MODULUS GUITARS Vintage Custom (Model GIS3VT-C)
- similar to Vintage, except has figured maple top, black hardware, disc. 1994.
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Geoff Gould, an aerospace engineer and bass player, was intrigued by an Alembic-customized bass he saw at a Grateful Dead concert. Assuming that the all wood construction was a heavy proposition, he fashioned some samples of carbon graphite and presented them to Alembic. An experimental model with a graphite neck was displayed in 1977, and a patent issued in 1978. Gould formed the Modulus Graphite company with other ex-aerospace partners to provide necks for Alembic, and also build necks for Music Man´s Cutlass bass model as well as their own Modulus Graphite guitars. Modulus Graphite´s first products were Fender-style replacement necks, but in the early 1980s five- and six-string bass models were introduced. Since then, the Modulus neck patent has been licensed to several companies, and Modulus has supplied finished necks to Alvarez Yairi, Aria, Cort, Ibanez, Moonstone, Peavey, Status, Steinberger, Tokai, and Zon as well. For more information contact Modulus directly.
Instruments currently built in Novato, CA since 1997. Previously built in San Francisco, CA 1978-1997.
MODULUS GUITARS Electric Guitars Models
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 4 SPi SWEETSPOT CUSTOM (MODEL BSQ4XL-SS-C)
- similar to the Quantum 4 SweetSpot, except has phenolic fingerboard, Modulus/Gotoh fixed bridge, gold or black hardware, volume/treble/bass controls, active electronic, mfg. 1994-96.
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 5 SPi SWEETSPOT CUSTOM (MODEL BSQ5XL-SS-C)
- similar to Quantum 4 SPi Sweet Spot Custom, except has 5-string configuration, Schaller bridge, 3/2-per-side tuners, mfg. 1994-96.
MODULUS GUITARS Quantum 6 SPi Standard Six-String (Model BSQ6XL)
- similar to Quantum 4 SPi Standard, except in six-string configuration, APM bridge, and three-per-side tuners, mfg. 1995-96.
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 4 TBX (MODEL BIQ4XL)
- offset double cutaway alder body, figured maple top, through-body graphite neck, 24-fret phenolic fingerboard with white dot inlay, fixed Modulus/Gotoh bridge, graphite/epoxy nut, two-per-side Modulus/Gotoh tuners, two EMG soapbar humbuck...
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 6 SPi SWEETSPOT CUSTOM (MODEL BSQ6XL-SS-C)
- similar to Quantum 4 SPi Sweet Spot Custom, except has 6-string configuration, APM bridge, 3-per-side tuners, mfg. 1994-96.
MODULUS GUITARS Quantum 5 TBX Five-String (Model BIQ5XL)
- similar to 4 TBX, except in five-string configuration, ABM or Schaller bridge, and 3/2-per-side tuners, disc. 1996.
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 4 SPi SWEETSPOT STANDARD (MODEL BSQ4XL-SS)
- similar to the Quantum 4 SPi Sweet Spot Custom, except has alder/poplar body (no figured maple top), chrome hardware, mfg. 1994-95.
MODULUS GUITARS Quantum 6 TBX Six-String (Model BIQ6XL)
- similar to 4 TBX, except in six-string configuration, ABM or Kahler bridge, and three-per-side tuners, mfg. 1992-96.
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 5 SPi SWEETSPOT STANDARD (MODEL BSQ5XL-SS)
- similar to Quantum 4 SPi Sweet Spot Standard, except has 5-string configuration, Schaller bridge, 3/2-per-side tuners, mfg. 1994-95.
MODULUS GUITARS QUANTUM 6 SPi SWEETSPOT STANDARD (MODEL BSQ6XL-SS)
- similar to Quantum 4 SPi Sweet Spot Standard, except has 6-string configuration, APM bridge, 3-per-side tuners, mfg. 1994-96.