emmanuel

OK. I understand that no one wants to discuss this matter. I only wanted to discuss Philip Kubicki's work and Mickguard pointed out to me some relevant facts. The fact that some people "borrow" elements of other peoples designs and claim that those are their own bothers me a lot. I've seen a lot of that crap on the Internet. There are so many "revolutionary" and "unique" copies out there. I will ask Mr Kubick if he will allow me to use his headstock for my first project. This guitar I will build for my self, but anyway It would be wrong not to ask him for permission first. Thank you for your inputs everyone. Emmanuel

There are enough threads discussing Zachary guitars....just do a search for the fun. Wow! Take his ideas with a grain of salt --you have to see the videos of him demonstating his guitar in order fully to understand his 'philosophy'. His first guitars were indeed copies of the Danelectro, before he began developing his own designs. Which are his own designs?

One of my favorite designs is also ZETA Mirror 6 which was designed in 1984. http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/ar/z/zeta/mirror6.html I spent few hours on Alex's web site. A lot of great stuff. Great ideas, great philosphy, great guitars but....is everything true? "When I really knew I hit the big time was recently when I was contacted by a regular Z watcher who had this shocking discovery to tell me about. Here is what he said. Even Warmoth did it! Not an exact copy but it still obvious. Hell, they even call it a Z body style. Dude, you should light some fires. Regards, Jeff http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/radic...ion=zbody" Jeff is wrong. BTW Z1 body reminds me of Danelectro Pro-1. Emmanuel

Thank you all very much! There are so many interesting topics on this web site. I am sure that I will learn a lot here. Sincerely Emmanuel

I googled "alex zachary guitars" and now I understand why you wrote that. Emmanuel

Nope, my name is Emmanuel and i would really love to know when Mr Kubicki designed this unique bass. Is this headstock Kubicki's original design? Emmanuel Philip Kubicki made his first guitar in 1958. Aged 15. The design for the factor range was developed and copyrighted in 1983. C - Philip Kubicki Technology (PKT). He's had a trademark and licensing deal with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation for the concept and distribution of the Factor Bass Effective from 1985. That deal was dissolved by Kubicki himself in 1992 and is now owned solely by Philip Kubicki. So to answer your question, YES, he owns copyright for the original headstock design. Thank you very much! I like this design very much (especially the headstock) and i wanted to learn more about Philip Kubicki and his work. If there are some other usefull links, please let me know. If one wants to build an electric bass or guitar with that shape (including headstock) does one need any permisson from Mr Kubicki? I am 19 years old and i would like to build my own electric bass and guitar. BTW this web site is excellent! So much useful information I found! Emmanuel

Nope, my name is Emmanuel and i would really love to know when Mr Kubicki designed this unique bass. Is this headstock Kubicki's original design? Emmanuel

Hello everybody, This headstock and body shape looks very cool! Does anyone know when Mr Kubicki designed Key Factor? Emmanuel