Any Kubicki Owners here?
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I am interested in an X-Factor and wonder your experiences. Thanks, DA
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FWIW: The Kubicki X-Factor is one of the most stable priced basses on the used market at $800 +/- for a clean one. Steve "Dude" Barr http://www.TheDudePit.com http://www.VintageBass.com http://www.schoolofbass.com Another one coming soon!
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So "David Axt" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> says: >Do you like the sound?
The reason I sold mine (a pre-Fender) was that I needed the money. The reason I gave myself at the time was that all the strings sounded great but the E sounded "different" due to the longer scale length. Since then I’ve had the opportunity to check out Kenny Gradney’s a couple of times and hear him play ‘em and I think I may have been fulluvshit. Wouldn’ta been the first time… >Is it well balanced? Standing and sitting?
Extremely. This is one of it’s strong points. Probably the most biomechanically correct bass guitar I’ve ever played. >How do you like the drop tuning mechanism?
Works very well. >How about the tuning gears? Does it use regular or double ball strings?
Tuners stay in tune. Regular strings with the balls at the headstock and the plain ends clamping into the tuners. >Any problems with the preamp?
Nope. If one I like ever comes my way again and I’m in a position to I’m gonna buy it. jeffb
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>I am interested in an X-Factor and wonder your experiences.
What would you like to know?
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>I am interested in an X-Factor and wonder your experiences. > What would you like to know?
Do you like the sound? Is it well balanced? Standing and sitting? How do you like the drop tuning mechanism? How about the tuning gears? Does it use regular or double ball strings? Any problems with the preamp? Thanks! DA
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>I am interested in an X-Factor and wonder your experiences. > What would you like to know? >Do you like the sound?
Yes, very much >Is it well balanced? Standing and sitting?
Yes and yes! >How do you like the drop tuning mechanism?
It’s handy. Before I got a 5-string, the capo was useful for those low "D" tunes. Keep in mind, unlike a hipshot, disengaging the capo does not change the fingering. Drop or regular, the 5th fret of the "E" string is still an "A". >How about the tuning gears? Does it use regular or double ball strings?
It uses regular strings — increases your string options. I’ve found that restringing is a little trickier though, because you have to cut the string, bend the end so it stays in the slot, then twist the geared wheel to take up the slack, and then put the string into the saddle and tune to pitch. >Any problems with the preamp?
Nope. There are a few different versions of the pre-amp out there, though. I have a pre-Fender version, which I think is what Phil is using currently now that he took the line back. This is a 5-posistion selector switch, with 2 active settings and 3 passive (plus "off"), plus stacked bass/treble and stacked vol/pan. I also like the pickups very much. I think it’s a solid bass, and it looks funky, too. I will send you an mp3 of a song I recorded direct using this bass.
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