Author Topic: Coco Bolo Testimonials, please!!! (Read 264 times)

mele_aloha · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2007, 07:10:53 PM »

Good on Mark. Thanks for asking that question as that is what I am dying to here from also. I'll keep this short so maybe more will come in. I just hope I don't regret getting the Maple body for asthetics instead of the Vermillion or Mahogany. Most of all I hope I get the tones that James described as massive lows and clear tight highs.

Good luck on delivery this week.

Thanks for the info on the knobs as well.

Paul

bkbass · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:38:32 AM »

Yeah I like the coco b. Among my other Alembics I have the two Rogues with series 2 packages. The fretted four string is coco,maple,mahogany,maple,coco.It has a maple neck with three purple heart lams in it. It is very well balanced tone wise I can dial in anything and make it sound like anything.The other is the Feb 2005 custom of the month Jelly. It has coco,walnut,purple heart,walnut,coco with a purple heart neck with walnut lams. The sound is nearly identical to her fretted brother but the lows are slightly darker. I'm certain I'll have coco bolo on the next one as well but I will most likely change out the center core to walnut or vermillon for variety's sake.Coco bolo is the way to fly.Alternatives might be bocate, bubinga or rosewood,as they are all in the rosewood family have oils in the wood cells etc. I never get tired of listening or looking at colo bolo. Frankly,I'm mapled out.

the_8_string_king · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:42:43 PM »

Thanks again, all, for the feedback. Special thanks to Danno for posting pictures of his awesome 7-String Spoiler... boy, you don't mess around, Danno! Between your 7-String Vermillion Spoiler (I thought it was Coco Bolo, ya fooled me!) and your Maple 6-String with the Dragon inlay... you've probably got the two most awesome Spoilers Alembic has ever made!!!

And Barry, I love your 2 Series Alembics... Barry Jelly is awesome, but I like the Rogue even better... one of my favorite examples of Coco Bolo figuring... and one of the models I listed as a reference for what I wanted with my new custom.

Paul... I wouldn't worry about the Maple body on your new custom... it's sound great, and really bright. I don't believe Mahogany or Vermillion bodys sound any better than Maple... just different!!!

And, with your Series II electronics, you should be able to get it to sound just about any way you like!!!

pierreyves · « **Reply #18 on:** September 18, 2007, 01:08:19 AM »

sorry, but with 1 line: what woods Clarkee bass is made ? Vermilion (for top and back) ?

jacko · « **Reply #19 on:** September 18, 2007, 01:13:30 AM »

Stanley's brown bass is a myrtle core with walnut front and back. heres a link to the alembic page showing them building one.

Graeme

pierreyves · « **Reply #20 on:** September 18, 2007, 01:39:12 AM »

Thanx, it's very different of ours... and the red tenor wich hes playing actually ?

adriaan · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2007, 01:40:16 AM »

Check the Featured Custom page on Dragon's Breath - We've made several basses for Stanley with a Vermilion body.

pierreyves · « **Reply #22 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:07:13 AM »

I know this page, I now that body is vermillon, but I don't know what is exactly woods used for this one:

jacko · « **Reply #23 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:19:00 AM »

From what I understood of the Dragon's Breath, it was an identical copy of the one pictured above apart from the inlay - and the fact he didn't pay for the DB ;-)
It looks to be the one he played in London this April..

graeme

adriaan · « **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:23:19 AM »

If they say body, they mean the core of the body, not the top wood. The top that Graeme posted could be anything from vermillion to rosewood to cocobolo.

jacko · « **Reply #25 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:26:32 AM »

Coco-bolo top and vermillion core is my understanding,

graeme

pierreyves · « **Reply #26 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:46:05 AM »

vermilion core we are ok, but top and back I'm not sure.... and the dragon's have top and back QUILTED COCO BOLO

jacko · « **Reply #27 on:** September 18, 2007, 02:49:35 AM »

That's because the dragon's breath was a special one off to present to stanley after 30 years of using Alembics. The top in my photo is coco-bolo, I was close enough to touch it;-)

Graeme

lidon2001 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:52:19 AM »

I spoke with Susan about Stanley's bass and the top, back, core, and neck stringers are vermilion on the red bass pictured above.

pierreyves · « **Reply #29 on:** September 18, 2007, 06:34:39 AM »

;o)) It was looking like ... thanx!!
I'm thinking about future bass, sort of Stanley replica, but at place of vermillon, some ebony ...?
I think sound will be different, more of the best of cocobolo.

Author Topic: Coco Bolo Testimonials, please!!! (Read 264 times)

mele_aloha