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G. Gould Club!

#341
Question for you guys that have fairly recent G.Gould basses:

I see on his website that the stock electronics are an EMG "B/T" system, which, if memory serves, consists of Volume, Pickup Blend (Pan), Bass, and Treble pots.

But there's a GGi6 listed on The Bass Place featuring an EMG "BMT" system, which, from the description I surmise adds a Midrange control with sweepable center frequency (stacked pots) to the B/T system.

Anyone have this BMT arrangement on their G.Gould? If so, did you specifically request it as an optional upgrade? I don't see alternate electronics listed as options on Geoff's pricelist, so wondering how easy it would be to accomodate that request.
 
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Bob_Ross said:
Question for you guys that have fairly recent G.Gould basses:

I see on his website that the stock electronics are an EMG "B/T" system, which, if memory serves, consists of Volume, Pickup Blend (Pan), Bass, and Treble pots.

But there's a GGi6 listed on The Bass Place featuring an EMG "BMT" system, which, from the description I surmise adds a Midrange control with sweepable center frequency (stacked pots) to the B/T system.

Anyone have this BMT arrangement on their G.Gould? If so, did you specifically request it as an optional upgrade? I don't see alternate electronics listed as options on Geoff's pricelist, so wondering how easy it would be to accomodate that request.
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my early gould's had the variable mids as standard on his basses. the later models were only bass and treble.
 
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#345
yup.

'ronnie' (red & gold) was bought "off the rack". no special order. changed the knobs tho.

'merida' (burst) was bought used but original owner made no requests when they bought it new. also changed the knobs.

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GeoffGould said:
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?
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Hi Geoff! I owned a Monocoque in the '90s that I found used in the LA area, and I spoke to you about it on the telephone. I remember you asking me if it was red (mine was black carbon weave). I forgot you mentioned something about a red one that was missing. Pretty wild that it has never resurfaced.
 
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johndb said:
Hi Geoff! I owned a Monocoque in the '90s that I found used in the LA area, and I spoke to you about it on the telephone. I remember you asking me if it was red (mine was black carbon weave). I forgot you mentioned something about a red one that was missing. Pretty wild that it has never resurfaced.
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I know. It's hard to believe that after all this time, there's been no sign of it. You'd think it would've shown up on eBay.
 
#349
So, here's the deal about the EQ. I used to have the midrange control stock, but quite frankly, many don't know how to use it. You can actually make some pretty annoying sounds with a poorly handled 3 band EQ. Since, as many of you have noted, it's an easy upgrade, it just seemed simpler to have the BT. If you order a bass from an authorized dealer, just ask them to have a BQCS system installed before I ship!
 
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I think most of the questions have been answered about this bass. It looks really cool. Book matched flame top over (probably) alder. The peghead has a nice graphite laminate on top. The Gotoh GB70 tuners have the logo on back. (I still have a bunch only on the treble side!) I'm not sure about the pickups, but you can simply look on the bottom side for an ID. Looks like an ABM bridge.

iriegnome said:
Well this is kind of odd. Not really for me, but hey what the heck. I am now the proud owner of a second G. Gould bass. This one is an old one. 4+1 tuners. I know nothing about this one, so it would be great to get some info...
Geoff???

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loveandbass said:
Tell me how to work my sweepable mids please

It seems finnicky and prone to poor sounds as you stated
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Well, figure out which one is the mid control. It's the one that has only one of the concentric knobs with a detente. That's the boost/cut. The other one with no detente is the frequency select. What I do is crank the boost/cut up all the way, then sweep the dial to find the most annoying frequency. Then...cut that frequency and you'll have a much better sound. The frequency that's most annoying can change with the room/stage you might be playing in. I'm sure there are those that can intentionally come up with some entertaining funky squawk tones, but that ain't me babe. I basically use it like how I equalize a PA. Find the most troublesome frequency, then kill it!
 
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GeoffGould said:
Which bass is this? I can't quite follow the thread.
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That is the 1998 GGJ5 that I had just purchased. There was a pretty generous relief in the neck. Bought it from someone who claimed it was their main bass, but it was unplayable as I received it.
Quick neck adjustment, a bunch of tweaking of the ABM bridge to get proper string spacing and height and proper length strings (G. Gould Classic's) and she straightened out quite nicely.
 
#358
Oh well. Yeah, it does seem a little rude, but not surprising if you know their history. Also, the neck being replaced is not a pure graphite neck, but a maple neck with graphite stiffeners. So, pnutz, any background you'd like to share about this bass?
 
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GeoffGould said:
Oh well. Yeah, it does seem a little rude, but not surprising if you know their history. Also, the neck being replaced is not a pure graphite neck, but a maple neck with graphite stiffeners. So, pnutz, any background you'd like to share about this bass?
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heheh, put in the spotlight by the big cheese himself! :D

i'll try to keep this as short as possible. ramblings ahead...

got this bass in 2001. this was my third g. gould bass (first two were bought at music works in el cerrito). i remembered the first one (or one of the first ones) you built (after modulus) that ended up at the bass store in watsonville (can't remember the store's name) had a graphite neck. wanted to do something different with no. 3 so, thought to myself, 'graphite neck'. you hadn't started your run of graphite-neck basses yet so did some digging and decided to try a moses neck. was not happy with the results. first, the build took longer than promised (should have probably been expected but still was a tad annoying). and when i finally got it, the bass sounded sub-par. didn't sound like the graphite-neck modulus basses i owned in the past. just sounded 'lifeless'.

almost immediately, i put the neck on ebay. failed experiment. live and learn. ended up selling the bass to pay for my first g. gould with a graphite neck (went back to music works again) shortly thereafter. funny thing is that this bass (after passing thru a few owners) was put up for sale earlier this year and is now back with me. that walnut top is incredible.

sorry to offend you @yodasfro on two of the three items from that Facebook post. but ever since i started playing bass back in '81, i've always 'tinkered' with my basses. in fact, i had quite a few projects finished at stars guitars in san francisco back in the 80's.

(i'm a little fuzzy here. @GeoffGould , was stars guitars yours or did you just do business with them? i remember a few times seeing your basses hanging behind the counter [being worked on possibly?].)

in closing, using the moses neck was an experiment that didn't work out. in hindsight, it does look bad to use their neck on a g. gould but was never my intention to throw shade on geoff's basses or his work. shoot, one of his necks is on a modulus body and is my go-to, #1 bass. 'nuff said.
 
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