| New Kid On The Block [message #3460] |
Sat, 03 January 2004 19:49  |
Blueswaite
Messages: 14
Registered: August 2003
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Posted a couple things before I joined up under Blueswaite.
I'm very impressed with this forum in how everyone treats each other and respects each other. I am in many forums and you all should be proud. I think this is the nicest form I have been on.
Freinds a few months ago convinced me to start playing again. So I am back to using Kustom Amps. I wasn't sure I wanted to play again being I am 57 years old. But I guess once you get the bug it's hard to quit.
Play alot of 60 and 70's rock, some Country and Oldies. I love the Blues.
Again this is agreat for and I am glad to be part of it.
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3464 is a reply to message #3460] |
Sun, 04 January 2004 04:48  |
JB
Messages: 32
Registered: January 2003
Location: Maryland
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I second that welcome. Your so right about this board. I'm relatively new here too, I've been watching it for about a year and these are the most polite, helpful folks around. Very refreshing. I'm glad your back into music. I took a 7 yr break from music. I've been back at it again for about 4 yrs now and I plan to stay with it till the end. Best of luck to ya.
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3466 is a reply to message #3463] |
Sun, 04 January 2004 09:18 |
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I run into a Boss GT-6 Guitar Processor into the amps using as my main guitar a Fender Super Honey Super Strat and I have a Ibanez SA160QMTG which has a humbucker and 2 strat pickups. In the neck pickup I put a Seymour Duncan Coolrail Pickup. I play keyboards to but don't run them thru the amps.
I like recording. I have a few high end computer programs and also have a Roland VS-1680 Digital Recorder.
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3468 is a reply to message #3464] |
Sun, 04 January 2004 15:47 |
BC
Messages: 583
Registered: March 2000
Location: Kentucky
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Welcome! Always great to make another KUSTOM friend. Most of the folks I have actually met on this board are 40+ old rockers who had some Kustom experience way back when. I can tell you from experience that ET, Roy and Pleat can really make some beautiful guitar sounds with their Kustoms. I play bass and I have used a lot of different amps over the years and tried just about everything......then 4 years ago I came back to a Kustom 200 like I had when I was in high school. Now, I can't see myself using an amp that is not tuck and roll!BC
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3479 is a reply to message #3460] |
Mon, 05 January 2004 21:21 |
KustomBlues
Messages: 494
Registered: June 2001
Location: Michigan
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Welcome!!!!! As the sole female on this board, I can say that these guys are great!! They actually respect my knowledge and over 30 years of playing! It's kinda like we are a family here. As ET says, "Play loud." Deb
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3481 is a reply to message #3460] |
Mon, 05 January 2004 21:51 |
axeman
Messages: 25
Registered: March 2003
Location: Overland, MO (near St. L...
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Welcome aboard from another relative newcomer. I'll hit the big 5-0 my next birthday, good Lord willing, so I'm not that far behind you. Long live tuck & roll and old timer rockers! There are far too few of both!!
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3488 is a reply to message #3481] |
Tue, 06 January 2004 21:11 |
ET
Messages: 146
Registered: October 2000
Location: Charlotte NC
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Never give up..Never surrender! HP..Dude!...last time I checked the Stones are still providing us all with a bit of headroom on the retirement age for rock n roll!..really glad you're back to playing and using the tuck n roll to do it...and from one of the old guys...welcome to the greatest bunch of guys (and Deb) on the planet! There is a ton of knowledge here...thank God, cause I'm just a stupid guitar player that's just plugged in to the amps and played through the years..heck I've probably violated every law of ohmage ever written, missued my amps to augment my Dad's old stereo record player for ever more volume, and in general showed just how dumb a person can be about the physics of an amplifier..and yet, through it all...my kustoms are still here and still playing.. I could almost get weepy eyed when I realize that they will outlive me and go on to be abused by my grandkids...but I won't cause the guys on this site can get really mean and nasty if you cross em..so my advice to you my new friend is to never mention the f--der word or the M--shall word and never ever ever mention Tubes! cause these guys will stuff you right through that little chrome port!...oh..and for the record.. I'm the only guy that has ears good enough to hear the quality difference in the black kustoms..which is why Ionly collect those..ignor the sparkle snobs comments that you'll see around here..it really is a preference..it's not cause I'm too broke to afford the color rigs, or that one of these guys always beats me out on an ebay auction.. I'm not bitter..no sir.. I'm completely happy with my all black and complete minty fresh collection..ok...can ya tell I'm on flu medicine..seriously "no I never am"...this crew has meant the world to me..especially during my mid life crisis which was spent (thankfully) on kustoms instead of Harleys and wild women...really love you guys..in a manly sorta way...and you Deb as the sister I never had cause I woulda made her learn all about my gear!..ok.. I'm gettin really mushy now.. I gotta go read a romance novel or somethin..actually I think the Terminator is on TV..yeah...let's go kick some 1980 Cyborg bare backside (oh that image of Arnold still haunts me!)...ya'll are the best.. Play Loud! ET
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3489 is a reply to message #3479] |
Wed, 07 January 2004 08:55 |
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Deb,
Take heart, my 15yr old daughter is a total Kustom Konvert. She doesn't monitor the site regularly, but she’s here in spirit. It’s cool to see the little punk rockin’ Beatles tunes on her Turser Hofner copy through my Red K200. And she has already taken ET’s advice!
I’m proud to sponsor another generation of Kustom lovers.
John
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3499 is a reply to message #3488] |
Fri, 09 January 2004 21:55 |
KustomBlues
Messages: 494
Registered: June 2001
Location: Michigan
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Heck ET, you are a mushy dude!!!! :-) Hey, about the black kustoms.... if you want a near mint original jensen loaded BLACK 3-12 cab, get with my real brother Randy!!!! Let me know if you need his phone number.
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3564 is a reply to message #3460] |
Sat, 24 January 2004 19:24 |
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Welcome. I've been on this forum for less than a year but everyone is great. Polite, professional, friendly and helpful. I never owned a Kustom as a kid and bought one about 9 months ago. What a sound. I'm hooked now like many others are. Again, welcome. Brian
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3597 is a reply to message #3468] |
Thu, 29 January 2004 21:22 |
moogyboy
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Registered: January 2004
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Hehe, I may be one of the babies of the crowd. I am just a month shy of my 30th birthday, and I was lucky enough to grow up with at least one Kustom amp in the house (and a zebrawood Kustom guitar!). My older brother had originally bought his K150 stack and his Lead I combo as a teenager when he had a garagepunk band with his high school buddies. They must have been dirt cheap back then! Of course he eventually sidled out of music, but all the while little me, ten years his junior, was so impressed with all that music gear that I started playing with his stuff. All the way through at least grade school and maybe high school too, the only amps I knew were Kustoms! And the thing I remember the most about that Kustom guitar was that I though the neck was perfect for my chubby little hands...a guitar designed so that even a little snot could wail on it. It's still one of the coolest playing necks of any guitar I've ever played.
So here I am now, a semi-pro in two bands, being asked by my brother to coach him on getting back into guitar. He still has the Lead I. I have the guitar. One of those old high school buddies has had the K150 for ages although my bro still technically owns it (one of those 99-year loans, I guess, like Hong Kong).
And now that I'm looking for an amp to replace my Lame-y HC50 combo...a head, so I can compete with my overamplified bandmates, what should I run across amid all those overpriced Marshalls and Fenders? The coolest amp of them all! And for only about $160.
Time to break out the soldering iron! :-)
I plan to play it loud, once I get a cabinet...
cheerios (part of a nutritious break-fist),
Billy S.
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3641 is a reply to message #3460] |
Wed, 04 February 2004 23:16 |
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Hey Welcome to the best site on the web, with the greatest of people. It is never too late to light up a Kustom and dazzle the crowd. I am 51, and the old amps just keep following me home. I recently bought a mint Cascade Frankenstein 3x15 with the horn, all it needed was a set of casters and a handle. Deal of the century at $100.00!!!
Enjoy that Kustom, and if you have any questions, just put 'em on the board--someone will answer you. The amount of info to be found here never ceases to amaze me.
Thrill Bill
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| Re: New Kid On The Block [message #3661 is a reply to message #3630] |
Fri, 06 February 2004 23:40 |
KustomBlues
Messages: 494
Registered: June 2001
Location: Michigan
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LOL.......... Oh yeah!!!! I know better than that, cuz I've been to your house!!! 3 Lies, is that all? I mean you just lied three times in the above post, is there anything else you need to confess Don? :-)
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