Hey my name is Tohm. I have had a Kustom amplifier for years and have never found any information on it. All I know is it is rumored to be made in 70's. I was told it was for guitar, but I am not even sure at this point haha. It was built in Chanute Kansas.
The model# 11-B
The serial# K146065
Patent# 201129
It's 60 watts and has two dual input channels with the following controls:
Channel 1 has Drive, Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Bright.
Channel 2 has Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble and Bright.
H/W/D: 20" X 26" X 10 1/2" and weighs 64 pounds
Can anyone supply me with any other information? Possible value/worth? Anything.
stevem Messages: 4728 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY
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Hello and welcome.
Your amp was born in the late 70s and at this point in time Kustom had already been sold for many years to the Baldwin organ company, so its not a prized vintage amp... but none the less it is still built like a brick shit house and still sounds great when up to sunff.
I do not have my serial number to year of birth list with me, but maybe our good friend Less will post the info you are looking for as he has taken up the task of compiling a serial number to year of manufacture list.
Your amp is a non- effect type Kustom and as such it can be used for guitar or bass, but is leaning more towards guitar with the drive channel.
Value wise since it is not of the earlyer vintage Tuck and roll line of amps its value can not be pinned down.
I myself would not pay more than 200 bucks, and at that price it would have to be pure mint!
You might try to do a a search on ebay for ended sales, or completed sale to get a feel for what these may have sold for.
Note that it will only output its full clean 60 watts of power into a 8 ohm load, driving a 4 or 16 ohm speaker load will near half its clean wattage power.
pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi
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From the description, it would be a II L model. Drive control are on the lead models. Clarity control are on the IIB model. Also listed are the dimensions which describe the 2x12 IIL model.
The IIB model was only offered in the head only and sold with a single 15" speaker cab. The Cab used a 8 ohm CTS speaker.
pleat