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K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18581]

Sun, 31 March 2013 01:55

Omri KB
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Registered: March 2013
Location: United States

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I recently picked up this K250-2 and it came with no footswitch. I do not know if it had 1, 2, or 3 buttons, but as I obviously don't have one I have no idea and would greatly appreciate at least the knowledge of what I'm looking for.

~ The Infamous Omri KB

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Re: K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18583 is a reply to message #18581]

Sun, 31 March 2013 07:43

pleat
Messages: 1459
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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Kustom offered two different footswitches for the K250-2 amp.
The original models came with a lighted two button footswitch. This model would have a XLR jack on the back panel.
The second version, they replaced the XLR jack with a stereo 1/4" jack.
If your amp has the 1/4" stereo jack, then any two button footswitch will work.
Let us know which jack you amp has.
pleat

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Re: K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18584 is a reply to message #18581]

Sun, 31 March 2013 09:56

noshelter@live.com
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Registered: January 2013
Location: Georgia

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I have some posted here !

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Re: K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18586 is a reply to message #18581]

Sun, 31 March 2013 11:32

Kustom_Bart
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Registered: October 2010
Location: Greenville, MichiGUN

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The 250-2 head should only need a 2 button pedal. One button to activate the reverb and one to activate the tremolo. The only thing you need to know is what jack it takes 1/4 or the xlr. If it take the 1/4" it take a stereo TRS jack 99% of todays 2 button pedals are made that way. so about any 2 button pedal with a 1/4" jack will work.

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Re: K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18589 is a reply to message #18583]

Mon, 01 April 2013 00:30

Omri KB
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Registered: March 2013
Location: United States

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The amp has the 4-pin XLR, but it also has a 1/4" jack labeled 'Modulate Input", not sure what that one is for..

~ The Infamous Omri KB

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Re: K250-2 (early '70s?) replacement footswitch [message #18593 is a reply to message #18589]

Mon, 01 April 2013 09:30

pleat
Messages: 1459
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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Finding an original footswitch, you may want to watch Ebay. Two ways around finding an original, is to get any two button footswitch that you can cut off the 1/4" stereo plug and install an XLR 5 pin plug. You'd have to special order one since most are the 3 pin. The case would be ground, pin 3 is the trem/vib and pin 4 is the reverb. An easier way is to install a stereo 1/4 jack on the back panel and wire the jack using the two wires that go to the XLR jack. Pin 1 is the + voltage to power the original footswitch lights.
The module input jack is used to drive a second powered Kustom speaker cabinet and can also be used to drive a slave amp that connects to it's speaker cabinet.
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