Alleva Coppolo

[molan]

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='854409' date='Jun 2 2010, 06:42 AM']looks awesome!

let me know when you decide to sell it [/quote]

You know me too well

Anyway - I've only sold one amp & a bass & bought two new basses this week (excluding the WW AC) so my thirst for a 'deal' may be sated for a few days. . .

[Clarky]

New pics of my new (molan's old) Willie Weeks posted in a separate Gear Porn thread here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=94372&pid=904739&st=0&#entry904739"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry904739[/url] They are at post #17 in this thread

Edited July 25, 2010 by Clarky

[birdy]

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[Clarky]

Thats pretty - presume thats the one listed as sold on BassGear's website?

[birdy]

[quote name='Clarky' post='910338' date='Jul 30 2010, 03:18 PM']Thats pretty - presume thats the one listed as sold on BassGear's website?[/quote]

Yea thats the one! Nice bass, plays well and sounds great!

[EBS_freak]

New toy for bass club!

[lozbass]

Well done Birdy - absolutely lovely - a gorgeous burst (nitro?) and I love the grain in the rosewood. Is it a clay dot board (mine are pearloid but I prefer clay!)?

[birdy]

[quote name='lozbass' post='910995' date='Jul 31 2010, 10:14 AM']Well done Birdy - absolutely lovely - a gorgeous burst (nitro?) and I love the grain in the rosewood. Is it a clay dot board (mine are pearloid but I prefer clay!)?[/quote]

Yes its nitro - Not sure about the dots?!? I suspect they are pearloid though. Its an Indian Rosewood board which is slightly brighter than the Brazilian to my ears. Its also nice and light which is a big bonus for long gigs!!

[lozbass]

[quote name='birdy' post='911004' date='Jul 31 2010, 10:24 AM']Yes its nitro - Not sure about the dots?!? I suspect they are pearloid though. Its an Indian Rosewood board which is slightly brighter than the Brazilian to my ears. Its also nice and light which is a big bonus for long gigs!![/quote]
Just a lovely bass - thought is was nitro (a bit more delicate but looks nicer to me - the burst on yours is fantastic!). The LG4s are nice and light (I think mine are around nine pounds - the alder makes a big difference). There's a lot of debate over on TB just now re: the differences in tone between Honduran, Indian and Brazilian rosewood - I'm honestly not sure I get it (more 'ping' with Honduran and Indian). All have beautiful and distinctive grain however. I can't see the pearl effect in your dots (then again, I can't see it in the photopraphs of mine).

[stingrayPete1977]

Birdy, It needs a Badass!

[birdy]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='911073' date='Jul 31 2010, 11:27 AM']Birdy, It needs a Badass! [/quote]

There's one playing it

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='birdy' post='911229' date='Jul 31 2010, 01:59 PM']There's one playing it [/quote]
Touch'e!
We need to get on to Russ for a geek meet (Sorry "Bass club") even if its just to play your new toy! Anyone else bought anything new yet?

[molan]

Not sure if anyone else has been up to Phil's BassGear HQ in Harrogate recently?

I was there two weeks ago & he's got a couple of new AC basses in

This baby really caught my eye - amazing metallic flip-flop kinda finish. I've never seen anything like it on a bass before. Picture doesn't really do it justice but you'll get the idea hopefully:

Edited August 8, 2010 by molan

[MoonBassAlpha]

[quote name='molan' post='918877' date='Aug 8 2010, 05:25 PM']Not sure if anyone else has been up to Phil's BassGear HQ in Harrogate recently?

I was there two weeks ago & he's got a couple of new AC basses in

This baby really caught my eye - amazing metallic flip-flop kinda finish. I've never seen anything like it on a bass before. Picture doesn't really do it justice but you'll get the idea hopefully:




[/quote]
That's all well and good, but they haven't made a lot of effort with the head design, have they? looks like a cheap'70s Woolies copy.

[molan]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='933179' date='Aug 22 2010, 10:19 PM']That's all well and good, but they haven't made a lot of effort with the head design, have they? looks like a cheap'70s Woolies copy.[/quote]

You should see it in the flesh - it's gorgeous!

Headstock design is common to all AC's - something to do with resonance and reducing dead spots

[lozbass]

[quote name='molan' post='933185' date='Aug 22 2010, 10:30 PM']Headstock design is common to all AC's - something to do with resonance and reducing dead spots [/quote]

and it works!

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='lozbass' post='933326' date='Aug 23 2010, 08:40 AM']and it works![/quote]
They really are pushing the P bass to the limits there then! I would give you a tenner if you tell the difference between 2 shapes of headstock ,I have seen some silly things on Basschat but really,On one hand people are saying a badass would not make any difference but the headstock shape does,Naah getting silly now surely?

[Toasted]

I don't think you'd notice in tone terms, but you'd definitely notice the reduced deadspots.

[stingrayPete1977]

Anyone want to jigsaw an Alleva one into a Fender shape and see?
I am looking forward to trying one in the flesh and would have no problem in buying one if I liked it enough but I dont think I would be under any impression about the head stock sound difference.

[chris_b]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='933864' date='Aug 23 2010, 04:47 PM']....They really are pushing the P bass to the limits there then! I would give you a tenner if you tell the difference between 2 shapes of headstock ,I have seen some silly things on Basschat but really,On one hand people are saying a badass would not make any difference but the headstock shape does,Naah getting silly now surely?....[/quote]
I guess we should call Jimmy and tell him he doesn't know what he's doing!

[stingrayPete1977]

If you like, I know nothing about nothing anyway,Ha. It still looks like a paddle though that I do know!

Edited August 23, 2010 by stingrayPete1977

[largo]

I wrote to Jimmy at Alleva Coppolo and with regards the headstock shape he said that "the headstock is deliberately shaped like a large canoe paddle in order to exert maximum damage when (accidently) hitting a guitarist on the right temple"

[birdy]

[quote name='Toasted' post='933907' date='Aug 23 2010, 05:10 PM']I don't think you'd notice in tone terms, but you'd definitely notice the reduced deadspots.[/quote]

Agreed, isn't there a product called a 'fatfinger' that people attach to the headstock for the same reason?

I quite like the look of the headstock now but wasn't sure at first so can see why some people think its ugly.

[Happy Jack]

Reviving an old but worthy topic, I've never been that fussed about headstock shapes ... I can't see them when I'm playing, so what does it matter?

Flanker's old KBP5 has been my frontline gigging bass since the day I bought it from him, and that bass remains the only one I own (or have owned) where I genuinely can't find anything to criticise or complain about.

[Norwood]

Do you know where is possible to find a AC 4st used?