Kustom Lead III 115 Combo

Late 70s 1x15 solid state guitar combo, 150 watts, 2 non-switchable channels, reverb, tremolo -- no FX loop, phone jack, etc.

Pros:

Powerful as all hell. Really decent clean sound (though a same-era Randall will top it.) Responds well to OD & distortion pedals. 15" speaker offers huge low end w/o the flab you might expect, and seems to smooth out the harshness of extreme EQ settings -- BIG sound for a combo. Probably handle steel guitar just fine. Useable tremolo. Bulletproof -- 1 minor repair in 10 years of road use. The tolex seems to have been made by Vulcans -- a couple of major gouges resulted in NO fraying or loosening of surrounding material.

Cons:

Distortion/OD is weak -- not TOO crappy-sounding for old solid state, but feeble. Pedals required. Reverb is weak, but that may have been this particular amp -- reverb kakked altogether after a while. Not much EQ range, even with full B-M-T controls on both channels. Heavy, but no heavier than a comparable Peavey combo (which is like saying that a baboon is no uglier than an orangutan.)

Should be able to find used ones dirt cheap. It ain't as if collectors are snappin'em up.

See above. PC boards are old school -- no "business cards" here.

I dunno if the current Kustom has specs or sheets on this. Should be a no-brainer for your local solder-sucker, anyway.

I've been playing since I crossed the Red Sea with Moses. Been a long time since I owned the amp and, naw, I wouldn't track down another one. A Randall from the same era will smoke it -- Don Randall NAILED the Fender BF clean sound. On the other hand, if what you're looking for is LOUD, sounds OK, simple, reliable, affordable, you could do a lot worse -- especially you steel players who don't wanna get stung for a "specialized" amp. Like I said, works fine with pedals -- I used an old Boss and played hundreds of rock gigs without makin' anybody sick. Betcha could pick one up for a hundred clams or less, if you keep a sharp eye out.