Yeah, switching can get tricky. I always overshoot the low G, F# and F because of the shorter scale for a little bit. ;+)
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Kubicki club?
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I would love to get a natural finish Kubicki for the primary but I also love Status and want one with a natural finish and wrap around LEDs. I loved my S2-Classic licensed Washburn until I broke the truss rod nut. It is now a wall ornament
Its neck has a similar feel to the Kubicki.
Here is my Kubicki.
Hey CL where did you score that? Just curious. I live in Austin too you'll have to let me know when you play out I'd love to hear it.
I bought it 15 yrs ago online from some (non chain) music store's inventory. Our band is Riversyde | Riversyde - Alternative Rock - Austin Texas. We are in the studio right now but plan on gigging again in Dec.
Never thought I'd see this one pop up but here it is... Stu Hamm's "Raiders" Ex-Factor
Kubicki -- Stu Hamm ENDORSER AXE | eBay
Check out some of those other pics too. Not too often you see custom Kubickis at all.
Kubicki -- Stu Hamm ENDORSER AXE | eBay
Check out some of those other pics too. Not too often you see custom Kubickis at all.
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I wonder when/why the previous owner sold it. He used to own all of the custom graphics from that year.
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I'm digging, the red one with the pickguard. If you look closely, its a FACTOR, not and Ex-Factor. Cool.
I'm not a sports guy so a Raiders bass doesn't do it for me at all. When you compare it to CLPalacio's "Darth Vader" bass above there is no comparison for me. The Factor's silhouette is more than enough. The graphics just get in the way. A little too gaudy for me.
Yeah dude I totally agree with you. Sometimes I think sports fans can be incredibly tacky, I mean it's a musical instrument not a friggin ball cap. I'll be surprised if someone actually bids that much. I'd be more interested in the other Ex-Factor that appears to have some cheesy 80's graphic going on.
Just joined the Kubicki Club, found this 2000 post Fender era mint conditions, nice and light.
Number please?
Number please?
Impressisve. Most impressive.
I've got my eyes on a red one as well but not sure if i can swing it right now.
I took some better close up shots of the wood grain on the neck here
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I stand corrected!
According to Phil, at one point he used a dark adhesive to laminate the necks but went back to transparent after a short time. I asked him about this when checking out a bass with the dark adhesive which I had not seen up until then. There were other occasional variations. I have a fretless neck that has an ebony veneer on the back of the headstock. He claimed to have done a few of these "because he felt like it."
Well thanks to factorplayer, I now have a sister for my black one. They will look really impressive next to my rig on stage 
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So....how and when did you get turned on to these basses? For me, it was in the mid 80s when I saw John Taylor play one in the Power Station. I also saw another 80s band Cock Robin play one in their video. I was a fan ever since. Took me until 1997 to finally buy one.
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot - YouTube
Cock Robin<---if you can see past sexy Anna, you can see Peter playing
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot - YouTube
Cock Robin<---if you can see past sexy Anna, you can see Peter playing
So....how and when did you get turned on to these basses? For me, it was in the mid 80s when I saw John Taylor play one in the Power Station. I also saw another 80s band Cock Robin play one in their video. I was a fan ever since. Took me until 1997 to finally buy one.
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot - YouTube
Cock Robin<---if you can see past sexy Anna, you can see Peter playing
That's an easy one for me. We have a similar story. I was definitely influenced by seeing John Taylor in Power Station and the Live Aid performances with his Kubicki but what really sealed the deal was the 1987 Strange Behaviour tour. Oh man, I was 14 or 15 and my older buddy took me with him to Irvine Meadows. We were RIGHT NEXT to one of the sidefills in the cheaper seats and that Factor sounded MASSIVE! I was in love with that tone ever since. I didn't get one til around 2003. It's one that I will never let go.
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