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G. Gould Club!

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GeoffGould said:
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Yes, that would be ideal for me. I would probably have you shift the neck PU toward the bridge as you have done on some fretless models. Still, I cannot fault my ggi6. It plays beautifully and sounds wonderful and it is paid for.
 

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I recently bought a used GGi5 and am loving it. It is very close in feel and sound to my old Modulus Q5.

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One thing that I'm curious about is the strings. The strings that came on it have a lot of elasticity. I tried to change them with a set that the band I'm currently touring with (D'Addario NYXLs), but they had too much tension and made the action super high. I put the old set back on because of it. My question is: what strings do you use with this bass?

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shon said:
My question is: what strings do you use with this bass?
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Geoff supplies the basses with contact core strings that have black silk on the tuner end IIRC. I believe they are stainless strings and I do not care for the tone and use D'Adarrio EXL-170's on my ggi5 and ggi6.

You may have to have the truss rod adjusted to correct the action but I suspect your high action was caused by going from contact core to normal wound strings which would raise the B and E strings very high if you do not lower the bridge saddles to compensate.

I will caution you that the truss rods are not as responsive as some. Overcoming the set of that very stiff neck requires caution and knowledge about neck adjustments and a proper fitting wrench must be used.

Welcome to the Gould bass family.
 
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shon said:
I recently bought a used GGi5 and am loving it. It is very close in feel and sound to my old Modulus Q5.

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One thing that I'm curious about is the strings. The strings that came on it have a lot of elasticity. I tried to change them with a set that the band I'm currently touring with (D'Addario NYXLs), but they had too much tension and made the action super high. I put the old set back on because of it. My question is: what strings do you use with this bass?

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Looks amazing, sounds great! I haven't gigged mine for a bit as I played the other graphite brand but I do miss that growl and how it just fill the room (while not as great as yours I play in a similar jam band setting)

For my GGi5 I'm also sticking to the set Geoff sells on his website
 
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Thank You Leo said:
I've noticed quite a few Goulds out there with Torrefied Pine bodies. For those of you who have played one, how would you compare the tone to the more common alder in a Gould?
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My ggi5 and ggi6 both have Alder bodies with figured Maple tops. I am also curious about the Torrefied Pine tone but also it's hardness. Pine is a very soft wood and easily dented. I assume that the drying process would harden the wood but don't really know.
 
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Chuck M said:
My ggi5 and ggi6 both have Alder bodies with figured Maple tops. I am also curious about the Torrefied Pine tone but also it's hardness. Pine is a very soft wood and easily dented. I assume that the drying process would harden the wood but don't really know.
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I had that concern as well. I assume something is done either during the process or when the finish is applied to give it extra protection.
 
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I presently own 4 basses with Basswood bodies. 3 are Ernie Ball Bongo basses and they have a hard gloss finish while the 4th is a Squier that also has a hard finish on the body. It turns out that Pine is harder than Basswood. Ernie Ball uses Basswood for the Bongo basses because of the tone and I can say that the Bongo basses sound terrific. As a plus, my Bongo 5 weighs less than 8 pounds while my pair of 6's go just over 10 pounds.

My ggi6 with its Alder body weighs less than 9 pounds. Yeah, you read that correctly.

I found this: White Alder hardness is 1320, pine is 690 and Basswood is 410. This tells me that the hardness of Pine is a non issue. Now the question we have left is how does the tone compare to the more usual woods used for bass bodies.

Knowing, Geoff, I'll bet it sounds just wonderful when used to build a Gould bass. If it didn't, Geoff would not use it.
 
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I’m the luckiest business casual hippie on the planet ! Can’t wait to play it for some 80s style Grateful Dead shows around NYC honoring the late great Phil made by the same legend that was inspired by him @GeoffGould

And goes without saying easily the nicest gift anyone ever got or did for me just to make me happy ; she’s a keeper!
 
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