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tell me about design & tones [message #25097]

Sun, 19 June 2016 17:03

vintagefan
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Registered: March 2014
Location: Dallas

Senior Member

Has anyone ever talked with or heard of Bud Ross talk about the science and engineering that was used to achieve the
Kustom tones & sound, and to make them work right? I wonder how many months and materials it took to get the amp just right. I find my K100C-8's are very temperamental with it's tones.

I experimented with leaving the back off the cabinet, and I put the head into the cabinet without putting in the bolts that holds it in. I got noticably more treble, which I like. Then I put the back on, but left off the screws out that holds it on. There was still more treble than usual. Then I bolted the head into the cabinet and put the screws back into the back panel, and the noticably "more treble" sound went back to the normal sound the amp has always had which was a little more bassy. Both of the different tones were good, not drastic, but very noticable.

Is it possible the bolts holding the amp into the cabinet add a little resistance to take away a little hi end eq? And what is it about having the back on the amp that adds a little more bass? I wonder how many of the components and materials Bud Ross and his engineers experimented with to make these amps sound right and work right....

On a side note, when my reverb tank started feeding back, I ran a long cord and laid it on the bottom of the cabinet.This cured the feedback problem, but added more bass. I guess the extended cord added more resistance. Which makes me think this is why the reverb tank was placed inside the head. Could this be why the engineers put the tank inside the amp head?

Thoughts or any reasons?

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