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Kubicki club, part 2

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Curious, does anyone think its probably a good idea and/or in the habit of leaving the low string unclasped unless the E setting is needed? I do notice a bit of a dent there with one of mine on the zero fret from being clasped all the time. Old habits are hard to break.
 
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Relsom said:
Curious, does anyone think its probably a good idea and/or in the habit of leaving the low string unclasped unless the E setting is needed? I do notice a bit of a dent there on the zero fret from being clasped all the time. Old habits are hard to break.
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Never really thought about it. I leave mine clasped unless I'm actually playing it and need those low notes. I do see a tiny bit of wear there, however, it's basically the same amount of wear I see at the first fret. I'll just chalk that up to normal fret wear. I don't think the clasp is imparting enough pressure on that tiny fret to worry about it too much.
 
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newwavefrank said:
Amazing of course. lol. I actually already had one that I picked up used about a year ago so the sound is pretty much the same, but there is nothing like a brand new bass waiting for me to put the first dent into it. ;)
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ModuMan said:
Ain't that the truth?

Grats, enjoy it!
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I'm relived when it happens and look forward to many more! :)
 
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I've owned 3 Kubicki Ex-Factors, the 1st from '86, the other two FCS/Kubicki's.., bought used. (all for way less than current prices!) I don't currently own a Kubicki Ex-Factor but I have his 9v pre in two of my modded basses and his tuner-bridge/lined fretless Ex-Factor neck ('94- bought new from Phil) on a custom bass I made. So regardless of not owning an actual (and not even a Blaster!) Philip Kubicki Ex-Factor - I feel spiritually aligned with Phil's work (spoke with him a number of times on the phone) and as you can tell, I am a solid devotee. Early on I realized I could pick out the sound of a Factor sight unseen. It was at that moment I realized how powerful that was. What other basses have that level of sonic character? A P-bass certainly, a growly/nasally J?, a clanky or pillowy Ric?, an angry piano T-bird? ... all of the above.. and a Philip Kubicki Ex-Factor. You all know how it sounds if you're "one of us" :bassist:

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Something else I wonder about occasionally, and I may have mentioned this before.... but given a choice when the18v preamp was first designed, I wonder why Phil chose to put the Bass on the little top knob and the Treble on the big bottom knob. This is opposite of just about every set of stacked tone controls that I can think of. Not complaining...just one of those random things that swirl around in my head.
 
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Relsom said:
Something else I wonder about occasionally, and I may have mentioned this before.... but given a choice when the18v preamp was first designed, I wonder why Phil chose to put the Bass on the little top knob and the Treble on the big bottom knob. This is opposite of just about every set of stacked tone controls that I can think of. Not complaining...just one of those random things that swirl around in my head.
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I would prefer it the other way myself! I wonder if it's as simple as unsoldering/soldering a couple of connectors. Switching them, basically. I know switching the pickup selector is dead-simple. You just swap the wires coming from the pickups. No soldering.
 
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zuma said:
I would prefer it the other way myself! I wonder if it's as simple as unsoldering/soldering a couple of connectors. Switching them, basically. I know switching the pickup selector is dead-simple. You just swap the wires coming from the pickups. No soldering.
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Not easy. There are no wires to swap and the terminals are soldered directly to the circuit board. Theoretically you could remove the pot assembly and add wires, but it wouldn't be pretty.
 
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