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Modulus Mob

#3,101
InsanityAmps said:
And here is my Q6. It's a 2001, alder body, phonolic fretboard. My Q5 was perfectly balanced so I was a little disappointed when I received the Q6 because it was neck heavy. A set of hipshot ultralite tuners took care of that though. Came with EMG 45DC pickups and the BQC system but I swapped out the bridge pickup with a 45TW. This is now my main bass :cool:

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Do you have a pic of the tuners/back of the headstock? Remeber which ones they are? Thinking of doing the same thing- my Q5 has the res-o-lites (came that way when I got it here on TB), and while I have no complaints about my Q6's (albeit a TBX so it's heavy) balance, I like the look of the Hipshots' exposed gears better..
 
#3,103
sleepy_monkey said:
Hey Fred, I am interested in your thoughts on the Aggie cabs if we get them. Looks like we will so keeping my Modulus fingers crossed. I am curious about our low B through those cabs.
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I've got 2 SL's and I couldn't be happier with how they handle the low b's (even a's when I've tuned down). they're rear-ported (as are the db's), so you can't have them up against a wall or in a corner, but I'm happy with the ones I have, and have heard nothing but good things about the db's, so...
 
#3,104
Fred312b said:
I've got 2 SL's and I couldn't be happier with how they handle the low b's (even a's when I've tuned down). they're rear-ported (as are the db's), so you can't have them up against a wall or in a corner, but I'm happy with the ones I have, and have heard nothing but good things about the db's, so...
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Nice. I have never played through Aggie stuff so I am curious about the sound. I honestly bought them for the price but looks like they are some pretty nice cabs.
 
#3,106
InsanityAmps said:
And here is my Q6. It's a 2001, alder body, phonolic fretboard. My Q5 was perfectly balanced so I was a little disappointed when I received the Q6 because it was neck heavy. A set of hipshot ultralite tuners took care of that though.
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That's kind of just how Q6's are. If you still find the neck too heavy, as aforementioned res-o-lites will help further. I did the same progression with my Q6 and it is finally nice and balanced.
 
#3,109
InsanityAmps said:
Here's a shot of the ultralites. Not only do they balance out the bass, they look really cool too! With the amount of money one pays for these basses, I wonder why modulus would not spend a couple extra bucks and put something lighter up there to make their Q6 balanced.

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Dang- didn't need to see that. They do look good... next time bestbassgear.com has a sale, looks like I'll be switching out all of mine... how much can 16 tuners cost :hmm: ?
 
#3,110
InsanityAmps said:
Here's a shot of the ultralites. Not only do they balance out the bass, they look really cool too! With the amount of money one pays for these basses, I wonder why modulus would not spend a couple extra bucks and put something lighter up there to make their Q6 balanced.

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My Modulus FU, which was made this year, didn't come with Modulus' own tuners, but some kind of Gotoh ones...
 
#3,111
BassOliverB said:
My Modulus FU, which was made this year, didn't come with Modulus' own tuners, but some kind of Gotoh ones...
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I think they were just rebadged gotoh's anyways- spector just started doing that with theirs. That panel comes off, so it's an easy swap. My modulus tuners and my gotohs all look the same overall
 
#3,112
Hi,
I'm new in here, and I was asking myself what's this bass ?
It's a modulus, but it has a FB5ish pick up, but also have Qish neck, and that's the first time I see this jack's output emplacement on a Modulus. Plus, the battery thingy is made of metal. I'm confused !

Sorry for my english, trying my best.


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#3,113
Hanyoru said:
Hi,
I'm new in here, and I was asking myself what's this bass ?
It's a modulus, but it has a FB5ish pick up, but also have Qish neck, and that's the first time I see this jack's output emplacement on a Modulus. Plus, the battery thingy is made of metal. I'm confused !

Sorry for my enflish, trying my best.


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That's a M-92, precursor to the Sweetspot (single pickup) basses. They date from, you guessed it, 1992 (although that one was made in 93'). They were essentially an entry level Quantum bass.
 
#3,114
Thanks a lot for the fast reply !
Just one more question though,
soundwise, how is this bass, and to which modulus model is it the nearer ? It has a lot of specs of the Q, but with MM pick up configuration, could be nearer to FB/FU.
And the pricing ?
Could have on for a little 1000$, maybe a bit less, does it seems like a good deal ?

Thanks !
 
#3,116
Hanyoru said:
Thanks a lot for the fast reply !
Just one more question though,
soundwise, how is this bass, and to which modulus model is it the nearer ? It has a lot of specs of the Q, but with MM pick up configuration, could be nearer to FB/FU.
And the pricing ?
Could have on for a little 1000$, maybe a bit less, does it seems like a good deal ?

Thanks !
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I've never played a FB/FU so I couldn't tell you. If I remember correctly, it has a 35" and a 18v preamp. $1,000 would be a pretty good deal.
 
#3,117
JFMusic said:
Yes, all of the "Modulus" tuners are made by Gotoh. I really like the look of the Gotoh's on my Q5, but would definitely like something a bit lighter.
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Back in the last club thread, Kinetic Shadow helped me out, gave me the cheapest source for the Gotoh Reso Lites and I went for it. They are drop-in replacements. They fixed the slight neck dive in my Q5. Highly recommended!

I got them from Buzzard Bass. The owner is a dick and communication was zero, but I got them fairly quickly and they were the least expensive vendor at the time.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/modulus-mob-part-3-a-875140/index25.html
 
#3,119
Kinetic Shadow said:
Sorry, that just made me chuckle.
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Made me chuckle too. Reminded me of a favorite movie,...

"Pu$$ies don't like dicks, because pu$$ies get f%##ed by dicks...etc....."

Name the movie.....:D

One of my all time top 10 films of all time....., as am matter of fact I keep the DVD in my office for the slow work days when no one is around and I really, really want to laugh my butt off.
 

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