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Kustom K-150 8- [message #27834]

Tue, 18 August 2020 17:37

Jason-11
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Registered: August 2020

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Hi- I just bought a vintage Kustom K-150 8 combo 4x10 and am trying to find the ohm input / output info, It's not listed on the amp. Also, I wanted to know if I could connect it to also play through an exterior cabinet (but don't want to mess it up w/ wrong ohm rating cabinet). Thanks for any info!

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Re: Kustom K-150 8- [message #27835 is a reply to message #27834]

Wed, 19 August 2020 05:42

stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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The 150 series of Kustom amps wants a 8 ohm speaker load to output its full 75 watts of clean RMS power.

You could hook it up to a 16 ohm load safely, but you will then only have 1/2 of that 75 watts the amp was made to output.

Do not hook it up to a 4 ohm load unless you only play the amp at very low volumes !

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Re: Kustom K-150 8- [message #27838 is a reply to message #27835]

Wed, 19 August 2020 08:55

Jason-11
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Registered: August 2020

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Ah, great- thanks for the helpful knowledge and advice!

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Re: Kustom K-150 8- [message #27841 is a reply to message #27835]

Wed, 19 August 2020 12:53

Jason-11
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Registered: August 2020

Junior Member

Sorry- one more question: is there a specific foot switch that I need to control the reverb / tremolo with this model of amp? I have a vintage one that I use for the K200A-2 amp that I have and it works fine for that but not for this one. Thanks!

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