VintageKustom.com: Repairing Kustom Amps

Sat, 24 March 2018 16:45

oldnavycdr
Messages: 38
Registered: July 2006
Location: Sanford, NC

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I want to give a shout out to Yontz, the owner and tech at Mad Science Works in Raleigh, NC. Yontz did a full scrub on this amp -- changed out the power cord, removed the death cap, cleaned all the pots and internals, re-capped, and fixed a short between the speaker output and the trem-vib control that was causing very weak vibrato. I was also worried about the reverb seeming to crash too easily. He found the tank very serviceable noting that while a a new tank was fairly cheap, it wouldn't sound the same. Sure the springs are sagging a bit but he raised the tone issue and I let it be. The amp sounds so much cleaner, the trem-vib is spot on, and there is another 40 years left in this cascade nauga sound machine! Now, I have to clean the grill cloth. I left the amp parked at a buddy's and "somehow" a beer seems to have exploded in front of the amp spotting the grill cloth with that obvious "woops". I'll try the windex/tooth brush approach. Not inclined to pull out the 4-10's and amp to do the car wash thing. BTW, Mad Science Works is co-located with a recording studio. Yontz said the guys were drooling all over it remembering back in the day and trying it out. Perhaps that is just drool on the grill cloth? Any other spot cleaning suggestions for the cloth would be appreciated.

Damn this thing is heavy! I still can't believe I loaded the big ones in cars, trucks, trailers and hauled them to gigs without the slightest concern. Now, this "little" SC is breaking my back. Oh, to be young again...

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