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Modulus Mob
- Thread starter rockstarbassist
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Brand new 2018 model bass. According to the prices on the Modulus Graphite website and all of the options it has, that bass was easily over $10k when it was purchased new. Just the LED's would have put it near the $10k mark. Yeah...I know...$10k.
Nice job on that cavity. Mine’s at the Lakland shop currently getting some slight routing and copper foil as well...
Just switching to EMG’s- since the circuit boards are mounted to the pots, and I insist on 3 band eq, the spot for the batteries needed to be trimmed back a little. I’m not very good at it, I am paying a professional to do it.
One of these days I need to start following that line of thinking. Notice how I never chime in on those "show me your electronics compartment" threads? Yeah, that's 'cuz my workmanship is fugly.
why the copper foil? the emgs dont need it and it casues more trouble than good I think. Just make sure none of the solder side of the circuit boards on the pre amp are touching the wall or they will short to ground and no sound. I learned the confusing and hard way lol!
Functionally Ugly? If it works, that’s good enough for me. Mine isn’t even that good.
That being said, I fixed both my furnace and dryer (although I’m sure it took me about 10x as long as a pro), but neither of those involved soldering or cutting, just taking apart and putting back together (and watching how-to youtube videos
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I like how it looks, and if I replace the emg’s (or sell the bass to someone who wants to) it’ll need some shielding. I’ll keep in mind about the touching though, if there are any issues.
Fred312b - most definitely upload a photo of the finished electronics compartment! haha
Alright - finally put this beast together. I will never ever do a makeover on someone else's bass as long as I live haha. Every part is new (pickups, preamp, bridge, tuners, knobs...) except the body and neck. Very much an undertaking, glad i'm done. This bass won't look this good again...now to start playin for cryin out loud.
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Clarification - this is my bass haha...but I wouldn't want to go through this again for another person, unless I owed them something big. I really loved it, but it was very tedious - probably because I just wanted to finish and play it. I have people asking me do upgrades on their basses, and I have to say no.
I feel ya! I bought a used 2003 Q5 that needed some TLC even though it was still in good condition. I replaced the strap buttons, bridge, pickups, volume pot, bass/treble pot, and the bass/treble knobs. I thoroughly enjoy working on my basses and, now that I think of it, just about everything that I own has seen some work by me.
I have a '96 q5 with Bart's that I don't like.... Bass is too low output (prefer emg's with Bqc pre) and the Bart pre literally does nothing, or at least very little. I need to get motivated to replace the electronics.
I have vowed to stop buying basses that just “need a few tweaks” to make them what I want, as it is never that easy... we’ll see how long that lasts though
I love Bartolini, but the person wiring the harness that day must have been hung over. 'Suitable' but somewhat sloppy. No where near the neatness of the photo I uploaded. Took me a few days, off and on, stretching out the crumpled and bent up wire into neat rows, like they come from the Modulus shop (who knows, maybe Modulus has to comb through the preamps to get them looking sharp and good as well). As far as fit, each pot had plenty of wire for the Quantum layout, no problems at all.
