BadCat amps

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Lodious said:

Can anyone comment on the difference between Black Cat and Hot Cat?

Hot Cat has an extra gain stage so that it can be pushed into distortion. I think they overdrive earlier too.

koss59 said:

The combo doesn't feel any heavier than my old Maz 18 did, I would say 50 something pounds sounds about right, it's still a one handed lift you just wouldn't want to carry it far.

Completely agree with this. I have a Black Cat 30R 1x12. They weigh 64lbs according to the Badcat site. I can carry it easy enough but long distances or stairs are inconvenient. As far the K master feature, here is a video on it http://www.badcatamps.com/blog/raw-and-unscripted-breakdown-of-the-new-k-master-feature/

breadfan

miserneil said:

..lot of fans in the US for heavy rock tones (should that read 'Tonez'??)

I believe it's 'Toanz'   :P

pmg

I recommend a Black Cat wholeheartedly by the way!

richardhomer

breadfan;367188" said:

miserneil said:

..lot of fans in the US for heavy rock tones (should that read 'Tonez'??)
I believe it's 'Toanz'   :P

'Tones' will be fine....

Lodious

I saw that clip earlier in the week...that's a fantastic tone from a Les Paul.

matt1973

I had a Black Cat for a while. Theyre a lovely clean amp. Not a rock amp in my book but great for almost everything else. The head was a similar weight to a 100w Marshall head. Very, very loud for 30w.

pmg

biggest decision I had was 15 or 30w. As mentioned, they are startlingly loud but do have half power and defeatable master volumes for each channel

JohnPerry

matt1973;367384" said:

I had a Black Cat for a while. Theyre a lovely clean amp. Not a rock amp in my book but great for almost everything else. The head was a similar weight to a 100w Marshall head. Very, very loud for 30w.

can't agree they're not a rock amp. Huge sounding with a decent overdrive

koss59

They're a great classic rock amp, if you want high gain look else where. I'd rather use one of these for classic rock stuff than a Marshall these days.

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koss59 said:

They're a great classic rock amp, if you want high gain look else where. I'd rather use one of these for classic rock stuff than a Marshall these days.

Agreed.  Hot Cat if you want all out distortion.

IvisonGuitars

koss59;367545" said:

They're a great classic rock amp, if you want high gain look else where. I'd rather use one of these for classic rock stuff than a Marshall these days.

+ 1 :-)

IvisonGuitars

Check out the newly released Classic Deluxe...one of the sexiest amps I've seen for a long while!

http://www.badcatamps.com/2014-limited-edition-classic-deluxe/

Lodious

Nice! The Jimmy guy who does the demo's is a great player isn't he.

pmg

I got that email -VERY nice. Have you ever played one?

IvisonGuitars

pmg;369231" said:

I got that email -VERY nice. Have you ever played one?

No...but I'd bloody love to! Bet it sounds killer, based on the blackface Deluxe...mmmmm!

JohnPerry

Hmm. I dunno. There are a billion great boutique 6v6 amps out there from Carr, Two Rock and many others. Hard to imagine how BadCat would improve on them. They have a great niche in the Voxy/Matchless el84 market IMHO

pmg

miserneil said:

pmg;369231" said:

I got that email -VERY nice. Have you ever played one?

No...but I'd bloody love to! Bet it sounds killer, based on the blackface Deluxe...mmmmm!

My thought exactly! Yet as @johnperry says, Badcat are not renowned for Fender tones. They do make great amps however. Coda had one about a year ago but I couldn't justify a road trip from the north west.

JohnPerry

Occurs to me it's only fair to point out, having criticised BadCat's customer service earlier in the thread, that after i got this email about the new amp last night i replied to it, got an answer right back from their marketing chief and then, within 15 minutes, an answer from the boss to the various questions i had put to them a few weeks ago about my Black Cat 15, along with an apology for having overlooked my previous emails. So fair play, and thanks to @dougcoda for his efforts trying to get some info from them.

IvisonGuitars

I had the chance to spend an hour with my Black Cat today and have it cranked with my '55 Junior.

Hells Teeth, what a sound it is! It was dragging harmonics from the guitar that I'd not heard before and that 3D swirl...I'd forgotten how much I'd missed it! 

Such an inspiring amp!

Cabicular

I've got a hot cat 30 reverb Amazing amp Quirky But sounds great I particularly love the dirty and clean channel simultaneously