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Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed [message #11082]

Sun, 24 May 2009 08:22

Parsons
Messages: 17
Registered: May 2009

Junior Member

Hello,

I'm new to this forum. I'm from Germany and it is hard to find any informations on Kustom amps here, so in the end I ended here...

I own an old 70s Kustom III Lead and a Kustom Cabinet Box with 4x12" speakers.

Actually this Amp is oversized for me (and my needs), so I wouldn't need all the features, just plug and play. But I'm very interested in finding out more about it so I can use it suffiecently.

First about the head:
on the back it reads: 200-0441-00 (maybe the telephone number of the company at the time?) under this there is a Badge/plate (right word?), wher you can read the following:
Kustom (like written letters),
Canute, Kansas
Model III-L
Serial No. 223045
Pat.No. 210.129
- it has two channels. Two Jacks for each channel (total of 4). What are the second Jacks for?
- two potiknobs are missing, is there any way I can restore it someway? Would maybe a Fender Blackface Knob fit?
- the red Power switch has three positions. The Power knob can be pulled up, middle and downwards. the middle position is
the off-position, so far. But what are the others for?
- on the back there is a "power socket" or something, it looks like the matching counterpart of the power supplies you use in USA. In Germany we have two pins at the end of the cable which we plug in the power socket on the wall of our rooms. On american ones there are three pins, as far as I know. But why is there a thing like where you can plug in this thing. What I called "power socket" looks has three holes, grouped like a face Smile

(Eyes and nose) Above it, it says 200 watts maximum (on the Internet I found that it has 130 watts)?.
Beneath it there comes out a cable with a german plug at the end. So I guess someone changed the thing for German needs?
The back has also jacks: footswitch, speaker out, line out (no question about that, just wanted to be complete).

The Box or Cabinet (english words mean the same, don't they?) is a 4x12". On the back it reads:
K
Canute, Kansas
Model 4-12 L (weren't there IV different types?)
Serial No: S 161498
Pat.No.: 210.129 (this indicates it belongs to the head, but why than a different manufacturers Badge "Kustom" vs "K"?)

It has the big K on it, not the written word "Kustom", so this should be a later one??? But I can use it with it, without Problems, or would another do better?

The Amp makes a continuous noise like hissing (right word?). Is that normal for an amp in that dimensions?

I Know, a lot of questions, but I hope you can help me.

MANY THANKS!!!

Mathias.

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