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Modulus Mob
- Thread starter rockstarbassist
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I would like to swap my Barts out for Norstands, but I don't like the look of the standard soapbar p'ups. I prefer the exposed covers
What have u been smoking? Status are compareable, but will never be like Modulus. Near it's not good enouph though
Not to insult your intelligence or anything, but you know it’s a double action truss rod, correct?
‘Turning the adjuster clockwise will move the center of the fingerboard closer to the strings. Turning the adjuster counter-clockwise will move the center of the fingerboard farther away from the strings. Use the provided hex wrench to make relief adjustments. Access to the truss rod adjuster is through the open hole beyond the highest fret and above the Modulus logo. There is a center “dead” spot you will feel when the system is at its neutral point between overbow and underbow adjusting ranges.”
The dead spot is pretty big, you just have to keep going through it, but slowly. It’s not like a wooden neck bass with a 1/4 turn at a time that makes a bog adjustment, you may end up turning it quite a bit.... once it’s on the other side pf the dead spot, then it works like you’d expect. It is a little unnerving at first, but then it’s all good.
GeoffGould
Commercial User
Be careful. Check w/Bartolini re:voltage. I generally use 18v, but some preamps will get fried by 18v.
The ntmb literature says it gets + or - 6db when run at 18v, so that’s a good reason to do so
@iriegnome I have BigRigs on my Q5 with exposed poles, you can also get the Zen Blades, those are on my Zon and are fantastic pickups! and the Zen Blades looks great
Ah, okay, I thought you meant the components themselves wouldn't fit because they were too big. Hmm, I probably don't have nearly that much slack in mine, so I probably didn't get the 6" leads!
Yours has the older control cavity though, right, without the battery cutout? That’s the issue for me...
You could post some pics to really emphasize this@iriegnome I have BigRigs on my Q5 with exposed poles, you can also get the Zen Blades, those are on my Zon and are fantastic pickups! and the Zen Blades looks great
Correct, the batteries just "float" on top of all the pots and modules, separated by a big sheet of foam. Pretty ghetto, actually
...though my '88 Modulus is like that too.
HAHA, let me take some tonight!You could post some pics to really emphasize this
gonna prob swap out with a friend whose local. Idk if his has the 6" cables. From the look of the cavity it looks like the wires are plenty long enough. its a 2000 so theres a battery cutout but its a bit smaller thanmine which is a 2009
