Info about Brown Super

Mike Better · March 23rd, 2003, 04:46 PM

What value would you put on a Brown Super w/ changed grill cloth, replaced top back panel (matching tolex), Kendrick speakers. Been offered one in a trade, wondering if it's a good deal. Supposedly it's in real good shape and all original other than what I mentioned.

Also wondering if anyone has any comments about this amp? I've never seen one in person and don't know if it would suit my style (mostly hot country - from BP to Eddy Shaver)

Mike

Mik · March 24th, 2003, 04:19 PM

2 years ago I played a Brown Super for 3 numbers at a blues party and jam (Tele straight into the amp didn't even bother with a Klon on the board there) and I went GOO GOO over that amp. I can't remember exactly what I loved so much about it, it was probably the tone between tweed and BF that I heard about Browns. Wish I would run into another one.

A blues amp-yes I'm near certain, if your country style is raw-ish, why not?

Mik

Bill Beck · March 24th, 2003, 07:20 PM

It sounds like a heck of a deal. I think that you should get it and then let me borrow it unconditionally. I'll even come over and pick it up. There.

Big Cookie · March 24th, 2003, 08:04 PM

Most likely my favorite Fender Amp of all time. Just a killer tone. Fender to 7 or 8 then OLD Marshall the rest of the way to 10. Value? A grand or so. In the past six months I have seen completely original ones sell from $1,300 to $2,400.

Best Blues,
Cookie

Tim Bowen · March 25th, 2003, 12:29 AM

... I dig 'em more than blackface, silverface, and dare I say it, even the venerable tweed... they're perfect. Don't have a Super, but I have an old Deluxe and a RI Vibroverb. My fave Fender tones hands down.

Jammin'John · March 25th, 2003, 08:25 AM

I play a '62 brown deluxe.... :D ....got it in '83 before I knew very much about tube amps...

.....all I knew was that it was the first amp that I ever had that I didn't have to keep twistin' knobs to find GREAT tone and FEEL :D

March 23rd, 2003, 04:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mike Better Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 507	Info about Brown Super What value would you put on a Brown Super w/ changed grill cloth, replaced top back panel (matching tolex), Kendrick speakers. Been offered one in a trade, wondering if it's a good deal. Supposedly it's in real good shape and all original other than what I mentioned. Also wondering if anyone has any comments about this amp? I've never seen one in person and don't know if it would suit my style (mostly hot country - from BP to Eddy Shaver) Mike

March 24th, 2003, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,378	Brown Super 2 years ago I played a Brown Super for 3 numbers at a blues party and jam (Tele straight into the amp didn't even bother with a Klon on the board there) and I went GOO GOO over that amp. I can't remember exactly what I loved so much about it, it was probably the tone between tweed and BF that I heard about Browns. Wish I would run into another one. A blues amp-yes I'm near certain, if your country style is raw-ish, why not? Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

March 24th, 2003, 07:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bill Beck Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 366	Mike, here's what I think... It sounds like a heck of a deal. I think that you should get it and then let me borrow it unconditionally. I'll even come over and pick it up. There.

March 24th, 2003, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Big Cookie Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ennis, Texas Posts: 693	Brown Super Most likely my favorite Fender Amp of all time. Just a killer tone. Fender to 7 or 8 then OLD Marshall the rest of the way to 10. Value? A grand or so. In the past six months I have seen completely original ones sell from $1,300 to $2,400. Best Blues, Cookie

March 25th, 2003, 12:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tim Bowen Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Age: 47 Posts: 3,031	I can't believe more folks don't freak on brownfaces... ... I dig 'em more than blackface, silverface, and dare I say it, even the venerable tweed... they're perfect. Don't have a Super, but I have an old Deluxe and a RI Vibroverb. My fave Fender tones hands down.

March 25th, 2003, 08:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jammin'John Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tug Hill Plateau Posts: 312	I play a '62 brown deluxe.... :D ....got it in '83 before I knew very much about tube amps... .....all I knew was that it was the first amp that I ever had that I didn't have to keep twistin' knobs to find GREAT tone and FEEL :D __________________ Tele's and tubes....an accident?......I don't think so... http://www.tughillregion.com/