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Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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Most Frankie heads are marked with high and low inputs and have 3 Amp ac fuses and 5 Amp speaker fuses.
Another thing is that the power transistors on the back panel look like they are Germanium transistor rather than the normal Silicon types. In fact they look a lot like the outputs from the original Lot-O-Tone heads.
Anybody here know anything about these heads?
I can't get the link to work, but here the address.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-KUSTOM-Model-C-595-Frankenst ein-Amp-Head-By-ROSS-INC-MFG-RARE-RED-/272262384329?hash=ite m3f641a4ac9:g:zlwAAOSwmtJXUMfh]]>chicagobill2016-06-03T02:50:12-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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]]>stevem2016-06-03T11:51:50-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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Yup, must be a very early model, wonder how many where made and what the date code is on its pots and power transformer?
It must only be at best a 75 watt output stage with that 4 amp speaker fuse unless it's a slow blow type, ,but I think not!]]>stevem2016-06-03T12:00:59-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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Very Excited to see the pot dates and Transformer dates!
Mike]]>thedqmanfla2016-06-14T15:33:43-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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chicagobill2016-06-14T16:32:35-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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The Pots and Transformer date to 10/64
I sent pictures to Bud as the amp has NO BIG CAPACITORS!
Its not as if they were taken out , as there are no holes EVER for mounting brackets or screws.
Bud Thinks Maybe they were experimenting with trying to get sound without the big capacitors!
Whatever they did the amp sound Killer!
and Quiet!
Id be curious to see if anyone had an earlier model!
Mike]]>thedqmanfla2016-06-23T15:26:43-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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Kustom was the first of the companies to go "high tech" and spec higher quality parts than were normal to guitar amplifiers at the time. If you look at most amps from that time period, every manufacturer was using consumer grade parts. Kustom started using the big computer grade filter caps and tantalum signal caps, along with metal film resistors, all of which were very cutting edge for guitar amps. And more expensive as well. The quality of the sound and the product was seemingly more important than the bottom line.]]>chicagobill2016-06-23T17:15:29-00:00Re: Odd Frankie Head on eBay
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conductortom2016-06-30T23:10:15-00:00