Down Messages: 4 Registered: June 2013 Location: Denmark
Junior Member
Hi everyone.
I just bought a Kustom studio 4 valve, today at a private auction. I don't know much about these amps but it sounded great and the bids were so low that, i just had to take it home. It's in fairly good condition, a few dings and scrathes here and there, but all channels are functioning and it actually sounds really good. The thing is, I really dont need the amp, since I already have one too many amps, so i was wondering how much these are worth these days?
pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi
Senior Member
Is your Studio 4 valve a head only version or the combo 2x12 Celestion, or the single 15' Electro Voice speaker version?
Is the footswitch still with the amp?
Pricing is difficult, since your in Denmark. I don't think I've seen many pop up on ebay so you may want to do a search on completed items on ebay to see what they have sold for in the past. The footswitch would be a big plus.
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Kochens Messages: 80 Registered: April 2009 Location: Denmark
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Hej Down.
De kommer ind imellem på dba. hvor du sandsynligvis har købt din?
I Danmark er prisen nogenlunde omkring 3000,-4000,-
I US langt mindre, da der findes flere OVER THERE.Faktisk er de kopier/layout minder om Fender Bassman/Musicman med forskelle. Feks.Transistor pre. rør power. Problemet med dem kan være molex forbindelser på pre-amp boardet.Jeg har 2 valve versionen, som er en fed rock-maskine.
Down Messages: 4 Registered: June 2013 Location: Denmark
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Hej Kochens.
Tak for dit indlæg. Jeg købte den på en privat auktion i forbindelse med et slags støttearrangement. Jeg har nu sat den til salg på DBA til 3000, så nu må vi se om den ryger:) Men ja, jeg er ret overrasket over hvor fedt den lyder. Især dens clean er jeg meget imponeret over.
Kochens Messages: 80 Registered: April 2009 Location: Denmark
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Hej Down
Det er netop clean kanalen som er fed på denne forstærker, den tager super imod pedaler. Såkaldte gain kanal/2 fungerer overhovede ikke. Synd du ikke vil beholde den. Har du prøvet at presse udgangsrør ca. 2/3 dele på clean? Ren Fender Bassman vintage, på den rigtige måde.Men held og lykke med salget.
pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi
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Here in the USA, Kustom did offer the Studio Valve amp, all three models were available 50/100/150 watt models in the head version.
My literature has pictured the 4 valve head in black tolex model sitting on top of a 4 valve Celestion oak cabinet and a 4 valve SRO oak cabinet.
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Down Messages: 4 Registered: June 2013 Location: Denmark
Junior Member
@Kochens Jeg er helt enig i at kanal 2 er rimelig ubrugelig, men dens clean lyder sgu vildt når man presser den:) Jeg ville egentlig også gerne beholde den, men jeg er godt dækket ind på forstærkerfronten, så jeg kan ikke rigtig forsvare at have den stående:) Så nu er den på den blå og så begynder det jo at vælte ind med skambud;)