Just picked up my amp

just got my 1971 Kustom Sidewinder back from the repair shop (my G & L dealer ) and what a difference !! ..... long story short as possible , I received this amp used from the late 80's on a trade .... I got hurt at work and was down for awhile and had to sell my Ovation acoustic/electric guitar to a friend because I was out of money .... being hurt the only thing I could do with out pain was play my guitar so it was a double whammy selling it .... anyway months down the road the same guy offered me this amp and old Epiphone guitar if I would put a clutch in his truck ( I was a mechanic at the time ) .... so I installed a clutch kit on a older chevy PU at home on my back with a cast on my foot to get get this package , well I could still play anway so it was good .... the amp has always had a good hum when you were not touching the guitar but I lived with it and mostly played un plugged and then in the early 90's I bought another Ovation witch I still have today ......

now that I have the elctric guitar bug I decided to send in the old Kustom out for a tune up plus I didn't know much about it anyway ..... I just picked it up today and man it sounds good , Larry installed a new cord with ground plug , replaced two bad caps and replaced the " on" light .... anyway I'm really stoked to have it fixed and thought I would share some picts of the Kustom and my new/used fender super reverb













the fender

I would LOVE to have your super-reverb !!! How much does it weight ?

Good to hear it is all fixed. I am going to retube mine tonight! -- Darwin

surprising the Kustom with a single speaker is heavier than the Fender with 4 speakers ...lol... I would guess the Fender 60 to 65 pounds and the Kustom 80 to 85 pounds ..... I'll have to weight them but I'm not sure if I really want to know , lol , it might hurt my back thinking about lifting them if I knew what they weighed

I just started a major clean up on the Kustom , haven't really messed with it much in the last 20 years , I was surprised how good it cleaned up already ....

The Fender is pretty nice other than I poked a fargin hole in the screen on the way home darn it , thats how things go when you buy something old and expensive and want it to stay mint , just fugg it up on the way home is how I do it

You're right, not knowing is sometimes better (if you don't have some roadies ).
I'm in love with 4x10 fender amps, but I live on the 3rd floor (without an elevator of course) so 60 lbs qualifies as backbreaker

You're right, not knowing is sometimes better (if you don't have some roadies ).
I'm in love with 4x10 fender amps, but I live on the 3rd floor (without an elevator of course) so 60 lbs qualifies as backbreaker

hit the gym

You're right, not knowing is sometimes better (if you don't have some roadies ).
I'm in love with 4x10 fender amps, but I live on the 3rd floor (without an elevator of course) so 60 lbs qualifies as backbreaker

hit the gym

Or make a point of hauling the amp up and down the stairs daily. Within a few months it will feel like 6lbs.

you two must have been military

ce qui ne nous tue pas nous rend plus fort

which doesn't kill us makes us stronger

you two must have been military

ce qui ne nous tue pas nous rend plus fort

which doesn't kill us makes us stronger

Marche ou crève!

Yes ! and that one too

entraînement difficile guerre facile

hard training easy war