Kustom KGA-65 112 Combo

One Clean Channel with switchable bright, One Drive Channel with switchable mid and gain, On board effects with room reverb, spring reverb, chorus, reverb and chorus, echo, tremolo, phaser with reverb.

I use a cheap-o silvertone SG knockoff with Seymour Duncan hot pickups, and a cheap-o Squire Stat. I play blues through grunge which this amp seems to perform pretty well.

The clean channel is very clean on lower settings, it can turn ugly quickly. A few knobs twists and it will smooth out into a nice slightly broken up sound.

The lead channel is awesome. It ranges from warm blues break up to a strong grunge type sound. Not really a metal amp unless you have a pedal to give it a bit more of a kick. Overall the distortion on this thing is sweet and pretty warm for a solid state.

Volume on this thing is a bit tricky, it can be hard to get bedroom levels. The fix for the volume is to run some type of level control from out of the effects loop, lower the output level back into the power amp and you can adjust your levels with out having to screw with the knobs on the amp too much. It's like a powersoak for your solid state.

Never had a problem except keeping the volume levels down.

Never needed, I bought the thing used for 120 bucks and it has not failed me yet.

I have been playing for 4 years, I don't own a ton of gear but I play everyday. If it was lost or stolen I would get another one if it was less than 150. I love how it distorts but hate having to deal with the touchy volume levels at low volumes.

Overall this is not a bad little amp if you are looking for something to dink around with on a regular basis. I gives you plenty of options for your sound and it is as reliable as you could expect it to be.

It has some great built in effects but they aren't really easy to pull up live. the effect loop, cd in line out, xlr out. Lots of options. I run my computer interface through the cd input.

I haven't seen other amps at this price with as many features.

I use an Ernie Ball Music Man and a Yamaha EX hollow body. It sounds great. Loud as hell (the only problem is that you can't get it soft for practice). Great distortion. I stopped using my Zoom effects pedal because the amp's distortion is top notch. No tubes but still a full rich sound. The clean channel is super clean with a lot of punch.

Very dependable. I have had it for seven years and I have never had any problems.

Never needed support or service.

Overall I live this amp better than my Roland jazz chorus that I used to have and I would recommend it to anyone. Low price and great tone.

I bought my KGA-65 off a friends friend out of the blue because i needed a guitar amp. It was 65W so it was plenty for what i needed it for (Church playing). The features are pretty cool - it has alot of effects, i use chorus and a bit of reverb sometimes but i think i would like to try a few pedals with it instead of using the amps distortion all the time.

I use a crappy squier strat through this - it has a dimarzio pick up in it which is OK - however i can never get the right sound. I used my friends LP studio through it and it kicked some serious ass. I blame my guitar. The amps clean is pretty nice, and the distortion is OK, however i can never seem to get it right. The volume is weird..just above zero is a good level, but move it one more millimeter and BANG its about as loud as a 747. Strange volume knobs. I guess it is only my first amp, so when i upgrade i can compare with something else. I wanna get a Roland JC-120. Who knows, i might even keep the amp, it could be useful later on down the track when i get a new guitar.

I think i can depend on this amp. Some idiot ripped the cable out of my footswitch, but i just soldered it back together and it works fine. I give the amp a bit of a rough time, i mean, i dont treat it like a gem and its still alive. So yes, it is very reliable.

Never dealt with Kustom, but im sure they are good people.

I have been playing 5 years, so I'm not an amp/guitar guru like some of the people out there. It's my first amp and i use it with my first electric guitar. I like it, and it sounds nice, but my guitar makes it sound crap. I'm gonna keep it. If your considering buying one..i would say no. save your money and buy a really really good amp like a Roland JC-120, Fender Twin or if you have the dosh, go all out and get a Mesa. The KGA-65 is an OK amp that does a satisfactory job. peace.

The amp was made around 2001 or so. It's versatile enough for my playing style, which is mainly hard rock and metal. It features two channels, a clean and a lead channel, 8 digital effects, effects loop, line out. Kinda wish it had a headphones jack, no big deal though. I mainly use this amp for bedroom use, and the occasional jam session. It has enough power through my avatar 2x12 cab with V30's, but the speaker in the amp is quite lacking, it's not a very efficient speaker, has about 70% of the volume of a vintage 30 speaker. With the extension cab this amp is definitely giggable though, especially with the lead channel. It gets quite loud for 65 SS watts.

I'm using a Yamaha rgx612a with the amp, bridge humbucker for distorted tones and neck single coil for clean tones. The clean channel on this thing is REALLY nice, very clear and shimmery, although there's a downside to it: you can't crank it up too loud or it'll start clipping really badly, and you know how SS clipping sounds? Not Good. So if you're looking for clean headroom, look else where, this amp doesn't have it.
The lead channel has a really suprisingly good though, especially through an extension cab, almost marshally through v30's, I can crank the thing up to about 1'O clock and it'll still sound tight, this is a very giggable volume. Pretty loud. The distortion is quite good, I can get some metal tones out of it, not Pantera, or early Metallica or anything, but still pretty heavy.

The effects on this thing are a little glitchy.

Good service.

Good amp for the price.

Not sure what year this amp was made in, or when it was bought since I'm borrowing it from someone else. I'm not going to bore you by repeating the features, because everyone else already has. The only thing I'm going to say is that I found the multiple input/outputs convenient, though it's strange that they'd have a line out in the form of a microphone connector. It's pretty versatile. But read on.

This amp is generally great sounding at lower volumes. Unfortunately when you turn up the clean channel be prepared for some really crappy sounding distortion. I don't know where Kustom went wrong, but it really sounds like shit for the amp to turn into a metal machine when you're trying to play the rhythm for a coldplay song. It's a shame too, because when it doesn't have that, it sounds very nice. Now that I think of it, it sounds almost as if the cabinet has loose screws and is rattling, but you can hear it on the line out too. It's pretty lame.

This amp is NOT reliable by any means. Don't use it without a backup, because I have yet to see it work on stage (and I've planned to use it twice and got shafted both times). The first time it just blew a fuse, 10 seconds before my band was suppsosed to start its set. Major major stress. I didn't need that. The effects channel sometimes doesn't initialize until you turn the amp off and then back on. It's as finicky as a computer in this respect, and I wouldn't be surprised if all its problems were the fault of a crappy power supply- as is the case with most finicky computers.

Never dealt with the company, since this amp is surely out of warranty...

I don't think I've been mean to this amp by any means, but to be honest I think this is one of the worst performance amps I've ever seen. Not because it sucks by nature, but because it purports itself to be able to handle live performance, when it just can't. If you're buying this amp for practice, I'd say go for it. At lower volumes it sounds really nice and pushes some good air. But if you're looking for a cheap amp to play during gigs, stay far far away.

I bought mine less than three years ago due to the reliabilty failure of my more expensive name brand (PV)tube amp which sucked the cash from my hand before the bar owners could place it in my palm. I came across this sweet little box in my buddy's music store and it didn't take much for him to sell it. I plugged in, played awhile, looked at the price tag, and walked outta the store without even calling my wife to O.K. it.
Sounded great.
Still does.
Could use a headhone jack though.

I use a Tele and a Strat and a BC Rich Gunslinger so the sounds mostly have to be readjusted for each guitar. No problem. I love this amp and stand by it even though I had to send it back once to get rid of a high-pitched squeal that emitted from the speaker and really pissed many sound guys off. They fixed it under warranty no probs there...

I used this amp exclusively for about a year and a half of weekly gigging even with the squealing. The squealing was very low level but just enough to bug a sound engineer's finely tuned ears.

They fixed it without quarrel. Otherwise I've had no encounter with the CS aspect of the company. My buddy at the music store took care of that stuff.

I've been playing over 20 years now. If it were lost I'd get a bigger one with a cab. The thing i loved about this amp when i first played it was that it made me play effortlessly at high volumes no matter what style i played. F**K'n'A. It can make you feel like Slash or Vai or SRV but let you come acroos as yourself...

2 channel (clean and distortion)
65 watts but sounds like more on the distortion channel but more about that below.
8 built in digital effects
cd line input aswell to play along with cds

At the store in which i bought this amp i tryed some laney amps like the hardcore and tube fusion range. . . then the guy plugged me into this amp and wholy f#@$. It had a great sound, the clean channel is great for chord playing and jazz and stuff like that, but i maily use the distorion channel. This channel is awsome it is very loud for a 65 watt amp its the most aggressive amp that i have ever played on.
Plus there is a more button on the amp so u can kick the distorion right up and shake the living sh#t out of everything around u.
Great sound i give it a 10

This amp is built like a freaking brick!!!!
Ive dropped it a few times and the sound hasnt even changed nor has it really shown damage marks.
the mesh on the front of the thing looks like it could rip easily but ive had it for ova a year and it has come incontact with lots of sharp objects and it hasent even scratched.
The only thing that i am worried about with this amp is that it is a stinka. . .quite litterally a stinker. . .at high volume on the distortion channel it gets a metallical type of smell comming from the back of the thing. . .i think it may overheat a bit. . . but then again if u could blow out that much sound when your not meant 2 wouldent u be smoking a bit aswell

ive neva had 2 deal with them but it did come with a 6 month warrenty.

Overall this amp is great for what i need. i play in a heavy metal band and it sounds awsome. . .but here is the thing that gives the amp a real boost, it can make my crappy ass magnum guitar sound f#cking awsome yes thats right a magnum fat strat copy. . .a piece of sh#t that it is yes sounds great through this amp.
i dont usually use the digital effects but the chorus reverb is really nice when i slow things down and play some slow and getal songs.
overall great amp
Kudos to u Kustom Kudos

Bought a few years ago. Two channels both of which are very good, but the volume on the overdrive channel is way loud even at 1. Top distortion with a responsive gain dial. Plus when you reach the limit there is a "More" button so you can really rip up your sound. I don't understand the complaints about the effects. They are on-board so you can't switch between them mid-song but they give a good sound in general. The three reverb and echo settings are good, the chorus is a as good as any pedal I've used and the flange is OK.

It has an effects loop and two line-out jacks (one for studios) as well as a CD input which I use to plug my drum machine into. You can get a channel and effects footswitch which improves the amp no end but it doesn't come with the amp. This is a major failing for Kustom as a footswitch is necessary but difficult to get hold of in the UK. I had to but one from America for around #35. That's alot of money for something which should come as standard.

Got a Les Paul and a couple of cheap copies. I haven't had it cranked up beyond 5 yet but it sounds good. The clean channel is crisp and in general it us a good amp for rhythm playing, and especially good for trebly guitar which I like. The lead channel is not as good adn I don't get the sustain I like unless I run the guitar through an effects pedal.

Hasn't failed me yet. But a couple of times I have smelled what seems to be burning metal. I hope this won't fail me at the worst moment.

Didn't even reply to me when I asked about getting the footswitch. I only wanted to know where I could pick one up in the UK. They must have a list of favoured suppliers.

Excellent for the money. Marshall sound at half the price. Loud and top for rhythm playing. I tried out a few other amps in the same sort of league (50-80-watt combo's) and this was the best value overall. Well known brands like Fender and Peavey charge far too much for what they deliver. I wish I could get more sustain out of the lead channel for soloing, particularly some Gary Moore stuff, but you can't have it all.

If this were stolen I'd get something bigger and better because I can afford more now, but it is excellent for the price. It needs a footswitch though- come on Kustom you cheapskates, give one for free.

Same as the rest. I give it an 8 because I'm not down with these effects mkay.

Yo this amp is fuckin rad. I'm only the rythme player in my touring band but i get all the bitchen tones a motherfucker could ask for out of this little bitch. sometimes i'm not even playing, just drinking a fuckin beer and this thing is just sitting there looking so rad!

I;ve kicked the piss out of it a couple times during our most crazy shows. It's holding up well. The other guys are jellus.

fuck em

I've been playing the guitar in my touring band for 2 years. I play a PRS thru this bitch and it fucking hums. Especially when i kick the shit out of it.. I love it when i fuggin kick it like that. kick it. The band were touring with are jellus.

You can read about the features in other rewies.
I think most of the effects are unusable, but I never use preset effect in my amps, because i like to use my own bought effects and torsion pedals. This amp(s) is used in my band.

My babies: Fender mexistrat with HS-2 at the bridge-> Boss OS-2 overdrive distortion -> Tech21 killerwail wah -> Ibanez SD-9 sonic distortion -> elektro-harmonix electric mistress flanger ->Boss CS-3 compressor -> Kustom KGA65 I play faith no more,tomahawk,tool, chains, soundgarden and so type music
The clean channel is clean upto 4/6. If I turn up, it gives something shit distortion, I can't hear any normally note, only squash. For this reason I can use it at half of the max. volumes only. So it means 5 points minus for me.
Usually I play in dropped-D, but this f...ing amp can't stand any lower sound -> It gives chugy, grunt notes instead of what I play. It means additional 3 points minus for me, because it is very depressing during play.
When I bought it, I could test it only at low volumes. The amp had beautyfull sound, I felt it mellow. The distorted channel had a quiet warm but agressive distortion. Accordingly, I have to giv 1 plus point.

I have to give 1 point. This construction is catastrophe. This is my second KGA. First gone wrong in 2 mounths. The other gitarist of my band bought the same after me. When we changed fitting room. the 2 amp
gone wrong in 1 week. They didn't works on a bit higher voltage, while, the marshalls, peavyes of other bands ran normally.
Other problem is the effect switching knob. If it think, it works, if it think not it doesn't work. If you don't use effect, it switch sometimes on.
I said, I have my second. My First amp was the first series, the musicstore change it to a new second series modell. It is the same shit.The switch knob also wrong, and Yesterday it also died. I hate the fucking Kustom company.

When the first amp gone wrong, it did stay by the official repair-shop
more than 3 mounths, but they couldn't touch it. " the repairman did break his arm" they said. So the instrument store give me a new with new warranty card. When the second amps switch knob gone wrong, I thought, i got in again.. 2 mounths, and they said " we haven't got the piece, but we dont give you a new amp, because we exchanged it once, and the warranty ends in a few week. The kustom company care "realy god" about the customers in my country.(in contrast, the fender, marshall,H&K etc... other companies have quite god customer support)

Shit.
I had before H&K attax 100, and I have Washborn vga15 in my room. they are much better