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New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5862]

Wed, 15 June 2005 07:44

Smoke1
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Registered: September 2003
Location: Southern Maryland Solomon...

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Called my closest Local Kustom Dealer store to see if they ever got any of the New T&R Kustom Tube Coupes 36 (1X12) or 72 (2X12) combo Models in yet as seen on the Ohio/China Kustom.com website? Not yet, but he called the Ohio/China office and they gave him the Retail price for the 36 Coupe at $895 but he said he could get them and sell them for $625 for the 36 Coupe and $725 for the 72 Coupe Shocked

. But he also said there is a dealers waiting list to get on cause they said there is a big demand for these new ones. Has anyone seen one for sale anywhere in a store or on the Net yet? or has anyone out there even played one of these amps yet? Rolling Eyes

Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5866 is a reply to message #5862]

Wed, 15 June 2005 16:08

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edforgothispassword
Messages: 202
Registered: July 2004

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not yet.. James had emailed me pics prior to the namm but that's as close to em as I've come.. I was kinda hoping that all my emails of friendship and accolades of... (Accolai..?...coolaides) of praise for his Peavey effort days would earn me a sample unit on my doorstep...but alas...as great as James is... looks like its still Waynes World up there.. (reference to the total jerk that was my first contact years ago as I tried to encourage the new kustom boys to embrace some of us old kustom nuts...). After that experience I swore I wouldn't take a new kustom china t&r if they gave em to me..and I never did touch the stuff...but I think so highly of James Brown that I'd like to test drive one of these rigs...would never replace my first love...but would be fun to spin a little...there's just enough corporate suites in that company to muck things up...we'll see if they can get their product to market..the first T&R effort was over a year late...badly overbudget..ashamedly cheap and poorly constructed...see where that got em....I figure I'll soon know whether they were seriously looking for James' talents of if he just wanted to get out of the crumbling Peavey building...

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5867 is a reply to message #5866]

Thu, 16 June 2005 15:43

Smoke1
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Registered: September 2003
Location: Southern Maryland Solomon...

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FYI,

Beleive it or not I really do like my China/Ohio Kustom Quad 100.
It sounds alot like a Marshall and it packs a punch for such a small 37 LB Combo Amp. But I line out my Marshall and the Quad into the K200 for Real Super Slammin' Power Action. Be Jammin"

Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5886 is a reply to message #5862]

Tue, 21 June 2005 18:07

edforgothispassword
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Registered: July 2004

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don't mean to sound harsh...forgive...I actually have my hopes up with the hiring of James Brown..he's the best in the industry when it comes to production amps...so I'm looking for cool stuff out of the Ohio boys...I have no opinion on the quad stuff..never looked twice at it as I'm a tuck n roll man...glad you like em......ET

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5902 is a reply to message #5862]

Sun, 26 June 2005 13:05

BC
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Registered: March 2000
Location: Kentucky

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Kustom's release of the new T&R series in 2000 that was supposed to be in 1999 turned out to be as big a success as the "New Coke" Rolling Eyes

formula....that is for you young guys....for the rest of us it would be the Edsel or the Bay of Pigs. It is unfortunate that they did not get the amps in the stores when the demand was there. I had my taste buds set for a "NEW" 400 watt bass head and twin 2x15 cabinets in RED! .....by the time they came out they were LATE...OVERPRICED...CHINESE JUNK. :>( In the meantime I had located Vintage Kustoms and filled my need....excuse me...Started filling my need with the REAL STUFF. Cool

The addition of Mr Brown to the Kustom team is very exciting....but from previous experience I am concerned the production and delivery folks may miss the boat......AGAIN! BC

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5903 is a reply to message #5902]

Mon, 27 June 2005 07:24

Smoke1
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Registered: September 2003
Location: Southern Maryland Solomon...

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Soooo

nobody out there in KustomLand has not even seen the real production 36 and 72 Coupe Amps yet? So the bottom line is maybe that these aren't even in the stores yet because they are not finished except for the few prototypes ones we see in the adds? Roger on being late to the stores and dealers? Rolling Eyes

They've been advertising them since last Nov/Dec? What's Up?
Who out there really knows the scoop?

Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5908 is a reply to message #5903]

Mon, 27 June 2005 11:40

BC
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I have sent an email to the support folks at Kustom requesting information on the coupes to be posted on this board. I hope they get back to us. BC

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5926 is a reply to message #5862]

Wed, 29 June 2005 14:17

edforgothispassword
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the last I spoke with James Brown was over christmas just before the big NAMM..he had given me a couple of email preview secret snippets...and also told me that they had secured the USA Eminence speaker deal...dropped a couple hints about needs one delivered to my door for proper review...but its been quiet since the first of the year....James can make really great amp designs...it'll be up to the suits as to where, when, and quality issues. I'm hoping kustom learned their lesson...but econ 101 pressures seem to still be spanking most US manufacturers these days... all Iknow is.. I've got various product..all top end pro gear...and all being sourced with overseas junk and after less than 2 years of stage use I have problems across the board..from lousy wave soldering, to cheap components, to no attention to things like bias that cause other failures to blown speakers, broken handles and corners and wheels..now this gear has been in my hands..the same hands that have used kustom gear since I started playing pro in 1973..my kustom wheels have never been broken, my naugha still looks great, the amps have not failed me and I can take any of them out on stage today and know that the night will happen...but my Ampeg (Korg)= really cheap tubes, bad bias, thin cheap tolex and a fan that wasn't even wired up!
Fender - twins, 59 bassmans, etc..pro stuff...cheap wave solder...lousy tubes, input jacks, etc...total go-thru on the bench by the 3rd stage job...Gallien Krueger...speakers, casters, amp blown....Eden..castors, corners, amp blown, tweeter blown..mind you these are still under warranty and being repaired..but they are out of service right now...I just pulled an old plexi 200 PA head out of a dusty garage corner..its been living in two damp garages unplayed for at least the last 8 years that I know of...had never been serviced prior to that.. I shook most of the acorn crumbs out of it as some small rodent thought it was a good nest, plugged it in to a small PA speaker...giving no thought to ohm load whatsoever, slipped a CD in a sony walkman and turned the amp on...and listened to some tunes while I spent time repairing other gear...now its with BC who will give it plenty of reason to live yet another chapter of its life....we used to do it right boys...we need to get back to the basics..honesty, integrity, ownership and pride..

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Re: New Kustom Coupes 36 & 72 Info Request [message #5927 is a reply to message #5926]

Wed, 29 June 2005 14:58

BC
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Registered: March 2000
Location: Kentucky

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I have owned and used at some time over 50 vintage Kustoms in the last 6 years. Who knows where they had been or what they had been subjected to. I have only had 3 to fail on me. Some came to me with known problems but most were minor and still functioned. Considering their age.....that ain't bad.

I will give you an AMEN! BC

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