Kubicki club?

[Oubabass]

nice nice...what amp do you use for this sound ?
kubicki in black is wonderfull..."detroit rock city"....lol (cause your avatar)

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I'm glad you like it, man. The audio track on the video is the line signal of my Kustom KBA30 practice amp (direct to my PC soundcard).

 

[Winston TK]

Forgive this stupid question, but what is the body wood on Ex-Factors? (I'm referring to the solid coloured ones, not the recent exotic capped ones.)

Thanks.

 

[factorplayer]

hey Winston! I am pretty sure they are alder.... someone check me on that...

 

[factorplayer]

P.S.: Seems that no club member numbers here?

I don't think anyone ever got around to it.... pretty small club anyway.

I have been thinking about rebooting the Kubicki thread for awhile now maybe then.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

A curious question for all fellow Ex Factor owners: How often do you use the E string at full length (open D)? In which situations? Thank you for your input!

 

[Andy Brown]

A curious question for all fellow Ex Factor owners: How often do you use the E string at full length (open D)? In which situations? Thank you for your input!

My band has about 6 tunes we do that are either in D or are in Eb. In these cases I use the trusty lever.

 

[factorplayer]

When I'm practicing or playing on my own I like to use it and I'll keep the clasp off to get used to the open D and reaching to fret the E.

Useful for certain songs, like Queensryche's I Don't Believe in Love which is one I jammed on with some friends recently.

 

[zuma]

Yeah, I think I echo what others are saying...I use the drop down clasp when the tune calls for it. I think it's great for songs that hit that occasional Eb or D but if I were playing a song where the original was dropped down to Eb (as in all the guitars are in Eb tuning) I would just tune it down as well or keep a bass tuned to Eb for that task. For example, all the Stevie Wonder / Nathan Watts stuff is dropped. Guns n Roses tunes like Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle...I wouldn't want to do those with the clasp because sometimes you just need to ride that low Eb and it's a bit of a distance for me.

Most importantly...picture yourself riding the low Eb and doing a dominant 7th to octave Eb riff. That's pretty hard no matter how you finger it unless you just drop everything a half step. You guys with me on that one? ;+)

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I had my first gig with the Ex Factor last Sunday and it was an awesome experience. But I still need to get used to the extra notes on the extended E string. We played a song in the key of D major and, since it is a Dominican Merengue tune and low notes are always welcome in that style of music, I decided to from open E to open D for that. But that particular song mostly revolves around the ii-V-I progression and most of the times I play the open E for ii. Guess what happened? Yes, more open Ds than intended (with a not so good effect, of course). I think I'll have to re-learn some songs if I'm going to use the full 36" of the heaviest string.

 

[Oubabass]

i use open D often to play some "living color and tm stevens" songs. and often for slap in songs of my band.

i play 5 string bass nefore and now i learn to play some songs without 5 strings....the drop D is a compensation.

 

[Andy Brown]

I'm contemplating selling my pristine "closet classic" '89 Ex Factor. I'll probably post tomorrow.

 

[Andy Brown]

Ok... I made up my mind... it's up for sale.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10011906#post10011906

 

[s4001]

Nice bass, someone's gonna have a great time with it.

 

[Wally Malone]

In addition to what others have stated regarding tunes in D & Eb I also use it for those in G giving you the low fifth and walk up to the G.

Wally

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I'm trying to put a new set of strings on my Ex Factor:

1) Spin the string's tuner counter-clock to loosen the string. As you do, you'll see that little silver wire dingle rise slowly from the space between the big ratchet wheel and the tuning knob. Loosen the tuner knob all the way until it stops and be SURE not to force it any further.

2) Now put your plucking-hand thumb (dunno if you're right- or left-handed) just behind that little silver wire dingle and give it a gentle push forward (toward the neck). The ratchet wheel pops free of it's cam and spins freely.

Problem is: Step 2 only has worked on the G string so far. Pushing the ratchet spring head doesn't release the D, A and E string wheels. What should I do? Please help me. Thank you in advance!

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I'm trying to put a new set of strings on my Ex Factor:



Problem is: Step 2 only has worked on the G string so far. Pushing the ratchet spring head doesn't release the D, A and E string wheels. What should I do? Please help me. Thank you in advance!

Phew! Lifting the strings off the bridge saddle screws solved the problem. Now continue to step 3...

 

[Phishr]

I am the new owner a very used Ex Factor #1165. It had been previously converted to a fretless and has lots of wear but overall good condition. It needs a little love but nothing a trip to my favorite luthier won't take care of. I never thought I'd be able to afford one of these but my friend was gassing for my Godin A4 fretless and since he couldn't afford to buy it we worked out this trade. Truthfully I'm still getting used to the look, but to have a bass that plays like this one I really don't care what it looks like.

 

[factorplayer]

very nice Phishr would love to see a high-res photo of it.

 

[Phishr]

I'll try to get a better pics, I'm technologically ********. Right now I'm debating having it refretted so it can be my main bass or keep it fretless.