Hello everyone. I'm in the market for a Modulus Q5 or Q6. Semi-hollow would be a plus, but I won't discriminate Thanks.

I know this isn't a 5 or 6 string, but IT SPARKLES!
 
http://bassnw.com/New%20Exotic%20%20Basses/modulus_funk_unlimited_4_st_flake_red_sunburst.htm

Sparkle it does indeed! Thanks, but the Quantum's where my mind is right now.

Something like this maybe?
 
http://themiwas.smugmug.com/Music/Basses/Modulus-Q6/

There's a nice Q6 on eBay now for $1,600. Sorry, can't manage to paste the link. I have nothing to do with the auction, just noticed it.

2 days left on the auction

Hey I want one too! Fretless! I got a fretless Zon.... Holy moly that is awesome (never had a fretless before) is there anyone here that can compare Zon and modulus fretless? They have the same pheno fingerboards, right? When I go back and play the fretted basses it's like putting training wheels back on my bike! Lol! Thanks for any help and sorry if I stepped on toes, I was just wondering.

Mine is still available.

That's a beautiful bass!

Zon and Modulus are very different sounding. While the construction is both graphite, the way they lay out the graphite is different and creates a different sound. To my ear, Zon is smoother and darker. Modulus fretlesses are great! However, I love my David King fretless 5 and one of the very best fretless tones I've ever heard came from Jim Cammack's Series I. Check out Ahmad Jamal's Live in Paris '92. Of course, the basses (yes, two) on Ornette Coleman's Virgin Beauty are simply amazing, as well. A pair of Steinbergers on that. Every bass player should have that record. Chris Walker is astounding. Too bad he gave it up to be a smooth R&B crooner, but I can understand the financial decision.

Thanks for the Information! I'll check out the fretless stuff you mentioned. I guess the only way to tell what manufacturer I like more is to play them but where do I find a fretless modulus in Michigan?? But I will say whole heartedly I love the Zon I have (mentioned to me by trip whamsley, cool guy btw). Maybe it's my ignorance speaking but it seems wrong to use a nice piece of ebony that going to get ruined, when that pheno wood (which I understand it to be basically MDF) I can go through those and it won't bother me at all. Thanks again for the help!

Why would ebony get ruined?

It gets grooves  from the strings being pushed into it over time. You know? That's what orchestral instruments have to have replaced. And since gabon ebony is harder and harder to get AND i happen to love the sound of the Zon (even if it's made out of bits and pieces.... Kinda like a chicken mcnugget now that I think about it) it sounds awesome! No need to ruin good and rare wood. Am I wrong? I admit it's my first fretless and I don't listen to fretless players, so I don't dream of Jaco's sound or anything. Again any information is good for me. So thanks in advance : )

Ah, that. Yeah, it's an ongoing subject in the world of fretless bass. My feeling about it is go with what sounds good. What sounds good to my ear and feels good to me is wood and I really having an epoxy coating which protects the wood pretty much completely. However, it does have a particular tone that goes with it. My David King fretless has a bloodwood board with epoxy and it's pretty much unmarked after years of hard service. I also like the Alembic fretlesses I've played with ebony boards that seem more or less uncoated. It depends also what strings you use. I love roundwounds on a fretless. That does create more wear. If I loved rounds on ebony, which I do, I would just do it and then get the board resurfaced and replaced as necessary. Just like I do with frets.  
 
The wood resource is another issue, but the way I look at it is that if you took all the wood that is used for ebony fingerboards every year, you're probably talking maybe half a dozen trees every year. Far more of this valuable lumber is victim of forest clearing to make room for fast food beef or palm oil production. So, I'll forgo eating fast food burgers and use coconut oil. That does far more for the ecology of exotic wood than forgoing an ebony fingerboard that I use for a fretless.

Well ,____ since we are talking about fretless ,I have 3 . I have a 1990 Pedulla Buzz 4 PJ  4 that has an ebony fingerboard that has a coated fingerboard that is neck through design. The Pedulla Buzz PJ 4 has a sound all it's own. I also have a custom built Fender Jazz bass style bolt on with a coated ghost lined rosewood fingerboard. Number three fretless is a custom built P bass with a solid walnut body and a 1972 Fender fretless Maple neck and fingerboard. Both of the epoxy coated fingerboard bass's are strung with round wounds but  the P bass has flat wounds. I have been looking for the right Alembic Fretless for quite a while but have not found it yet. I am considering perhaps a Custom built Alembic Series I Jazz Bass with ghost lines and coated ebony fingerboard at some point perhaps. I am also considering replacing the Bartolini pickups and electronics in my Pedulla Buzz 4 with Alembic Pickups and electronics.