subject: Modulus Bass - Advanced Bass Guitars [print this page] What do you get when you combine rocket science, art and bass guitars? You get a Modulos bass. If you are anything like me then you are probably wondering exactly what I mean by that statement. In order to understand we have to go back in time to the 1970's, where Geoff Gould a bass player and an aerospace engineer had an idea.
He worked closely with a small team and they built an antenna for the Voyager 1 space probe. They used a space age material called carbon fiber. Geoff being a bass player thought that this material could possibly solve every problem that he had experienced playing bass.
Traditional bass necks are made from wood and wood can have it's share of problems. It can warp. There are dead spots and some woods just lack any sustain at all. A bass with a carbon fiber neck would not have any of these problems.
Geoff teamed up with Rick Turner, who had been busy starting a company that was known for making some of the best bass guitars on the planet. Geoff's carbon fiber neck idea along with Rick's exotic wood bass guitar bodies merged and the first bass was born in 1977. They knew they were on to something and filed a patent for their creation. They continued to evolve and make great bass guitars for the next 20 years.
In 1995 Geoff left the company and Rich Lasner who had worked with Peavey and Ibanez took his place. Rich and his team worked hard at perfecting the bass neck and they came up with the Genesis series. A new style of neck that was much stronger. They joined forces with Tobias and applied this new neck style to bass guitars. The rest is history!
Today you will find some of the best bass players in the world prefer their Modulos bass guitars over any other bass. Try one yourself and you will see why!
