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Topic: Kustom Amps
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R. E. Klaus
Member From: Montana, USA
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posted 25 January 2004 03:54 PM
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Anyone using either the old tuck and roll style or newer Kustom amps for pedal steel? How do you like it? |
Gene Jones
Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA
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posted 25 January 2004 04:33 PM
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I tried one of the old Blue tuck & roll amps once because the band I was with all had Kustom amps. I didn't like it for a steel-guitar.....the cabinet was a big as a washing machine and the response reminded me of a three car garage with nothing in it but a bicycle! I've never played through one of the current Kustom amps.
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[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 25 January 2004 at 04:35 PM.] |
Larry Robbins
Member From: Fort Edward, New York, USA
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posted 25 January 2004 05:18 PM
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I have one of the newer Kustom Bass amps
That I use for my practice rig.Its the
KBA100.Not bad at low to mid level volume for steel.I use it for practice at home so I cant really crank it with the wife at home.
Havent had a chance to bring it to band practice yet.Its got 100 watts,line out,CD/Tape input,as well as a notch controll,6 band active EQ,digital effects such as chours,flange and echo ect.
speaker out,line output,effects loopI/O
and a foot switch jack,and a 15" Celestion.
I run a T.C.Electronics M-300Daul effects processor through the effects loop.
Not bad for practice,not sure about giggn'.------------------
Sho-Bud ProII
"there's been an awful murder, down on music row!" |
Bill Ford
Member From: Graniteville SC Aiken
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posted 25 January 2004 05:33 PM
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Tried one of the blue tuck n roll amps back in the 70s,absolutely the worse PSG amp I ever tried. Sounded OK for guitar,traded it back for a Fender super reverb,kept that one till I had to give it up in early 80s.------------------
Bill Ford |
Len Amaral
Member From: Rehoboth,MA 02769
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posted 26 January 2004 03:16 PM
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Many years ago, I actually traded a pre-CBS blackface Fender twin for a rolled & pleated Kustom amp.
What was I thinking?......  |
Donny Hinson
Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.
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posted 27 January 2004 04:10 AM
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A newer one (like the KBA100 w/EQ that Larry mentioned) might be okay. The older ones, like the sparkle tuck and roll jobs, are "campy"...and decent for bass, but not very good for anything else! |
Buck Dilly
Member From: Branchville, NJ, USA
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posted 27 January 2004 09:05 AM
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I am sorry to digress but I have an amusing story about one of these amps. In 1967 or so, my bass player had a huge Kuston with 3/15" JBLs. This cabinet had those giant exposed aluminum port holes. We would fill the cabinet with cigarette smoke and turn it on. The loud thump when the amp started sent two enormous smoke rings clear across a room. Were we the only ones twisted enough to do this, or did we just have too much time on our hands? |
Larry Robbins
Member From: Fort Edward, New York, USA
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posted 27 January 2004 01:30 PM
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I agree Donny,
The old tuck & roll amps wernt very good I should know,I had one of there 100 watt PAs'.
Silver sparkel and all....Way back when.Thought it was pretty cool!Actully
it sounded like $#!^ but then again,in those
days With all the uh,uh,..combustible refreshments I consumed anything sounded good.  Do I remember that?  ------------------
Sho-Bud ProII
"there's been an awful murder, down on music row!" |
John De Maille
Member From: Merrick,N.Y. U.S.A.
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posted 27 January 2004 01:48 PM
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Back in the early 70's, I used the 100 watt head with two cabinets containing 2-15" speakers and 1-15" horn, in each. My Rickenbacker 12 string really screamed through this rig. I used to use the Rick-O-Sound cable, plugged into both channels on the amp. Not true stereo sound, but, definately able to break wine glasses. |
John Floyd
Member From: Somewhere between Camden County , NC and Saluda S.C.
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posted 27 January 2004 04:20 PM
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The preamps in those Old Kustoms sucked, no way around it, but The solid state power amps they built were solid as a rock. Back in the 70's that was the only solid state power amp that you could short the speaker leads and have no damage. A place Where I worked bought about 50 of the power amp modules that could could install in a speaker cabinet and make a 250 watt RMS powered Cabinet. I built a a small bass amp in 74 out of one of those modules and a Sunn Coliseium bass Preamp PCB and that amp still works today and has had the speaker leads shorted several times , one time for 3 days and it never blew. That was in the days when, Evans, ShoBud or Standel would blow up at will taking out the speakers and a bunch of components. The reason Kustom Dumped them, was because a Terminal Lug wasn't Crimped properly on The Center tap lead of the power transformer at ground and they Hummed badly,
The fix was to solder the lug on the wire. They never figured it out in the factory. Makes me wonder about their Electronics expertise.
[This message was edited by John Floyd on 27 January 2004 at 11:42 PM.] |
Jim Whitaker
Member From: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
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posted 27 January 2004 08:33 PM
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250 Kustom black roll&pleated 2 15 jbls the cleanest bass amp I ever used. Rolled off the bus once & didn't hurt it at all!! I didn't like it for a tele though..------------------
JIM
"Zum SD10 3/6 ""Carter SD10" "74" LTD & Session LTD, Profex II "55" Esquire, "63 Epiphone, "63" Precision,
"71" Jazz
[This message was edited by Jim Whitaker on 28 January 2004 at 08:46 PM.]
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Bob Carlucci
Member From: Candor, New York, USA
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posted 28 January 2004 04:29 AM
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for PSG??.. yuk.... |
John De Maille
Member From: Merrick,N.Y. U.S.A.
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posted 28 January 2004 06:46 AM
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I worked at a place in the Hamptons, called the "Barge" on the water. Set up at 3 o'clock P.M. came back at 7 o'clock P.M. and found all our amps had rolled off to the other side of the stage. It wasn't funny then, now it's a hoot. |
David Cobb
Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA
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posted 28 January 2004 09:17 PM
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A friend of mine used to work at Kustom back in their heyday.
And they handed out a lot of equipment to the stars to help promote the Kustom line.
One day a mega star visited the plant with his band in tow.
His steel player was and still is a household name in the steel community.
As they plugged into the Kustom equipment, my buddy told the steeler, "You're not gonna like this", to which the steeler replied, "I know."[This message was edited by David Cobb on 28 January 2004 at 09:18 PM.] |
Loren Morehouse
Member From: Meadowlands, MN USA
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posted 29 January 2004 12:48 PM
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In my high school rock n' roll days I had a Kustom 150, charcoal sparkle with four 10's in it. When I got into steel it sounded horrible for that but I still wish I had it. "CCR" were using Kustom's and that was fine with me!! Too me, they're still cool!! Loren. |
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