I like the pickup placement.
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (drummer and bassist of Deep Purple, Jake!)
I had no idea they made anything other than amps. I like it.
Yes, it's wood. The finish is a dark trans-red. The wood is has some nice figuring in it too. It's clearly maple.
When I was a teenager, I had a tendency to focus on amps a lot. Because I got such a great deal on a used one, I ended up with a Fender Bassman. But what I really wanted was a Kustom amp. This was my first case of major GAS. It used to cause me to stay awake thinking about it. It's no surprise that in 2016 I'm interested in a topic like this, but this time we're, of course, talking about Kustom basses. Maybe I still automatically associate Kustom with GAS than would be the case with most people, though, because of my teenage experiences.
LOVED that sparkly tuck n' roll cover!!!
Your gas is understandable! In fact, there have been some beautiful Kustom amps on eBay recently and some of the prices looked pretty reasonable to me.
Kustom amps are pretty crappy, very underpowered and tinny. There were tons of them locally a few years ago, but as music stores disappeared, so did they.