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@stickplayer2

Жыл бұрын

I see this on just about every video that has more than a few comments. KZread needs to really do something about this.

@hrlarson

Жыл бұрын

@@stickplayer2 Maybe an authenticity flag than you can buy for eight dollars? No, wait ...

@joeldipu6754

Жыл бұрын

Seen it on samuraiguitarist channel too

@OdaKa

Жыл бұрын

I always report them for spam when I get them on my comments

@boseefusmacmurphy1156

Жыл бұрын

For real, someone has been following me around KZread offering me free fake stuff via telegram

That was my old Kubicki. So awesome of Ian to buy that for Scott!! Glad to see you are so happy, Scott. Sounds great in your hands!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

WOOOOW - that's awesome!

ROTARY SWITCH The electronics are controlled by the 6 position rotary switch: 1) Standby (full clockwise position) - All controls are completely off. This position is handy for changing strings or in other situations where you want no output. This position does not disconnect the batteries. 2) Active, flat - The bass and treble tone controls are active. 3) Active, with middle frequencies boosted - The bass and treble tone controls are active. 4) Passive, flat 5) Passive, with middle frequencies cut 6) Passive, with high frequencies cut (full counterclockwise position)

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Paul!

@PedroBroggini

Жыл бұрын

It depends... there are 2 versions of the rotary switch, with 5 and 6 positions. Depends of the year, voltage, pre or post Fender, etc.

@TheRealCoolieT

Жыл бұрын

@@PedroBroggini true, I thought (at least on mine) that 4 was bridge pickup in passive mode, 5 was both pickups in passive, and 6 was neck in passive. I tend to use position 3 most of the time, but with an amp on stage sometimes position 2 is better. I manage the treble depending on the song. Rarely use the mute position as my pedal does that and gives me a tuner.

@marshallmorris3656

Жыл бұрын

You have the two active modes backwards. The first active mode after standby is active with mid boost. The second active mode is active flat.

@TheRealCoolieT

Жыл бұрын

@@marshallmorris3656 yeah you are right, I've been messing with them the last few nights in rehearsal and position 2 is mid boosted, I still like position 3 better...lol

A little backstory on your Kubicki bass: Phil worked for Fender, and while experimenting with bass necks there, he bravely went after the ubiquitous Fender dead spot usually around the 7th fret of the G, on a mission to eliminate it. I'm sure you've seen the "Fat Finger" and other clamp on weights that people affix to the headstock. These tend to add mass and move the dead spot off the end of the neck. Phil found that alternately, by increasingly lopping off more and more of the headstock, he could move the dead spot similarly off the neck (presumably off the other end?). This is what brought him to the headless design...and the drop D feature, similar to orchestral double bass C extensions, was added on an optional model; those with the extension were called "ex-Factor".

@tignytigny

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for those comments, very interesting!!

@GCKelloch

4 ай бұрын

That sounds like some rumor-myth. I would think the rigidity of the many-laminate neck solved the problem. It also explains the massive punch of those basses. Dual action truss rods also reduce neck damping. Decreasing mass at the headstock would likely just increase damping on the lower frets.

@JMGilberto

4 ай бұрын

@@GCKelloch Maybe, but I was told this by one of the top electric bass luthiers on the planet, and since he is a pioneer of many of the things standard on today's basses, I have no reason to believe it's BS. It makes total sense since adding a fat finger (adding mass) to the headstock pushes the dead spot off the neck in the other direction.

@MaasHomes

2 ай бұрын

I bought a black x-factor bass back in 1988 from Knut Koupee music in Uptown Minneapolis. It was a great sounding bass. Sold it to a local musician in the early 90s. I wonder where it is today?

@MaasHomes

2 ай бұрын

I had that Stu Hamm video as well as Louis Johnson’s.

Awesome! I was good friends with the late, great Phil Kubicki. He spent Thanksgiving with my family and me in 2010. He was such a nice guy with so many great stories. The stories of when he worked at Fender were highlights! Always wanted a Kubicki bass.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

WOW - I bet that was awesome. Would love to hear those stories :)

@jimmyhowe7883

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass Thanks! Yeah, my favorites were of him building the rosewood Tele and Strat for George Harrison and Jimi Hendrix respectively and then having to get LF’s approval. Tadeo Gomez reading Mad Magazines at lunch break on the picnic tables outside the factory was another one. He claimed the neck is the most important sound factor in an instrument and proved it to me by striking a note with the headstock against a wall and then again with the butt end of the instrument. Great memories of playing pool with him and absolutely destroying me! I was playing a lot of acoustic guitar then and have fond memories of him and a small gathering of people singing along to me playing Beatles songs. I regret not reaching out to him when he was ill, but the cancer took him so quickly. Very sad. It was an honor to be acquainted with him for a brief couple years.

@carpediemarts705

Жыл бұрын

Late? Thanks for the news I guess.

@Viper-dz2kw

Жыл бұрын

@@carpediemarts705 Apparently he died all the way back in 2013, pancreatic cancer unfortunately

Sean Malone, recorded In 1993 Cynic / Focus with Kubicki factor fretless … The sound is mind blowing …listen to the song Textures, Malone solo is amazing… RIP Sean Malone… you’ll never forgotten 🤟🏼

@buckemptier

Жыл бұрын

Dude, is he dead??? I didn't even realize, what the fuck happened, he wasn't even very old

@pedromedina1802

Жыл бұрын

@@buckemptier yes, he committed suicide in Dec 2020 …really sad …same year at the beginning of the year Sean Reinert, Cynic drummer and founding member also passed away … 2021 album Ascension Codes is dedicated to them …

@Matt-nk2tp

Жыл бұрын

RIP. Sean's work with cynic is out of this world, feel for Paul Masvidal now he's lost his whole band :(

@brandondavidson2200

Жыл бұрын

Who?

@Matt-nk2tp

Жыл бұрын

@@brandondavidson2200 if you need to ask it's obviously not going to hold any relevance to you. Pretty easy to work out from above comments.

Damn, I think that lever over the headstock is genious. I think Modern bass companies should do that on today's basses.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

yep - me too. It's super useful, and because the notes stay the same it's SO much better than a regular D-tuner.

@ReasonableRam

Жыл бұрын

The added frets behind the lever were extra impressive to me. Such a cool invention.

@n2scafe179

Жыл бұрын

@@ReasonableRam Yeah, and it looks pretty damn cool too.

@LucasVigor

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if people know this but it comes from the double bass c-extension concept

@Wademanthebassman

Жыл бұрын

its common on double basses called C-extension, so maybe its just a matter of time before you see extensions on electric basses ;-) I have even seen a H/B extension once instead of having a 5th string. I myself have an extension on my double bass, but I think id prefer my good ol 6 string E-bass after all

I saw Stu Hamm playing a Factor with Joe Satriani in an old live show on VHS. It was blue and he just ripped through his bass solo. Amazing memories.

@DamnedEyez

Жыл бұрын

There's video of him playing a solo on that bass on youtube...

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

A fair few people got introduced to the Factor via Hamm! What a bass! What a player! 🔥🔥

@markdaniels7174

Жыл бұрын

Stu had at least six of these, all set up differently. The action on his red one was for slapping, on the blue one for tapping. He had a fretless yellow one. He even had a white one he added a P pickup to, between the Kubicki pickups, and he added a pickguard too! Philip Kubicki personally setup my friend’s Kubicki bass; my friend drove to his NH house and spent the day with him.

I loved those basses back in the day. The era of craving a Pedulla, Kubicki and Steinberger with a Trace Elliot rig.

@MyBirdCam

3 ай бұрын

Same but with an SWR rig. I would have taken the Trace rig in a second though!

That detuning system looks a lot like the ones classical bassists use. You see them on uprights in orchestras all the time. Genius system.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

SO COOL!

@svenny6130

6 ай бұрын

When I saw it I immediately thought of the C extension

Love the old Factor and Steinberger basses of the late 80s and early 90s.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

Greatest bass of the 1980's... with third of it on Jazz Bass.

@astrokratov_official

Жыл бұрын

With 50% advertisement

@iamyila

Жыл бұрын

KZread has a skip function

Yes I agree, a truly amazing bass. Always wanted one but beyond my budget at the time they were in production, these are now highly sought after.

I played one a few years back and was blown away. It's so incredibly powerful. And yes, I love the E/D idea. It's just brilliant.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

That’s actually an ex-factor. The factor doesn’t have the d-tune function. If my memory doesn’t fail me, I think it’s 14 pieces of timber laminated in the neck. You could break the E string and still stay in tune. I searched for one here in Australia for one not that long ago. I wanted one so badly in the 80’s.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Cheers for the heads up, Justin!

@gordonhodgson8403

Жыл бұрын

Australia can be a difficult place to find interesting instruments!

@justinmills556

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass It is a beautiful bass. I’m jealous because I’ve always wanted one after seeing Stu Hamm playing them with Vai and Satriana. I think I’m going to have to become good friends with Ian Martin Allison. Maybe he can find me one as well.

@justinmills556

Жыл бұрын

@@gordonhodgson8403 there was one at the bass center in Melbourne. Was not for sale understandably.

@drumsnbass

Жыл бұрын

@@justinmills556 I haven’t been playing any bass in a very long time but I still have a custom refinished Ex- in the closet. Just hard to part with it.

Two completely different & awesome basses. "Hot Licks" I grew up on those vids. Lol. Had the good fortune to study privately with Stu Hamm in the mid 90s after my time at BIT. Used to goto his home studio for lessons. Got to check out a bunch of his basses- even got to play a few! Good times. Good dude. Thanks for sharing these fab instruments.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the vid & sharing your story Dan!

I have used a Kubicki since 1990, played more than 2000 gigs with it before it needed a refret. Still the best bass design ever, in my opinion.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

Because the lever isn't actually a detuner, but a range extender, the E string is still more tight and defined than you would find on a normal 32" scale bass. I would LOVE to have a Kubicki Factor :)

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

YES. GREAT concept

@Nikolay_Nikolov

Жыл бұрын

The lever is virtually a capo for the E string only.

@jtl1380

Жыл бұрын

@@Nikolay_Nikolov That's exactly what I was thinking. The "E-string" is actually a D-String with a capo on the 2nd fret.

Great Video Scott. The Kubicki Factor is such a amazing Bass. There were a lot of Brands back in the 80´s and 90´s making incredible inovated Basses like Vigier, Status, Le Duc, and my all time Favorit Atlansia... just to name a few of them. Great to see the old Stuff still Sounding and looking great. Thank for showing... Best Regards Nik

There's a famous brazlian bass player, Bi Ribeiro from the band "Paralamas do Sucesso" that uses one of this FACTOR basses for many many years. The band has a strong influence of reggae and ska mixed with latin and brazilian rythms and also a strong The Police influence. Totally worth check it out. I know you love brazilian players Scott

I have always wanted one, I played one for a day and it was epic, really hard to find, once you have one you never give it up, they are a real gem.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

An absolute 💎 for sure!

Owned one when I was a kid in the late 80's. Will never forget it. The drop d was great. First person I saw with this bass after I got it was John Taylor in Duran Duran.

70's Jazz Basses just sound so damn good. Sooooooo damn good.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@DuffTV

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass I had a Kubicki but Fenders just record soooo much better

Thanks so much for covering the kubicki. I have one and it took me 90s and 2000s. Great for club music gigs

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Nice dude! We 🧡 Kubicki!

The VERY FIRST TIME I heard and saw a FACTOR BASS was in about 1986 when John Taylor of Duran Duran started using them instead of his Aria Pro ii SB 1000s. It was on the "NOTORIOUS" video was the first time.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Yes dude! Gonna have to go rewatch that video!

@judowrestlerka

Жыл бұрын

@Scott's Bass Lessons you will never regret it man. Let me know what you think. Peace, love, LOW END.

@jimcharles651

Жыл бұрын

Didn't he play one in Power Station before that???

@judowrestlerka

Жыл бұрын

@@jimcharles651 HEY....YOU ARE RIGHT!!! WOW...I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. Getting older makes it a little hard to put the yeaes into perspective sometimes. Yeah, Bang A Gong had that sick slap bass break in it. Lol Thanks!!

Im loving these videos with you both.

My dad played one of those back in the day! The factor is a dream for me, if I ever get my hands on one

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Amazing basses dude! 🙌🏻

Haha I basically shouted with joy when I saw this! Much love to the Kubicki!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Lol, amazing!

I've wanted a Factor bass since 1989.. played a used F4 in a local music shop and it blew me away. The best instrument I've even laid hands on. Way out of my price range, but absolutely amazing.

I saw Stu back in the 80s Playing with Joe Satriani I was 2 bodies back General Admission show. 👍

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🤯🤯🤯

I bought my first new Kubicki in 1992. I have it still, I bought a brand new one in 2020. Phil's wife has parts built by Phil before he passed away. She, along with Mike Haney (The Guitar Doctor) are assembling them and selling them as new, until the parts run out. They are a bit pricey but well worth it, in my opinion. Thank you, Scott, for showing love to one of the best bass builders and one of the best basses ever built.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Wow Harlan that's great to know! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Such a great video! Please more low fi, spontaneous bass talk 👍

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Will do, cheers Philip! :)

First time I saw a Factor bass was from the Bass player from my favorite band in Brazil called Os Paralamas do Sucesso. His name is Bi Ribeiro, he plays the same red factor for the past 30 years. And of course Vail Jonhson in the Kenny G Live album is amazing!

Hi Scott, Nice vid as always (even it's lo fi) :) Kubicki has its own thing would like to have one, but that Jazz is kinda 70's dream love it...

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

My Ex-factor is serial # 120. I bought it new in 1985. Only Phil has ever worked on it, and he signed the back of the headstock the last time he worked on it….sadly only 6 months before he passed. He was a great guy. By far my favorite of all my basses.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Wow Mark! Hold on to that badboy!

I haven't seen one of those Kubicki basses since reading a John Taylor (Duran Duran) interview back in the 80s. I remember being fascinated by the dropped D mechanism. Very cool instrument!

Wait.... I grew up with Scott's videos and this is the first time I've ever seen him play without the glove on. So cool! and such a cool bass!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting dude! 🙌🏻

I remember seeing my first kubicki at a Petra concert with Ronny cates. Thought it was the coolest bass I had ever seen. Had to have one and bought one in 91, and still have it. Became a Stu Hamm fan and remember watching Vail Johnson on arsenio hall just killing on it.

What a beautiful instrument, I remember John Taylor of Duran Duran using it in the 80s. It was totally ahead of its time back then and I think it held up good.

@Chucklea9

Жыл бұрын

Yes he played it at Live Aid

I own 4，They play Comfortably，good balance, unique tone，especially the neck，move so naturally and fast. Amazing instrument，which makes me really love bass guitar.

I first became aware of these when I saw Duran Duran's John Taylor playing them, which at first made me go "Aw shucks, he stopped using the Aria Pro2!" Around a decade later, I was in college and I came across one in a music shop and I figured "Cool it's a Factor, let me try it!" I remember it being really light and with a neck profile not that different from an Ibanez Soundgear, although it's likely the other way around. It sounded really good though.

@geerhoar

Жыл бұрын

I still have my Aria Pro II SB Elite 1. The neck shape is really great.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@karimgandoura6124

Жыл бұрын

Notorious and some like it hot were recorded with that bass right ? 😊

@RastaSaiyaman

Жыл бұрын

@@karimgandoura6124 I don't know about "Notorious" but there's footage of Power Station recording their album where John is seen using his Aria. So it's safe to assume he used it on "Some like it hot" too.

Bizarrely I just watched TOTP from 1987 and Duran Duran were on playing 'Notorious'. As a bass player I always take a look at what the bass player is using and was confounded to see John Taylor playing a weird black bass with a narrow headstock. Your video came up on my timeline and what do I see. The same bass. A Kubicki Factor bass. These are quite sought after. Nice friend you've got there.

As both a professional bassist and a Kubicki (though sadly of no relation), I approve this video.

For many years I used a Musicman Stingray, which itself has a great slap tone. But when I bought my 70's Jazz my world changed. The 70's Fender Jazz is THE slap tone I hear in my head when I'm mind jamming. Vail Johnson was the first player I noticed with a Kubicki; great player, massively under-rated...

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Yes Craig! Thankyou for sharing 🙌🏻

I love that. I love the extended low string widget. I love the looks. The sound is incredible. I don't know what it works cost me to find one of these but i know that it's more than i have.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

you can find them for sale online around $2-4k depending on the condition etc.

@maninalift

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass yeah. I looked. I mean technically i could not one. I think I'd need to play a lot more to justify that. Never been good at practicing regularly and my current life makes it harder than ever

Hey Scott Great Video! I love The Kubicki bass also. As a matter of fact, I saw a pic of Mark Greenwood, who is Garth Brooks' Bass Player using one...an unusual one.

Brilliant bridge design. The whole thing is truly innovative in so many ways.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Yup - Beaut!

A mate of mine had 3 Kubicki`s at one point including an ex Stu Hamm one. Great to play and sound amazing.

Awesome reference back to the old Stu Hamm Hot Licks video! I learned basic slapping from that VHS tape back around 1990! I still use that triplet dead note trick, awesome video!!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Big up Hot Licks 🔥👅👅!!

I have a Kubicki exactly like that one!!! Glad to see it’s getting reviewed!!!

That was a trip down Nostalgia Road! When I was a senior in high school, and had only been playing bass for a little over a year (~1985/86), a classmate, the late Sean Malone (who would go on to become an accomplished musician and teacher) bought (ordered, actually, and waited months to receive) a Kubicki fretless in black. It was the coolest bass I'd ever seen, and remains so to this day. Perhaps one day I'll get the chance to own one. I recommend checking out Sean's work with Gordian Knot, or on his only known recorded solo work, "Cortlandt".

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Sick dude!!

@alexderlago

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass Great story thanks!

Loved my Kubicki bass - wish I still had it. That and my Steinberger. Thanks for the memories!!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I got to hold a Factor Bass two months ago. That Lever for Eb is genius.

Kubicki Ex Factor 4. Got one. I guess the `89 model has a 18v preamp like my `92 model. The six position selector switch has the following settings. 1. Off 2. Mid boost active 3. Low/high boost active 4. Flat passive 5. Mid cut passive 6. High cut passive. All relative to the use of the Bass/Treble selector.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

The Kubicki Ex Factor, that's my favourite bass ever! I almost got one from the Bass Gallery about a month ago but someone had just got in there before me. It was a beautiful, 1989, blue colour and that's why I wanted it as I only play/collect blue basses. I'm now thinking of having one made from Kubicki who are still going (minus Phil of course who died in 2013), it's expensive, but worth it. One day I'll have a blue 80s model.

I love the kubiki factor bass, I played a metalic dark green years ago... Quite effective.👍👍👍

Fantastic bass sound. Great tone.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Cheers dude!

You Are The Man Bruh... I Wish I Could Spend Some Time Jammin and Recording Some Material With You Bro.. And You Could Give Me Some Bass Lessons and Pointers and Tips in My Bass Playing.. Keep Funkin Em Up Brotha Scott ☺☺😎👊💯💖

Pretty neat engineering on the pull-down detuner. But what can I say, the minute you took the JB, my ears popped up pleasantly.

I still own my 1989 Kubicki xFactor. I had Phil do a tune up on it a few years before he passed. Such a great artist!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Phil was THE MAN! 🙌🏻🐐

Great video Scott. And Hot Licks.....I learnt my slap technique from Louis Johnson and I've been trying to recover ever since! Ha Ha! I loved the Brothers Johnson and Louis (aka Thunder Thumbs) was just amazing - especially when you dig into all the other artists he played bass for too. I think I need to purchase the slap accelerator though - looks like a great programme. Keep up the great work Scott and Ian!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting Stuart! I was vibin' to Strawberry Letter 23 by Brothers Johnsons just yesterday evening. What a tune, what a bassline. 🍓🕺🧡

@corbinhirschhorn9064

Жыл бұрын

You forgot Stu Hamm! I first saw it when I was a kid and both he and my dad used a Factor.

I have a 1991 Fender Jazz plus with the same preamp. Knob 1. Volume, blend Knob 2. Treble, bass Knob 3. Passive, active, active with mid boost, stand by. The active with mid boost is adjustable on the preamp itself. There is a Phillips head adjustment pot located in the service cavity.

When I was ~20, that Factor made my jaw drop when I saw Stuart Hamm play it. It only just now dawned upon me that this D-tuner works by actually adding a fret, not by lowering the tension on the string as with the Hipshot D-tuner I have on my Musicman Stingray 🤯

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Yup, such a killer gadget! 🔥🔥🔥

That detune system is insanely cool. I am surprised more of this thing's features aren't standard today. Brilliant.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's damn nuts! Bring it backkkkk! 🔥🔥🔥

My 86 Kubicki is one of my favs! I bought it from Mr. Kubicki’s family after he passed away and they told me it was one of the last that he restored

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🧡🧡🧡

I saw someone with this bass at a show a couple weeks ago and my mind was blown but couldn't remember what it was called, thank you for this video

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

The infamous Philip Kubiki Factor bass. Always want one since the 80s when I bought Stuart Hamms 1st album where he has one on the cover.

Love this style of video!👌🏻

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Hey Lee, what is it specially that you like about this vid? That it's focused on gear, and / or the production style (i.e. low-fi my home studio)... lemme know, coz I'll do more of them :)

@leethebassplayer4902

Жыл бұрын

@@devinebass Hey Scott! I think it’s the lofi, home studio style I really like. Just super relaxed and very cool (the fact it’s a gear video is a bonus! 😉) Saying that, I’m a huge fan of everything you do! Keep up the great work.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

@@leethebassplayer4902 Cheers, Lee!

Ready for the SBAcc - and the X-factor has been a dream bass since I started in the late 80s and saw Stu Hamm backing Satriani. And I know the hotlicks videos!

I tried the same factor bass back in 2019 in Miami. If I’d had the $2000 it cost at the time it would have been in my collection immediately. It was one of the best basses I’ve ever played

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

A thing of beauty! 🧡

I remember seeing one of those Kubicki basses for the first time with the Power Station and the "Notorious" album from Duran Duran - John Taylor was playing one. Never put hands on one personally, but always wanted to try one out. Great vid!

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

💛💛💛

My birth year Jazz bass! And it sounds amazing.

My first bass, which I still have, is a 75 rosewood Jazz. It had the 3-bolt but the neck was so unstable that I had it converted to a 4-bolt decades ago. The bridge pickup also died long ago and I had them replaced with Joe Barden Jazz bass pickups. Interestingly enough, Joe lived near me and came to my house to buy my old SVT cab. I didn’t know who he was at the time, but he brought this frankenstein jazz that sounded absolutely killer. When I asked, he said he made the pickups and had prototypes in the bass. I ended up trading the cabinet for the second set of pickups he built, with the first set going to … Marcus Miller! The 75J also got modded along the way with a brass nut, hipshot + schaller tuners, and badass bridge. Since then though, I had the original tuners and bridge put back on it. Sadly, the pick guard got melted when I was a kid and left my bass in my car. It’s about as original as possible now and still an amazing sounding and playing bass. But HEAVY! I use it in the studio but never take it out on the road any more.

Thanks so much!!! I has been too long since I dropped "Kings of Sleep" on the turntable.

@devinebass

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Get that dropped!!

Marcus has such an incredible bass tone, and it's also Fender bass tone.

@devinebass

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🔥🔥🔥

Ah man, I had a real thing for those Kubicki Factor basses. I tried one back in the day and loved it... that said, my fave bass of that sort of time was the Vigier Passion, which I still hanker after, they sounded great and played beautifully.

@devinebass

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A Vigier Passion... Now theres a funky lookin' thing!

I had that same model 70s jazz bass - mine was a 76, and it was butterscotch blonde… it was a beast!

@devinebass

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💛💛💛

My goodness! I went to a jam session at a bar and one of the gentlemen there had one of these and he let me play it for a tune. I remember the bizarre headstock and detuner thing.

Vail Johnson who toured with Ken Mo and Kenny G also played one!

@devinebass

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Awesome! 👊🏻

I got to play a Kubicki Ex-Facror in the late 80's and dug it. I even had Stu Hamm's 1st release on 12" vinyl!

I had that Stu Hamm VHS Hit Licks video. And I saw Stu playing his Kubicki at an instore clinic in Tampa, FL in 1990 or 91. It was awesome!

@devinebass

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A classic VHS! 🔥

I love the Kubicki Factor bass ❤ . I always wanted one .

@devinebass

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They're AWESOME! 💛

I first saw a Kubicki in Stu Hamm’s hands. I always loved them.

I had a fender jazz plus with that Kubicki electronic setup Sounded fantastic

@r3f676

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My current bass is a Jazz Plus and not gonna lie, this one is a keeper

@devinebass

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Yes dude! 🙌🏻

Bought a Kubicki when they were going through the Fender Custom shop, later sent it back to Philip to have the Kubicki electronics put in (the custom shop at the time used Jazz Bass Special electronics, not near as versatile as Kubickis!). Of all the 30+ basses I've owned, this is the only one I truly miss. An exceptional instrument, the ebony fretboard was such a joy to play. Mine was Serial number 2999. When Phil was redoing the electronics, he said he had some old stock and could make me another ... for about 5k. Paid $1450 for mine, and it was white, just like yours in the video. I would give anything to have my original back!!!

Wow! the bass that Taka from Galneryus use. Great info about the bass

Ahh yeah. The Fender Jazz Bass Plus had a Kubicki preamp in it. Man those were such underrated basses

@guitarzan11litwin51

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Still are.

@jeffwolinski2659

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Indeed they are! I have a reverse blue burst that I had converted to fretless.

@devinebass

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🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@evertthebassist

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@@jeffwolinski2659 ahhh jis that was my favorite finish! My best mate has the natural ash

I was a new bass player in 1990 and my cousin's husband had a Kubicki Ex-Factor. I fell in love! (With the bass, not him!) It look me almost 20 years before I finally owned one. It wasn't in great shape, and I couldn't justify having it serviced at the time, but Mr. Kubicki took the time to walk me through some maintenance over the phone. You talk about the neck, mine was twisted. Phil told me to tighten the truss rod until it's straight. I expressed my discomfort at messing with truss rods and he said, "I built that neck with my 2 hands. Tighten it until it's straight. It won't break, I promise" How can you argue with confidence like that? I finally had the money a handful of years ago to send it in for service, but sadly, Mr. Kubicki had passed. Mike Haney, The Guitar Doctor, took over for Phil (I believe he has all of Phil's tools and his workbench) and did an AMAZING job on mine.

@devinebass

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Wow! A great story. In every story I've heard featuring the main man Phil he sounds like an absolute gent! 🙌🏻

I coveted a Factor the moment that I saw John Taylor playing one on the Notorious album. And I've never found one that I've been ready to buy or had the funds to buy.. and when Phil Kubicki passed, the value went through the roof. I'm kinda resigned to not having one now, but its a real bucket list bass. I've always loved them.

@devinebass

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A bucket list bass for many I'm sure! 🧡

Oooh... the Kubiki X-factor... dream bass from the 90s (especially in that deep red they came in.) Still want one...

Nice, Scott!

totally cool video thank you. I have a 90 white Steinberger q bass that has the d drop (and also the same yellowed body now) - the spector is a rad piece of engineering and yes it sounds great!

@devinebass

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Awesome dude!

Great video! I would love to own a kubicki bass but so so rare!!!!

I sooooooo wanted a Kubicki after seeing John Taylor (Duran Duran) perform at Live Aid. Does that date me?🙃 I never had the opportunity or the $$$. Great video as usual Scott!- Brent, VT USA

Awesome video on 2 killer bases! What gauge strings are on the jazz?

My first memory of a Kubicki was John Taylor playing one with Power Station.

It's got stiff competition for "greatest bass of the 80s", but it should certainly be in the conversation. 32" / medium scales need more love.

@devinebass

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💯💯💯 !!

Got s/n 112 direct from Kubicki. Had two but sold one 😕. What a great bass! Made Nov, '85. Celebrates it's 37th birthday this month. Had it longer than any other bass.

@devinebass

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👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

The Kubicki Factor was one of my dream basses from the first time I saw Stu Hamm play one. I loved the sound and of course, the "D" tuner. None of our local shops could ever get one in so I've never seen one. Same actually goes for the Wal Bass...can't find any around.

@devinebass

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They're a bit of a unicorn these days for sure!

From memory, the four way rotary switch is: Passive Active Active with mid boost Off

@devinebass

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