| Kustom Get Together [message #10215] |
Tue, 06 January 2009 16:46  |
pleat
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Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi
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Hi, I wanted to see how many of you kustom collectors would be interested in meeting Bud Ross this summer? I am part of the early Kustom amp collectors. There are 10 of us who get together as schedules permit. We first met in 2000 in Nashville, again in 2002 in Indy, and again in Nashville last month. Bud was on board for two of the three get togethers. We discussed a summer meeting somewhere around the Chanute area. Kansas City or Chanute is just about center of the USA so it would be great to meet in Chanute, see what is left of the factory and I know there are a lot of former employees that might have some stories to tell. Getting information first hand from Bud is always a treat. I don't get on this site as I should and will try to correct that. I was a kustom dealer in the 60's and 70's. At one time my collection was over 68 pieces of kustoms plus both model organs and a kustom guitar and bass guitar. Between the 10 of us we have lots of photos of our adventures with Bud.
pleat
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10255 is a reply to message #10215] |
Sat, 10 January 2009 14:48  |
mcline5804
Messages: 13
Registered: January 2007
Location: kansas city
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Hi all,
I check this site out all the time for updates on kustom
gear. I live in Kansas City and would love to get together
with you all. Just let me know when. I was wondering if anyone
bought that whole Kustom colection that was on e-bay and was
located in nashville.
Mark Cline
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10257 is a reply to message #10256] |
Sat, 10 January 2009 16:33 |
neil
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Registered: January 2009
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Hello Everyone. Been viewing this site for years. Not sure why I never got registered. Well, I am now.
I will be there. Oh, forgot, I need to go make all the arrangments for this little get together.
Darn, I am only a Junior member. I haven't been a junior of anything in decades.
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10526 is a reply to message #10522] |
Mon, 23 February 2009 12:14 |
chicagobill
Messages: 2006
Registered: April 2003
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Have any solid plans been made for this event yet or is it still in the hope it will happen stage?
Has a location been discussed or found yet?
Will Bud Ross be available for Q and A's?
Has anyone considered (video) taping any interviews with Bud Ross for distribution or publication?
If he hasn't started one, someone should get him to write the book. Here's a guy that created a line of musical products that touched so many people's lives. And that doesn't even include the whole radar gun thing.
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11144 is a reply to message #11093] |
Sat, 06 June 2009 11:36 |
C4ster
Messages: 686
Registered: June 2001
Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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I really REAlly REALLY wanted to attend, but as luck would have it, I aquired a new band or they aquired me, and our first gig is June 27. Maybe another get together in a couple of years might make it easier for all to handle. Good luck and hope to meet all of you in the future.
Conrad
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11146 is a reply to message #11144] |
Sat, 06 June 2009 17:02 |
Bill
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Registered: March 2002
Location: Kansas
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Hey Conrad,
Sorry to hear ya can't make it this time. It will be a blast. Chanute's only 40 miles from home for me, so I will be there. Good Luck on your new band. Heck tell 'em to cancel and come down to Chanute!
See ya later,
Bill Collins
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11148 is a reply to message #11146] |
Sat, 06 June 2009 17:54 |
pleat
Messages: 1454
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi
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Hey all you Kustom collectors and fan’s of Kustom amps. I missed the Arlington show in 2004 because of a band gig and I have kicked myself every time I think of it. Missing the 2004 show and the time spent with Bud and the collectors was worth more than a month of gigs looking back on it. BC summed it up, yeah the show must go on, thats what I told myself in 04. As it turned out we had a dismal crowd that weekend I played instead of going to the show, and the band bickered all weekend.
Biggest mistake I made to myself was not to go, in favor of playing a gig the band. The band is long since broken up, and all I have are some great photos that were sent to me of 2004 show. Currently I am changing careers, unemployed and I know two other collectors that just lost their jobs of over 30 years, they found a way to go and I did. I know we had 10 collectors that were part of the gang that chipped in and help purchase the Lotztone Amp that was one of the first amps that Bud built. That says a lot of our love for Kustoms and how Bud and his amps changed the world of music and my life.
This will be the biggest and best show that we will all be able to be part of. Maybe not as many amps on display as years past, but with more collectors making the trip, Bud and family spending the weekend with us, Saturday evening jam session with an all Kustom stage, the city of Chanute looking forward to our convention, touring some of the original kustom buildings, talking with the people who actually made your amps. I’m sure we will hear a lot of how and why things were done the way they were.
I urge everyone to be there on the 27th. I don’t think we will every have the chance to do it again in Chanute on such a large scale. Collectors from all over the country are hauling as much as they can to be there.
As Bud told us, “It’s a go for the 27th, we aren’t getting any younger.”
I want to thank Neil for the hours spent working with the City of Chanute to make this happen.
Don
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11149 is a reply to message #11148] |
Sun, 07 June 2009 02:20 |
C4ster
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Registered: June 2001
Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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OUCH!!! The bumps on my head are rising. If this wasn't the first and scheduled months ago, I would have to reconsider. But this band will be all Kustom. I will try to post pictures, at least at our web site. Good luck all and have a great time. In 4 years, I will be kicking myself.
Conrad
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11153 is a reply to message #11151] |
Mon, 08 June 2009 11:10 |
neil
Messages: 29
Registered: January 2009
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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One Time Event.
At present, there are no plans to do this again.
Not sure we well be able to get Bud again. Plus, once we do it in Chanute, not sure the Chanute folks will be interested again.
This type of thing is just a one time event. To show people this equipment is still around, is valuable, collectable, give thanks to Bud for what he created.
So, I highly recomend that if anyone wants to see a hugh amount of vinatage Kustom amps/guitars/organs, in one place, with Bud Ross, in the town that created these amps, you better come to this event.
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11155 is a reply to message #10215] |
Mon, 08 June 2009 18:12 |
chicagobill
Messages: 2006
Registered: April 2003
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I'm in, and I hope to meet a lot of you guys there.
Is there a schedule set up for the day or is it a play it by ear plan?
A couple of points here: First off thanks to Pleat and Neil (and anyone else that hasn't posted here) for all the time put in on this. It should be a real blast.
Second, I guess that the main group of collectors don't participate here, with the exception of Pleat. You know when you guys were planning on purchasing the Lotztone amp, you could have let us here know what was going on. I'm sure that some of us would have been happy to participate in the purchase and I personally would have not bid the price up to whatever it was that you guys finally paid.
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11157 is a reply to message #11150] |
Tue, 09 June 2009 01:32 |
C4ster
Messages: 686
Registered: June 2001
Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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Don, that last line about the red amp was hitting below the belt. Trust me, I would love to go to Chanute. It's not that far away and I know the trailer is road worthy and you would get 13 solid pieces for the display. I remember the time when Elvis came to Milwaukee and I told my wife we should go. Well as it turned out, we didn't and he died soon after. Hindsite is 20/20. Have fun. If that red K100 shows up see what you can do for me.
Conrad
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11163 is a reply to message #10215] |
Tue, 09 June 2009 11:05 |
neil
Messages: 29
Registered: January 2009
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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June 25th, Thurseday night small dinner with Bud.
June 26th, Friday, 11:00am, tour of last Kustom factory, then,
we are going by the old guitar factory. Last, we are
going to the original grocery store where Bud started.
Friday, 2.00pm, radio spot with Bud and a few of the
collectors.
Friday evening, a little larger dinner with Bud.
June 27th, Saturday, 11:00am, convention opens.
Saturday, late afternoon, Bud will get on stage and
tell how kustom came to being. The beginning. We are
doing an early presentation with Bud for some of the
older folks who will probably not stay for the after
diner show. Did I mention that a few of the original
kustom workers will be there!!!
Saturday, 7:00pm dinner with Bud.
Saturday, 8:30pm another presentation from Bud.
Saturday, 9:00pm let the all vinatage kustom jam
session begin.
Sunday, 1:00am, close down the event.
June 28th, Sunday, 10:00am, breakfast for the collectors.
Before we all hit the trail home.
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| Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11166 is a reply to message #10215] |
Tue, 09 June 2009 12:32 |
chicagobill
Messages: 2006
Registered: April 2003
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Neil:
I'm just a guy that posts here.
Yes, I am coming, but because I didn't know what the real schedule was, I will only be spending the day on Saturday. If I knew about the old factory tours, etc. I would have made other arrangements.
I will not be bringing anything to the show, other than my wife.
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Like Pleat I have made them all except 2004 in Texas and it was the result of extremely poor planning on my part...and I very much regret it. We are a close bunch. If we ever get into a bar fight it will look like the brawl scene at the end of "Blazing Saddles" because of the number of participants! Those who have not attended can not grasp the fellowship we experience. Pleat and I had been kicking around the idea of a meet at Chanute for years and now it is finally happening. There are new guys coming to Chanute that I only know from email and I look forward to meeting them and welcoming them to the group. Again...THIS MAY BE A ONE TIME THING!!!!! So, anyone considering the trip needs to make EVERY effort to do so. We would love to have you and I promise you will not regret it! BC 
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