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JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST KUSTOM!! [message #707] Sat, 23 June 2001 19:47 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member Gentlemen..Ladies,,,just bought my first Kustom---I am finally part of this great CLUB of owners...I've got the bug!! Traded a Peavey T-60 for a Kustom head....I need some help with maybe year and model. No numbers on the plexi..just says Kustom, by Ross. Two channels, reverb/tremolo on channel 1, and basic bass, volume, treble on both. Has high/low inputs both channels. Black hyde...model # J 595 Rv, serial # 5524...Someone please help me with this head's identity and background. It plays GREAT! Blue light even works!! Report message to a moderator

Re: J-595 [message #716 is a reply to message #707] Sun, 24 June 2001 06:30 KustomDan Messages: 42 Registered: January 2000 Member Congratulations ! The J-595 is pictured in the 1966 catalog under "Literature" and the 100/200/400 button on the site. The 1966 catalog is the Blue on e in the lower left hand corner. Page 3 pictures a Gold J-595. The J of the designation denotes Jensen, which means the head was originally sold with a Jensen cab. The 595 designates the list price of the unit (head and cab). It clearly made more sense for Kustom to begin designating the heads by a separate model number and to use a model number tied to features such as output rather than price. The J-595 is an 11-pleat wide early head also described as a Frankenstein head becaus of the high "forehead". Many other visitors to rthe site can better advise on thegreat tone of this early head. JC Shane in fact has a nera complet set (all colors) of the Frankenstein series. Dan ---Owner, VintageKustom.com Report message to a moderator

Re: J-595 [message #718 is a reply to message #716] Sun, 24 June 2001 12:41 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member Thanx so much Dan......I am going to be saving up now for an appropriate black hyde cabinet (2x12, or 2x15)are they hard to come by these days and approx. how much are they?? Thanx again, Keith Report message to a moderator

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