Kustom K200
Kustom is mainy known for their solid state amplifiers - my brother had one in the late seventies for his bass....
I myself used a Kustom valve amp for my guitars.
According to The Unique Guitar Blog:
"It was a semi-hollow body instrument with a cats-eye sound hole on the upper bout and controls on the lower bout, which gave the appearance of a Rickenbacker style guitar."
It certainly has something of a Rick, but less civilized.
Especially in that kind of wood-panel finish reminiscent of seventies cafeterias:
It's amazing how real wood can sometimes look so fake.
Soundbites:
More info over there:
https://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2010/10/kustom-amplifiers-and-kustom-guitars.html?fbclid=IwAR0swfyTNzaVxNzMZHWGEg6273elqWNy4gC7Y2tXDb2lcV-NJTerN4T0qzw
http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2012/05/vintage-rare-guitar-of-week-1969-kustom.html
I myself used a Kustom valve amp for my guitars.
In the mid-sixties, Kustom hired Doyle Reading, who used to design guitars for .... Wurlitzer (that's another story).
Reading came up with this model:
According to The Unique Guitar Blog:
"It was a semi-hollow body instrument with a cats-eye sound hole on the upper bout and controls on the lower bout, which gave the appearance of a Rickenbacker style guitar."
It certainly has something of a Rick, but less civilized.
Especially in that kind of wood-panel finish reminiscent of seventies cafeterias:
It's amazing how real wood can sometimes look so fake.
Soundbites:
More info over there:
https://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2010/10/kustom-amplifiers-and-kustom-guitars.html?fbclid=IwAR0swfyTNzaVxNzMZHWGEg6273elqWNy4gC7Y2tXDb2lcV-NJTerN4T0qzw
http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2012/05/vintage-rare-guitar-of-week-1969-kustom.html
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