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Rare Kustom? [message #3200]

Fri, 31 October 2003 17:38

Anonymous

I may get a scream or two from some of you for letting it go but I came picked up an odd piggyback Kustom a while ago. It was a bass head and a 2-15 cabinet. There was no serial number plate (nor a space where one had been removed) and no model number on the plexi front, just "Kustom" and "Bud Ross, Chanute, Kansas". Also, some of the knob holes in the Plexi where a bit off center. It was a color I hadn't seen before but might have been cascade. I didn't know the cascade existed until I found your site and I'm going from memory. I did some research and found that Bud Ross had made an initial bass piggyback amp and then built several more to take to a NAMM show in Chicago. Could this have been one of those early prototypes? Curious. Also, great site. I really regret selling the amp and am looking forward to getting another.

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Re: Rare Kustom? [message #3201 is a reply to message #3200]

Fri, 31 October 2003 17:43

Anonymous

A Bbt more info I forgot on my post-The cabinet had no hornholes? in the front, no Kustom logo plate and the wheels were drilled so that it sat horizontal instead of the standard vertical cabinets.

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Re: Rare Kustom? [message #3209 is a reply to message #3201]

Tue, 04 November 2003 07:45

stevem
Messages: 4755
Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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I have the same 2-15 cabinet with altec lansing speakers and a k100 head. Its a 68 model and the speaker cab has small ports but not the latter port tubes and its a horizontal cabinet and on the inside it has reinforcements added to the sides as if they where going to offer this mounted on a stand like the PA heads.Mine is a early 68, yours with out the 200 on the plexi would be a 65 to a 67 model depending if it had the the common latter style control knobs or the earlyer stovehat type.

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Re: Rare Kustom? [message #3211 is a reply to message #3209]

Wed, 05 November 2003 22:35

pleat
Messages: 1454
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

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If you click on the 100/200/400 tab on the left, you will see a picture of the amp and cabinet you describe. 2x15 laydown style cabinet and the catalog is a late 66 early 67 catalog. I have only seen one and that was back in 1967. I think kustom was phasing them out in favor of the stand up cabinet we all know. I had a 2x15 no ports or port holes and no holes where the kustom logo would have been mounted. Bud Ross saw my amp and cabinet and he figured it to be a 65. Don

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Re: Rare Kustom? [message #3213 is a reply to message #3211]

Fri, 07 November 2003 13:30

Anonymous

confirming Don's post... I also have one of the earliest no port (no port on baffle board either) cabs... Bud said that his earlier models didn't have porting at all..another amp company was ragging on him indirectly in their advertising about how their cabs sounded better due to porting..so Bud decided to not only port..but add the chrome grill ports as well..a $20 option first year...then standard after that....nice find on your rig....

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