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Modulus Mob

#3,381
Jacsipmac said:
Finally joined the Mob!

Here's my New-to-me Modulus Q5. It's a 91. I overpaid, but they don't come around often in south Louisiana. Plus I really needed a 5er and this was the first one that really felt right to me.

The neck is fantastic, and the B-string is ridiculous. It sounds great but it needs a few tweaks.

I'm not sure what preamp is in it. It's Treble and Bass without center detents and it sounds like it's tuned similarly to the one in my 79 Music Man. It's alright, but I think an OBP-3 will make it more versatile.

It has a Bart Quad in the neck position wired to a switch for some combination of Series/Parallel/P-bass that I'm going to have to reverse engineer to figure out. The pickup at the bridge is a Bart dual coil that seems to be wired incorrectly for series (red to white and the black wires to the pan and ground).

Even with all the quirks, it sounds awesome. Here are some pics:

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Hey man nice Modulus, welcome to the MOB!!!!
 
#3,382
Jacsipmac said:
That would be really cool. Any idea if the serial number would give any clues as far as special editions or anything. It looks pretty standard. 9101961 I think.
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Well, as far as I know, the only thing we can tell by knowing the serial number is that it's the 1961th bass build by Modulus in 1991. But isn't that a little extreme? Did Modulus really manage to build almost 2k basses at that time? I believe that your serial number is 910961...
 
#3,384
My first Modulus I bought new in 2004 and the serial number starts with "04...". The dealer, Matts Music in Weymouth, told me that Modulus started putting the build year as the first 2 digits of the serial number in 2003. Any bass before that is not as easy to date.
But, as usual, I could be wrong. :)
 
#3,385
Bipslapper said:
My first Modulus I bought new in 2004 and the serial number starts with "04...". The dealer, Matts Music in Weymouth, told me that Modulus started putting the build year as the first 2 digits of the serial number in 2003. Any bass before that is not as easy to date.
But, as usual, I could be wrong. :)
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Nah, I know they were doing serial numbers the same way at least back to 1997. Prior to that, someone else can probably say for sure.
 
#3,386
TXLawDawg said:
Nah, I know they were doing serial numbers the same way at least back to 1997. Prior to that, someone else can probably say for sure.
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They where doing that before 97 as well...At least 94 and up, I'm not sure about before then.
 
#3,392
BassOliverB said:
Well, as far as I know, the only thing we can tell by knowing the serial number is that it's the 1961th bass build by Modulus in 1991. But isn't that a little extreme? Did Modulus really manage to build almost 2k basses at that time? I believe that your serial number is 910961...
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Ah cool, thanks. The last "1" looks like it could just be the edge of the stamp, so it's probably 910196, which is even more believable.
 
#3,396
BassOliverB said:
Time for an upgrade!
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I just got my Legacy/Lane Poor pickup!
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But is there anyone who know how to replace it with the old Seymour Duncan pickup?
I am taking the bass in to Celinder - Danish handmade basses' workshop to get the pickup replaced.

LP themselves says that the pickup should be wired so the red wire is connected to the volume pot, and the two other wires connects to the sleeve of the instrument jack.
The picture they posted:
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Now, the picture shows how it should look like when the pickup is installed.
But the thing I don't understand is that there is a black wire from the volume pot that is connected to the instrument jack. But currently, the SD pickup has 2 wires which both connects to the volume pot. ImageUploadedByTalkBass1388412014.293736.jpg

By removing them, I will end up with one spot that is not connected to anything, the black wire posted by LP doesn't exist.
However, there is a black wire that runs through the batteries to the instrument jack...

What do you say?

Happy new year wishes from Oliver!
 
#3,398
Ummm... this is bad news. Chapter Seven Bankruptcy (sometimes called Liquidation Bankruptcy) means that Modulus is almost surely done as a corporate entity. In this type of bankruptcy the business debts are discharged (either wiped away or heavily discounted), but part of the process includes selling all of the business's assets. So, things like body and neck blanks, electronics and hardware, production machinery and office equipment will be sold, perhaps at auction. The Modulus that we knew is most likely gone and not coming back. If there's a bright side, we can hope that someone will buy the Modulus trademark and any relevant patents, and maybe that someone will also hire key employees. :crying:
 
#3,399
swood_de said:
part of the process includes selling all of the business's assets. So, things like body and neck blanks, electronics and hardware, production machinery and office equipment will be sold, perhaps at auction. The Modulus that we knew is most likely gone and not coming back. If there's a bright side, we can hope that someone will buy the Modulus trademark and any relevant patents, and maybe that someone will also hire key employees. :crying:
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Screw the trademark, if someone buys the proprietary equipment (neck blanks, molds, and CF layup schedules) and retains a few key employees, I wouldn't care if they called the company "DoogieWhiz Guitars LLC".
 

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