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New Kustom owner - K-150 repair job [message #26943]

Mon, 03 September 2018 16:17

Gordon Wasabi
Messages: 3
Registered: September 2018

Junior Member

Hi All

After giving up years ago on finding an affordable Kustom in the UK, I just did. Its a blue/green K-150SC8 with celestial speakers in great shape apart from a minor issue, namely that the reverb is just hum.

Basic questions first - am i right in thinking that the orientation of the trem-vibrato pot is reversed (ie to my ears turning it to the left makes it more vibrato-like and to the right more trem-like)?

Also, is there any difference between the inputs on either side of the control panel or are they just multiple inputs sharing the same circuitry? The guy I bought it from seemed to think that the reverb should only work when plugged into the right side but I'm not so sure...

I will be stripping this down over the next few days - any pointers for where to start on the reverb problem would be much appreciated.

Cheers

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