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04-21-2011, 11:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, CA | | | Ahh... home sweet home, eh Dave? I put many hours on that bass when I owned it and did both a Southern California and an England tour with it. As you know I took care of it, but I didn't clean it like that. It had a bit tarnish and dust build up. The time you put into it paid off nicely - looks beautiful. Kind of a time machine for you, isn't it?
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04-21-2011, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tsarter  Ahh... home sweet home, eh Dave? I put many hours on that bass when I owned it and did both a Southern California and an England tour with it. As you know I took care of it, but I didn't clean it like that. It had a bit tarnish and dust build up. The time you put into it paid off nicely - looks beautiful. Kind of a time machine for you, isn't it?
- Tim | Tim. Yes, it's like it came out of a time capsule. I tell you, you really did a great job caring for this bass all of these years, THANK YOU!!. It's like the tarnish and dust have been protecting everything. It's not like it was filthy, it certainly wasn't, but a "deep cleaning" really made the bass look new. I didn't realize it went across the pond and back. I also forgot about the perfect neck and flawless intonation of this bass. I'll bet it was great to have on those long tours.
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04-21-2011, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DEVILMAN Reunited, man & bass, I know the feeling & it's beyond describing in words..., congrats.
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PS: Don't ever let it get away again... | Yes, a great feeling. This bass is going nowhere but right here with me.
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04-21-2011, 11:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, CA | | | Actually, very short, unprofitable tours, but it did do some traveling. That dust and tarnish was just a layer - glad it came off. |
04-22-2011, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by deichman Back to me, the original owner. Several hours of cleaning and polishing and this bass looks as good as it did in 1994 when I bought it. Enjoy the pics TBX fans. | Glitter and Doom! 
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04-22-2011, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisPbass
Glitter and Doom!
what's your cleaning process? do tell | Old white t-shirts, "de-solve it" cleaner, tooth brush, 0000 steel wool, Ken Smith polish, and a lot of elbow grease. Tarnished/rusty parts soaked in de-solve it then the toothbrush, then steel wool. You get the idea. It works.
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10-11-2012, 06:30 PM
| | | Check out my new TBX. Modulus Quantum QW5-19TBX. Pink over blue. This bass is the best thing I have ever bought! I have hardly played any of my other basses since I got it.  
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10-11-2012, 06:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA | | | Congrats. Very nice
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10-11-2012, 06:52 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ohio | | | Hats of to the neck thru Modulus basses of the late 80's-1990's. They must be some of the best basses to ever exist. |
10-11-2012, 09:10 PM
| | | | The TBX basses have always been made by Joe Perman at Modulus. This bass is exceptional in every way. Wish I had the money to get a TBX6 for the collection! |
10-11-2012, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisPbass Congrats. Very nice | Thanks man. It's a killer! |
12-25-2012, 01:47 PM
| | | | '92 Q5 *wide* neck through
Great basses all, so mine-
I've got a '92 Q5W. The W as you may know stands for wide.
Now this thing, (ill post pics), is unique in that it is just the most well made instrument I've ever owned. With no truss rod they had to do the neck right. It steps down from the nut to the seventh fret, goes straight to the 12th fret, steps down to around the 20th and straight to the 24th.
I also ordered the seafoam green, (they thought I was crazy). It has a nice mellow yellowing on the edges of the finish.
Anyways I'm wondering if anyone knows how rare the wide versions are and what this thing might be worth, (although I gave strict instructions that it's to be buried with me when I die...)
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12-26-2012, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by snogaws Snagged this TBX off of ebay the other day, and it arrived today! All I can say is wow. sounds absolutely amazing! | If you think it sounds good alone, just WAIT until you hear it in a mix.
Here is by FAR the best bass I own. 
I'll never forget the the day I bought it. I wandered in the music store and the owner and the all counter guys were huddled around this bass. The owner (who knew that I'm prone to buying things that I decide I can't live without) was YELLING at me across the whole store: MAN! YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR THIS BASS!!! |
12-26-2012, 02:30 PM
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12-26-2012, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lang3735 Check out my new TBX. Modulus Quantum QW5-19TBX. Pink over blue. This bass is the best thing I have ever bought! I have hardly played any of my other basses since I got it. | Can you tell me the pickups & electronics you are using for this particular TBX? |
12-30-2012, 09:01 AM
| | | | Looking for a TBX 5
Hi guys. If anyone is thinking about selling a TBX 5, please contact me.
I drank the Kool-ade! |
12-30-2012, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA | | It's good stuff
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01-30-2013, 03:18 PM
| | | | Opted against front-through neck...maybe next one!
Chechen top...my 1st TBX, 3rd Q5
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01-31-2013, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by enjoytheband Opted against front-through neck | Does Modulus charge a premium for covering the neck-thru billet with top wood, the way Alembic & Carvin do with their "bookmatched to center" option? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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