BadCat's Black Cat Amp
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Great sound! Your demos get into just the right info and usage.
As always, great job, Phil!
Been a while since I’ve watched any gear reviews and this amp sounded amazing with overhaul. And WOW Phil, your rhythm chops and groove have really improved with the time you’ve Ben putting in.😮🎸
Dang, that is a versatile, great sounding amp. One of the best digital reverbs paired in a tube amp. The trem is sweet, the crunch and overdrives are awesome
nifty sounding amp! thanks Phil!
I have a Catalyst. I saw your demo. I am selling my Catalyst. The power, fullness and tone with a tube amp can't be beat!!!!
This sounds bananas. I love it. Watched year end video and had to come back to this. Great review, great amp
looks just like the blackstar HT studio lineup. simple and sharp. love it
Great review, Phil. Liked your playing a lot on this video too.
Sounds awesome!!!
Thanks.....some very interesting tones there indeed .
over the years you're playing has improved and improved and improved and improved. Your the only luthier I actually enjoy listening to.
Gosh I love this channel.
Wow, that really sounds good
Definitely not cheap, but still affordable in comparison with other boutique brands. Of all the range, it's the one I prefer: 20W, EL 84's, reverb & (very good) trem. Packs it all in a very attractive presentation. I would probably go for it if I wasn't already loaded with too many amps (6).
Best amps out there 🎉❤
man that is so punchy I love it! I want one!
Very nice review!
I played with a guy that had a Bad Cat & it had the coolest dirty tone I ever heard. Good stuff
I think you got the best tones out of all the tubers for this one. Ordered a black cat and a hot cat. Like these tones more but was worried about headroom.
I believe this will become their best selling amp!
Great job !
I listened to this on the Patreon site and it piques my curiosity. I don't have any valve amps, I have a Katana Artist and these Bad Cat amps just have something that makes my valve curious.
Sounds great with that strat
I’ve had this amp for a month. Love it. I have been playing a Friedman Runt and I like the black cat (at the moment)
Sounds very bass-heavy almost abit wooly. Might be different in the room though. Nice demo and great playing as always.
Great review! Was wishing for some examples with different pedals.
Sounds great
Hello 👋 How are you doing today??
Nice! Had a Hot cat 39R combo years ago killer amp weighed a ton but killer tone from that amp!
Hello 👋 How are you doing today??
Bad Cat makes some of the best amps around. Solid customer service too
Dang Phil nailing it,✌🏻🎸🎶
That thing kicks!!!
Great review as usual Phil. Def want you to review the Cub & Hot Cat plz.
Damn that tremolo sounded like a great sounding Leslie!
Nice sounding amp.👍🎵
Man, I love the cat eyes. I may need to grab an older one before they’re gone.
Eyes gone is a sad move. They want the new generation to notice BCA.
@@nicolasrivera5310 I agree 👌🏼
For real it's bogus! Instead of having an amp that does everything like Boss downloadable upgrades. It's Break my wallet please, with more hardware I don't need. P. T. Barnum said it better.
Its where the tone is 😁
my thoughts exactly! these were on my wishlist when I was very young.
+++tnx Phil, cool video+++
Sounds good
It sounds to me that this amp does for low-mids what a Vox amp does for high-mids. I dig it.
Vintage Voxes are quite scooped in the high mids when driven. I call it Vox 'growl' to Marshall 'bite'.
This is a great amp. I own a DC30 (one of the few 2x10's) and a Redplate Magic Dust Duo. I want this amp.
Very nice. I want one😊
Lynx review for sure! Oh I did not know that bad cat even built a high gain option.
I'd love to see a video of the Cub as well! Thanks for all the details and the review. It's interesting that the amp sounds so different (much warmer and less high endy) than most of the other video demos of this.
Awesome amp
That dude from 60 cycle hum is gonna love this amp.
Wipeout!
sounds fantastic thru my denon amp
Would love to see the Lynx - curious to hear this brands approach to metal
Great video Phil, question are you going to try out one of the Cream T guitars? They sound amazing!
Used to have a Hotcat 30R and 2x12 cab. Super versitile! I found the gain top be a little fizzy. I just use Axe FX III now. Just better and more practical.
I would love to see you do a review of the Lynx. That looks like the one for me and I’m really interested what your thoughts are.
Instant Judas Priest tone with your SG! Great sounding amp.
Great video and I bought the head after watching it.
Note that the volume on this video is quite low
Reminds me slightly of the Fender Bassbreaker, that full bodied tone.
I think you'll dig the cub even more
Wondering why I had to go to Bad Cat's page to find this video? Great video though. Can't wait to order one!
It showed up with a notification for me here on yt.
Should Have kept the eyes! Great Amps!
Phil, play the Olive SG behind you sometime.
The Black Cat was previously a Vox style amp that sounded stellar as a Vox style amp. This new amp is no longer that and sounds just like any other heavy bottomed Marshally crunch amp.
No....actually Phil has 2-3 quarters of the high end rolled off. it doesn't sound this tubby in real life
I would like to see the higher gain Lynx.
We need a updated best $1000 or under guitar list with all the market changes that have gone on.
I love older gear .
I think that, in its head format, might be my new small/medium venue amp, plugged into the Mojotone 2X12 Creamback cab!! Or the 2- 1X12 Alnico_Blue Pine cabs? I wonder why they can't use a 5-6 band EQ instead of treble/mid/bass? Or if anyone has tried to do that before? Maybe the 'ol Boss EQ pedal to experiment? Something to try anyway... Thanks!! 8) --gary
Nice amp and video! To me it sounds very similar to Orange Rockerverbs?
How’s the shared eq when toggling between channels live?
Hey Phil nice review. I'm curious...they apparently eliminated the K Master feature? Did you experiment with bedroom level sounds to see if you could get good tones that way? Thanks!
He does speak about that in the video 👍🏼👍🏼
16:05
Oh ok great…thanks you!! I was doing other things while watching. I’ll check that out. Much appreciated!
Oh ok great…thanks you!! I was doing other things while watching. I’ll check that out. Much appreciated!
Nice, i'm only now able to get a Fender Blue JR iv. Sooooooo, anyways. Nice amp.
I was confused why you called this a new amp from them. Haven’t they always had a Black Cat model in their handwired lineup? Any ideas how this compares to the old ones?
Maaaaaaaannnnnn......killin me
Great review, Phil! Love the punchy cleans and mid-gain pushed sounds. There’s a million drive pedals to boost if needed right? So the design is balanced well between all of its features and quality of build & commoners. If I had the coin to buy another amp, Bad Cat would be on my list to try in person, no doubt at all.
Thanks again!
Cheers
Just saw a Boogie MK VII demo on TH-cam - lots of bells and whistles, but to me the Bad Cat sounds better. Cheaper too.
Why did you take the duesenberg off the sg? did you like it??
Enjoyed your review bud, the amps sound pretty sweet, you said you liked it so if you were going to buy one what would you sell off to get one.? 😂😂👍👍🥃Respect to you mate.
Would love to see you review the 15 watt Cub and explain the K master?
My understanding is they no longer make that amp. I will verify when I can
The K Master was a master volume solution to give power amp saturation sounds at lower volumes due to the placement of the master volume in the circuit in relation to the FX Loop. The K Master is no longer used. We fixed the positioning of the master circuit in relation to the fx loop and now the amp sounds better, and the master works better, aaannddd the FX Loop works better and cleaner.
Oh man, l love 💕 TREMELO!!!
Since you have never played through one, how about the Lynx next!
How’s the master on this compared to the k master?
PCB's get a bad rap in tube equipment. It's not deserved. The bad rap comes from poor quality boards and sub standard implementation(Fender/Mesa/PRS are major offenders).
A high quality, double sided, through hole plated, high copper PCB will last as long as any eyelet/turret hand wired board AND if designed correctly, it will be quieter.
Any chance of a firefly thinline P-90 telecaster style guitar they’re only $169.91!
How about a one year later review of this amp?
yup, the Hot Cat.
Does it have a headphone out ?
Howdy Phillip! Have you ever played a Yamaha SA-2000 or a Yamaha SA-2200? I would especially like to see that giant grin on your face while you are deciding which axe has to go so that you have room for one of these in your collection.
Very fat sounding amp. Very effective tone controls. Love it. 👍
Are these made buy the mesa boogie people?I noticed that it is made in the same city in California as mesa boogie. Also there price points are similar. Also the eq controls work the same as a fillmore style of amp.
Nope. Bad Cat is not connected
@@PhillipMcKnight Thanks for answering me phil !
Looks like a boss katana artist or the other way around
Its a Fox AC20!
Do they make a all tube amp?
I think the reverb is the only digital element. So any of there non reverb amps should be “all tube”.
How much are they
Everything was sounding great until the price was mentioned… oh well, I’ll keep my $600 PRS MT15 which sounds AWESOME!!
I was hoping that the amp redesigns were going to take the company in a more modern direction, with features that competed with something like a Revv.
10:31
This is probably a good amp , looks good but to much like blackstar to me .
They moved away from the whole reason I liked them in the first place. Class A powered.
Every tube amp has its niche and not for everyone this ones good. If u want 90% of it all get a fractal or kemper but if you write originals get YOUR tube amp.
fart on that
It's still a *really* ugly logo... less ugly without the spread-way-too-far-apart eyes, but still ugly nonetheless. :(
great demo as always phil.
linx please and thank you :)
Sounds great