Fake Modulus Quantum 5 on Reverb?

[bench]

Organic Carbon Neck Technology... Nice!

 

[Spects01]

Love the real wood composite fretboard. And that low mass bridge. Bet that quilted top is airbrushed. Yup real thing my a**!

 

[DC in ATX]

If you’re in the market for a fake Modulus, apparently this is where you go for the sweet price:

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[gwangi]

If you’re in the market for a fake Modulus, apparently this is where you go for the sweet price:

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Somebody needs to contact Modulus and let them know about this.

 

[CosmicRay]

Somebody needs to contact Modulus and let them know about this.

Not only Modulus, but it looks like they have knockoffs of many mfgs.....

 

[CosmicRay]

Ugh. It's this, isn't it?

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Looks like it to me....

 

[Razman]

Look - if it sounded good and played good, I'd buy it (if it was under $150 US).

See how the strings are angled over the nut on that second one? Ugh...

 

[Deleted member 132197]

Here's how to report an issue to Reverb.com. The link is right below the smaller pics.

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Wow. They've hidden that function very much on the app.

On a listing you need to scroll aaaaaallll the way down, where you'll find a teeny wieny link

 

[Tom Gallo]

For those of us who are not familiar with Modulus, what gave it away?

 

[Spects01]

I usually start with looking at the hardware, then materials, then finish. It is all wrong here. The bridge is not Hipshot A style. The pickups due to not look like EMG. The tuners due to not have the heart shape of the Gotohs. The fretboard should be composite phenolic this looks like wood. The quilting looks wrong for this finish (although that varies). The bass of the neck where the truss rod adjustment is looks small and pick up placement not correct. The nut looks angled towards the headstock like the plastic nuts on a lower end Ibanez bass. MODLUS on the base of the neck is not the correct font. We could go on but others may want to chime in.

Oh and one more thing I missed earlier. Where are the thousand dancing ladies (the carbon fiber wrap on the back of the neck)?????? That is by far the most obvious and glaring issue.

 

[Sixgunn]

At a first glance, the most glaring things are the body shape and bridge placement then from the back, it's not even close. Those are just the BIG things.

 

[Lesfunk]

Honestly, everything .nothing on that “instrument” matches a real Modulus

 

[mcnach]

For those of us who are not familiar with Modulus, what gave it away?

I'm very much not familiar with Modulus, but when I saw the picture showing the pickups and the uneven routing for them, I said "ugh". That's not what I expect from a high end instrument.

 

[elgecko]

At a first glance, the most glaring things are the body shape and bridge placement then from the back, it's not even close. Those are just the BIG things.

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That one actually looks like a genuine Modulus based on the visible KLD pattern on the neck.

 

[Reedt2000]

I'm very much not familiar with Modulus, but when I saw the picture showing the pickups and the uneven routing for them, I said "ugh". That's not what I expect from a high end instrument.

Thats the proper reaction

Your next move is Google image search a real one and continue counting the differences

 

[Sixgunn]

That one actually looks like a genuine Modulus based on the visible KLD pattern on the neck.

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Truly 'tis!

 

[ModuMan]

Truly 'tis!

Lol, was gonna say if you find a fake Modulus like that you might as well buy it!

Unless those are Poor Lanes, of course.

 

[BurningSkies]

Not only Modulus, but it looks like they have knockoffs of many mfgs.....

I dunno. This seems legit to me.

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[Basslice]

I am not a Modulus person, so I really don't know what to look for. However, I haven't seen such poor matching of the wood grain down the middle seam on a supposed $3K+ instrument. Also, the neck is obviously not graphite. Just painted pine. Sad to see counterfeits.

 

[gwangi]

After seeing the link to the Bongo bass how is it possible this manufacturer-company, whatever you call this is still in business?
The Bongo bass is a blatant rip-off of the Music Man Bongo, how is this possible?