Chords for Miko Espanol reviewing an Alleva Coppolo LG-5 by Steve Araujo

_ Alright everybody, hey, Steve Arava here [C] with my good friend [Eb] and extraordinary bassist,
[N] Rico Espanol.
We're going to be talking about his basses, the basses that he plays,
Oliva [A] Coppolo basses, and a little bit about himself too.
He's got a strong internet presence,
_ [Eb] has a bass shop online, and we'll talk about that later, but play a little bit man.
Let's hear a little bit of the Oliva Coppolo, LG5, correct?
LG5, so [C] it is. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Nice, nice.
Well, what can you tell us about this bass?
Well, it's an Oliva Coppolo [N] LG5, and _ it is a 5, an LG is, you know, Jimmy [E] Coppolo, Oliva
Coppolo, they've got a lot of [Eb] models, [A] and the LG5 is a 60's version of, you know, it's
pretty much specced out to a [B] 60's Fender.
Okay, with the [Bm] spacing, pickup [Bb] spacing?
Spacing meaning it's a [Eb] 60's, you know, 60's spacing, and there, that's pretty [C] much.
And the bodywork?
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So yeah, the pickups [G] are Jimmy Coppolo, Oliva Coppolo, _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] in his [B] shop, and the electronics
are [C] also made, you know, by [F] them, [G] so_
Active, [B] active electronics. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
And there, [G] it's volume, volume, this is the neck pickup volume, this is the bridge pickup
volume, this is your tone control, in a standard jazz bass, you got a tone control, and this
is your EQ right [A] here, active [Em] EQ.
_ _ Treble, _ [D] _
my [D] strings are really, _ are really old.
[Gb] It gives it that old school sound, for sure, [E] it sounds killer.
I know, I hate, [Bm] I don't like those [A] strings.
_ [Gb] _ This is [B] your bass right here, so treble, it's an [A] active 2-band EQ, and there, and then the
body is, you know, this [F] body is an old piece [G] of spalted alder.
Okay, _ spalted alder, okay, [F] cool.
It's just, it's like [B] old, decayed alder, that's why _ [Eb] you got all the figuring, but it's, you
know, [G] it doesn't have any top, it's a solid body, it's not, this is the back, so there,
and then this right here is, you know, where the branch [B] was.
Nice, the notch, [D] alright, cool.
And then you have the clear pickguard.
Clear, yeah, clear, I just, you know, chose to put the clear [A] pickguard on it, and this
one I had Jimmy put this on, it's a [Bb] ramp, you know, all my other basses [F] have ramps,
[G] so just for technique [F] wise and all that, it's got a ramp.
[G] And the fingerboard, this is Brazilian rosewood, it's an old _ [Bm] piece of Brazilian rosewood, and
the neck, it's got binding right [G] here, and, you know, the neck is a, you know, it's a
one piece maple.
[Bm] Okay.
So, that's pretty much what the bass is, man, it's like, you know, any other Fender, that's straightforward.
Cool, now, and then, when it comes to actually using it for performance, _ this bass, fill
all those, [B] this, all these, okay.
This bass just does it all, you know, when I first got it, [Bb] I got this bass in, [G] you know,
first, January 1.
Okay.
[Eb] Jimmy finished it on.
January 1, 2000.
January 1, 2000, _ _
_ [Ab] _ [B] I got it on New Year's Day, and, you know, I intentionally wanted to play
this, you know, mostly like the pop, punk rock, [Gm] R&B, and, _ you [C] know, it does the job, _
_ _ _ _ [G] and, _ yeah, this [A] bass does the job, and, you know, also for recently, I just, I played
it with, [E] you know, I've been playing it on my jazz [G] fusion gigs, and, yeah, this bass
just, you know.
Fits the bill.
Yeah.
Cool.
So, it does [A] it all.
Nice, alright, cool.
[B] Aliva Coppola.
Aliva Coppola.
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We can talk about that.
_ On another [Bm] time, yeah, we'll stick with the jazz [Em] bass, yeah.
I got a P bass, yeah, there.
Excellent.
[Gb] Alright, cool.
It's [E] just, you know, for vintage, for [Bm] a vintage fender, you know, it's got the whole vintage
vibe going on, and, yeah, they're good stuff.
Jimmy.
_ [Bb] Just recently moved, I didn't mean to interrupt, but just recently moved [B] from the west, from
the east coast.
From the east coast, yeah.
To Upland, California.
He is in Upland, [Bb] right, _ _ very accessible to [A] _ all.
Cool guy, very nice guy.
Awesome.
And then also, [G] please tell them about your website.
You have an online store where you sell different basses, you do gig bags, _ really great stuff
for the gigging musician.
Yep, I've got a high-end bass shop, it's my name, Miko's [B] Bass Shop. _
[Gb] I sell a lot of stuff there.
[N] High-end basses, if you're looking for Foderas, F basses, and other high-end bass gear, visit
my site, MikoBass.com, and also [F] iGig, iGig cases.
You also have a low-end too, right, for sale?
I got a low-end. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ iGig.com,.com _ [A] alright man, thank you Miko. Alright bro. Appreciate it man. Alright. Okay,