Product: Brown Note 18-watt Lite
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
09/06/2008
at
02:00am
by
Marky
Features
:
9
Tone-Volume, on/off, standby...simplicity at its finest.
2xEL84 cathode biased rock machine
This review is for the head kit version.
Sound Quality
:
9
Excellent amp...excellent tone
Reliability
:
9
Hey....I built it and it cmae with excellent quality components...should outlast me.
Customer Support
:
3
I'm sure the business owner is a great guy but I gotta say, the communication is sub-standard. Missing some parts and still haven't received them or any followup communication. Very dissapointing.
Overall Rating
:
7
There are a lot of places to buy decent 18 watt kits. I think I'd try someone else if I were going to do it again. However, the next amps I build will be built from scratch rather than kits.
Excellent product - poor communication
Product: Brown Note 18-watt Lite
Price Paid: USD 400.00
Submitted
09/17/2007
at
01:50pm
by
Jeff
Features
:
7
18 watt all tube point to point hand wired by myself. Recieved in kit form, Built in approx. 2 days. Highly moddable and tweakable. Volume and Tone control with adjustable speaker impedence.Very potent amp based on the old 18 watt marshalls from the 60's
Sound Quality
:
10
Incredible boutique quality tone from vox-like chimey to marshall distortion. Very responsive to picking nuances. An extension of your guitar playing persona.Great recording amp and loud enough for club style gigs.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
I built it , so it is quite reliable. Top shelf components.Can't rate it yet, but have logged approx. 40 or so hours on it with no troubles at all
Customer Support
:
10
Moss at Brown-Note is very helpful and available. I built the amp so I will warranty it for life.Great People, Personal and friendly
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing for 40 years, I hve owned more amps than I can remember, I currently also own a Mesa, a Dr.Z, a Thunder Tweak, a Marshall, And this little 18 is my Favorite. It is extremely versatile for such a simple amp and I would build another if it were lost or stolen. Great deal for anyone who can read a wiring diagram and wield a soldering iron. I highly recommend it! Caution: read a couple of books about tube amps before taking on a build project so you don"t hurt yourself on the high voltages.
