Double Bass Basses made by Luciano Golia?

[hsonbassplyr94]

Does anyone no about those basses? can anyone tell me anything about them? What they think of them? anything? thanks!

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Dint Mike Arnopol get a bass by Golia?

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Did

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Yup, did.

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Still does.

 

[hsonbassplyr94]

Mike Arnopol, can you put the pics of your bass up please?
also what do you think of the bass? any problems with it? any trouble you ran into? what is your favorite thing about the bass? what specifications did you give him?

 

[Jordan M]

Catalin Rotaru owns one.

 

[VitaminC]

ed...where are the pictures in that thread?

The pics are on the third page of the thread.

 

[bassphase]

I have one too. I LOVE it. It sounds huge, well it IS huge. Dark and sweet with a Big booty but not boomy. Low notes are very defined. Upper register is sweet. You can play in thumb position without the bottom falling out. The only bass I've played that a NEW spirocore weich G doesn't sound like a table saw. Plus, Sloane tuners--very nice.


bob

No, I still haven't had time to take outside pics and it's almost a year old. The dents and scratches I've put into it are gonna show by the time I get pics. Inside pics don't do justice to the finish.

 

[Freddels]

There's also this: Link Removed

 

[Mike Arnopol]

I absolutely love mine. I've had it nearly 2 years. I'm not saying that it's the BEST bass I've ever owned (I've owned a decent number of basses that would now be worth over $30k) but it is my favorite to play. I haven't found a new instrument that I've liked better. And this bass cost about half of the other new basses. Luciano names all of his basses. He named this one L'empatico. (empathic ) This describes it perfectly. It's like he read my mind. He was supposed to make 2 basses, one the smaller model and one the large. When I got to Turin, I found out he only made one bass.
I was a bit miffed, but as it turned out he created a new model for me that was a combination of the 2. The lower bout is HUGE (full size). The upper bout is about 7/8 size. I would usually anticipate a bass like this to be huge sounding, but slower in response. Not so here. Huge sounding, very dark in sound. VERY fast, easy response. Great guy to deal with. And it looks cool as hell. There are some videos on YouTube under my name with it in a VERY loud jazz trio context. It's just a handheld Zoom video recorder that someone in the audience had.
As my buddy Eric Hochberg said (he's played the bass numerous times) "so you're done now?
(meaning that I've stopped looking for the perfect bass) and I said "yup"

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Subbed.

 

[Mike Arnopol]

After 11 years, it now is my favorite bass I've ever owned. I've had many basses that would now be worth well over $50k. (Vuillaumme, Claudot, Jacquet, Tarr, Hawkes Panormo, Prescott, Maucatel, and others I can't remember) It's amazing. And Luciano is one of the most honest, stand up guys I know. These previous posts are BS. I know him well enough to know that these actions don't vaguely resemble the guy I know. If anything, he does the opposite---I've seen him give way too much stuff away for too cheap to young guys that had little money.

 

[Michael Drost]

I have a Golia bass. I have been playing it for the last 5 years or so. It is my “bass”. No desire to change. I don’t have to think about it, just make music. It just sounds great. Plus it looks awesome.

I have had multiple interactions with Luciano. They have all been great and he seems to me like a great guy who is in the game because he loves the bass.

 

[Mike Arnopol]

He has gotten other luthiers mad because he thinks that most contemporary bass luthiers charge too much. His prices are much lower because he wants to provide the best instrument he can make at a very reasonable price so that more players can afford them. I would not doubt that that guy is a shill for another luthier. BTW-----when those posts were made Luciano was still in Italy. No way he would sell someone a Mooridian bag.

 

[Mike Arnopol]

My Vuillaume would be worth over $100k by now. I'll take my Golia.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

The DB moderators are privately following up on the claims made here. Will weigh in when there is more information.

 

[Mark_T]

I played a Golia about 12 years ago at Hammond-Ashley. It was awesome, but I wasn't in the market at the time. I still wonder what happened to that bass.

 

[mindwell]

Played this Golia at Hammond Ashley yesterday. Man. What a bass.

 

[LouisF]

I believe he is in Michigan, making basses. Some of his basses have gone up in price. I've never played any of his instruments (although I've heard good things about them) nor met him, so I am only passing on info:

Luciano Golia Testore Model © Copyright L.G. INC

Luciano Golia Enzo Ferraris (© Copyright L.G. INC)

Luciano Golia Catalin Rotaru Model (© Copyright L.G. INC)