Rare Kustom? [message #3200] |
Fri, 31 October 2003 17:38 |
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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 |
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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 #3213 is a reply to message #3211] |
Fri, 07 November 2003 13:30 |
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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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