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Hey y'all. I got the Kustom a while back but I wanted to save up for a better post. Anyway, here we go.



I managed to blow 3 of the speakers in my Marshall valvestate 412 cab somehow, (with the original head no less, WTF?). I was originally gonna get a new cab to put them in anyway and this 70's Peavey musician cab popped up for 50$ on craigslist unloaded. I ended up finding a decent deal on 3 Celestion g12t-75's for 150$ all together and when I went to get them the guy threw in a 4th one with a small rip for free! I patched it up with tissues and watered down elmer's glue and it works like a charm.

The Kasino PA head was a trade for my slightly modded Valve Junior head. I'm not sure of the wattage but it's loud as balls. Turns out it's a clone of a Kustom PA head and the Kasino line was put out by Kustom for marketing reasons.

The Kustom is an 80's lead cab with the original speakers and whatnot. It makes a great bass cab with that PA head. I dig it. Got it for 50$ off of a bassist on Craigslist.

The Marshall came with a matching cab for 300$ from a buddy of mine. Despite being a hybrid amp, the metal tones are pretty awesome.

So all together, through the magic people of Craigslist, I have a stereo 8x12 rig for less than 500$.

P.S., the prices are included to show the beauty of Craigslist Dealz.

yes!

Cool, congrats!

Nice too see some big rigs! Awesome.

That's the cab I played through when I played bass, with the matching Peavey bass amp head. In fact, it was a friends Peavey bass that I used for most of those gigs. That was some fucking trouser-flapping sounds. Loved that thing.

I love Craigslist deals like that. Well done!

That's the cab I played through when I played bass, with the matching Peavey bass amp head. In fact, it was a friends Peavey bass that I used for most of those gigs. That was some fucking trouser-flapping sounds. Loved that thing.

I just got a chance today to crank the Marshall with the Peavey cab. Even with the Celestions instead of the originals, putting the gain channel's volume on 10 and the master on 5 was wayyyyy too loud to bear in my living room. It was insane.

I think that for once the cab is making the difference rather than the speakers or anything. I notice that with smaller closed back cabs the bass is very tight but not as in-your-face as a 412, while 412's have crazy bass but usually it's "loose", for lack of a better term. Not boomy or overwhelming, but they feels "slow". This cab is oversized but the top 2 speakers are completely separated from the bottom 2 with a horizontal board in the cabinet. It's like a 412 amount of bass but extremely tight compared to the Kustom. I'll have to get some pics up.

Nice score!

Earplugs are cheap:)

wilrecar77 wrote: I managed to blow 3 of the speakers in my Marshall valvestate 412 cab somehow, (with the original head no less, WTF?).

It happens. People blow the stock speakers in combo amps all the time.