Members munizfire Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I have a friend that wants a tube amp, but doesn't have the cash, and some one is offering him a Kustom Defender 5H for 50 bux... He's been bugging the hell out of me these last couple of days for advice, but I have never been motivated to even try one Are they worth $50 Or could he do any mods to make it sound good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 very limited. Mostly clean and a bit of sharp overdrive when pushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 He usually plays with a metal muff...Would it hold up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grunge782 Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 I found it was good for clean to lowish gain stuff. A drive pedal works okay with it, but the amp gets loud VERY {censored}ing fast. They also hum pretty loud, but if your friend plays loud enough he won't notice. I have no idea how it would sound with a metal muff. I don't get what is so hard these days to just try something out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 No big music stores here bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 No big music stores here bro but is the person local who is trying to sell it to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benjamin801 Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 I have one (see sig). I got mine off local classifieds for $70, and it was worth it at that price. $50, tell him to hit it. I used mine for band practice for months and it kept up fine. It's super limited in stock trim: it has one decent sound and that's it. With the volume at about 10 o'clock, it's loud as {censored}, and just breaking up into something AC/DCish. I used that as a semi-clean rhythm tone, and my SD-1 to kick it into full-on crunch. Past noon on the knob, I found it fairly useless, as it was still loud as {censored}, but the overdrive was kind of ratty and blatty, and it wanted to feed back really badly. ETA: It would probably love your friend's Metal Muff. It likes my SD-1 at pretty much all gain and output settings (and the SD-1 actually makes it into a fairly versatile amp). Also, there are quite a few mods out there for it - everything from adding a master volume or tone controls, to retrofitting it with a new OT and a socket for a 6V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 but is the person local who is trying to sell it to him? A 5 hour round trip to just TRY an amp of that league isn't worth it for him. HELL, I live 1 hour from the seller, and I wouldn't go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wookieslayer Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Lol, aren't they 100 new? I would buy it new from GC shipped to his house, and use the 20 dollar off 99 or more coupon :shrug: then he could return it if it's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Bump for personal interest now...I might buy one to mod the hell out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Yeah, they are super cheap new. Buy one new, and save the gas on a 5 hour drive lol. Itll cost 50 bucks in gas...buy new, use coupon, save 20 dollars lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 [video=youtube;2q5EDaXzN-0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5EDaXzN-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 I know it's totally unrelated but the original 50 watt Defender combo they came out with is an awesome sounding amp.....always wanted to pick one up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 thanks!doesn't give me a boner, actually, it isn't great. but I think It'll make a good modding amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Bah, {censored} it!I'm buying one of those to mod it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munizfire Posted January 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ooooops NAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benjamin801 Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 thanks!doesn't give me a boner, actually, it isn't great. but I think It'll make a good modding amp Good buy. I know that demo is the one with the most hits on YT, but it really isn't a great one. (Not knocking the guy who made it, who I believe is a HCAF member.) You can tell it's a hastily done thing, and "straight into the amp, using single coil pickups, into a 4x12 cab" is really not close to the operating conditions most people will be using it under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 A 5 hour round trip to just TRY an amp of that league isn't worth it for him. HELL, I live 1 hour from the seller, and I wouldn't go don't blame ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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