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G. Gould Club!

#211
Kinda retro 70's thing going on here!
Swamp ash with a vintage-aged clear finish...
Don’t let down your guard—according to Geoff, it’s a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Features
• 2-piece book matched Swamp Ash body
• Vintage-aged clear finish
• Graphite neck w/ rosewood fingerboard
• Active EMG pickups:
• 40CSX-GG Neck position - humbucker w/ dummy coil for bright, quiet single-coil tone
• MMTWX Bridge position - double-coil w/ push/pull coil tap
• ABM Aluminum bridge
• Gotoh Res-o-lite tuners
• 35” scale
• 8.4 lbs

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Ronnie Brooks, who works at Corner Music, has been taking some really nice shots on an iPhone. Most of the pics posted above, the nice ones, were taken by Ronnie. My pics are the ones in the trashy parking lot! The new iPhone 7 Plus would be really nice for these shots, as I can make the trashy backgrounds blur out of focus, getting rid of the trashy look!
 
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GeoffGould said:
Ronnie Brooks, who works at Corner Music, has been taking some really nice shots on an iPhone. Most of the pics posted above, the nice ones, were taken by Ronnie. My pics are the ones in the trashy parking lot! The new iPhone 7 Plus would be really nice for these shots, as I can make the trashy backgrounds blur out of focus, getting rid of the trashy look!
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Sounds like me- always looking for reasons to upgrade ;)
 
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H guys, I'm looking into one of these basses and was just wanting a bit of info on people's experiences with them. The reason I'm interested in a gould bass, is I love the articulation/clarity you can get from a modulus, but I want a more 'wooden' tone, not to mention a satin neck. The other option I had in mind was a zon, but I don't like phenolic fingerboards, and the gould basses offer a rosewood option. From what I can tell this is a step in the right direction. How does everyone else feel about them? Especially in terms of handling funk, and classic as well as modern rock/pop. Cheers.
 
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sifi76 said:
H guys, I'm looking into one of these basses and was just wanting a bit of info on people's experiences with them. The reason I'm interested in a gould bass, is I love the articulation/clarity you can get from a modulus, but I want a more 'wooden' tone, not to mention a satin neck. The other option I had in mind was a zon, but I don't like phenolic fingerboards, and the gould basses offer a rosewood option. From what I can tell this is a step in the right direction. How does everyone else feel about them? Especially in terms of handling funk, and classic as well as modern rock/pop. Cheers.
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I think if you were to get a Gould with a rosewood fingerboard you would be very happy. Even the phenolic clank can be tamed with a little EQ work.
 
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sifi76 said:
H guys, I'm looking into one of these basses and was just wanting a bit of info on people's experiences with them. The reason I'm interested in a gould bass, is I love the articulation/clarity you can get from a modulus, but I want a more 'wooden' tone, not to mention a satin neck. The other option I had in mind was a zon, but I don't like phenolic fingerboards, and the gould basses offer a rosewood option. From what I can tell this is a step in the right direction. How does everyone else feel about them? Especially in terms of handling funk, and classic as well as modern rock/pop. Cheers.
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The fingerboards on Zon's are impregnated birch not phenolic and they sound very woody & warm sounding than phenolic.
 
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sifi76 said:
H guys, I'm looking into one of these basses and was just wanting a bit of info on people's experiences with them. The reason I'm interested in a gould bass, is I love the articulation/clarity you can get from a modulus, but I want a more 'wooden' tone, not to mention a satin neck. The other option I had in mind was a zon, but I don't like phenolic fingerboards, and the gould basses offer a rosewood option. From what I can tell this is a step in the right direction. How does everyone else feel about them? Especially in terms of handling funk, and classic as well as modern rock/pop. Cheers.
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How many basses do you own?
 
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gwangi said:
The fingerboards on Zon's are impregnated birch not phenolic and they sound very woody & warm sounding than phenolic.
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Actually, you're both right, kind of. Phenolic refers to the binding resin. The laminate could be wood based, paper based, or linen based, or whatever. This is what it says on the Zon FAQ page:
"Is the fingerboard graphite, too?
No, the fingerboard is called phenowood, which is actually wood (usually birch) that has been impregnated with a phenolic resin. Layers of wood are compressed under heat and pressure, resulting in a material similar to ebony in hardness and appearance, yet it is much more stable."​
 
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