The first amp was built for a member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame and is now a featured display in the collection of Rainbow Recording Studios in Omaha, Nebraska. Eventually the company branched out to produce organs, drums, microphones, and guitars.Ĭharles 'Bud’ Ross produced the first Kustom amp which comprised two fifteen inch speakers mounted side-by-side in a horizontal white sparkle cabinet with and a non-Frankenstein head.
The original Kustom amps came in a variety of colors including Red Sparkle, Blue Sparkle, Gold Sparkle, Cascade Sparkle (teal), Charcoal Sparkle (grey), Silver Sparkle (white), and Flat Black (which contained no glitter). The Kustom (The Nauga, or Naugie) Kats were from the same Uniroyal Naugahyde that Kustom used to cover their products. There was also a line of guitars with DeArmond pickups in a variety of colors, including the infamous Pink to Green sunburst that fans have affectionately named 'Watermelon Burst.’ In an original promotion Kustom gave away 'Kustom Kats’ with the purchase of an amplifier. The company produced several models of guitar amplifiers, bass amplifiers, organ amplifiers, Guitars, Basses, and keyboards and P.A. operated in a factory in Chanute, Kansas. The amplifiers featured solid-state circuitry instead of vacuum tube-based designs so common in the 1960s. was the first to mass-produce amplifiers covered in roll and pleat, popularly referred to as 'Tuck-And-Roll’ naugahyde, similar to hot-rod automobile upholstery popular at that time. The main selling point of Kustom amplifiers was their unique appearance: Ross, Inc. 'Kustom’ was a brand and trademark of Ross, Inc., a company founded in 1964 by Charles A. Kustom 200 Bass Amplifier, 100 wattsRMS, two 15’ speakers, cascade sparkle, 1971 History Contoh soal toeic listening dan pembahasannya.Taylor GuitarsMartin GuitarsFenderGretsch Kustom Amps HistoryRickenbackerMarshall AmpsLudwigGuild AcousticsGibsonZildjianThe Reverb Price Guide
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