BASSISACE Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) *** Edited March 12, 2010 by BASSISACE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnozzalee Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Thats an amazing collection! Gotta say the Green Fretless is my fave! Do you know anything about the key factors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 nice collection! i like the white one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Fit like BASSISACE. Great collection. Don't know which I like best as they're all beauties. You're right about the camera not doing the colour of the fretless justice, shame about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxpop Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Fantastic collection. Can I ask what is a fair price for an X Factor. I've seen a white one for sale and was wondering if it is worth a try. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Schnozzalee' post='519963' date='Jun 21 2009, 01:17 PM']Thats an amazing collection! Gotta say the Green Fretless is my fave! Do you know anything about the key factors?[/quote] I had a Key Factor for many years - what do you want to know about them? Forgot to say - the green one is lovely, never seen one in that colour before Edited June 21, 2009 by molan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Do they make these in 5 string? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Nice...which one are you selling by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) [quote name='crez5150' post='520101' date='Jun 21 2009, 04:37 PM']Do they make these in 5 string?[/quote] Key Factor definitely comes in a 5 but I don't think I've ever seen a 'regular' Kubicki in a 5 format. I've hunted around and can't see any 5's - Seems odd though, maybe the 5's are just very rare! Edited June 21, 2009 by molan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='voxpop' post='519999' date='Jun 21 2009, 03:34 PM']Fantastic collection. Can I ask what is a fair price for an X Factor. I've seen a white one for sale and was wondering if it is worth a try. Thanks.[/quote] I've seen them selling anywhere between £600 & £900 depending on condition and/or if they were earlier models or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Brooks Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I'm loving that Bahama Green one, always a great colour. There are definitely a few rare Kubicki colours, my coral pink Fender was one of 3 when I spoke to Phil in 1993 so I wonder if he ever did any more in that colour. Nice collection though, great stuff! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 It's just great to see a 'proper' collection - I don't have the discipline - well done, I'm seriously impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASSISACE Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hello all, thanks for the great comments. I've had no dealings with the Key Factors at all, you do see them come up for sale on ebay every so often, the Phillipines seen to sell a lot for some strange reason. Yeah you would expect to pay from £600 upwards for an Ex-Factor and that'll be a Fender Custom model, my black one is the only new one I own paying full price for it, £1600 if I remember. The red one was probably the most expensive 2nd hand at £1200, from Ed "Murder To Deal With" Roman, I REALLY wanted a red one at the time so was blinkered to price & ER's dubious sale. This will probably pee off the fretless heads but the natural I got last year for the best steal of all.....£600, it's imaculate. Phil's Kubicki is still making them by hand, bass by bass, I would recommend anyone who really wanted one to email him and get your name on the waiting list. It's worth paying the extra to get a new one, just the sheer pleasure of owning a new one of these awesome basses. None are for sale, I'd rather sell a kidney than sell one of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Superb collection! I had a metallic black one some years ago - so powerful! I recall the first time I ever saw one on TV, John Taylor was playing with `The Power Station' with his white one! Mark Griffiths (the Shadows current bassist) used to own a pink one like yours Mike - it was up for sale some time ago at Phoenix Soundworks near Northampton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 [quote name='crez5150' post='520101' date='Jun 21 2009, 05:37 PM']Do they make these in 5 string?[/quote] There was only ever one Ex-Factor made in a 5 string configuration, but I'm not sure where it is now. Maybe Phil still has it? I just remember the photo of it and that it was a prototype. It might have ended up in the hands of a Yahoo group member... As for the Bahama green being a limited run colour, I'm not so sure, I have seen a fair few in that colour (as gorgeous as it is). Jeff Trout (admin @ stuarthamm.net) used to have a Bahama Green Fender Kubicki and the now defunct Australian TB member Kubicki_Heath had a Bahama Green Kubicki that Stuart Hamm used when he was touring Australia with Satch in the early 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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