Kustom amps?

[AmirH]

Anyone have any info on these? Long story short a friend of my Dad's heard one of my tracks and is giving me his old rig... He said the cab is a 3x15 which sounds more like a bass cab then a guitar cab to me, but he said they're both for guitar so... I have no idea what model it is or anything, but er- free is free so I'm taking it regardless :laugh2: Just now I'm kinda interested as to what I should expect it to sound like. I don't know how many years ago he was in a band, could be anywhere from 10-25 years old.

 

[Telesexual]

Re: Kustom amps?

I like Kustom amps. Small tube12 combo is awesome. Dont know much about their older stuff. Esspecially if you dont know the model. Let us know how it goes

 

[AmirH]

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haha well it's a good sign that you like anything from em as far as I'm concerned. I seriously hadn't even heard of em before today. I didn't know if was spelled with a k until I googled it I'll bump this thread once I have the amp.

 

[flipside]

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i have a kustom solid state practice amp, and for what it is, its really good

 

[Rich_S]

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3 Words: Creedence Clearwater Revival.

They're the only folks I can think of who used Kustoms. Most of them were solid state, with a lot of doodads and geegaws on the control panel. If it has a 3x15 cab, there's a pretty good chance it's one of those tuck-and-roll jobs. Cool stuff.

Check out Peter Stroud's rig that he uses with Sheryl Crow (Here's a link to the 65 Amps Pics Page). The boss lady made everyone in the band use matching Kustom cabs in silver sparkle - really cool & unusual. You can just see 2 cabs peeking in the right side of Peter's pic.

 

[kmcguitars]

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I had one of them Kustom tuck-and-roll jobs.:laugh2: It was a Kustom 150 or something like that? It was LOUD ! and clean ,And didn't seem to like O.D. pedals to much? I think mine had 2 JBL D-120's in it (That I should have held on to:smack: ) I was maybe 16 at the time? What did I know? It's with that amp I learned the necessity of a 3 way grounded plug. I was playing a pool party,And got splashed.:yell: BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!! After that, I practicality gave the amp away.:chairfall

 

[taphappy]

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I've used a 10 watt solid state combo. It sounded very bad... which should be expected.

 

[Peterku]

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I like Kustom amps. Small tube12 combo is awesome.

+1! I have a Tube 12A for practicing. I love both its clean and OD tones, the key is to use the EQ section in a rather radical way.

 

[ES350]

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They were big, loud, and clean. Some models had 'E' tuners, fuzz, quasi-parametric mid shift controls, as well as the usual reverb and tremolo. I think the idea at the time (late 60's) was an all-purpose amp that could be used for bass, guitar, or organ. The big heads do sound pretty good with a Precision, though. For cleans, the smaller 2x12" or 1x15" are pretty good with a speaker upgrade (lots of CTS stuff in these amps; JBL was special order).

 

[Gearjoneser]

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I found a link that's got a lot of vintage Kustom pics. Check it out!

http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/kustom15.htm

 

[AmirH]

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wow that tuck and roll vinyl looks wild! It's ironic that these apparently sound best clean though. That's the opposite of what I need :smack:! I hope I can at least get into classic rock territory with it.

 

[ES350]

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Run a Jordan Bosstone through it---instant Moby Grape/Blue Cheer. Maybe you would rather not be that classic, tho...j/k.

 

[James Rock]

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u could use it in parellel with a cab with 10's in it giving u both 15" and 10" sounds whcinh could be cool.

 

[The Golden Boy]

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u could use it in parellel with a cab with 10's in it giving u both 15" and 10" sounds whcinh could be cool.

But I'd imagine you'd be running at a dangerously low impedance for any amp.


Heck, not all that long ago John Fogerty was still touring with his Kustom that he used at Woodstock. Just because I haven't played a Kustom I liked, I'll bet John Fogerty knows a bit more than me about guitar tone.