Is Modulus still in Business?

[KaseOfBass]

I looked this Modulus up on GC's used website. It's an older model non truss rod. It's more than likely 17mm spacing. The pickups are EMG DC soapbars probrably with an EMG 2 band preamp. Check the serial # on the back of the headstock the last 2 #'s should indicate the year that it was made. It's a nice bass. It looks like it was defretted and made into a lined fretless. IMHO.

Thanks, I had checked earlier but didn't find it.

 

[DaveAceofBass]

 

[Angus]

Sad news. Glad I received my balls-out blue Q6 before the lights went out. It was July 2012, so not exactly one of the last, but now I'm glad I did it. Too late to order the 34" Q5 I've been putting off, though.

I hope all of the employees find similar or better employment asap, though, especially as it is a local business to me.

 

[stingraysvt]

I'm glad I picked up my first Q5 back in August last year

Chechen top/Chechen fingerboard

Only downside is the weight @ 10lbs
But it sounds flat out amazing and I got to hear a friend play my Flea 4 with a lane poor pickup last year and it sounds amazing too!!!

Just lucky as all get out to have my modulus basses!!!

 

[evilchuck87]

The company isn't dead yet. Keep hope alive.

 

[cfsporn]

The company isn't dead yet. Keep hope alive.

If they were alive, we would have heard something by now. Hell, if they were being resurrected, we probably would've heard something by now.

They are most likely gone. If you still want a bass with a synthetic neck, get a Status, Zon or an aftermarket neck

 

[MultiScaleMale]

The company isn't dead yet. Keep hope alive.

How can you be "evil"chuck and still be positive? ;-)

 

[GeoffGould]

If you still want a bass with a synthetic neck, get a Status, Zon or an aftermarket neck

Don't forget about me!

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Don't forget about me!

Do you have a price sheet or a range? Might be a dumb question. I was going to buy a new Modulus when I graduate next year to set next to my 96 Q5, but......

 

[edwinhurwitz]

If they were alive, we would have heard something by now. Hell, if they were being resurrected, we probably would've heard something by now.

They are most likely gone. If you still want a bass with a synthetic neck, get a Status, Zon or an aftermarket neck

Or get a used Modulus. There are enough out there that this is still an excellent option and often cheaper than a new bass. Status and Zon are great, but have a different sound (I know, we've been over this ad nauseam).

 

[cfsporn]

Don't forget about me!

I won't from now on!

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Or get a used Modulus. There are enough out there that this is still an excellent option and often cheaper than a new bass. Status and Zon are great, but have a different sound (I know, we've been over this ad nauseam).

Why do they sound different?

 

[Mulebagger]

Why do they sound different?

Because they are different basses

I've owned a number of basses from all three manufacturers. I currently have 1 Zon and 2 Modulus basses. It's not a better or worse because all three kill. Big they are rather different.

 

[Mulebagger]

Don't forget about me!

Haven't had the pleasure of owning one or yours yet ( although I've had different modulus basses over the last 20 years)

But there's still time!

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Why do they sound different?

They don't! All basses are the same! ;-)

 

[pickles]

Why do they sound different?

Lots of reasons. Zon and modulus do sound quite different, the neck construction is quite different and so are the overall designs. Within the zon line there is a ton of variation as well, where moduluses sound more uniformly modulussy. With the exception of the genesis models.

 

[pickles]

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I don know if modulus is still in business. But i know that bass is the business. Are those blocks just stickers?

 

[pickles]

Don't forget about me!

Your basses look great. Do you offer full graphite necks or just wood+graphite? Do you do 34" scale and/or 19mm string spacing 5s?

 

[Mulebagger]

Lots of reasons. Zon and modulus do sound quite different, the neck construction is quite different and so are the overall designs. Within the zon line there is a ton of variation as well, where moduluses sound more uniformly modulussy. With the exception of the genesis models.

Right on Pickles. That's the best summing up of it that I've heard in short form.
My two modulus basses are a VJ and Genesis fretless. I played a Q6 for ten years but moved on to my Zon TJ6 because it is capable of so much more in terms of tonal flexibility and Joe made it with 19mm spacing.

Even though it gets most of my attention my two Mods are keepers.

 

[edwinhurwitz]

Why do they sound different?

Different types of construction and materials. Play them and it will be immediately obvious. To my ear, Zon sounds more conventional, which isn't bad, just different.