1987 Modulus on Craigs List in CT

[Bassaria]

http://www.craigslittlebuddy.com/browse ... 14127.html

[danomite64]

That bass was on ebay a few times for 1/3 that price.

[pjmuck]

Really? I don't recall seeing it on ebay, though there were other Modulus basses on the bay recently. What was the ebay price?

Me likey. I may just take up 5 string after all.

[Bassaria]

i grabbed the PINK modulus a few weeks back - at $1600
nice bass and super clean all around in its sound - i would think this would be too but i think hes a little high (price that is)

[danomite64]

Really? I don't recall seeing it on ebay, though there were other Modulus basses on the bay recently. What was the ebay price?

I think it was $699. It was up twice, which is why the pics I took off the auctions have different carpets in them.

[Lefty007]

Yep, I say that bass on eBay too a few times. I remember one time it was $1000, if I'm not mistaking.

The balance must be awful.

[danomite64]

I'm sure. Also, there's no evidence that Modulus even made that body. I've never seen that style on any other Modulus. My understanding is that Modulus didn't make lefties at all before the mid-late '90's, too. My thinking is as it was the first time I saw it; somebody bought a Modulus neck and built a bass around it.

[pjmuck]

$699 and nobody bid on it???

Unless it is a bogus bass, as mentioned.

BTW, I rarely see 4 string Modulus basses (as well as Lakelands) and when I do they're much more expensive than the 5 stringers. Why?

[baalroo]

...BTW, I rarely see 4 string Modulus basses (as well as Lakelands) and when I do they're much more expensive than the 5 stringers. Why?

aren't you sort of answering your own question here?

[danomite64]

I had a four string Modulus. It was made in '94, and was cusom ordered. Modulus got a Jazz body from some company that made them (not Warmoth) put their standard neck on it. I loved the tone of that bass, but the headstock looked so hideous on that body I wouldn't even take a pic of the whole bass.



A five string one came up on ebay once (I seem to have lost some of the pics I had of it):




Here's another early lefty Modulus, this time with one of their bodies:




So, I'm still thinking the other one was a guy ordering a neck and having a body built for it. Not much different than Modulus ordering a Jazz body to put their neck on, but still, from a collectability standpoint, enough to make it worth a lot less than $3k.

[pjmuck]

...BTW, I rarely see 4 string Modulus basses (as well as Lakelands) and when I do they're much more expensive than the 5 stringers. Why?

aren't you sort of answering your own question here?

Well I guess my main question is why aren't they making 4 stringers? Obviously the rarity issue is compounded by the fact that they don't seem to have any desire to make them (even though the majority of bassists play 4 strings), but technically it cost less to tool a 4 string, less in materials, etc. I find it rather odd and downright ridiculous that neither company offers only lefties in 5 strings.

[danomite64]

Maybe they think 4 string players tend to be more traditional in their tastes, and will likely buy a Fender bass.