Vintage Kustom Amps

[keith_h]

Just saw this. I used a 3 - 15 Kustom cabinet for my bass when I was in high school. I don't remember what I used for a head but it was probably a Univox. I liked the tucked cabinet look so much I had my Vox Grenadier PA cabinets recovered in the same look. 

[edwardofhuncote]

Separate ad, for guitar amps: https://roanoke.craigslist.org/msg/d/bedford-vintage-kustom-amps/7770117472.html


I continue to be flabbergasted.

[pauldo]

Why aren’t these gone?

If I lived closer I would need at least one… cause, you know… Naugahyde it’s just fun to say. 😀

[edwardofhuncote]

That's a fair question.

I am guessing because no one in the local mainstream music scene wants them. I bet somebody somewhere does though. There has to be at least one other person somewhere else who loved these amps that much. It can't be just this one guy.

How in the world would you come out $$$-wise shipping these things though? I mean... you'd have to be willing to deliver them yourself. Or take a huge difference.


(agreed 100%, naugahyde is a fun word... even throws off my autofill)

[JimmyJ]

Sadly, it might have just been that one guy who love them so much.  I would think that guitar cab with the giant horn in it - driven by an early all-transistor amp - would sound pretty nasty!  But as I said above, I was a fan of the bass amps and even had a small "Kasino" combo for a while - same amp without the external padding.  Then there's the whole issue with the endangered Naugasaurus.     

Jimmy J

[KR]

When going for soft, I prefer the "Plush" amps.

[gtrguy]

Yes, those poor Naugas were hunted almost to extinction by folks in Nehru Jackets and camo Leisure Suits!
Thank gawd cooler heads prevailed and now they have been reintroduced into parts of Asia where they are free to repopulate and thrive.

(I actually have a Kustom tube amp with blue tuck and roll) (Yes, there was a tube version made)(In China)