Kustom '72 Coupe Hardtop

Same features as the '72 Coupe combo amp.

I play a Les Paul with SD '59 humbucking pickups and also an Ernie Ball Music Man Axix Super Sport hardtail with custom Dimarzio humbuckers. This is one versatile amp and I love both the "clean" channel and distortion channel. The rhythm channel is voiced very similarly to the old Kustom tuck-and-roll amps from the late 1960's, except with the master volume, you can get very nice blues breakup if you want. Both channels have their own gain and master volume, so as I said, it is a very versatile amp. Also, both channels have a push pull circuit on the master for brightness. With the lead channel think old Fender tweed cranked distortion without the bright engaged, and classic Marshall style with it engaged. There is also built in reverb and tremelo. The reverb is very nice, but the tremelo circuit is awesome. It sounds just like the old tuck-and-rolls.

I've had the amp for 5 months now with absolutely no problem. I am changing the tubes, however, as the Sovtek power tubes are good, but not great. It uses 4 6L6's and 4 12AX7's. Another cool thing is that this amp is auto-biasing. So just change to whatever brand of 6L6's you want, and the amp takes care of it's own adjustments.

The Kustom guys are awesome. I talked twice with them about a bad static sound when I first got the amp. All I had to do was switch places with the #1 and #2 preamp tubes, and it is now just right. This shouldn't happen, but they were ready to send me a new head if I wanted. And, on top of that, they sent me a new owner's manual signed by James Brown himself - the technician who designed the amp. He is the same guy who worked for Peavey for a number of years, and he designed the JSX, 5150, Peavey Classic amps as well.

I have been playing now for 38 years. I absolutely love this amp. I have owned several Fender Twins, a Fender Deluxe Reverb, a Marshall JCM 2000 half stack, and other various amps through the years, but this Kustom has everything I could want. I would say jump on this amp if you are looking for a great sounding, versatile performer.

Just picked up this amp today. Nice features for the money. Vibrato and Tremolo, Reverb, efx loop, direct out, adjustable boost level, nice reverb, clean and sparkly clean channel, nice distortio channel, bright switchs for each channel.

This amp is somewhere between a Mesa and Marshall in sound. In my view it is the best of both worlds, it will get dark like a Mesa and bright like a Marshall. The distortion is smooth and silky, totally adjustable and enough for almost any style of music. I play rock, blues, some more modern stuff, and this amp will cover those and more.

Don't know. I will make a new submission after I have used if for a few months.

Again, don't know yet.

It is hard to have a valid opinion after such a short time. So far, it has one of the best distortions and sustain I have ever heard. The proof will be how it cuts through the mix when playing live. I am going to reserve my final rating until after I have used it for a while.