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Modulus Mob

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Roscoe East said:
I think it could be argued that the Genesis necks are actually less complex than the full graphite KLD necks. I don't know with 100% certainty, but my modest familiarity with composites suggests that the T-shaped CF structure in a Genesis neck requires fewer layups, both because it's a simpler shape geometrically and because it doesn't have to be aesthetic, only structural.
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You may be correct, but I would think that when you have multiple pieces and laminations, there are suddenly more points of failure. From that aspect alone I'd think the Genesis necks require more labor to construct.

But to the point of them being more or less stable, in theory, more components of different shrinkage rates, flexibility, etc. may yield a greater amount of attention to maintain their setup. In real life, I've hardly ever needed to adjust any of my Modulus basses more than once or twice in years of playing and temp/ humidity changes.

They are very well engineered.
 
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Archaeobass said:
I have been considering the "simpler" ACG EQ02, which might be more my speed. Have any mobbers tried a filter based pre in a Modulus?
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I wouldn't be intimidated by having a filter for each pickup. Once you get used to it, it becomes very intuitive and then you can optimize each pickup for the things it can do best and blend them together. The EQ02 treats both pickups as a single system, similar to a standard tone control, and I think that misses out on a lot of the possibilities. A filter based system is much more about exploiting the resonances of the bass/string/pickup combinations than it is about doing traditional tonal shaping. Each pickup does have it's own relationship to the string and bass and it's worth being able to filter them accordingly. Just my 02c, YMMV, OMG, LOL, PDQ, etc.
 
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incredible!
Bipslapper said:
2004 - Truss Rod.

*Note- I know most of you already knew that, I just wanted to show her off!


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Mulebagger said:
You may be correct, but I would think that when you have multiple pieces and laminations, there are suddenly more points of failure. From that aspect alone I'd think the Genesis necks require more labor to construct.
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But that was my point: In a carbon fiber structure, every lay-up is essentially a separate lamination. Numerous pieces of pre-preg carbon fiber are laminated together in molds with the number of pieces and the direction of their fibers oriented in whatever way yields the desired characteristics. Because the shape of a full carbon neck is more complex than the simple T-shaped spine of a Genesis, the layup schedule is almost certainly more involved. Plus the full carbon necks get an additional outer layer of carbon just for appearance, and that's a whole 'nother lamination. (Or several dozen more laminations; I suspect the KLD finish is achieved via multiple irregularly-shaped pieces of carbon fiber layed up like a jigsaw puzzle to get that appearance.)

The Genesis spine is a simple geometric shape which only needs to exhibit strength/resist deformation in two or three dimensions. And it doesn't need to look good. I'm pretty sure there are far fewer carbon layups (eg. laminations) in a Genesis spine than in a Quantum or Bassstar neck. So the question is whether the carbon-to-wood interface is solid.
 
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sleepy_monkey said:
Love those spalted body Mods! I am assuming the chambers are custom ordered?
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The whole body was custom made. That bass started out with the body that's on my Q6 now. I think there's a picture of it further up the thread. It's a bummer Jack Read went out of business. He was a good guy.
 
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sleepy_monkey said:
Love those spalted body Mods! I am assuming the chambers are custom ordered?
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I was trying to lessen the overall weight of the Q5 at the time so Jack created me a new body out of light wood, topped it with a beautiful piece of spalted maple he had and then chambered the body to lessen the weight even more.

My wife, who loves woods, was so jealous of the beautiful wood on my bass that she had Jack create her a table topped with the same spalted maple.
 
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Oh, I wish Modulus would answer my mail ;)

edwinhurwitz said:
That doesn't mean that the Barts available from other sources won't sound good. BBG has lots of styles available that will fit. Otherwise, it's not worth your time to post here. Just call Modulus and order the pickups and let us know how it turns out.

I've had Lane Poors, Barts and EMGs in my Moduli. My favs were the LPs but they were noisy. So, I'm going to try some SGD pickups.
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