It's old school all the way!

 

[mothra2]

First, the 'slide' track is just some good old funk a wunka wunka. I like it!

Man, that's getting even too subtle for me to wax poetic about I guess when I talk about grind, I'm talking about that upper mid sort of 70's 'hear thewinding on the E string' sort of thing. When I talk about growl, it's more about the lower mids. But gosh, that's getting pretty subtle.

With those caveats (you knew I'd was going to wax poetic anyway), I'd say 'in place of'... i.e., different things. Listen to the 'slide' clip at 5:40 or wherever the slap solo comes in (don't worry, it's goovin' not wankin'). That's the grind that I like, and sounds like my LM to me, and also many passive 70's J's with ash bodies and maple boards that I've played. I call that grindy.. that maple upper mid, well, 'grind' in the slap tone, and when you dig into it with fingerstyle. An exteme example of this is the clip with Tal Winkenfeld and Oteil in the 'recordings' section of the site, where she's really digging in close to the neck and, again, grinding

Paul Turner's clips on the Alleva site, on the other hand, with his LG have that nice low mid growl thing that is more organic, and I'm hearing a lot of that with my LG also.

IMO.. hard to describe, but that 'slide clip' is the LM all the way... he comes out front at around 7:30 again. Smokin'

I guess what I'm driving at is much as you described.
Alder/Rosewood takes it all down an octave, as it were...growl.
Maple/Ash takes it up an octave for grind.
They both cross over a bit, but only a small bit IMO.
I'm wondering if you find that 'near mutaully exclusive' in your experience.

 

[peterpalmieri]

I am really bad with posting pictures (besides FS threads), so hear is a little update. Keep in mind I still use Big Strings 10yr old picture of my Lakland when posting.....I hope you can see how yellow JO is vs. LG....Maybe next time I update family photos my soon to be started basement studio will be done!

 

[XavidmanX]

... I call that grindy.. that maple upper mid, well, 'grind' in the slap tone, and when you dig into it with fingerstyle. An exteme example of this is the clip with Tal Winkenfeld and Oteil in the 'recordings' section of the site, where she's really digging in close to the neck and, again, grinding

Sorry if I missed this, but which site are you referring to?

 

[kobass]

Sorry if I missed this, but which site are you referring to?

Here yo go...




http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=498920

 

[kobass]

For those of you who watch this fine program, Bill Flanagan did a piece on some overlooked recordings that would make great gifts for the music fan who has everything. One of the recordings was by Sonny Rollins. They ran some file footage of his performances. Bob Cranshaw was grooving on a black A-C with a maple board. I couldn't make out the model, but I'd recognize that headstock anywhere!

 

[kobass]

PS: I'm spending way to much time on this thread! Of course I played Andy Brown's wonderful KBP-5 a few weeks ago too. When patterns like this develop, it usually ends up costing me $$$.

 

[biggreddbass]

For those of you who watch this fine program, Bill Flanagan did a piece on some overlooked recordings that would make great gifts for the music fan who has everything. One of the recordings was by Sonny Rollins. They ran some file footage of his performances. Bob Cranshaw was grooving on a black A-C with a maple board. I couldn't make out the model, but I'd recognize that headstock anywhere!

Bob owns a trans green LM5. He brought his Sadowsky to Jimmy for a repair one day on 9th ave, but was off to tour with Sonny Rollins the next day and needed a bass. Jimmy lent him the LM5, which was the closest to what he was used to ... needless to say, Bob never brought the bass back ... he just gave Jimmy his credit card # when he got back from touring.
More than likely, this was the bass that you saw ... i'm guessing the lighting was bad.
I believe that Bob's bass is an early serial number from the first or second batch of LM5's.
There were 2 transparent basses built at that time ... Ethan Farmer has the other one in Red.

 

[XavidmanX]

Here yo go...




http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=498920

Thanks!

I'm with Ken on this one...love Tal's tone. I'm thinking I might see an Ice Blue LM5 in my near future.

 

[xkimsungminx]

My friend, Walter Cosby, has some clips of the LM-5 from an upcoming live CD. He used it on Yearning for Love and Slide.

You can check it out here: Link Removed

Sounds really good!

 

[Basseroni]

Slide sounds like a pure Marcus Miller tone to my ears and Yearning has that bridge pick up growl that I love. I can't wait to get my LM-5. I should hopefully have it by NAMM.

 

[Andrew Jones]

That's a Five string on the Slave tune? I only ask cause I didn't hear a B string. I'm envious of the "modern 4"(only one made) that he has and I wondering if that's it.


Aj

 

[KJung]

Thanks!

I'm with Ken on this one...love Tal's tone. I'm thinking I might see an Ice Blue LM5 in my near future.

The LM is an amazing model if you like that aggressive, funky, 70's tone IMO. Again, it's the closest thing I've personally gotten to that era Fender tone with a perfect, modern, active 5 string in a moderate weight format. Fantastic!!!!!!

Those ash/maple Sadowsky's with the single coils kill also, although in a more modern, updated way. I love those basses too!

Have a great Holiday guys!!!!! I'm off to the relatives for Christmas. See you all on-line again on the 26th.

Keep funkin' and wumpin'

 

[Ace Of Bass]

That's a Five string on the Slave tune? I only ask cause I didn't hear a B string. I'm envious of the "modern 4"(only one made) that he has and I wondering if that's it.


Aj

I will ask him when I see him tomorrow..........

 

[Bernie Connors]

The LM is an amazing model if you like that aggressive, funky, 70's tone IMO. Again, it's the closest thing I've personally gotten to that era Fender tone with a perfect, modern, active 5 string in a moderate weight format. Fantastic!!!!!!

Those ash/maple Sadowsky's with the single coils kill also, although in a more modern, updated way. I love those basses too!

Have a great Holiday guys!!!!! I'm off to the relatives for Christmas. See you all on-line again on the 26th.

Keep funkin' and wumpin'

Enjoy, Ken!

 

[svtb15]

Its Christmas time and i want to wish a very Merry Christmas to all my AA buds.. "Alleva-holics Anonymous"




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[Basseroni]

That's a Five string on the Slave tune? I only ask cause I didn't hear a B string. I'm envious of the "modern 4"(only one made) that he has and I wondering if that's it.


Aj

Yep. That's the LM5. I asked him what bass he used just minutes before I posted the link. That just goes to show you that just because that low B string is there you can just use it when you feel it's appropriate. For instance, I play 5 strings exclusively but when I'm playing Slave or other old school funk tunes I rarely, if ever touch the B string. He doesn't have any clips with the Modern 4 available yet.

 

[peterpalmieri]

Hey guys I buried this in a post over the weekend...

Anyway I bought two 5 string sets of Nickels from Jimmy one set was trimmed and put on my bass over night, the other set is new. Anyway I've decided to go with DR Hi Beams. They're just going to sit in a draw if anyone was thinking of trying them out shoot me a line...

Pete

 

[biggreddbass]

Hey Guys ...

I stopped by the factory yesterday to play some new Coppolo basses.
Jimmy made a model for my friend Booker King, from NYC.
It's basically an LM5 with an Ash neck.
Because the neck is also ash, Jimmy was able to paint the back of the neck & headstock to match exactly.
He made 2 basses, one in blue & one in red.
The blue one, which is for Booker, was my favorite.
It is one of the most articulate & live sounding basses that Jimmy has ever made.
The red one sounds great too, but I think the blue one sounds better because it is a heavier piece of ash.
As far as I know , the red one will be at NAMM and is available for sale.