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This is a 1992 Modulus Quantum 4, 35" scale without truss rod. I bought it from the first or second owner who had kept it totally stock all these years and in great shape.
EMG 35 PJ pickups with EMG BTS preamp
Replacement Schaller roller bridge
Graphite nut cut for B standard tuning
Original Modulus branded HSC
Currently strung with DR Hi Beams 120-60 in B standard tuning. Sounds insane
Overall great cosmetic condition with wear marks on the back of the neck and above neck pickup. Some hazy areas on the back of the neck. Some fretboard imperfections from it being defretted, planed, and refretted many times over to get proper relief. Any other damage I could find is pictured.
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This bass has quite the story so for those interested here is the whole thing:
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As you may or may not know, these graphite necks do in fact move and settle over many years. This one was one of many Modulus basses that needed neck work after years of the resin curing, so the previous owner had it planed and refretted by Jerry Dorsch who co-founded the Modulus Graphite company and still accepts repair work for these old Modulus basses. So the frets on this bass are still brand new essentially.
When I got it, there was still a bit more relief than I'd like in the neck and no amount of string changes would fix it. I tried making my own neck shims and a lot of other means but the neck simply had too much relief and the strings would not go low enough. At this point I figured I had given the carbon fiber neck thing a try and wanted to pass it on, so I brought it to a local shop in Lawrenceville that shall remain unnamed to get it to a sellable condition. When I got it back, the bass was set up worse than I had it previously and the proprietary Modulus branded bridge had been destroyed (without telling me) by someone cranking on the saddle screws without releasing the locking screw holding the saddle to the bridge. The bottom casting of the bridge had cratered and there was no fixing it. So now I had a bass with a bent neck, broken bridge, and lots of $ in the hole with nothing to show for it.
Distraught, I listed it in this condition hoping someone would buy it and be done with it. Then, out of nowhere, I get a message from someone across the country saying "hey, there's this luthier who lives 20 minutes from you who specializes in graphite necks, you should take it there". So I did and was introduced to an incredible luthier who had clearly been around the world a few times and knew quite a lot about carbon fiber necks. Ultimately, the bass was fixed to the condition you see here. The broken bridge was replaced with a new Schaller roller bridge which I happened to have and was stock on some Moduli(?), and the neck relief was corrected once more.
Now when I say this neck is flat I mean it. FLAT. Like barely any relief whatsoever. Personally I think that's perfect for the low action I want, and with the 35" scale and thin neck it is a dream to play. I have it in B standard tuning now and it is by far the best B string I have ever heard. The graphite neck really resonates all the way up and down the neck.
This is an incredible instrument that is finally, *finally* in the condition it deserves to be in. However I have a lot of expenses that just came up and I think someone else would enjoy it more than I would. So sadly here it is.
Please message me with any questions at all you have about the bass.
Free shipping.
Thank you
EMG 35 PJ pickups with EMG BTS preamp
Replacement Schaller roller bridge
Graphite nut cut for B standard tuning
Original Modulus branded HSC
Currently strung with DR Hi Beams 120-60 in B standard tuning. Sounds insane
Overall great cosmetic condition with wear marks on the back of the neck and above neck pickup. Some hazy areas on the back of the neck. Some fretboard imperfections from it being defretted, planed, and refretted many times over to get proper relief. Any other damage I could find is pictured.
***
This bass has quite the story so for those interested here is the whole thing:
***
As you may or may not know, these graphite necks do in fact move and settle over many years. This one was one of many Modulus basses that needed neck work after years of the resin curing, so the previous owner had it planed and refretted by Jerry Dorsch who co-founded the Modulus Graphite company and still accepts repair work for these old Modulus basses. So the frets on this bass are still brand new essentially.
When I got it, there was still a bit more relief than I'd like in the neck and no amount of string changes would fix it. I tried making my own neck shims and a lot of other means but the neck simply had too much relief and the strings would not go low enough. At this point I figured I had given the carbon fiber neck thing a try and wanted to pass it on, so I brought it to a local shop in Lawrenceville that shall remain unnamed to get it to a sellable condition. When I got it back, the bass was set up worse than I had it previously and the proprietary Modulus branded bridge had been destroyed (without telling me) by someone cranking on the saddle screws without releasing the locking screw holding the saddle to the bridge. The bottom casting of the bridge had cratered and there was no fixing it. So now I had a bass with a bent neck, broken bridge, and lots of $ in the hole with nothing to show for it.
Distraught, I listed it in this condition hoping someone would buy it and be done with it. Then, out of nowhere, I get a message from someone across the country saying "hey, there's this luthier who lives 20 minutes from you who specializes in graphite necks, you should take it there". So I did and was introduced to an incredible luthier who had clearly been around the world a few times and knew quite a lot about carbon fiber necks. Ultimately, the bass was fixed to the condition you see here. The broken bridge was replaced with a new Schaller roller bridge which I happened to have and was stock on some Moduli(?), and the neck relief was corrected once more.
Now when I say this neck is flat I mean it. FLAT. Like barely any relief whatsoever. Personally I think that's perfect for the low action I want, and with the 35" scale and thin neck it is a dream to play. I have it in B standard tuning now and it is by far the best B string I have ever heard. The graphite neck really resonates all the way up and down the neck.
This is an incredible instrument that is finally, *finally* in the condition it deserves to be in. However I have a lot of expenses that just came up and I think someone else would enjoy it more than I would. So sadly here it is.
Please message me with any questions at all you have about the bass.
Free shipping.
Thank you
