Belated NAD - Cutthroat Audio Down Brownie!

[Don]

I received this amp on Monday after a 5 day battle with FedEx. Luckily, it turned out well. I posted about it on Monday but it doesn't look like I submitted the thead.

It's a two month old second hand Cutthroat Audio Down Brownie. The seller listed it in mint condition and it was! It's got a really functional post phase inverter master volume control- it sounds good at basement practice levels. The Brown channel is a stock 6G3 brown Deluxe, the British channel is voiced like a Marshall. The British channel sounds a little thin at low volumes, but has a pull switch to put it in parallel with the Brown channel. That's a great sound!
It has a -FB switch with brown Deluxe, tweed Deluxe, and JTM45 settings and a tube/solid state rectifier switch. I haven't experimented much with those yet. The speaker is a Weber 12A125-S. The amp weighs 30 pounds.

I took it to a loud jam last night. The other guitarist had a 100 watt Laney AOR half stack and the drummer gets a little loud and the amp was singing with the master at about 1:30 and the Brown channel with the volume and tones at 7 on the dial.

I think I'm going to enjoy this little amp!

[DanTheBluesMan]

I love the simplicity of the controls

[Michael Smith]

If you got the one that was listed on Reverb in Mass. I would say you got a pretty good deal! The amp is named after the ZZTop song.

[Don]

If you got the one that was listed on Reverb in Mass. I would say you got a pretty good deal! The amp is named after the ZZTop song.

This one was listed on Long Island on eBay and Sweetwater Gear Exchange. I didn't see the one on Reverb in Mass. Considering this amp's condition, I'm happy with the price I paid.

The amp is touted as having an early ZZ Top sound and Billy Gibbons supposedly sometimes used a brown Deluxe in the studio, but the sound and vibe that I've found in this amp is early Jimmie Vaughan/Fabulous Thunderbirds and that's what I listened to and woodshedded the most with from the early '80s on. I still play music from their first four albums regularly and I'm loving it! That was unexpected!

[Michael Smith]

This one was listed on Long Island on eBay and Sweetwater Gear Exchange. I didn't see the one on Reverb in Mass. Considering this amp's condition, I'm happy with the price I paid.

The amp is touted as having an early ZZ Top sound and Billy Gibbons supposedly sometimes used a brown Deluxe in the studio, but the sound and vibe that I've found in this amp is early Jimmie Vaughan/Fabulous Thunderbirds and that's what I listened to and woodshedded the most with from the early '80s on. I still play music from their first four albums regularly and I'm loving it! That was unexpected!

My mistake. The one in Mass was a 2017 model, sold 6 years ago for $1,695 in mint condition, so it must have been close to brand new at the time.