Kustom Stereo Amplifier KAA65 User Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL  
KAA65  
Thank you for purchasing the Kustom KAA65 model acoustic/electric guitar amplifier.  
Kustom has listened to musicians throughout the world and stands proudly behind each  
and every one we make. It was designed with your needs in mind. Flexible, feature  
laden, great sounding, able to adapt to all kinds of music, this amplifier really delivers  
what you have been looking and waiting for. Whatever style you choose, it’s ready!  
Kustom, with a 30 year tradition of excellence in design, proudly delivers to you this  
amp and rewards you with a rugged and dependable amp designed and engineered  
in the USA. Again, thank you for your purchase. Please take a few minutes to learn  
about all the professional features that are built in.  
 
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INSTRUMENT  
MASTER  
VOLUME  
DIGITAL EFFECTS  
MICROPHONE  
INSTRUMENT  
PIEZO ACTIVE  
GAIN 1  
BASS  
MIDDLE  
TREBLE  
GAIN 2  
BASS  
TREBLE  
FEEDBACK  
LEVEL  
PROGRAM  
KAA65  
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1. BRIGHT ROOM  
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3. BRIGHT HALL  
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5. CHORUS  
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7. CHORUS/HALL  
8. SLAPBACK  
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1.) Microphone Input - this is a 3 cond. XLR input jack for plugging in Lo-Z microphones. It is intended for microphones  
and has 15V Phantom Power for condensor microphones.  
2.) Piezo Input - this is a 1/4” 2 conductor input jack for plugging in your instrument. It is intended for an acoustic/electric  
guitar with a piezo-electric pickup.  
3.) Active Input - this is a 1/4” 2 conductor input jack for plugging in your instrument and will place a -20db pad in the circuit  
which will allow use of active on-board electronics from pre-amplified guitars. This will help keep the signal extremely clean.  
4.) Gain 1 - this control is the preamp input for the microphone input. Slowly increase the control to increase the volume.  
5.) Effect On/Off- this switch will turn the effects for the microphone channel on and off.  
6.) Bass - this control is the bass control for the microphone channel. It is passive and set to shelve frequencies at 100  
Hz. Turning it fully clockwise, the signal is unaltered. Turning it counterclockwise, the low will be rolled off -12db.  
7.) Middle - this control is the midrange control for the instrument channeI. It is passive and set to shelve frequencies at  
1KHz.Turning it fully clockwise, the signal is unaltered. Turning it counterclockwise, the low will be rolled off -12db.  
8.) Phase Reversal On/Off- this switch will reverse the phase on pins 2 & 3 for the microphone to help with feedback or  
overly loud bass frequencies from the microphone channel.  
9.) Treble - this is the high frequency tone control. for the microphone channel. It is passive and set to shelve frequencies  
at 3KHz. Turning it fully clockwise, the signal is unaltered Turning it counterclockwise, the highs will be rolled off -12db.  
10.) Gain 2 - this control is the preamp input for the instrument input. Slowly increase this control to increase the volume  
on the instrument inputs.  
11.) Effects On/Off- this switch will turn the reverb for the instrument channel on and off.  
12.) Bass - this control is the bass control. It is passive and set to shelve frequencies at 100 Hz. Turning it fully clockwise,  
the signal is unaltered Turning it counterclockwise, the low will be rolled off -12db.  
13.) Treble- this is the high frequency tone control. It is passive and set to shelve requencies at 3KHz on the instrument  
channel. Turning it fully clockwise, the signal is unaltered. Turning it counterclockwise, the highs will be rolled off -12db.  
14.) Feedback On/Off - this switch will engage the Feedback control.  
15.) Feedback - this control is a cut filter notch with an extremely narrow width. It sweeps between 50Hz & 500Hz and “fine  
tunes” the midrange of the acoustic guitar. This helps elimate unwanted “ringing” tones.  
16.) Master Volume - this is the overall volume level control for the amplifier. To keep distortion at a minimum, we suggest  
you turn this up between 1/2 and 2/3, then bring up the individual channels.  
17.) Effects On/Off- this switch will turn the digital effects for the entire unit on and off.  
18.) Effects Level - this control adds the digital effects and mixes them into the main signal buss.  
19.) Effects Program - this control selects between the different digital effects. Effects include: 4 Reverbs, 1- Delay, 1-  
Chorus, 2-Chorus & Reverb.  
20.) Jewel Light - this jewel light lets you know that the amplifier is on.  
21.) Power - this switch turns on and off the AC power to the amp.  
Back Panel - (not pictured)  
Speaker Out - this is a 2 conductor 1/4” speaker output jack. This will disconnect the internal speaker and allow an external  
speaker cabinet to be employed. Rating is 8 ohms.  
Line Output - this is a 2 conductor 1/4” line output jack. This will allow an external amplifier or mixing board to be supplied with  
the signal from this amp.  
Effects Loop I/O - these are 2-2 conductor 1/4” jacks. This will allow an external effects device or equalizer to be patched back in before  
the power amp section in this amp. One is send and the other is return.  
Footswitch Jack - this is a 2 conductor 1/4” jack. This is for hooking up a footswitch to turn on/off the onboard digital effects.  
 
Suggested Settings  
(These settings are general starting points. They  
are designed to get you close to the sound you are  
looking for. If the control is not shown, then it doesn’t  
apply to this particular sound. )  
MICROPHONE  
INSTRUMENT  
MASTER  
VOLUME  
DIGITAL EFFECTS  
MICROPHONE  
INSTRUMENT  
PIEZO ACTIVE  
GAIN 1  
BASS  
MIDDLE  
TREBLE  
GAIN 2  
BASS  
TREBLE  
FEEDBACK  
LEVEL  
PROGRAM  
1. BRIGHT ROOM  
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3. BRIGHT HALL  
4. MELLOW HALL  
5. CHORUS  
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8. SLAPBACK  
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Standard Single Input Setup - in this setup your acoustic/electric guitar is plugged  
into input 2. (Remember, if you are using an active guitar or pre-amplified guitar, select  
the active input. We also suggest that you turn it’s output level to about mid way up and  
this will give you a cleaner sound as well as giving you available headroom for leads.)  
The tone controls follow both inputs.  
Of course, you can adjust the tone controls to any desired sound, but in this setup we  
suggest these tone control settings. It will deliver a clear, clean sound that has enough  
top end clarity to cut through. Add low and low mid for a beefier presence, but be careful  
as this can “muddy up” the sound.  
Adjust the reverb and chorus to suit the music or to your taste.  
MICROPHONE  
INSTRUMENT  
MASTER  
VOLUME  
DIGITAL EFFECTS  
MICROPHONE  
INSTRUMENT  
PIEZO ACTIVE  
GAIN 1  
BASS  
MIDDLE  
TREBLE  
GAIN 2  
BASS  
TREBLE  
FEEDBACK  
LEVEL  
PROGRAM  
1. BRIGHT ROOM  
2. MELLOW ROOM  
3. BRIGHT HALL  
4. MELLOW HALL  
5. CHORUS  
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8. SLAPBACK  
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Standard Dual Input Setup - in this setup two inputs are utilized. Guitar is plugged  
into guitar input jack and a Hi-Z microphone is plugged into mic/line Input. Assuming you  
are also using a microphone, plug it into the mic/line jack and slowly turn up the mic/line  
volume control. Balancing the two types of inputs gives you a much more natural acoustic  
guitar sound.  
You could also plug in any combination of inputs such as: keyboards, microphones or  
other guitars.  
This can also be a basic mini-PA system. It could be used for plugging in a CD player  
or cassette decks and a microphone for singing. It can be used for playing over prerecorded  
tapes with mixing capabilities.  
As mentioned earlier, you can adjust the tone controls to any desired sound, but in this  
setup we suggest these tone control settings. Of course it depends on the listening  
environment. It will deliver a clear, clean sound that has enough top end clarity to let the  
acoustic sound cut through.  
Adjust the reverb to suit the music or to your taste.  
 

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