Kubicki Drop D solution

[Green Knight]

Anyone else do that extended E string but for well under the price tag of an actual Kubicki? Besides a "Blaster"?

 

[Killing Floor]

I don’t know why someone hasn’t.
Shouldn’t the parent have elapsed by now? 14 years, right?

 

[Green Knight]

That’s what I figure, yet I’ve only ever seen it on a custom build. Once.

 

[wvbass]

Interesting. I have a Kubicki, and the extension is great. It is really easy to grab a quick D, or to play a drop D riff. The only downside is that a lot of strings work fine on three strings but start to taper on the E due to the longer scale. It depends on where the taper begins whether it matters, though.

The only other place I’ve seen this is on a double bass. Does anybody know which came first? Was the Kubicki extension inspired by the double bass, or was it the other way around?

Bass Extension

 

[HaphAsSard]

The only other place I’ve seen this is on a double bass. Does anybody know which came first? Was the Kubicki extension inspired by the double bass, or was it the other way around?

Bass Extension

Unless Kubicki is a Transylvanian name, the answer is easily guessed. Have a look at this thread:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/first-c-extension.1102391/