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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #10997 is a reply to message #10995] |
Mon, 04 May 2009 08:46 |
C4ster
Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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I feel the same way about cars and amps. If it is in good shape and looks good, you can repair just about anything. You need a good foudation for any restoration. I have bought cars with dead engines and found simple issues that require minimal effort. If you are tech savvy, go for it. I don't have a desire for a K400, by why not? I could see that head sitting on top of 2 1x18's or 2 3x15's if I were a bass player. All of my 3x15's are PA use but my son would love that for his rig. Go for it.
Conrad
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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #10999 is a reply to message #10998] |
Mon, 04 May 2009 13:24 |
C4ster
Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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It's the T&R that's so hard to repair. Most times you need to start over and have a professional upholsterer do the job. As long as thats OK, the rest is easy.
Conrad
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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #11001 is a reply to message #11000] |
Mon, 04 May 2009 23:23 |
C4ster
Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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On YouTube, you can see videos from CCR. Tom Fogerty used a K400 with 2 2X15 JBL bottoms. Why he needed a 400 is beyond me. The bass player used a K400 with 3 huge Sunn cabinets. If you watch Proud Mary, the 2 K400's are sitting on 3 2x15 cabinets, 2 without ports and 1 with. I have no idea what the setup was. Behind the drummer, I saw what I believe to be a K100 but only because it is smaller than the other rigs on the stage. To John's left is a K200 with 2 3x15 cabs. Might be the PA or??? The 400's intrigued me quite a bit. A K400 with 4 D140F cabinets would drive any sound man nuts.
Good luck with yours.
Conrad
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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #11002 is a reply to message #11001] |
Mon, 04 May 2009 23:33 |
C4ster
Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee...
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After I submitted the last post, I checked the end of Proud Mary one last time. I think the odd cabinet was a second cabinet of John's. That was for Tom and Stu Cook to hear John. Then everything makes sense. 2 cabs for John and 2 for Tom and 3 Sunns for Stu. I have always wondered why Stu used the Sunns. The cabinets are MUCH larger than the Kustoms. (Maybe they sound better.) Gasp
Conrad
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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #11007 is a reply to message #10991] |
Wed, 06 May 2009 09:23 |
pleat
Messages: 1454 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi
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First off the K400's came with handles as standard issue. Two on the top at each end. The photo's in the 69 catalog showed the heads without handles, so if the K400 has no handles, I'd say it was one of the first to shipped before they added handles, it might even be one that was in the photo for the catalog. I can't remember which model K400 your looking to buy? A K400-1? I agree if the the covering is in good shape, it's worth a 100.00 The K400 has two power modules so even if one amp was fried, you can disconnect it and run the other amp. If it's dead and can't be repaired for a reasonable cost, part out the good parts of the amp, knobs, boards, reverb tank, trannies, caps, and you could stand to double your investment, and keep some other's kustoms running. The amp has a lot of ways to run it. Connect a kustom 118 FH cabinet on one amp and a 2x15 on the other amp. Great bass amp for stage and up close, and the 118 to hit the back of the room.
Don
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Re: 400 SERIES BASS HEAD [message #11013 is a reply to message #11012] |
Thu, 07 May 2009 14:57 |
LesS
Messages: 478 Registered: December 2002
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For K400B-5 SN 27027, the estimated production date would be 7/22/68, plus or minus 2 months.
Kustom had just transitioned from the K200A to the K200B in June of 1968 - so K400B production probably started in June or July 1968.
I don't think there was a K400A model, so June/July 1968 could be the first production of the K400.
-Les S.
4 of my 5 cabinets are red - I play keyboards and my Motion Sound Leslie is mounted in a red K100 cabinet - this way I can use different cabinets and still match.
.1) Kustom 3x12 red + red K200B-5..I put in Eminence Basslites..Worlds Lightest 72.4 lbs (stock 98 lbs)
.2) 1973 Earth red 2x15 cab-tuck and roll like Plush..I have lightened the cab to 80.8 lbs-another World's Lightest (cab was 125 lbs).. It is particle board (the 1972 Earths were plywood)
.3)Kustom red 1967 no port tube 2x15 cab 85 lbs - I put in a new 4x10 baffle with 50w Jensens -now 71.5 lbs
.4)Kustom 2x12 blue cabinet no cntr brace + blue K100-1 - I put in two alum cone speakers- Future: putting in new 4x10 baffle with aluminum cone Hartke & Bugera's.
.5) Kustom red T&R KLA-40 1x10 40w combo ..put in Basslite ten and Future: adding 200w amp to rear so I can use it for small gigs.
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