Craigslist Score! -- Kubicki Content

[ggvicviper]

Excellent work! Looks marvelous.

[Templar]

Wow. Great score. Spectacular score.

Wanted one since the day they came out.

Grats.

[tastybasslines]

I see a cult like following for these here. What is the appeal? What are they known for? Beautiful! BTW.

[JIO]

Originally Posted by AJ Brown

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Apparently his ex-wife played this one summer for about 6 gigs and it's been in the case ever since. The paint doesn't have one ding, scratch or otherwise, and the screwheads are just starting to get a tad of rust but the tuners, preamp, neck, frets, etc are in incredible shape.

Not bad for only $800.

crazy find / crazy price / crazy awesome instrument (a pre FCS 18V 5-way switch Factor I suspect) - I've had a few Factors (one was a very used black '86 bought in '93 for about the same price) and regardless of condition you absolutely can't go wrong w/them - rock on! Kubicki's rule.

[Wally Malone]

Originally Posted by tastybasslines

I see a cult like following for these here. What is the appeal? What are they known for? Beautiful! BTW.

One can switch from a low E to a low D without rethinking the rest of the board. It is low in weight and very balanced, great bass for funk. It is one of my basses that I'll never sell, bought new in 1986.

Wally

[Dbassmon]

Those are very cool sounding basses. Great score. Looks like it is in un-played condition.

[Munjibunga]

Way to hum! You scored. Congratulations!

[bikeplate]

Cool AJ

[57pbass]

IMHO..KUBICKIS are still the most versatile basses on the market..an amazing variety of usable tones..very comfortable to play and easy to set up.
Congrats on a great score...

[markkoelsch]

That is a fabulous deal...that is a really nice bass.

[pickles]

I had a black '89 from just before the transition. Pretty much the best sounding bass I ever had. The look is tough for me. Would love to get that tone with a more trad look. Also dont like the D extender ...

[rapidfirerob]

Excellent! I always thought these basses were wonderful instruments.

[JIO]

Originally Posted by tastybasslines

I see a cult like following for these here. What is the appeal? What are they known for? Beautiful! BTW.

Many reasons really - If you call Kubicki Guitars, Phil answers the phone - and he will take time to talk w/you. He's one of those guys who is part of modern electric bass history. (google him and see) His design, although it seems not for everyone, is a classic contemporary design which like all great designs looks exactly the same as the first one he made. (think Fender J) Every part on it is designed and made by Kubicki, and it plays and sounds great! He was an early active pre-amp (his design) user and addressed headless w/a drop-D capo which allows seamless use of a low D. (no need to transcribe on the fly) And his Factors are made completely in the US and are of a high quality. They are also pretty bulletproof/take a lot of abuse. Hard not to become a bit cultish once you've owned one.

[lonote]

Wow!!