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Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8713] Tue, 03 July 2007 12:58 Go to next message
pedro is currently offline  pedro
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I know the great Jamerson generally used the Ampeg Fliptop in the studio but preferred a Kustom rig for live playing. Off hand I don’t know which Kustom he had and would like to hear a little bit about how that particular amp sounds, as well as some technical stuff concerning watts, etc.

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8754 is a reply to message #8713] Fri, 13 July 2007 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Nobody has any information about Jamerson's Kustom?

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8755 is a reply to message #8713] Fri, 13 July 2007 12:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don`t!

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8756 is a reply to message #8713] Fri, 13 July 2007 12:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Does that mean you don't know which amp he used or that you know what he used but don't know anything about the amp itself?

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8761 is a reply to message #8713] Mon, 16 July 2007 12:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don`t know which amp he used.

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8762 is a reply to message #8713] Mon, 16 July 2007 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks Steve. I'll try and find out which model it was and post. Maybe you'll be able to tell me something about it. I'm pretty sure whatever head it was he ran it thru a 2x15 cabinet.

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8764 is a reply to message #8713] Mon, 16 July 2007 16:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Looks like it was a B200 w/ a 2x15 cabinet.

"Live, he’d use his Ampeg B-15 or blue Kustom 200 with two 15s, and he would turn the amp almost all the way up, so he could control the volume and dynamics from his P-Bass and with his fingers. His strings were dead flatwounds, and his action was so high, you had to get your friend to help you play Bb!"

What can you tell me about the Kustom 200? Power, sound, tube, solid state, etc. Was the preamp similar to any other Kustom models?

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8765 is a reply to message #8713] Tue, 17 July 2007 13:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The K 200B is solid state 100 watt RMS into 4 ohm head. Preamp wise to me its a little briter sounding in its normal channel than the earlyer A serise head or the first serise frank head.
Output stage wise for guitar it will produce a decent crunch sound when it starts to distort, but when driven harder it clips different than the earlyer heads and has a unpleasentness to its tone.

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8766 is a reply to message #8765] Tue, 17 July 2007 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Steve do you have any experience with it when used for bass guitar?

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8767 is a reply to message #8713] Wed, 18 July 2007 06:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I guess so, as I currenly have 5 of these amps and I played bass for many years in the late 60s and early 70s with my k200b 3-15" amp untill I traded in that model for what was Kustoms new K250 model back then.

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Re: Tell me about Jamersons set up? [message #8768 is a reply to message #8713] Wed, 18 July 2007 18:28 Go to previous message
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Steve do you still like it as a bass amp? 100 watts doesn't seem like much these days but its been my experience that watt ratings tended to be more conservative back in the old days.

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