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Modulus Mob

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I was in the mob once,...but if its starting over again,...I'll take number 66,..almost evil!!! ;) Heres my gal,...my longest lasting bass in the stable,..had her for over 15 years.

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#1,229
Thanks for the kind words. She plays and sounds as good as she looks too. :D The Roland tracks well on the Mod, but I currently have in installed on my Stambaugh 6 fretless. It seems to track a bit better on the Stammi, not sure if its because of the shorter scale, but the tougher tones, piano, etc, definitely have less lag time with the Stammi.
 
#1,233
Before I installed new strings on my new Q5, the bass was still very much a Q5 but had a bit of a "dampened" nature to the tone. That is less top-end sparkle and a bit "thicker" low mid. I attributed this at first to the nickel strings it was wearing and not knowing how old they were.

Last night, I installed a fresh set of SR2000s, a SS string that I am VERY familiar with, and there is still a sense of that. To a lesser degree of course, but the tone is not as open and sparkling as I expected it to be.

This bass is a bit heavier that the other Q5 I had, but other than that, they only other variance is the Aguilar preamp. My other one had a Bartolini NTBT 2-band.

Is the Aggie known to be darker? If so, I am thinking a swap to a Bart NTMB may be in order!
 
#1,234
Hey guys, I'm breaking the code of silence to rejoin the mob after a few years in witness protection.:ninja:
I picked up this Q5 from a fellow TBer. I've owned Modulus basses off and on for years, and I'm pretty sure I've been a member of the Modulus Mob before. Anyway, thanks to this Q5 I'm back in black.

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Anybody else using their Modulus on a country gig?
 
#1,236
Did anyone else see this beauty on eBay? Maybe one of you snagged it (and want to sell it to me ;))? I was the high bidder by a good margin with 3 minutes to go, but ended up losing it in the last few seconds! Ahhhh, so close. For years I've been looking for a Q5 with LP's. I've had 2 Q6's with them but I could never get used to the 6 string neck width. Oh well, the search continues for now, so I suppose I'll just have to settle for my crappy old Q5 with Bartolinis :scowl:;)

eBay Q5:
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My Q5 (which I love dearly):
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MarTONEbass said:
Welcome back member #27 Akito! Sweet looking bass! What pickup/pre combo is on your Q5? I have no experience playing county, myself, but others may have.
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27! Cool and thanks! My bass is chock full of EMG electronics. I've owned Q5s with both Barts and EMGs, and I go against convention and actually prefer the EMGs. Way back in the day when I was deciding on my first Modulus, I had a choice between several instruments equipped with barts and emgs, and I decided on a Q5 with barts. It was my first 5 string bass too. I had a chance back then to buy a couple of neck-through Quantums straight from Modulus, and I passed. Still crying about that today!
 

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