Vintage Kustom Amp Serial Numbers
Dec 27, 2016 I can't find the age of my Kustom head. Age of a Kustom III Bass Head. 9b8183ce9c&srch=serial+number+chart#msg_11377 These amps are somewhat coveted just. For Example; Serial Number: #5. Vintage Vox amplifier collection. Vox Amp Serial Number Dating Martin Vox Amp Serial Number Dating Kustom. Dating Your Fender Amp. VINTAGE TUCK ROLL 1968 KUSTOM 200 AMP WITH 3 15 SPEAKERSThis vintage 1968 Kustom 200 Amplifier Model K-200A-5 is a 4 Channel with Kustom 3 x 15 Speakers - Enclosure Cab - Black Tuck Roll - Serial Number 21165 - Reverb is Jan Dean Super on all 4 Channels - This outfit will flat blow you away!
Vintage Kustom Amp Models
This was the era when transistorized electronics was new. I can recall Dad bringing home this amazing small transistor radio. All of Ross’s amplifiers used only transistors instead of tubes. In the mid 1960's we didn't care if the amp had tubes or transistors. We wanted big, clean and loud. Fender came to the transistor market in the mid-1960’s and failed miserably, due to their amplifier line which seemed to have acquired a bad reputation for not being dependable. But in 1966 Bud Ross hit the jackpot.
His amps and speaker cabs were incredibly well constructed and many of his early products are still in use today despite being forty to fifty years old and having little or no maintenance. The Kustom amplifier chassis was made of steel. The cabinets used wooden frames. All were covered in a vinyl material known as naugahyde that was applied using a tuck and roll covering design.
Naugahyde is a trademark of the Uniroyal company which was Kustom’s supplier. Beneath the vinyl was a poly-foam sheet.
This was similar to what was being used in automobiles from that era. These amplifiers/cabinets were works of art. The naugahyde came in red sparkle, blue sparkle, gold sparkle, teal (which was called cascade sparkle), grey (which was called charcoal sparkle), white (which was called silver sparkle), and flat black. Not only did Ross build amplifiers, but he also built public address systems using the same design. Ross did all of this from a small factory in the small town of Chanute, Kansas. There was nothing similar to a Kustom amplifier.
Kingdoms of amalur reckoning collections. Barriera antiallagamento fai da te. It was unlike anything Fender or Gibson made. Although Vox and Marshall would be on the scene in a few years, Kustom was to be popular until the company folded, because they were different. They sounded great and that’s all we cared about. Besides that, these were huge impressive amplifiers. Many artists of the day used Kustoms since they created a beautiful looking back line.
John Forgarty of out of Creedence Clearwater Revival is still using a Kustom K200 A-4 (100 watt) amplifier. This 1968 model had the usual reverb and tremolo/vibrato and also harmonic clipper and boost controls. Kustom amps came with anywhere from 50 to 100 watts. The oldest ones came with a black plexiglass front plate with the logo in the center and also a power/polarity three was toggle switch on the back and two arms to wrap the power cord around while transporting the amplifier. The control knobs were in two rows. Other users included Motown bass player James Jameson, Sheryl Crow, Waylon Jennings, Leon Russell, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, The Jackson 5, Carl Perkins, and The Carpenters.
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The original Kustom amplifiers will say Kustom by Ross. Bud Ross with Kustom Kat In an original promotion Kustom gave away 'Kustom Kats' with the purchase of an amplifier. I had one of these and gave it away to my girlfriend. Although I have never seen any amps other than guitar and bass amplifiers, I’ve read that Ross also made amps for classic guitar. Before synthesizers became affordable and plentiful, we had combo organs. Kustom made two versions of organs. Unfortunately Bud Ross was a compulsive gambler and gambled away his company in a poker game.