Browne Amplification
Browne Amplification
Browne Amplification is a guitar, amplification, and guitar effects company based in Kansas City, USA. Browne was birthed out of the desire to make high-quality, durable, and dependable guitar products for the working musician.
For years, Dave Brown (yes, no “e” in Dave’s actual name) was the go-to guy if you needed a vintage amp repaired, your guitar set up the right way or you wanted a custom pedal made in Kansas City.
As a musician and guitar tech for decades, Dave’s reputation preceded him, so when the Protein Dual Overdrive was first released, it found its way quickly into the hands of touring artists everywhere.
Almost overnight, Browne Amplification was the name everyone was talking about, but it was by no means an overnight success. The Protein was years in development and road testing before it ever made its way into the hands of the public.
With the release of the Protein, T4, Carbon, Atom, and the Fixer, the world now has access to the tone, design, and reliability that made Dave a sought after guitar guru.
Browne continues to design and release products that are tools for the working musician focusing on reliability, simplicity, and utility in every product they create.
Products
THE ATOM NASHVILLE OVERDRIVE
The ATOM Nashville Overdrive is the green side of the Protein Dual Overdrive as a stand-alone unit. While this circuit originated from the classic ODR-1 circuit, this is not an ODR-1 clone. Browne Amps lowered the gain to make it useable throughout the entire sweep of the knob, adjusted the EQ section to make it less scooped, restored some of the mids and tightened up the low end (to add just the right amount of low mid “beef” back into your tone without becoming muddy).
THE ATOM NASHVILLE OVERDRIVE page
THE CARBON OD
We carefully extracted the Blue side of our Protein Dual Overdrive and gave it the ability to stand on its own for a solo mission. The Carbon is inspired by a legendary circuit that we obsessively tweaked to address some of the issues we had with the original design.
THE PROTEIN DUAL OVERDRIVE
The Protein 2 in 1 Overdrive is a collaboration between David Brown and guitarist/producer Adam Sniegowski. After years on the road and in the studio using backline amps that could be very inconsistent, Adam came to Dave wanting to create a dual overdrive that would sound great with any backline he encountered. They started with two drives they loved, stacked well together, but had a few inherent issues. Dave set out to fix those issues without losing the soul of the originals.
THE PROTEIN DUAL OVERDRIVE page
THE T4 FUZZ PEDAL
The T4 is our take on the classic 4 transistor fuzz, similar to the circuits used in the big muff and countless other variants. What sets the T4 apart is a flattened EQ curve that brings the mids back in and helps cut through the mix.
THE FIXER
HE FIXER is part buffer, part booster, and all about how it makes your guitar feel. There are two different boost circuits. Why you may ask? How many times have you dialed in your tone to perfection and then reached for another guitar only to realize that the difference in output has changed how our drives and amp respond? FIXED. Need an always-on output for your tuner but also want a way to mute your signal chain to switch guitars? FIXED. Need a high-quality buffer to fix the impedance issues created by the dozens of guitar pedals on your board? FIXED.
