THIS AMP IS NUTS - BADCAT LYNX
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- Trying out the new Bad Cat Lynx amplifier and holy sheeeeets it's brutal. Long time since I had such a good time playing an amplifier.
Disclaimer: Bad Cat did send me this amplifier to try out, but they have no saying in how I make or what I say in my videos. The amplifier gets shipped back after demo. This is not a sponsored video.
0:00 - Intro
1:38 - Specs
1:47 - Gear Overview
2:04 - Channel One
3:17 - High
4:34 - Channel Two
5:28 - OD ON
7:02 - Lead
7:16 - Closing Thoughts
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Bad cat has to be the most "hidden" gem amps out there.... Everytime someone demos one... Everybody is shocked on how good they sound
The fact that these amps were good enough for Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree is all I needed to know. I think I might pick up a Hot Cat
They are super nice. VHT are my favorite hidden gem though. The build quality, range of tones and built in features of some of the VHT amps from the 90s were absolutely amazing for when they were made, and they still hold up with the best of them today!
@@Childofbhaal Guthrie Govan also used to play them.
I first heard them on Porcupine Tree albums sounding sick.
@@roberttaylor-branco3217you mean Fryette amps (formerly VHT)?
Holy shit what an incredible sound. I've seen these used live by Kurt Ballou and Steven Wilson, and they might have the best ears in the biz. Now Tosin is using them live, that speaks volumes to me. Such amazing clarity and cut and that may be the best boosted sound I've ever heard. Take my money!
I saw the band Circa Survive live and their guitar player Brendan uses a Hot Cat 30. His tone was immaculate and I knew I needed a Bad Cat at some point. Then yeah I noticed the Bad Cat amps in the Porcupine Tree live performances too and was 100000% sold lol
Beau from Saosin and Dan O Connor from Four Year Strong (who have recorded with Kurt Ballou) also use Bad Cat. That told me everything I needed to know. Bought my Lynx yesterday. Gonna ABY it with my EVH Stealth.
This is probably the best sounding amp and pedal combo you’ve ever posted! 🤟
Definitely one of the best sounding heads you’ve demoed. Sounds gnarly
That amp sounds brutal, and your happiness with playing with it is infectious! And honestly IMO they should let you keep that amp, probably the best demo they could have got of it! I'd love to have one if RSI injuries hadn't taken away my ability to enjoy playing guitar (my first instrument).
Bad Cat has some ridiculously under-appreciated and, truly, little-known, absurdly awesome amps out there for every style.
And he has always used the Bad Cat amps, since In Absentia if I'm not mistaken!
When you do that open D2 chord with this amp on channel 1 with mid-high gain set you're basically nailing Procupine Tree's sound 100%. Nice.
Finally a good demo! Been debating this one since Beau put out his demo, I think I’m sold! Thanks Ola
I have the first version of this amp Bad Cat did around '08. I bought mine brand new in '09. Two channels, 50w EL34 - clean and dirt, 1/2 power swtich and a lowend boost switch -- no efx loop. Big clean channel that pretty much stays clean unless you drop it to 1/2 power and crank it. Dirt channel is fat, grindy and can get you in the metal ball park but is more suited to heavy hard rock tones. I love it -- my favorite amp. One of the unique things about it is each channel has a separate signal path -- I run it with an A/B switch with a different set of pedals in front each. Only down side -- it's so heavy. Lol. This new one sounds a bit more aggressive -- beautiful tones. Love that semi-clean crunch you can get from channel one. Great demo!
Would like to thank you for this review man. I immediately ordered this head and am EXTREMELY happy with it. This is Orion’s amp. This is Zeus’ amp. The metal hero’s amp bar none.
That thing sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing. Big eye opener. Can’t find one in Chicago to check out. Might just have to pull the trigger. 😁happy new year and thanks for all your great videos and research. 🤘
I'm in love with this amp, the sound is amazing in youtube, I can't imagine how is the sound in the reallity, thanks for sharing all stuff of guitar gear
Totally agree! This Badcat is sounding badass!! Ola the Swede does it again...thanks for that little preview.
Just saw Porcupine Tree yesterday, Steven Wilson uses the Lynx 50 with the custom 4x12 with celestions. It sounds massive. I would love a NAM model for this amp, just saying...
Also looking for a NAM capture :D:D Seems like there is nothing out there (yet)
I'd buy the NAM capture if Ola released such :)
Sounds sick. I love that it's nice and bright and cutting. So many new amps sound overly bassy and dull. The old Badcat Black Cat 30R is one of the best clean amps ever made.
Man that BadCat amp sounds 🔥
Like fire, you always have the best tone and groove...
Good to see the lynx getting some attention. Bad cat makes some great amps; tried a cougar about a decade ago & that led me to get a Lynx 50 and Hot Cat 100, both were fantastic. I liked the lynx more than the hot cat (hot cat was a bit more compressed with high gain tones), so I kept the former and sold the latter to a studio in the area. Have tried a lot of amps since then & overall have yet to find one that beat out the lynx (older version) for me. Cleans are amazing and I love how raunchy the high gain tones are while still maintaining definition. They're very versatile amps too, the one I have was actually one of Chris Daughtry's amps at one point, which speaks to them not being one trick kitties. Don't sleep on the 50w cougar either if you're looking for some killer metal tones & a great clean channel on a budget & come by one.
Tosin is running stereo badcats and one of them is this amp! Sounds incredible live. He had the best sound that night and Devin and DT played after them!
they sound better than Mesa amps and yes I own and love Mesa amps. Definitely on par with other boutique amps like Mezzabarba, Friedman and Bogner.
That intro was sick Ola. Crunchies for days !!
The intro jam, the bass guitar is mixed so well.
Awesome review Ola! Great video too! Cheers
That channel 2 demo is face melting, incredible sounds and harmonics. 4:55
Insane intro, among the best sounding amps I've heard on the channel.. Up there with the Soldano
And the marshall dsl1 imterestingly.
And less than half the price of the Soldano... AND made in the USA!
That clanky bass mixed in makes this intro song mix sound killer!
dayum that clean tone is SICK dirty is too annd also awesome riffs man
Probably the best chug i heard from Ola ever.
That little brute of a beast...
I never would have known by the look that this is a metal amp. Sounds incredible. Sounds better without the boost IMO!
I agree. It sounds almost too "hairy" with the boost imo. Doesn't seem to need it either.
That's one reason I love my mesa calibers so much. They look like jazz amps.
definitely want one and a 70s Flying V
The perspective from 1:18 is just great 😆 little Ola next to his huge cab and amp
Added this one to my wish list - love a high gain amp with a unique voice! Reminds me a little of the Mezzabarba line.
Ok I watched other Bad Cat demos on this amp. They weren’t bad but weren’t really good either. They didn’t show the real rocking your face off metal side you’re doing here. NOW I’m sold! I’m loving that rich-rounded sound. I feel like so many other amps focus on the rough attack and the smooth elements are lost.
Best metal sounding amp to my ears. It has everything. Badcat never dissapoint.
That intro riff is killer Ola ! 🔥
Gunna need to check one out somewhere. I love and trust Ola’s “gear reviews” as he is the master of chug tone!
There's a reason Tosin is touring right now with a full stack of Bad Cat Lynx amps and a pedalboard.
that speaks volumes as he is one of the most gifted modern guitarists today
Warm like an Orange but with Mesa thickness and a bit of that mark 4 twang from the early LoG albums, what a sound
I’m listening to this with phone speakers and it still sounds great. That’s impressive 🤘🏻
Sounds a bit like a Revv Generator on the Purple channel, but with a bit of Recto feel mixed in. Lots of gain, but precise and crunchy despite a lot of low mids & bass. Tube Screamer seemed to cut a bit too much bass, but that's probably perfect for a mix. Unexpected from Bad Cat, but a pleasant surprise!
that was sick! Sounds awesome 🤘
That's totally my style of thrash. Thanks Ola, for thrashing out.
I'd like to use the pre amp from that amp and make it a rack unit!
Really loved that intro!
wow, really cool tone just from the start. Second channel has not so big difference in tone, but it has more gain and the tone is just awesome, with od it's just perfect.
Kinda stoked to see Ola this stoked on something tbh
Sounded absolutely brutal even through my terrible cellphone speaker
This sounds soo good! What this amp does amazingly is that the highs have that cut through the mix clear snarl and voicing/harmonics and cuts off before all the nasty fuzz. Did you try an EQ pedal to mess with mid-range voicing or to supplement the dip you were talking about?
Awesome demo of an awesome amplifier, as always when it comes to Ola! You might wanna try some kind of windshield for your speaking mic. It catches the sound from you windmachine/blower you have there. The wind looks awesome on your hair, tho!
On its own, it would suit any doom / stoner / sludge track perfectly. Raw and natural sound. With right pedals, fits even more technical stuff.
Man! It sounds ferocious!!
Ola 'Ferty' Englund Awesome channel and Great opener!
Not sure what voodoo is happening here but that's one of the best tones I've heard since like 2020 with your In the Room series.
That’s definitely a like for that intro. 🔥 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I had one of the original Lynx heads about 12 years ago. They were absolutely killer and had light up cat eyes at that stage. Basically a Soldano like clone. The new ones seem to be alright too.
Love Bad Cat amps so amazing and not well known. Like how versatile they are for rock to metal to blues to jazz stuff too.
It sounded better without the boost Ola! What a kick ass amp \m/ \m/
That has an amazing tone!
Ordered one, can’t wait to play this beast
I just tried one of these at a local guitar shop. I found it to be really fizzy when I turned the gain up to chug territory. I was playing through the Bad Cat lynx 2x12 so maybe the cabinet had something to do with it. I was dissapointed that it was so fizzy because they advertize the amp as not being fizzy, and it doesn't sound fizzy in Ola's demo. Anyway, thanks for the great demo. Love your stuff Ola!
You really are such a great guitar player man! Sometimes I forget that, then you just rip out something offhand and wicked af & I'm shit, Ola is awesome. ❤ plus, that throaty clank is pretty great too.
Thank you Ola👍😎
Sounds great. I've got a Victory Super Kraken 100w, and judging from the video, the Lynx sounds like it's in the same ballpark: thick, lots of definition, but a bit brighter and less mids than the Kraken., which is a darker amp.
I went to a porcupine tree show in 2003 they sounded absolutely jaw dropping. Their rig consisted of:
A single bad at amp.
Sounds incredible
love this!
The original Lynx 50 (hardwired) actually had a midrange voicing control that added pretty crazy ripping midrange boosts, but the new version skipped that part.
Snyggt! Tack för allt du gör!
That sounds incredible. Channel 1 sounded great too.
Kickass intro riffs.
It really does sound incredible
This thing sounds awesome, can't believe I haven't heard of this brand
Not surprising. It's a small boutique brand, that's normally known for making hotroded Voxes and such. I'm pretty sure this the first time they've made anything like this.
Holy shiiiiit that sounds incredible!!!!
It reminds a lot of my Mesa Mark IV, a little on the dry side but in a pleasant way that makes it super articulate and punchy.
I wonder what the difference between this and the old Lynx is, though. Def wanna try one!
My favorite channel to find out if something can go full chug nasty
Sounds killer!!
Amazing intro RESPECT BRO
I'm seeing them for 1900 here in the states. Not bad really . Amp sounds killer.
Great Amp and Video as always Ola! Do you think you can make Tonex Models of your favorite chug and clean settings with this amp? That would be killa! :)
Hell-Yeah !!!!!
This set-up “kicks serious ASS”
OLA / You definitely did this one right 👍👍
I’ll have to check this “amp” out .. Thanx🔥🔥👍
Indeed: DAMN what a tone!
Chugs without tube screamer sound smoother, which is good to me. I wish they had reverb onboard, and then was available with two 12” speakers for me.
Shoutout to that VR2 mic. Not my favorite for vocals, but they are phenomenal on guitar cabs
Damn that riff is beastly!
One thing I would love to see is how the amps you demo respond to pedals. I dont do the plug in thing so pedal response is important to me.
The amp sounds scooped because 'straight' cabinets accentuate bass and treble frequencies where as slant cabinets accentuate mid frequencies. I don't use straight cabinets anymore because they don't sound as thick/full.
This gets my nod of approval.
beatiful solar big ola englund
That thing sounds amazing.
Rad as hell!!
I love your channel man, like how you mic your shit up, straight from Illinois USA
This amp sounds fucking great! It sounds like you could get an amazing Pantera tone out of it
If you think this sounds scooped you would love the Hotcat. That’s what I’m using with a boost and it’s like the best sounding Marshall you’ve never heard.
Sounds awesome
Holy crap this slaps hard! The bass sound is killer too 🤘
Yeah, Ola has already proven that he can get great guitar sounds from a potato 😀, but IMO this bass sound is the real secret for the overall mix and makes most of that tone.
@@micktheshaggy3977 True that
And it LOOKS beautiful too. Just like Ola.
I think it would sound better with an eq pedal instead of the tube screamer. None the less, it sounds killer. I love the looks of it too. Very modern yet classic at the same time. Awesome amplifier. 🤘
It sounds AMAZING with an SD-1
Men hörrö Ola, snygg gurka ju!
I would be interested to see how it sounds with different speakers, maybe the Demon's? This setup kinda reminds me of a soldano and a badlander had a baby, but maybe that's me.
It helps that you also have that PHAT mix
Love it 🤘🤘
It'd be great to hear it through a Texas Heat
& Swamp Thang
loaded cab!
Holy shit that intro song's tone was juicy!
Gawd that sounds killer
That is an awesome sounding amp.
🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
Easily one of the best sounding metal amps out there. I don't know why more people don't know about these. If someone ever makes a software model I'd buy it in a heartbeat