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G. Gould Club!

#281
My GGi5 has been in my practice room since I received it. Put my other basses in their cases. I love the neck on my bass. It feels natural....I just don't think about it...not thin...not thick....easy to play....every note right under my fingers. Tone is terrific. Big and powerful sounding. High notes are clear and sweet.

Now I need a chance to play it on a gig but everything is upright bass these days. LOL
 
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#282
So, maybe you guys can help me figure something out. Out of the blue, Jack Casady got in touch with me the other day, and we were talking about old basses I had made for him. Many years ago, sometime in the 80's, he had a bunch of basses stolen. One of them has been recovered, but the the one we were discussing is still missing. It was a Flight 4 Monocoque, painted solid red! One of a kind. It's hard to imagine that after all this time, that nobody has seen it. There are some old videos of when Hot Tuna played in Chicago, here's a sample:
It's hard to even see that it's red. Jack showed me a video many years ago of this, but I don't remember if it looks better.

So, has anyone seen this? How would you go about searching for it on the net?
 
#283
Day 2 of my new GGi5.. Still amazed. Need to readjust my amp settings. Flat isn't working. Amp is farting out on the low B notes. Should not happen with my DNA amp and 410 cab.. More on that later. Clean Clean Clean.. The width of the neck made my left thumb a bit tired last night. 2 hours of pretty aggressive playing. The bass (Now named Lady Jane), shined!! Not just the finish. It played softly and very aggressively with ease. Every note that came out was tonally wonderful. A bit chimey (I believe that would be the amp settings), but ballsy and big. My drummer took time between every tune to compliment the bass.

Geoff - The red monocoque is one I have not seen.
 
#287
iriegnome said:
What are your thoughts on the new bass??
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It's my third gould so I knew it would rule. Love the color and something about gould ergonomics just click with me.

One of the best things that I like about this bass is that it can cover multiple genres of music. I play occasionally in a blues rock band but my main band is post metal that plays in a wonky tuning. This bass covers at all!
 
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#288
2-1/2 hour set last night, 2 hour set on Friday, 3 x 2 hour practices prior to that. Next week I will get to open up and get the bass a full and total workout. I've got to say. I really am getting used to the bass and liking it more and more. The neck is wider than I am used to and I found it hard to do some of the thing I am used to doing with my other basses, but a easy to remedy thing. Tone wise, the bass cuts through all over the clubs without any eq help. Flat. All Flat.. That to me is nice. Gives me way more ability to adjust the tone per song with a small tweak of the knobs. Me likey!!
 
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#289
I like flat too, but sometimes the room/stage you're playing just won't let you. It either sucks up, or amplifies certain tones. Just yesterday we were playing an old chapel in the hospital, and it had way too much reverb. I usually just play the neck pickup, which is a hum-cancelled single coil, but had to punt and use the middle pickup (split-coil, P-type) to back off on the bottom end.
 
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#290
Played a 4 hour gig last night with the GGi5. Quiet jazz gig so I used one Aguilar GS 112 and my Tone Hammer 500.

The bass sounded terrific. I enjoyed the even feel and tone. By that I mean that the bass has this sweet voice everywhere on the neck and there are no notes that are muted or ring out louder than the others. Soloing is a joy because of the very sweet tone the bass has in the high register. The clear B string had the piano player smiling.

This is be best sounding (to me) set of EMG pick ups and electronics that I have tried. Very warm and clear and, of course, no hum or buzz at all.

I bought this bass on an impulse since it was being sold so inexpensively. I am really glad I did. Thanks, Geoff. You made a great instrument for me!
 
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#292
Had an opening band last night so our set was 2 hours 50 minutes. Here is my take on the GGi5 that I have. The sound is huge. Loud, quiet, bright, clean, heavy and thunderous. Mine now plays without effort. Fast, smooth and easy to travel from Low C to High G and all points inbetween. Super easy access to the upper board and very nice definition with all 5 strings above the 12th fret. Yes, I play a lot of runs up about the 12th fret. Great sustain. HUGE bottom end which I think has a lot to do with those EMG pickups and that wonderful body style. The only drawback IMHO is the contols of the preamp. I do not like the 2 control preamp controls. 3 band with sweepable mid's.. Just my petterreference.
I also did find that when I used my 12dB pad, the amp/bass reacted much better and took that crispy brittle tone down quite a bit. (I think part of that is my DNA rig).
Overall, something you all know, this bass is great. Really great. Going to take me a bit to get used to the wider neck, but that's not anything major. Just different. I am very happy that the bass did extremely well over that 3 hour period. Thanks Geoff. It is as amazing as I had hoped it would turn out
 
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#297
My 3 Roscoe basses all have various configurations of Bartolini pick ups and preamps. They sound and work great and I am used to the tone of Bartolini's which I thought was generally warmer than EMG's. I was surprised at how nice the EMG's in my GGi5 sound. Nice clarity but with a sweetness that I had not heard previously in EMG's.

I won't be changing anything on my Gould bass except I did go to D'Adarrio EXL's and love the tone and feel of them on the bass. I don't use stainless strings on any of my basses. Just a personal thing.
 
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