Mine’s an ‘04 and it has no issues, if that helps. In fact, it’s pretty effin’ awesome.
Lots of us on here have older ones, so I wouldn’t worry. But there’s always some risk with a used instrument with no warranty.
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Modulus Mob
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Mine’s an ‘04 and it has no issues, if that helps. In fact, it’s pretty effin’ awesome.
Lots of us on here have older ones, so I wouldn’t worry. But there’s always some risk with a used instrument with no warranty.
Not me, but the seller is the infamous Modulus flipper, looks like he lost $$$ on it, so cool... not that I like to see bad things happen to other people...
'98 Quantum5 slightly older cousin to to @Fred312b I'm original owner and have taken about
as good care as most all these years. The Poly finish started flaking so had my tech remove it
(wo removing the neck). Has kept perfect intonation regardless of environment and virtually
Never needs tuning. If you can't drag your local tech to check it, make sure you at least have
the opportunity to do it. Sight down the neck, ck harmonics- that kinda stuff. Run into an amp
listen for scratchy pots etc. Ask pertinent questions and scope the owner. I'd trust a used
Modulus over most any other brand.
that's awesome! I asked the current owner about its status after posting, and he said he had been to the guitar tech two months ago and that tech said there was no problem from fretboard to trussrod. Although I can't be 100% sure about that before I play it myself, at least, the instrument might be in pretty good shape. Maybe I was too worried about its age. Thank you all
You should be fine modulus always makes great basses
My 89 (or 87? pots are dated 86) 5er has had no issues. Like Geoff and others stated, if it checks out and is stable, should be good to go. Best of luck!
I must say to the Mob, since I got my first Mod Genesis 5. I am obsessed. I need another. My Friend has two Q 6s and a TbX. I got the bug. Might be selling my music man's to get another one lol.
Your friend certainly has good taste. But as the proud owner of four different MusicMan basses, they're not going anywhere anytime soon. The Q5 and SR5 or my daily drivers and cover all the bases. Though I am TBX curious.
Quadzilla
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Dude, it sounds AMAZING! I'm sure it was great before too. But the tones that come out of this thing are insane!
I've listed my q5 in the classifieds it's also on reverb, if anyones interested pm me
Best advice I can add to ^^^that comprehensive list: Bring a set of feeler gauges; fret the lowest string at the 1st and 24th fret (it's easier to do this if you bring a capo or two) and then measure the relief -- distance from the top of the fret to the bottom of the string -- at the ~7th or 8th fret. Then do the same thing on the highest string. Anything >0.02" should be a red flag. Most folks prefer it even lower.
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On scratchy pots, mine are liked that. I don't care because I never touch them while playing. But, how to clean them up? No amount of "working them out" is doing the trick.
I'll give them a squirt of Caig's DeOxit before any "working them out"...flush the pots, then turn them back & forth from fully CW to fully CCW a dozen times. If that doesn't work, I do it all again. If that doesn't work, I do what @drewphishes recommends:
