New Combo Amp Closeout - DEAL

[FrankJohnson]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...mbo?sku=480759



I would consider one of these if I wasn't already set up.....oh yeah....and broke.

[Mahaqa]

I'd like to get some feedback on whether these are any good or not. All of the Kustom stuff I've seen is PA gear and what I've seen is really low-end trash. Never run across bass amps.

Thanks for any education.

Wait! They want $70 more for shipping! Deal-killer. Good bye.

[FrankJohnson]

Its still cheaper than the head alone.....

I haven't heard one, and would bet that it is a decent combo. PLenty of power. The shipping wouldn't kill the deal for me. I am getting ready to pick up a head and shipping is about $30 just for that.

I would be half tempted to run the head with my cab, and put it in the combo for small gigs and practice though......

[Mahaqa]

Its still cheaper than the head alone.....

I didn't see the head anywhere.

I haven't heard one, and would bet that it is a decent combo. PLenty of power.

Maybe, but solid-state watts are awfully cheap these days. I'd like to hear it before buying, especially after my experience with the other Kustom stuff I've heard, which was just junk -- very noisy, nasty gear. To be fair, this of course could be entirely different, but I couldn't take it on trust.

The shipping wouldn't kill the deal for me. I am getting ready to pick up a head and shipping is about $30 just for that.

$70 from MF is a gouge, plain and simple. If they can send me a cheap drum set with a ton of hardware, most of it two-day airfreight, in several boxes for free, as they did recently, they certainly can pony up ground shipping for this, or do the $20 surcharge, at least. I saw the same $70 shipping gouge on an expensive Hughes & Kettner combo that was considerably smaller and lighter than this. No way. I'd die first.

I'd wait until they have some free-shipping-on-everything offer in January if I were seriously interested in this item.

Tip: You can also order everything in the MF inventory through Giardinelli, MF's in-house subsidiary, at the same price. They often have separate shipping promotions. That's how I dodged the $20 (not $70!) shipping surcharge on all those drums, a Giardinelli free-shipping promotion.

[jerryjg]

I found this guy who posted this bit of info. about this Kustom combo....600W @ 3 ohms (2 ohm min) @ 5% THD...

Extrapolating in a very "seat-of-the-pants" way (FWIW) to other amp specs I've seen, I figure this is about a 450W head clean at the very best. Also, since the attached cab is already 3 ohms, you would not be able to drive other speakers at the same time without "underloading" the head. IMHO, having a 3 ohm cab portion is about the stupidest thing they could've done, and probably why it's on blowout, 'cause they can't sell them.

Lessee... 106 back breaking pounds for a 115 450W combo that can't do extension cabs... uhhhh, yeah, riiiiight... NOT!

Kustom, what were you thinking????

[Mahaqa]

My strong instinct was that the power rating on this was a bit "optimistic," but I was giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Here's another bass combo closeout -- on which you're expected to drop an additional $70 shipping.

I have no idea if it's a good amp or not. I have a range of SWR Pro Series stuff that covers this base pretty well, though if the modeling were good enough, it might make an interesting addition.