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CUTTHROAT AUDIO

AFTER MORPHING FROM maker of high-end audio cables to hand-wired tube amps a few years back, Cutthroat Audio achieved significant acclaim for its debut model, the Down Brownie. This updated rendition of the brown early ’60s 6G3 Deluxe [reviewed in GP January 2019] added contemporary conveniences, such as a master volume, alternative voicing switches, internally jumper-able channels and more. With his flagship release having been so well received, Cutthroat founder Ron Westwood decided he’d bend the format to answer his own burning question: “After basing the JTM45 on the Fender tweed Bassman, what if Marshall had designed their following 18-watt combo after the Fender 6G3 Deluxe, rather than the Watkins Dominator?”

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