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icon10.gif  38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house [message #24921] Wed, 20 April 2016 18:29 Go to next message
olnutjob is currently offline  olnutjob
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Location: West of Philly
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(It's not Tuck & Roll.... It's the "Skin your Knuckles" tolex version.)

In 1977 or 78, I wanted an amp that would keep up with a drummer for outdoor gigs. I played Fender Twins, Supers and they just sounded sort of drab & muffled.

The shop had Kustom T&R's, however the sales guy suggested a "Big K" Lead III head & 4-12 cabinet. I suppose, looking back..... it was a 70's version, solid state modeling amp.

It's the heaviest , "Boat Anchor" rig anyone could imagine, & it still functions as new & sounds wonderful. Multiple times in the past I tried giving it away & nobody would even take it.

I just put it back together & gave it a stretch.......

Harmonic, Wonderful Bliss.

(Whoops.....I forgot to say LOUD.)


(I don't text or partake of "Social Media.")
Re: 38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house [message #24922 is a reply to message #24921] Wed, 20 April 2016 22:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
oren hudson is currently offline  oren hudson
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Location: Gastonia, NC
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Congrats on the resurrection. Enjoy!
Re: 38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house [message #24923 is a reply to message #24921] Thu, 21 April 2016 06:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
stevem is currently offline  stevem
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All too many of today's players are wimps, even the young guys! They love there silly little Fender Blues jr or whatever with a single 10" speaker that they could carry around in there wife's pocket book if they wanted to, and then Complane that they can't even be heard over the drummer at a jam! Yea pal that's due to even just the drummers smallest tom tom being a bigger diameter then the 10" driver in your barely 15 watt amp! How the heck do you expect to keep up with even Small 22" Bass drum if the the drummer is not a hard hitter?

Many of them ask me what can be done and I tell them minimum 30 watts RMS and 2-12" drivers, or one EV hard to move around big ass magnet driver, then I turn and walk away!

I would rather have the Tinnitus in my right ear like I do then be seen playing thru a blues jr or the like at a gig or jam, lol!

[Updated on: Thu, 21 April 2016 06:22]

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Re: 38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house [message #24924 is a reply to message #24923] Thu, 21 April 2016 22:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mister honey is currently offline  mister honey
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I have a '76~'77 BIG K Lead III head and a pair of matching 4x12 cabs left over from the rock & roll days of my youth.

It is a large, impressive and LOUD Kustom stack.

I love it!!!

Mike
Re: 38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house (Question?) [message #24925 is a reply to message #24921] Fri, 22 April 2016 15:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
olnutjob is currently offline  olnutjob
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As the last person who posted said he had 2 half stacks.......

(How do you keep the floor from sagging? (Those babies weigh a ton.) <---------(Humor Question/Look @ my user name.

This amp has:
1. Channel Volume
2. Master Volume
3. Voicing, (it's like a phase sweep knob)

Here's my silly question, & I never got a user guide, nor found one.....

4. Drive -------------> What is this knob's official function?

I dime it & get a wonderful feedback, without going incredibly loud. (Like Jimi's "3rd Stone From the Sun" or Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs."


(Yes, I'm most deaf in the right ear with tinnitus, but can pick up harmonics much better than my left ear....which is only half gone.)


(I don't text or partake of "Social Media.")
Re: 38 Years old, & it still rumbles the house (Question?) [message #24927 is a reply to message #24925] Sat, 23 April 2016 10:00 Go to previous message
mister honey is currently offline  mister honey
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The floor for all my Kustom stuff is "no sag" concrete and detached from the house.It is PeeWee's Playin' House, if you will!

To my ear, the Drive control has about three different sounds with the knob at the 8 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 4 o'clock positions.

I have no idea how the Drive knob works. Maybe chicagobill, pleat or stevem will comment.

Mike
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