VintageKustom.com: Repairing Kustom Amps

Thu, 10 September 2015 19:30

Mrd34d
Messages: 9
Registered: September 2015

Junior Member

Hey this is my first post; hello.

So I've recently acquired a Sidewinder combo Model 24-C, serial: 37243. Long story short, it is a god awful mess. There's no speaker, the castors are are rusted & cracked, the handle is rusted, the bottom of the TNR is shredded, and more importantly; the doesn't work.

There was a resistor fire (R18), and it took out a few others around it. Also the pilot light is missing the bulb. It also needs the obvious 3-prong conversion.

I plan on building a new cabinet (and learn how to do TNR ) for it and making it a head unit. I'm gonna give it clearance for air flow, try to use the old speaker screening, tinsel spline and logo as to maintain the original look.

I'm hoping someone can give me some insight into what light bulb this thing needs, if there's a problem that's common among these amps that could've caused the resistor fire, and perhaps some info on when it was made.

Also many websites & old ads show this amp as a 150watts...but it says 75watt RMS on it...so which is it?

Thanks

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