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Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed [message #11083 is a reply to message #11082]

Sun, 24 May 2009 10:43

LesS
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Registered: December 2002

Senior Member

Hi - welcome to the forum.

Model III-L SN 223045 was made approx September 1979.
Speaker cabinet model 4-12L SN S161498 was made approx October 1978.

The 4-12L cabinet should be fine to use with the III-L amp.

I have not used this model, but one input jack is normally louder than the other.
The quiet jack is good for active instruments (example: guitar with built in preamp).
In the earlier Kustoms, the top jack was brighter.

The 3 power switch positions are “off”, plus two different polarity positions (one position might make less hum than the other).

For the American power socket - as you look at it, the left hole is Negative - (usually a white wire) and is sometimes larger than the right, the right hole is Positive + (usually a black wire), and the lower middle hole is ground. (Our voltage is 117 to 120 volts.)

The 200 watts is the maximum usage of any device that you plug into it.

The power output of the amp is a different measurement – it is unrelated to the 200 watts for the accessory socket – and is 130 watts RMS.

The hissing sound is normal as long as it is not too loud.

-Les S

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		Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: Parsons on Sun, 24 May 2009 08:22
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: LesS on Sun, 24 May 2009 10:43
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: Parsons on Tue, 26 May 2009 12:54
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: stevem on Wed, 27 May 2009 06:17
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: Parsons on Sun, 05 January 2014 10:53
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: Parsons on Fri, 25 May 2018 08:34
		Re: Kustom III Lead Head and 4x12 Box explanation on functions needed By: stevem on Fri, 25 May 2018 08:58

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