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Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17151]

Wed, 06 June 2012 21:36

innisbass
Messages: 7
Registered: April 2012
Location: New York

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A few months back I asked for help identifying a 70's Kasino 2 x 15 cabinet that I could not find in the Kasino catalog.
Thanks everyone who tried to help but without pictures you were at a disadvantage. So here they are:

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t474/innisbass/120606_0002.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t474/innisbass/120606_0003-1.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t474/innisbass/120606_0001.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t474/innisbass/120606_0004.jpg

The serial number on the cab is C-9129 452-P. From what I understand it was built in 1970-1971. I got it from someone who got it from the original owner who bought it brand spanking new in 1971. He told the dude I bought it from that the cabinet had never been modified. It's got the original CTS speakers (which sound amazing).

Please help me put an end to this mystery.

Here's a link to the original post:

http://www.vintagekustom.com/FUDforum2/index.php?t=msg&t h=2993&goto=16887&rid=2401&S=ebf31428c5625868978 4753e1cbad2c3#msg_16887

Thanks in advance!

[Updated on: Fri, 08 June 2012 19:05]

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17152 is a reply to message #17151]

Wed, 06 June 2012 21:42

pleat
Messages: 1453
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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Sorry but I can't open the attachments.
pleat

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17153 is a reply to message #17151]

Thu, 07 June 2012 06:36

stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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I can`t open them also!
And please post in the proper size fromat if you can, we should not have to scroll left and right to read your post.

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17154 is a reply to message #17151]

Fri, 08 June 2012 19:06

innisbass
Messages: 7
Registered: April 2012
Location: New York

Junior Member

I think you should be able to see the images now.
Sorry for the delay and thanks in advance for your help.

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17157 is a reply to message #17151]

Mon, 11 June 2012 06:39

stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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The bast way to pin down the cabinets month of birth from the factory is to go by the date stamping on the magnet of the speaker.
There will be a stamping of 137 followed by another 3 or 4 digets, like 137 239 for the 39th week of 1972, or 137 7239 for the same date.

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17159 is a reply to message #17157]

Mon, 11 June 2012 14:59

innisbass
Messages: 7
Registered: April 2012
Location: New York

Junior Member

Thanks Stevem. I will pop off the grille and check on that next time I'm at practice.

What gets me about this cabinet is that it is not pictured in the catalog and so far I have not been able to get ANY information on it (power handling, model, name etc).

Right now I am running 200W through it comfortably (I have a 400W head but at 4ohm it should be only outputting 200 through the cabinet if it is an 8ohm cabinet as most 2 x 15's are).

I have never seen a kasino cabinet without the striped grille and the handles on the side. It just bugs me to no end that no information on this particular cabinet seems to exist anywhere! Sad

[Updated on: Mon, 11 June 2012 15:56]

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Re: Help me identify this (part 2 with pics) [message #17163 is a reply to message #17154]

Mon, 11 June 2012 21:04

pleat
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Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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The grill cloth has been replaced. The cab from the factory would have had the striped silver and black grill. I don't have any lit on the cab but I'd say it's early 72 to 74 when they changed out the line with blue grill cloth and control panels. The 452 was part of the line where the sperated the amp from the cabinet. I was at the factory in the spring of 72 and have a photo of the cabs being assembled. Striped grill, no handles on the sides and the two large casters on the back. The cab would have came with CTS 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel for a 4 ohm load. Kasino was the first, before Kustom to offer cabs with the power modules in the back of the cab, so the more cabs you added the more power you had to drive each cabinet. The 452X would have been the powered 2x15 cab.
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