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Re: Kustom Lead Head [message #7113 is a reply to message #7110]

Tue, 04 July 2006 02:25

C4ster
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To my knowledge, the original Kustom T&R was made from approximately 1966 to 1972, starting with the Frankenstein models, to the A series and then the B series Plexiglass faced amps. Then the slant faced 150, 250 series in about 1972 until they stopped production of the T&R styles. There was never a tube model in those years even though Ebay sellers sometimes mistakenly call the K200's tube models. I am not the historian of dates. The new Kustom company, the actual company and location I think was Cincinatti started importing fully tube models the TRT50 and TRT100 in about 1998. These were made in China to reduce the costs of production but it did not reduce the price very much. The amps were solid in their design and construction but the cabinets left a lot to be desired. The cabinets were constructed from 1/2" particle board and the T&R was crooked and not even. It took my son 3 attempts to get a 2x15 cabinet that looked decent. That cabinet is now a PA rack and the speakers are in monitors. He still has the head but we don't use it very often. It is very deep as the tubes are horizontal and sticking out the back with a perforated cover over the tubes for protection. It has a good sound but I have read other posts that dispute this. I suppose different heads had different sonic qualities.
Conrad

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