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Kustom Badge [message #22080] Mon, 12 January 2015 20:10 Go to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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I am getting a new old 2x15 cab but it's missing a few minor parts, namely the Kustom badge on the front and the jack plate. Now, I can make the jack plate out of an old vinyl record but where am I going to find the name-plate? Keith

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22081 is a reply to message #22080] Mon, 12 January 2015 22:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
oren hudson is currently offline  oren hudson
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You probably know this already, but E-bay can provide things like that from time to time. I'd also Google Kustom and Kustom parts. I've been surprised at what can discovered that way. Enjoy.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22082 is a reply to message #22080] Tue, 13 January 2015 03:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Yeah well on E-bay I can find a badge for Fender, Marshall, Vox, Ampeg, Peavey, Carven, Hiwatt, Mesa, Boogie, Sunn, Acoustic, Traynor, Trace Elliot, Crate, Tempest, Chevy, Ford, Fiat, Suzuki, Snap on, Craftsman, Harley Davidson, and Village People. No Kustom Logo. I kinda like the Village People logo - Maybe I'll just go with that. Keith.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22083 is a reply to message #22082] Tue, 13 January 2015 09:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tboomer is currently offline  tboomer
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What year do you need? I have one from a 2-15 cabinet but it is after 1975. I think!

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22085 is a reply to message #22080] Tue, 13 January 2015 11:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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I found this blue sparkle tuck & roll cabinet on craigslist in Tucson Az. He's shipping it to me so I don't actually have it yet but it looks like a late 60's early 70's cab which should have had the plastic 2"x5" script Kustom electronics inc plate on the front.
Thanks, Keith.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22097 is a reply to message #22080] Thu, 15 January 2015 04:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Hello... tap,tap,tap... Is this thing on?

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22100 is a reply to message #22085] Thu, 15 January 2015 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tboomer is currently offline  tboomer
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I can't find it! But mine is a metal one that I am sure is not correct for the tuck and roll cabinet.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22105 is a reply to message #22080] Thu, 15 January 2015 16:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Well thanks for responding. For now I guess I'll just take one off of one of the cabs I don't use much, but eventually I will find one. Yesterday I went to a thrift shop and bought a nice thick old vinyl record and cut out little 2" squares and drilled them for jack plates. From a distance they look like the originals, but up close you can see the record grooves. Very cool!

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22114 is a reply to message #22105] Fri, 16 January 2015 02:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Single ply black pickguard material is what I use.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22115 is a reply to message #22080] Fri, 16 January 2015 06:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
stevem is currently offline  stevem
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Just go to. Half way decent stocked music store and pick up. Jack plate for a guitar!

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22117 is a reply to message #22080] Fri, 16 January 2015 06:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tboomer is currently offline  tboomer
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Is this the logo you are looking for?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Kustom-by-Ross-Amp-Logo-Badg e-C2458-/111575031567?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f a63df0f

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22130 is a reply to message #22080] Fri, 16 January 2015 15:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Yes that's exactly the one! I bought it! Thank you! I've been looking for that! As for the jack plate, if I find an original one that would be better and I have pick-guard material at my shop but I chose record vinyl on purpose for the novelty of it. Thanks everyone for all of the help. Now I just got a big package from UPS so I guess it's time to start putting this all together. Keith.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22133 is a reply to message #22130] Fri, 16 January 2015 17:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tboomer is currently offline  tboomer
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Great! I just spotted it this morning! Good luck

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22156 is a reply to message #22080] Sun, 18 January 2015 23:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If you have a Kustom badge on another amp make a mold of that badge and pour something like melted plastic in the mold. Paint it to match and it will get you by till you find one.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22203 is a reply to message #22080] Wed, 21 January 2015 03:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Did you know that the Kustom by Ross badges were a slightly different size than the Kustom electronics inc badge? tboomer pointed one out on ebay (thank you tboomer) so I bought it immediately. While I was waiting I took one off an old cabinet I'm not using. It slid right on there no problem-same screw holes same footprint.Then another one popped up on ebay. This one is a Kustom electronics logo where as the first one is a Kustom by Ross,so I bought it too thinking that the cabinet probably isn't that old. Well I was right. The Ross logo has the screw holes spaced a little bit closer. It also has double lines on either side. I thought they were interchangeable, but not with out a fight. Keith.

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Re: Kustom Badge [message #22226 is a reply to message #22203] Sat, 24 January 2015 00:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kustom_Bart is currently offline  Kustom_Bart
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Better off to use a piece of aluminum to make the jack plaie and paint it semi gloss black. It won't break, ever!

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Re:Things I've learned about Kustom Badges [message #22232 is a reply to message #22080] Mon, 26 January 2015 21:52 Go to previous message
riverboat is currently offline  riverboat
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Well there are at least three different badges on the t&r cabs. The "by Ross" badge, and two "electronics inc" badges, one with a flat black background and one with a corrugated background. Maybe I should have gone with the Village People badge.Keith

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