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Kustom Get Together [message #10215] Tue, 06 January 2009 16:46 Go to next message
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Hi, I wanted to see how many of you kustom collectors would be interested in meeting Bud Ross this summer? I am part of the early Kustom amp collectors. There are 10 of us who get together as schedules permit. We first met in 2000 in Nashville, again in 2002 in Indy, and again in Nashville last month. Bud was on board for two of the three get togethers. We discussed a summer meeting somewhere around the Chanute area. Kansas City or Chanute is just about center of the USA so it would be great to meet in Chanute, see what is left of the factory and I know there are a lot of former employees that might have some stories to tell. Getting information first hand from Bud is always a treat. I don't get on this site as I should and will try to correct that. I was a kustom dealer in the 60's and 70's. At one time my collection was over 68 pieces of kustoms plus both model organs and a kustom guitar and bass guitar. Between the 10 of us we have lots of photos of our adventures with Bud.
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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10216 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 06 January 2009 21:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm in Don. I am for the Chanute area if possible to locate some of the folks who worked there back in the Day. Maybe Neil or Bud could locate some of them. Another Kustom Jam session should be mandatory! BC Cool

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10217 is a reply to message #10216] Tue, 06 January 2009 22:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Kool, I know that Tommy is thinking Chanute, and I know we will have enough musicians for a great jam. We just need to drag along a drummer, you know, a drummer that can play a tuck & roll drum set. We just need to get some of people who post on this site all the time to get on board. I know once they meet Bud, the trip will be worth any effort to get there.
pleat

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10218 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 06 January 2009 22:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi Don, Count me in. I can't wait...........John

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10219 is a reply to message #10216] Tue, 06 January 2009 23:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Man - I have not been here in a long time! Brad - Doesn't your Son play Drums?

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10220 is a reply to message #10219] Tue, 06 January 2009 23:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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JC......#1 Son ....who you know quite well.... plays guitar exclusively now....and I do not know where he will be this summer. #2 Son plays guitar and bass and dabbles with keys.....so nothing here. ET's son is the drummer! Cool BC

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10235 is a reply to message #10218] Thu, 08 January 2009 14:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey guys! Sounds like it would be a kool event, but I think I will not be attending this year. You gentlemen have fun without me. Deb

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10245 is a reply to message #10235] Fri, 09 January 2009 11:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I will do anything I can to make this meeting!

Please keep us all informed as to when and where.

Hey JC glad to see you here again!

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10247 is a reply to message #10245] Fri, 09 January 2009 14:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I talked to Terry Fox today and he says he is in also....BC

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10255 is a reply to message #10215] Sat, 10 January 2009 14:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi all,


I check this site out all the time for updates on kustom
gear. I live in Kansas City and would love to get together
with you all. Just let me know when. I was wondering if anyone
bought that whole Kustom colection that was on e-bay and was
located in nashville.



Mark Cline

[Updated on: Sat, 10 January 2009 14:55]

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10256 is a reply to message #10255] Sat, 10 January 2009 14:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Mark, as it sits today we are planning on June 26th 27th and 28th in Chanute. We'll be posting a lot more as things unfold. Great to have you on board. We spoken with Bud and he will be there. Can't wait.
pleat

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10257 is a reply to message #10256] Sat, 10 January 2009 16:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hello Everyone. Been viewing this site for years. Not sure why I never got registered. Well, I am now.
I will be there. Oh, forgot, I need to go make all the arrangments for this little get together.
Darn, I am only a Junior member. I haven't been a junior of anything in decades.

[Updated on: Sat, 10 January 2009 17:08]

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10259 is a reply to message #10255] Sat, 10 January 2009 18:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
KustomBlues
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Nope. I sold that guy most of my collection...

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10289 is a reply to message #10215] Sat, 17 January 2009 00:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You can count me in!
Krazee Bill C

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10522 is a reply to message #10289] Mon, 23 February 2009 11:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thought I would bump this back up to the top of the page.
Hope all are making plans to attend the weekend of June 27, 2009.
If anyone has any ideas on for this get together, please pass
them on.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10526 is a reply to message #10522] Mon, 23 February 2009 12:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Have any solid plans been made for this event yet or is it still in the hope it will happen stage?

Has a location been discussed or found yet?

Will Bud Ross be available for Q and A's?

Has anyone considered (video) taping any interviews with Bud Ross for distribution or publication?

If he hasn't started one, someone should get him to write the book. Here's a guy that created a line of musical products that touched so many people's lives. And that doesn't even include the whole radar gun thing.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10536 is a reply to message #10526] Tue, 24 February 2009 09:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, we have set the last weekend in June as the date. Chanute,KS is the location, Bud Ross will be there all weekend. We have talked about finding someone who can videotape the events, (still looking for a professional) but I'm sure everyone will want to do their own also.
One of the core group that is getting this together has family living in Chanute and we are getting some info on motels, security, building to dispay our amps and will post the results on this site when it is complete. To date we have 12 collectors onboard and will be hauling as much as we can, so we will have kustoms of every color and size at the reunion. This will be an event that will last forever in our opinion. We like to encourage everyone who posts on this site to make the trip. pleat

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10540 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 24 February 2009 15:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The get together sounds like a great time. My dad worked at Kustom in the late 60's and early 70's. I will check with family to see if they have any pictures during that time. I am planning on attending and will bring anything I can locate from that time. Chanute does not have (or did not have) many hotels or motels, so people may want to book early.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10647 is a reply to message #10215] Mon, 23 March 2009 14:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Again, just want to bump this back to the top of the page.
I am starting to work on finallizing the place and time.
Also, if there will be a cost involved in renting the country
club ballroom. My current plans are to have this ballroom all
day tell after midnight on sat June 28th.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10761 is a reply to message #10647] Tue, 14 April 2009 11:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Time to bump this back to the top again.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10763 is a reply to message #10761] Tue, 14 April 2009 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks Neil! Let me know if you need help with anything. I am looking forward to it.
BillC

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #10915 is a reply to message #10215] Fri, 24 April 2009 10:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Time to bump this back to the top of the first page.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11046 is a reply to message #10215] Fri, 15 May 2009 16:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's a go.
Chanute Kansas
June 27th, 2009.
Chanute Country Club (Quarry Stone)
Ballroom.
9:00 am tell whenever.
Food and drinks available.
More details to follow.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11064 is a reply to message #10215] Mon, 18 May 2009 12:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I need to start getting an estimate of how many collectors plan on attending. Along with how much equipment is being brought.
I am working on a building to store all the trailors in. For safe storage while we are in town.
I have secured a location for this event that I believe meets all our needs. I am starting discussion with the city of Chanute now.
But, depending on how large or small this convention will be, helps me determine if we have the right place for this.
There are other larger places, but, not with dining and bar.

Please contact or email pleat, Don Thompson if you plan to attend. And, give him some sort of idea how much equipment you will be bring.

Thanks

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11093 is a reply to message #10215] Fri, 29 May 2009 13:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chanute Kansas June 27th, 11:00am till Midnight at the Quarry Stone Country Club ballroom.
Most out of town guest are staying at the Super 8 motel.
As of this writing, about 15 collectors are coming, and bringing along some of their kustoms. Bud Ross, his family and their friends will be in attendance. Some of the folks that helped build the original amplifiers and guitars are suppose to attend.
At present, this is a one time event. An oportunity to meet and listen to Bud talk about how these great amps came to be.
I have also been informed that Bud is breaking out some of his own collection for the first time ever. Who knows what all he has.
So, don't miss this oportunity. Might not ever happen again.
Jam session later in the evening. Put on by some of the collectors, on an all vintage kustom stage.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11144 is a reply to message #11093] Sat, 06 June 2009 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I really REAlly REALLY wanted to attend, but as luck would have it, I aquired a new band or they aquired me, and our first gig is June 27. Maybe another get together in a couple of years might make it easier for all to handle. Good luck and hope to meet all of you in the future.
Conrad

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11145 is a reply to message #11144] Sat, 06 June 2009 14:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey Conrad!......I understand that "the show must go on" as I have missed many family functions over the years because of my bands. Truth is, there WILL be other gigs and there WILL be other bands and this MAY NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. This response is not for Conrad only but for anyone else who may be on the fence about this event. We have a few guys coming who lost their jobs this year....but they have found a way. We have some with major health issues that are coming because they have found a way. This group of Kustom fans is a close group of folks of rare character that welcome all with the tuck and roll bug and a love for the Kustom sound. We help each other find gear...we trade among ourselves and share a wealth of Kustom knowledge and experience. We have also forged relationships that spill over into everyday life. I am proud to be a part of it. So, quit the band if you have to....cancel a gig or get a replacement....make the spouse mad (she will get over it) eat beans for two months to recover the trip costs. Folks...you DON"T NEED TO MISS THIS! Thank you....I will now step off the box. BC Very Happy

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11146 is a reply to message #11144] Sat, 06 June 2009 17:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey Conrad,
Sorry to hear ya can't make it this time. It will be a blast. Chanute's only 40 miles from home for me, so I will be there. Good Luck on your new band. Heck tell 'em to cancel and come down to Chanute!
See ya later,
Bill Collins

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11148 is a reply to message #11146] Sat, 06 June 2009 17:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey all you Kustom collectors and fan’s of Kustom amps. I missed the Arlington show in 2004 because of a band gig and I have kicked myself every time I think of it. Missing the 2004 show and the time spent with Bud and the collectors was worth more than a month of gigs looking back on it. BC summed it up, yeah the show must go on, thats what I told myself in 04. As it turned out we had a dismal crowd that weekend I played instead of going to the show, and the band bickered all weekend.
Biggest mistake I made to myself was not to go, in favor of playing a gig the band. The band is long since broken up, and all I have are some great photos that were sent to me of 2004 show. Currently I am changing careers, unemployed and I know two other collectors that just lost their jobs of over 30 years, they found a way to go and I did. I know we had 10 collectors that were part of the gang that chipped in and help purchase the Lotztone Amp that was one of the first amps that Bud built. That says a lot of our love for Kustoms and how Bud and his amps changed the world of music and my life.
This will be the biggest and best show that we will all be able to be part of. Maybe not as many amps on display as years past, but with more collectors making the trip, Bud and family spending the weekend with us, Saturday evening jam session with an all Kustom stage, the city of Chanute looking forward to our convention, touring some of the original kustom buildings, talking with the people who actually made your amps. I’m sure we will hear a lot of how and why things were done the way they were.
I urge everyone to be there on the 27th. I don’t think we will every have the chance to do it again in Chanute on such a large scale. Collectors from all over the country are hauling as much as they can to be there.
As Bud told us, “It’s a go for the 27th, we aren’t getting any younger.”
I want to thank Neil for the hours spent working with the City of Chanute to make this happen.
Don

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11149 is a reply to message #11148] Sun, 07 June 2009 02:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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OUCH!!! The bumps on my head are rising. If this wasn't the first and scheduled months ago, I would have to reconsider. But this band will be all Kustom. I will try to post pictures, at least at our web site. Good luck all and have a great time. In 4 years, I will be kicking myself.
Conrad

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11150 is a reply to message #10215] Sun, 07 June 2009 07:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Conrad, we're not picking on you, there are some others that have sent emails to us that have passed because of a band gig.
My band also had a gig booked for that weekend and I canceled it. It's not in my nature to turn down gigs. I was just sharing my experience about the 2004 show and hind site that if we ever got to do another convention, I would be there. So far we have 19 people making the show. I'm sure that there will be some swapping of amps and cabinets during the weekend. You know there might be that special red kustom you've been hunting for, and it just might end up coming home with me. As ET always says, Play Loud.
Don

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11151 is a reply to message #11150] Sun, 07 June 2009 15:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I agree with Pleat.....not picking on Conrad specifically! Twisted Evil Like Pleat I have made them all except 2004 in Texas and it was the result of extremely poor planning on my part...and I very much regret it. We are a close bunch. If we ever get into a bar fight it will look like the brawl scene at the end of "Blazing Saddles" because of the number of participants! Those who have not attended can not grasp the fellowship we experience. Pleat and I had been kicking around the idea of a meet at Chanute for years and now it is finally happening. There are new guys coming to Chanute that I only know from email and I look forward to meeting them and welcoming them to the group. Again...THIS MAY BE A ONE TIME THING!!!!! So, anyone considering the trip needs to make EVERY effort to do so. We would love to have you and I promise you will not regret it! BC Cool

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11153 is a reply to message #11151] Mon, 08 June 2009 11:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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One Time Event.
At present, there are no plans to do this again.
Not sure we well be able to get Bud again. Plus, once we do it in Chanute, not sure the Chanute folks will be interested again.
This type of thing is just a one time event. To show people this equipment is still around, is valuable, collectable, give thanks to Bud for what he created.
So, I highly recomend that if anyone wants to see a hugh amount of vinatage Kustom amps/guitars/organs, in one place, with Bud Ross, in the town that created these amps, you better come to this event.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11155 is a reply to message #10215] Mon, 08 June 2009 18:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm in, and I hope to meet a lot of you guys there.

Is there a schedule set up for the day or is it a play it by ear plan?

A couple of points here: First off thanks to Pleat and Neil (and anyone else that hasn't posted here) for all the time put in on this. It should be a real blast.

Second, I guess that the main group of collectors don't participate here, with the exception of Pleat. You know when you guys were planning on purchasing the Lotztone amp, you could have let us here know what was going on. I'm sure that some of us would have been happy to participate in the purchase and I personally would have not bid the price up to whatever it was that you guys finally paid.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11156 is a reply to message #11155] Mon, 08 June 2009 18:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chicago Bill, we did not want to exclude anyone from wanting to chip in on the Lotztone amp that was on ebay a year ago. Bud called me and asked if I would place a bid on it. He was afraid that if it were known that he wanted it, the price might have sky rocketed. I sent a note to the collectors that I knew, told them what was going on, and we really only had a short window of oppertunity to get our game on, the auction was ending that same night. We won the auction and the seller was only 20 minutes from Bud so everything worked out great. I know Neil will be posting a schedule soon. A lot of us will be rolling in sometime Thursday night to welcome everyone. The jam session will be saturday night after dinner. Even with out a jam, this is going to be one weekend to remember.
Don

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11157 is a reply to message #11150] Tue, 09 June 2009 01:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don, that last line about the red amp was hitting below the belt. Trust me, I would love to go to Chanute. It's not that far away and I know the trailer is road worthy and you would get 13 solid pieces for the display. I remember the time when Elvis came to Milwaukee and I told my wife we should go. Well as it turned out, we didn't and he died soon after. Hindsite is 20/20. Have fun. If that red K100 shows up see what you can do for me.
Conrad

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11162 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 09 June 2009 10:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don't go tell us it is not far for you. And, that you have a trailer road worthy. And, that you have 13 pieces you could bring.
And, your not coming!!!!!!!!!!
We could sure use you there??

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11163 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 09 June 2009 11:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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June 25th, Thurseday night small dinner with Bud.
June 26th, Friday, 11:00am, tour of last Kustom factory, then,
we are going by the old guitar factory. Last, we are
going to the original grocery store where Bud started.
Friday, 2.00pm, radio spot with Bud and a few of the
collectors.
Friday evening, a little larger dinner with Bud.
June 27th, Saturday, 11:00am, convention opens.
Saturday, late afternoon, Bud will get on stage and
tell how kustom came to being. The beginning. We are
doing an early presentation with Bud for some of the
older folks who will probably not stay for the after
diner show. Did I mention that a few of the original
kustom workers will be there!!!
Saturday, 7:00pm dinner with Bud.
Saturday, 8:30pm another presentation from Bud.
Saturday, 9:00pm let the all vinatage kustom jam
session begin.
Sunday, 1:00am, close down the event.
June 28th, Sunday, 10:00am, breakfast for the collectors.
Before we all hit the trail home.

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11164 is a reply to message #11163] Tue, 09 June 2009 11:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chicago Bill
Not for sure who you are, I would like to put you on our email list. Are you really coming? And, what equipment are you bringing?

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Re: Kustom Get Together [message #11166 is a reply to message #10215] Tue, 09 June 2009 12:32 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Neil:
I'm just a guy that posts here.

Yes, I am coming, but because I didn't know what the real schedule was, I will only be spending the day on Saturday. If I knew about the old factory tours, etc. I would have made other arrangements.

I will not be bringing anything to the show, other than my wife.

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