Modulus Mob

[ChrisPbass]

that would be a nice. i'm a sucker for white/cream

unfortunately it's not my bass

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Well, I love it...really love it, but I just found out that my job change is happening and I won't have any time to play it...so probably end up putting up for grabs on TB soon.

 

[Black Bart]

Well, I love it...really love it, but I just found out that my job change is happening and I won't have any time to play it...so probably end up putting up for grabs on TB soon.

PM me before you put it up, maybe we can work out a deal.

 

[iriegnome]

YEA!! Modulus finally got back to me!!

 

[elgecko]

So what did they say about S/Ns?

 

[iriegnome]

Their records do not go back that far!! What a crock! What is that all about?

 

[Aspidites]

Their records do not go back that far!! What a crock! What is that all about?

From what I understand they lost some of their records when they moved from San Francisco to Novato.

 

[iriegnome]

It just sounds strange. Especially since they are still Modulus. It is not like SWR is not Fender or Eden is Washburn!

 

[Aspidites]

It just sounds strange. Especially since they are still Modulus. It is not like SWR is not Fender or Eden is Washburn!

They dd however have a shakeup in ownership and management and the big move.

 

[iriegnome]

I see.. Hmm.

 

[sleepy_monkey]

I had a 1988 TBX proto and they couldn't nail the exact year for it either supposedly. Keep in mind that Joe left, started his own company, and then went back to Modulus...SO...no telling what happened when he wasn't there...he seems to be the only one over there that knows anything.

 

[Hoover]

It just sounds strange. Especially since they are still Modulus.

Well, strictly speaking they were "Modulus Graphite" back when Geoff Gould ran the company on Folsom Street, and now they're "Modulus Guitars"

 

[iriegnome]

Decided to do a refret on my new Sweet Spot and after the frets are out, the luthier will dress the Chechen fretboard, level it and put the frets back in. There you go, bobs your uncle, just like NEW!! Yippeee... Can't wait to play it..

 

[iriegnome]

Modulus Sweet Spot basses were using Cocobolo for the fretboards in case anyone is keeping score!! Finally some info from Modulus! Special Thanks to Joe Perman from Modulus.

 

[Striver]

A few posts back, when I posted pics of my Q6, I said it was built in 1993 and had two 3-position switches that switch the two Bartolini soapbars between series/humbucker/parallel. I think I may have been wrong. I recently took the pickups out (just to see their model numbers) and found out they're 82-P46C-B (neck position) and 84-P46C-T (bridge position). I've seen other TB threads that suggest these are quad-coil pickups wired for P/all-coils/Reverse-P. Can anyone here decipher those pickup model numbers and confirm that these are the likely coil configurations? Thanks.

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Modulus Sweet Spot basses were using Cocobolo for the fretboards in case anyone is keeping score!! Finally some info from Modulus! Special Thanks to Joe Perman from Modulus.

You are welcome haha.

 

[iriegnome]

Most certainly a big cudo's to my Modulus brother Sleepy Monkey! Thanks for the hook up...

 

[cjmodulus]

Fellow modulus mobsters, can anyone recommend a good way to clean the dust off of the bridge of a Q5? I figured I'd spend memorial day weekend working on my basses, and the Q5's had a crap-load of dust on the bridge since I got her.
Thanks in advance

 

[Erim]

I'm not sure what the right way is, but I always use canned air spray and a moist q-tip. There's probably a more pro way to do it though.

 

[Black Bart]

I'm not sure what the right way is, but I always use canned air spray and a moist q-tip. There's probably a more pro way to do it though.

I'd be careful with the compressed air as it comes out at sub-zero temps and could cause a physical reaction in the strings where they are stressed bending over the saddles. Not likely but could make them brittle, also might not be great on the finish as well.

Personally, I just clean the bridge and everything else when I do a string change using a microfiber cloth. You can also use one of those mini-vacs used to clean out computer keyboards as well on the bridge and other tight spaces if you don't want to change the strings.