Bad Cat Holdings LLC. PHONE 00.730.0966 FAX 7.630.006 INFO@BADCATAMPS.COM WWW.BADCATAMPS.COM 5 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE IRVINE CA 96 We offer a lifetime transferable warranty. PRODUCT CATALOG 03 Boutique amplifiers hand built in the USA
Welcome to Bad Cat Tube Amplifiers USA At Bad Cat we afford no compromise when designing and crafting our amplifiers and every product we put our name on. We have one goal in mind, to build the finest guitar amplifiers in the world. With seven Guitar Player Magazine Editor Pick Awards, the results speak for themselves. Our amplifiers are designed and built meticulously by hand in Southern California carefully selecting each component. Our legendary hand wound, custom made, paper bobbin transformers are used simply because they sound better. Our chassis and even our capacitors are made by hand in Southern California. Teflon wire and even details like real phenolic knobs are all made in the USA. We engrave our own faceplates, double nut our custom potentiometers. No detail is too small. Hand wrapped 3 ply Baltic birch cabinetry. Custom built english made celestion speakers built to our exact specifications. Simply put we did what we set out to do and that is to build the finest guitar amplifiers in the world. At Bad Cat we believe in what we do and how we do it. This is why we offer a lifetime transferable warranty. Plug in and experience amplifier building taken to an art form. John Thompson - President 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
5 Watt MINI CAT II SINGLE CHANNEL, 5 WATT, EL The only thing small about this 5 watt powerhouse amplifier is its size. You won t believe your ears when you hear this baby cat roar. Ideal for lowvolume studio recording and a small stage, the Mini II is a Class A, point-to-point hand wired tube powered brute. Experience the sweet tone of a dual overdriven AX7 pre-amp section and a single EL power tube in your bedroom without disturbing your neighbors. Also features line out, volume, interactive bass, treble, master controls and ohm selector. Power: 5-Watt Single Ended Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble, Master Available Configuration: x Combo Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Power Tubes: - EL Pre-Amp Tube: - AX7 Rectifier: Solid State Shown as Mini x Combo in Green Embossed Vinyl and Dark Gold Grill Cloth 5 Watt BLACK CAT 5 DUAL CHANNEL, 5/7 WATT, DUAL EL If you have ever wanted the amazing tone and feel our Black Cat 30, only with a more manageable volume, look no further than the Black Cat 5. Just like the 30-watt older brother, the Black Cat 5 is dripping in three dimensional cleans. Push up the gain and go from soft chiming break- up, on through to thick complex gain. Running in Class A, this rig is oozing with harmonics. Channel one is built on a AX7 treble, bass and cut tone stack providing the warm and sweet tone with just the right amount of mid push to cut through the mix. Switch over to channel two and experience the more aggressive, hi-fi sounding EF6 preamp. More chime, more grunt. The EF6 can be switched between the five-way tone selector or the bass and treble tone stack. The tone selector offers a selection of five-tone caps and enables you to adjust the amount of low end content to fit the guitar or situation. Global cut and separate master volumes for each channel can be switched in or out. Available with or without reverb. Power: 5/7-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master Channel : Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master Configuration: Head Shell and x Combo Power Tubes: - ELs Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - AX7s Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - EF6, - AX7 Shown as Standard Head Shell with matching Large x Extension Cab in Custom Black, Silver Sparkle Embossed Vinyl and Black Grill Cloth BLACK CAT 5 FRONT PANEL MINI CAT II FRONT PANEL Input Volume Bass Treble Master Volume Bass Treble Volume Tone Bass Treble Cut Ch- In CH- CH - Ch- 5-Watt with a Master Volume and Interactive Tone controls. Off Stdby On Amp Line Speaker Impedance Amp On On Channel Full Power Switching Off Stdby Half Power Speaker Footswitch BLACK CAT 5 REAR PANEL Dual Master Volume controls that can be switched out of the circuit. MINI CAT II REAR PANEL 3 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
5 Watt CUB II, CUB IIR (REVERB) SINGLE CHANNEL, 5/7 WATT, EL Carefully refined since its debut in 000 with some subtle improvements from the early classic circuits. Perhaps now it s one of the finest amplifiers of its type. Fifteen watts of pure chime! Syrupy, sweet with a sheen of crystal highs. Low end that is warm and tight. Switch from the bass and treble control to the five-way tone selector and get a nice thick mid-range punch that will cut through any mix. With a master volume that can be switched in or out of the circuit. This combined with a half power switch enabling you to go from 5 to 7 watt will get your sound at small venue friendly volumes. Soft breakup is where this amp leaves everything else behind. The touch sensitivity allows you to go from shimmer to grind with the touch of a pick. This amp fills a room with beautiful three-dimensional complex tones. The Cub II is the weapon of choice for singer-songwriters. At home with single or double coil guitars. The Cub II has been seen on some of the largest stages in the world. Available with or without reverb. Power: 5/7-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master, Reverb (Optional) Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL Pre-Amp Tubes: 3 - AX7 s w/reverb: 5 - XA7 s Shown as Standard x Combo in Cream Tolex and Dark Gold Grill Cloth CUB II FRONT PANEL Volume Tone Bass Treble Cut In/ On On Switch between 5-way tone selector, bass and treble. Amp Master Stdby Off Full Power Half Power Master Volume that can be switched in or out of the circuit. Speakers CUB II REAR PANEL HOT CAT 5 FRONT PANEL Clean Gain Volume Gain Edge LIL 5 DUAL CHANNEL, 5 WATT, EL Two channel hand-wired tone machine, measuring just in height, by in width, by 7 in depth, and only 7.00 lbs. in weight! Fifteen-watts, two EL power section packed carefully into an easily transportable chassis. Channel one is a true clean-to-mean AX7 based preamp that will give you articulate warm cleans that when pushed, glow with a soft drive. Dime it and walk into crunchy mid-heavy classic rock tones. Channel two presents a classic EF6 high gain channel. Grind with plenty of glass. There is a depth to the tone that you will not find on any other amp of this type. Foot switch between the two-channels for stage versatility. You will find this little cat being played by some of the biggest artists in both studios and stages all over the world. Power: 5-Watt Class A/B Channels: Channel : Volume, Cut Channel : Gain, Tone, Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - EF6 Rectifier: Solid State Shown as Mini Head Shell in Black Tolex and Silver Piping HOT CAT 5 DUAL CHANNEL, 5 WATT, DUAL EL Sharing the lineage and design of the award winning Hot Cat 30, only in a 5-watt, club friendly platform. Two channels running into a dual EL Class A power section. Channel one, the cleans are 3-D lush and chiming. When pushed the cleans are full and punch through with a healthy dose of thick crunch. Full, round and tight with humbuckers. Sweet with plenty of sparkle and grind with single coils. Very touch sensitive. Channel two is high gain and dripping with complex mids and tight lows. Full with amazing amounts of note definition. Ninth s and thirteenth s come out with upper harmonics resting above the fundamentals. This is an amazing Class A high gain circuit. Power: 5-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Brilliance Channel : Gain, Edge, Level, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL s Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : 3 - AX7 s Level Bass Treble Cut Master On On CH - Stdby Off Shown as Standard x Combo in Black Tolex and Black Grill Cloth Go from 5 to 7 watts. 5 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com 6
CLASSIC CAT 0 SINGLE CHANNEL, 0 WATT, 6V6 This is the Bad Cat take on the famous 5E3 tweed style circuit that came out of California in the 950 s. Simple, yet very versatile. Dime the volume and roll back your guitar volume for sweet cleans that spank and bounce.even with double coils the Classic Cat provides plenty of twang. Push up your volume and discover why so many great albums were recorded with tweed amps. Crunch tones with tons of sweet sustain. 0 Watt At a conservative 0 watts it works well in a live stage setting. just enough power to get over a drummer. It is amazing what can be had from the pairing of a well designed circuit and a simple volume knob. Whether it be Blues,country or classic rock this is amp is well suited to not only deliver but to excel. Available with or without reverb. Power: 0-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Tone, Reverb (Optional) CLASSIC DELUXE SINGLE CHANNEL, 0 WATT, 6V6 This is our take on the famous blackface sound that came out of California in the 960 s. Punchy, articulate, sparkle without the sharp ice pick in the highs. We brought the sweet Bad Cat sound to this classic circuit. The gain is tighter and more usable with double coil guitars. Single coils have more shimmer to the notes. You will find that your guitar will sit in the mix better, with less volume needed to punch out. Country, Classic Rock, Jazz, Blues it s all here. Small and portable with a huge sounding, well designed cabinet. Available in a x combo, or head shell configuration. Hand-wired and hand-built construction harkens back to the way amps used to be made. Point-to-point, hand soldered, -gauge steel chassis insures this is an investment grade instrument built to last. Thirteen ply Baltic birch construction, built entirely by hand at our facilities in California. Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Impedance: ohms Power Tubes: - 6V6 s Pre-Amp Tubes: - AY7, - AX7 w/reverb: 3 - AX7 s Shown as Standard x Combo in Oxblood Ostrich and Light Gold Grill Cloth CLASSIC CAT 0 FRONT PANEL Volume Tone Reverb On On Power: 0-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass, Reverb Stdby Off CLASSIC DELUXE FRONT PANEL Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Impedance: ohms Power Tubes: - 6V6 s Pre-Amp Tubes: - AX7 s, - AT7 s H.T. Fuse Reverb Line Speaker / Amp Footswitch CLASSIC CAT 0 REAR PANEL Input Volume Treble Bass Reverb On On Shown as optional Small x Combo in Black, Cream Embossed Vinyl and Dark Gold Grill Cloth Stdby Off H.T. Fuse Reverb Speaker All of our amps feature point to point, hand wired construction and -gauge zinc plated steel chassis. Simple control panel makes this a great pedal platform. / Amp CLASSIC DELUXE REAR PANEL 7 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
Hot Cat Class A High Gain HOT CAT 30R DUAL CHANNEL, 30 WATT, DUAL EL3 CLASS A Ten years ago Bad Cat created the worlds first Class A high gain amplifier. Five years later Guitar Player magazine recognized the achievement as being one of the finest combo amps ever built. Bad Cat has once again defined and refined the best. New for this year is the Hot Cat 30 and 30R. Both are built into the same 7, -gauge steel chassis. If Bad Cat has a flagship, this is it. We started with one of the nicest most touch responsive clean channel ever designed and added our 5-way tone selector, enabling the ability to tailor the amp to bright single coils or thick warm double coils. We ve added a master volume that can be engaged and utilized to drive channel one into all shades from clean to soft pushed overdrive and beyond. The little secret that loyal users of the Hot Cat have known for years is that the clean channel crunches like the sounds found on vintage 70 s vinyl. Channel two is a pure Class A EL3 high gain. The same sweet harmonically rich gain only now with an added mid-range knob to help you dial into a rich scooped thump. Each channel now has its own foot switchable solo boost with individual volume settings. This amp covers everything from clean sparkle to harmonically rich saturation. Available with reverb. Hot Cat 30 and Hot Cat 30R. Power: 30-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Tone Channel : Gain, Edge, Level, Bass, Treble, Reverb, Cut, Master HOT CAT 30 DUAL CHANNEL, 30 WATT, DUAL EL3 CLASS A Power: 30/5-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Tone, Cut Channel : Gain, Edge, Level, Bass, Treble, Cut, Solo, Solo, Master, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL3 s Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : 3 - AX7 s Shown as Head Shell in Black & Cream Embossed Vinyl HOT CAT 30 FRONT PANEL Clean Gain Volume Available in 00-watt. Special order! Tone Gain Level Bass Mid Treble Cut CH- CH - In On On Channel H.T. Fuse Full Power Switching Solo Master Solo Master Send Fx Return Off Stdby / Amp Half Power Speakers Separate Solo Boost and Masters for each channel. HOT CAT 30 REAR PANEL HOT CAT 30R FRONT PANEL Clean Gain Volume Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL3s Solo Master Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Tone Gain Level Bass Mid Treble Cut Pre-Amp Tube Channel : 3 - AX7s In w/reverb: - AX7 s Solo Master CH- CH - On On Channel H.T. Fuse Full Power Switching Off Stdby / Amp Half Power Send Fx Return Reverb Reverb F/S Speakers Shown as Head Shell in Black & Cream Embossed Vinyl All of our amps feature hand wound proprietary Bad Cat transformers, which are the heart and soul of every Bad Cat Amp. HOT CAT 30R REAR PANEL 9 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com 0
30 Watt BLACK CAT 30 DUAL CHANNEL, 30 WATT, EL KOOL CAT 30 SINGLE CHANNEL, 30 WATT, DUAL EL3 You asked for it, we built it. Introducing the new Kool Cat 30. Incorporating the clean channel of the award winning Hot Cat 30. We added a master volume, and a half power switch, allowing you to tame this little beast to 5 watts. This simple 30/5 watt, Class A, EL3 based amp goes from lush 3-D spanky cleans, to rich and full 70s crunch. Power: 30/5-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Tone, Cut, Master, Reverb (Optional) Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL3 Pre-Amp Tubes: - AX7 s w/reverb: - AX7 s Shown as Standard x Combo in Black Tolex, Cream Embossed Vinyl and Dark Gold Grill Cloth This is the one that started it all! The Black Cat s pedigree is well known. The amp of choice for countless arena acts. Huge chimey 3-D cleans. A sound so delicate yet ferocious when pushed. You have never heard lows like this come from an EL amp. The AX7 side gives lush sweet and complex mid-range that works from warm punchy cleans through tight crunchy growl. Engage the master volume and get the dirt at any level. Switch over to the EF6 and get a lesson in why the Black Cat is revered by so many diverse artists. Shimmering cleans that can be pushed lightly to fill the room with ghostly octaves and harmonics. Rev up channel two a little harder and push your sound into Class A nirvana. Note definition, highs that spray around the hall and a bottom end that never gets loose. Dual reverb controls and dual masters that can be switched in or out of the circuit, half power switch which allows all of the magic to occur at manageable volumes, round out the refinements. Available in 30 or 5 watts. Experience why The Black Cat is played by some of the biggest artists on some of the largest stages in the world. Available in 5 Watt (see page ). Power: 30/5-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Bass, Treble, Reverb (Optional), Cut, Master Channel : Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Reverb (Optional), Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - AX7 s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - EF6, - AX7 w/reverb: - AX7s Shown as Large x Combo in Black Tolex, Cream Embossed Vinyl and Dark Gold Grill Cloth KOOL CAT 30 FRONT PANEL Volume Tone Cut Master On On Control the low end with the 5-Way Tone selector. Balance the highs with the cut control. Stdby H.T. Fuse / Amp Off Full Power Half Power Goes from 30 to 5 Watts. Speakers BLACK CAT 30R FRONT PANEL Volume Cut Bass Treble Reverb Volume Tone Bass Treble Reverb Ch- In Ch- Ch - KOOL CAT 30 REAR PANEL On On Channel Full Power Switching Off Stdby Half Power Reverb Fooswitch Speakers Speaker Phase All of our tube sockets are double grommet mounted to reduce vibration. Etched phenolic front and back panels. BLACK CAT 30R REAR PANEL 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
30 Watt TREM CAT 30 SINGLE CHANNEL, 30 WATT, EL Start with the rich chime of the EF6 side of a Black Cat 30. Add lush reverb and pulsating tremolo and you have one of the finest single channel amps ever made. A - EL 30 watt power platform running in Class A provides the engine. The Trem Cat is a Guitar Player magazine Editors Award winner and perhaps our most versatile single channel amp. The tone circuit is truly unique and affords unparalleled control over your tone shaping. There are two basic tonal options available. First, our five position tone cap selector and our standard bass and treble tone stack. The selector switch is the key to dialing in your sound. Position one bypasses the tone stack altogether and feels like you are plugged strait into your output section. Position two activates the five way tone selector. Allowing you five choices of tone caps and affording great control over the bottom end and thickness. Position three moves you over to the bass and treble controls. Here the amp has more of a scooped hi-fi type of feel. Lastly, position four engages both the selector and the bass and treble controls. Between the cut control which adds high end sparkle, near infinite tone shaping can be had here. A master volume that can be switched out of the circuit along with a half power switch insures that you can get to any level of gain at just about any volume level. Power: 30/5-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Tone, Select, Bass, Treble, Speed, Depth, Reverb, Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL s Pre-Amp Tubes: - EF6, - AX7 s PANTHER DUAL CHANNEL, 35 WATT, 6V6 The Panther is two channel, 35-watts with four 6V6 tubes running in Class A/B. Versatility is its calling card. Channel one is a AX7 based preamp with bass, mid, mid sweep and treble controls. Our unique mid sweep allows you to choose the mid-range frequency via the switchable tone cap selector. The mid control pushes or scoops the frequency of choice. This is particularly useful when it comes to carving your space in the mix. Channel two is switchable between our standard 5-way tone selector, and bass and treble controls. Channel two is EF6 based and very aggressive, which can be pushed into thunderous overdrive. Master volumes that can be switched out of the circuit are on each channel. A global cut control which adds a sweet chime. Whether your tone preference is British or American, the Panther can deliver. Power: 35/0-Watt Class A/B Channels: Channel : Volume, Bass, Mid, Mid Sweep, Treble, Cut, Master Channel -: Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master, Reverb (Optional) 35 Watt Shown as Large x Combo in Black Tolex, White Embossed Vinyl and Black Grill Cloth One of the unique features of the Trem Cat is the position selector switch. Position:. No Tone Stack 3. Bass & Treble. Tone Selector. Tone Selector + Bass & Treble TREM CAT 30 FRONT PANEL Volume Tone Select Bass Treble Speed Depth Reverb Cut Hi Lo In/ Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - 6V6 s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - AX7 s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - EF6, - AX7 w/reverb: - AX7 s Shown as Large x Combo in Black Ostrich and Black Grill Cloth On Off On Stdby Channel Switching Footswitch Full Power Half Power Line Speaker Speaker Phase PANTHER REAR PANEL Speaker Impedance On On Full Power Tremolo Off Stdby Half Power Reverb Footswitch Speakers Speaker Impedance 0-0 Volt Bad Cat Amplifier Co., Inc. Made in U.S.A. TREM CAT 30 REAR PANEL Master Volume PANTHER FRONT PANEL Bass Mid Mid Sweep Treble Volume Tone Bass Treble Cut Ch- In Ch- 3 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
WILD CAT 0 DUAL CHANNEL, 0 WATT, DUAL EL3 0 Watt Two EL3 s, Class A power section. Bold, aggressive with plenty of grunt and punch. Glassy highs riding over the top of the complex mids and tight lows. The Wild Cat shares a lineage with the Black Cat preamp section but that s where the similarities end. Two foot switchable channels. Channel one is AX7 based with a standard bass and treble tone stack. This channel is warm with punchy tight mids and lows. Channel one produces thick and richly complex tones with just the right amount of high-end glass sitting on top. Great for mid heavy chunky rhythms or 70 s style crunch tones. Engage the master volume, which can be switched in or out of the channel circuit, to get stage friendly drive. Each channel has its own master that can be switched in or out. Channel two is where this amp steps into its own. EF6 preamp pushed into either a five-way tone selector or a bass and treble tone stack, giving this amp a great flexibility in tone shaping. The five-way selector is a five-tone capacitor bank, that is switchable in five different values. Five different levels of low and mid control, gives you the ability to bypass the tone stack and essentially plug into the output power section. There is a three dimensional hi-fi feel to the sound. The mids are moved slightly forward and the highs become more transparent and clear. The amp sits in your hands more like an instrument. LUCA/STELLA SINGLE CHANNEL, 0 WATT, DUAL EL3 Sometimes we build a custom amp for an artist that is so good that we want to offer it to everyone. The Stella and the Luca are just that. Both share simple single channel preamps based on opposite sides of the Wild Cat. Both have 0 watt EL3 based power sections running in class A. The control panels consist of the classic Bad Cat preamp: volume, 5-way selector, bass, treble, cut and a master volume that can be switched out of the circuit. The difference between these two rests in the first stage of the preamp. The Luca is built on a AX7 platform with all of the thick articulate and punchy midrange sweetness that goes with it. Think of an extended version of channel one of the Wild Cat. The Luca offers a switch between the 5-way tone selector and the traditional bass and treble tone stack. A feature not found on the Wild Cat s channel one. Switch over to the bass and treble tone stack and get a sweeter more scooped type of tone. Beautiful cleans are to be had here, clear with lots of shimmer. Engage the master volume for channel two and push this is aggressive rock territory. Single note lines drip in harmonics, notes bloom and sing and allow you to play the amp like you would your guitar. Dual reverb controls and half power switch round out the features. Power: 0/0-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Bass, Treble, Reverb, Cut, Master Channel : Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Reverb, Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - EL3s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - AX7 s Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - EF6, - AX7 w/reverb: - AX7 s Shown as Optional Large x Combo in Black Ostrich and Dark Gold Grill Cloth The Stella offers the same control layout only with an EF6 front end. All of the sweet grind and chime of the EF6, combined with the full force of two two EL3 s running in Class A. The Luca and The Stella were made custom for touring artists and were just so good we had to offer them to everyone. Let us make one for you! LUCA/STELLA FRONT PANEL Power: 0-Watt Class A Channels: Controls: Volume, Tone, Bass, Treble, Cut, Master Volume Tone Bass Treble Cut Master On On Full Power Half Power In Speakers Stdby Off LUCA/STELLA REAR PANEL Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Cabinet Material: Head Shell - Italian Poplar, Combos - 3 Ply Baltic Birch Speakers: Proprietary Bad Cat Celestion Speaker Power Tubes: - EL3 s Pre-Amp Tubes for Luca: 3 - AX7 s Pre-Amp Tubes for Stella: - EF6 and - AX7 s Rectifier Tube: GZ3 Stella - Shown as Standard Head Shell in Black Tolex, Dark Gray Everglade and Silver Piping Luca - Shown as Standard Head Shell in Red Embossed Vinyl and Silver Piping WILD CAT 0 FRONT PANEL Volume Half-power switch brings it from 0 to 0 watts. Bass Treble Reverb Volume Tone Bass Treble Reverb Cut CH- CH- On On Full Power Off Stdby Half Power Channel Switching CH - Reverb Fooswitch In Ch- Ch- Speakers WILD CAT 0 REAR PANEL 5 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
50 Watt LYNX 50 DUAL CHANNEL, 50 WATT, EL3 HIGH GAIN The baddest of the bad! This is our no holds barred, hard rock tone machine. When we set out to design the Lynx we wanted to build the best high gain amplifier on the market. We brought everything to the table and all the tricks we ve have learned over the years. Huge and full, but with a note articulation not found at these levels of gain. Saturation and tone is so full that the single notes are fat. Chords are deep and full because we run the power section in Class A to get your harmonics soaring in and out of chords and single notes at will. There is a complexity and three-dimensional quality to the sound of this amp that separates it from any other high gain amp. The clean channel on the Lynx is much more than an afterthought. Running in Class A brings out all of the shimmer in the highs and ghost harmonics in a clean chording passage. We brought the Bad Cat sound to high gain. Power: 50/30-Watt Class A Channels: Channel : Volume, Tone, Presence Channel : Gain, Edge, Bass, Mid, Mid Boost, Treble, Presence, Master FAT CAT 50 DUAL CHANNEL, 50 WATT, 6L6 BASED AMP WITH 3 KNOB REVERB Big, bold and punchy! This 50-watt amp has tight lows that hold together even when overdriven hard. It s unlike anything you have heard on a 6L6 amp. With highs that sparkle this amp boasts tons of clean headroom. The Fat Cat affords two distinct channels. Channel one consists of a single volume control and the Bad Cat tone selector that many of you are familiar with in amps like the Hot Cat 30 and Black Cat. The magic of this arrangement is obvious from the first note played through it. Because the selector is a five-tone capacitor switch and not a potentiometer, your signal is running through one pot. Its as if you plugged straight into your output transformer. There is a purity and clarity of sound that is unmatched in any 6L6 amp. Full and warm with highs that spank. Engage the master and drive this amp into a sweet soft breakup or into 70 s crunch. Channel two has a more traditional bass and treble tone stack to give it a big scoop and spanking cleans. More reminiscent of the sound that came out of California in the 960 s. Only with a greater complexity and fullness. The highs are glassier the lows hold together and punch through. Engage the channel two-master and go from pushed bluesy breakup to fusion and rock crunch. We still haven t told you the best part. The Fat Cat has a 960 s style three-knob reverb section. This section is driven by its own single EL tube. Making this amp a true tube driven reverb tank. The flexibility of the reverb settings are amazing. Deep and lush, or subtle, up front or behind. It s all there to craft your own sound. The first Bad Cat offering of a 6L6 based amplifier. Does anyone think we wouldn t make it the best? Power: 50-Watt Class A/B Channels: Channel : Volume, Tone, Reverb, Cut, Master Channel : Volume, Bass, Treble, Reverb, Cut, Master Available Configuration: Head Shell, x Combo or x Combo Power Tubes: - 6L6 s Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : - AX7 s Shown as Large x Combo in Cream Embossed Vinyl and Light Gold Grill Cloth LYNX 50 FRONT PANEL Clean Gain Volume Available Configuration: Head Shell Cabinet Material: Italian Poplar Power Tubes: - EL3s Tone Gain Edge Bass Mid Mid Boost Treble Presence Master Pre-Amp Tube Channel : - AX7 Pre-Amp Tubes Channel : 3 - AX7s Rectifier: Solid State CH- CH- CH - Shown as Large Head Shell in Black Tolex and Silver Piping FAT CAT 50 FRONT PANEL Ch - Input Volume Tone Volume Bass Treble Drive Mix Tone Cut Ch- In Ch- Vintage style 3-knob reverb driven by a single EL On On Channel H.T. Fuse Full Power Switching Send Fx Return Speakers Off Stdby / Amp Footswitch Half Power Speaker Impedance 0-0 Volt Bad Cat Amplifier Co., Inc. Made in U.S.A. LYNX 50 REAR PANEL Bad Cat 5-Way Tone selection On On H.T. Fuse Channel Off Stdby / Amp Switching Speakers Speaker Impedance 0-0 Volt Bad Cat Amplifier Co., Inc. Made in U.S.A. FAT CAT 50 REAR PANEL 7 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
BOBCAT 5/00 SINGLE CHANNEL, 5/00 WATT, 6V6 CLASS A/D Introducing the first of its kind. If you have ever experienced the pleasure of playing a really fine vintage single-ended all tube amplifier then you ll know the feeling. Touch sensitivity, sweet breakup and natural sounding compression. It changes the way you play inspiring and pushing you as a player. The problem that arises with single-ended amplifiers is that they are limited to low wattage situations. Imagine having that touch sensitivity and tone at gig-able volumes. Until now this was impossible. We d like to introduce our newest cat the Bobcat. Hand-wired, single-ended, touch sensitive, ferocious and ultra light weight amplifier. Utilizing the patent pending Bad Cat Unleash technology, this little hand-wired beast is capable producing about 00 watts RMS from a single-ended amplifier. High and low gain settings allow for spanky clean and snarling tones accessible by the included foot switch. Two foot-switchable Unleash volume levels allow for lead and rhythm volume settings. The Unleash Technology With the Unleash disengaged the Bobcat is essentially an elegant sweet sounding single ended 5-watt amplifier. Flip the switch to engage the Unleash, turn the knob and go from whisper quiet attenuation suitable for bedroom play to 00 roaring watts of stage filling tone. The sound and feel of a juicy single ended circuit with 00 watts of headroom. Did we mention that the x combo weighs 3 pounds? This amp is a remarkable feat of engineering and truly the first of its kind. Available with or without reverb. Add thickness and warmth to single coil bridge pickup. Add fullness at low volume levels (bedroom volume). This is foot switchable and controls gain level from clean (sparkle), to crunch (soft breakup), to over-the-top (Hi Gain). When combined with the two channels of the Unleash section, allows you to have different tones from clean to mean! Go from spanky clean, to crunch, to tweed style compression. Add top-end sweetness to a single coil neck pickup, or attack to a humbucker. Controls the Bad Cat Unleash technology to be in or out of the circuit. When switched out, the Bobcat becomes a pure, 5 watt, hand wired, class A amplifier. When switched in, the Bobcat becomes a 00 watt, snarling beast. Time to mic up the drummer! Two channel, foot switchable, 00 watt amplifier section. Each channel can be set with independent levels to be used as rhythm/lead, or clean/distortion, or anything in-between. Power: 5/00-Watt Class A/D Channels: Controls: Gain, Tone, Unleash, Unleash Available Configuration: Head Shell or x Combo Impedance: ohms Power Tubes: - 6V6 Pre-Amp Tube: - 6SL7 Rectifier Tube: Solid State Shown as x Combo in Black Tolex and Dark Gold Grill Cloth BOBCAT 00 FRONT PANEL Input Fat Normal Gain Tone Unleash On On Hi Low Bright Normal /In Stdby Off Now available with Reverb. Bobcat 00 also available in 5-watt with or without Unleash Technology WARNING: NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. PLEASE CONATCT A AUTHORIZED BAD CAT TECHNICIAN Line Send Return Footswitch Speakers BOBCAT 00 REAR PANEL 9 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com 0
Extension Cabinets All Extension Cabinets come with optional LED lighted logo. X Ω EXTENSION CABINET Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Length: 30 Height: 30 Depth:.5 Shown in Black Tolex and Black Grill Cloth BAD CAT CABINETRY We put the same amount of care and detail into producing our cabinets that we do for our amplifiers. We select the best 3-ply Baltic birch around, CNC cut and hand glue each cabinet. We use natural hide glues to wrap our cabinets, cutting every piece one at a time. We use the finest handle, feet and corners we can find and as well as Teflon speaker wire in our combos and extensions. All extension cabinets come with Bad Cat Proprietary Speaker(s). (available on our website) SMALL X Ω EXTENSION CABINET Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Width: 0 Height: 9.5 Depth: 0.5 Head Shells We are now building the Bad Cat head shells in Italian poplar. Although a bit more expensive to produce, we have found the wood is as strong as birch but about a third the weight. Our head shells benefit from being much lighter. STANDARD X Ω EXTENSION CABINET Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Length: Height: 9.5 Depth: 0.5 LARGE X Ω EXTENSION CABINET Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Length: Height: 0.5 Depth:.5 Shown in Black Tolex and Black Grill Cloth X Ω EXTENSION CABINET Cabinet Material: 3 Ply Baltic Birch Length:.5 Height:.5 Depth:.5 Shown in Black Tolex, Cream Embossed Vinyl and Dark Gold Grill Cloth Shown in Cream Tolex and Light Gold Grill Cloth Shown in Black Tolex and Black Grill Cloth 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
Introducing The Unleash Pedals THE LEASH Amp Input Trim - Ohm Speaker Cab speaker output from your amplifier Vol. Vol. Unleash Front of House/Rec. Fx Foot Switch Armed with Bad Cat s proprietary Infinite Volume Control The Leash provides seamless volume selection across your amplifiers power section. Unlike the attenuators of days gone by, The Leash will not tame your highs, choke your midrange, nor rob you of your bass. Whether engaged, or switched to bypass. The Leash is virtually invisible to your ears, even as you increase or decrease your volume. From growl to prowl, its as simple as a twist of a knob, in fact that is all there is, one knob! You can reap all of your tube amps potential without the fear of clicks, pops, radical volume changes, or unwanted noises whatsoever. From bedroom rockers to the working Cats, the Leash will provide you with all of your tone at any volume, no compromises! Previously players had to purchase a different attenuator if they owned cabinets with various ohm loads. Not with the Leash, you are free to select between,, or ohm loads! The Leash also features dual inputs for your stack amplifiers, as well our A/C powered internal fan cooling, which will ensure a rock solid performance. Weight.0 lbs. Unleash The worlds first re-amplifier / attenuator. This device will take any amplifier from to 00 watts and either attenuate or boost, from whisper quiet in the bedroom, to 00 plus blaring watts in the club. Two foot switchable volumes controls allow for rhythm and lead volumes. Unleash also offers an effects loop and direct out. Another first from the engineers at Bad Cat. Boost THE UNLEASH The Unleash is very simple to use in application. To boost, plug the speaker output of your low wattage amp into the unleash input and the output of the unleash into a speaker cabinet. Now you have your favorite small wattage amp with the tone intact and 00 watts of available power. Don t forget that the unleash has an effects loop to plug that delay or chorus pedal into. 3 00.730.0966 Attenuate How often have you wound up the gain on your 00 watt fire breather, rolled back the volume on your attenuator and hit the front end with a booster and got nothing. It just got dirtier with no appreciable boost in volume. With The Unleash you have boost to spare without changing the tone that you took so long to dial in. Having to channels to switch between affords the ultimate clean boost. Try putting an EQ in the effects loop and the tonal shaping options expand. Sound Weights / Lbs. Comes with Lifetime Warranty. Transparent. The unleash leaves your tone intact like no attenuator that has come before it. The reactive load circuitry fools the tube amps output section into thinking it is still reacting with a speaker cabinet. It will bloom and squash just as if you are plugged into your cab. Effects Loop Don t forget the ability to insert effects post tube power amp. Try placing an EQ after your favorite amp and open all kinds of tonal possibilities. The unleash come with a direct out to record or send to a board while doing away with the necessity of plugging you amp into a cab. This is useful for those late night recording sessions. So many uses, no wonder we painted it Swiss army red. -TONE We built a hand- wired, point to point, two channel tube preamplifier. The same high quality components and preamp circuit found in many of our custom amps. Housed it in a -gage powder-coated and chromed steel chassis. The Bad Cat Two-Tone gives you a two channel dynamic preamp you can place in front of an amplifier input to push your rig to the next level. Or plug in to the effect return of your favorite amp and push the power section with your Bad Cat preamp for a whole new sound. www.badcatamps.com
Design and Buy Your Own Custom Amp Online We are proud to annouce our revamped online store. You can now Build Your Own Amp or Speaker Cab, receive order updates and shop for your favorite Bad Cat gear and more. We offer Free Shipping on U.S. orders. Please note: Additional features can be added in the online Build Your Own Amp configurator. STEP : Choose Configuration (not available on all models) Head Shell x Combo x Combo AVAILABLE CABINETRY Please refer to the sizes below in determining your amplifier or speaker cabinet s dimensions..5 0.5 Head Shells 0.5.5 Lil 5 Head Cab Standard Head Cab Large Head Cab 0 5 9.5 9.5 0.5 7 STEP : Choose Cabinet Fabric and Color (not available for the Bobcat 00) Mini x Combo 6.5 Small x Combo Standard x Combo.5 Large x Combo Available standard options. For additional custom options please call: -00-730-0966 or email us at: info@badcatamps.com Tolex Ostrich Embossed Vinyl 0.5.5 Combos White Black White Black White Black Standard x Combo Large x Combo 9 0 Red Cream Red Gray Red Burgundy 7 9.5 9.5 Extension Cabinets Oxblood 3 STEP 3: Choose Grill Cloth or (not available for head shell configurations) Green Cream 3 STEP 3: Choose Piping (not available for combo configurations) Lil EX7 - Closed Back Small x Standard x x Cab 30 Grill Cloth Piping.5 Light Gold Dark Gold Black Silver Gold 0.5.5 30 CHECKOUT We accept the following forms of payment: 5 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com 6 Large x Large x
Shop Online Shop for your favorite Bad Cat gear and more. We offer Free Shipping on U.S. orders. To shop our complete product line visit our website http://www.badcatamps.com/ CELESTION SPEAKER Arrarel Footswitches Replacement Parts Accessories and more... All of our amps except the Classic Deluxe use a custom Bad Cat British made Celestion speaker. The speaker is produced to our specs and built in England. Our Celestion is one of the secrets to our sound. It has been described as having the sweet highs of the Alnico blues, but with the tight lows and punch of a ceramic. Our speaker is only available through Bad Cat. Panther Design by famous tattoo artist Oliver Peck 7 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com
Bad Cat Artists - for a complete list visit our website Young The Giant Amps - Lil 5, Kool Cat 30, Fat Cat 50R, Cub X Lit Amps - Lynx 50 The Jayhawks Amps - Cub II Daughtry Amps - Lynx 50 Trey Hill Amps - Black Cat 30 Maroon 5 Amps - Black Cat Bonnie Rait Bonnie Rait Amps - Black Cat Sugarcult Amps - Hot Cat 5 Letterday Amps - Lynx 50 Scotty McCreery Monstrous guitarist. Matt Reviere is part of Scotty McCreery s band. Amps - Lynx 50 Swichfoot Amps - Black Cat 30 John Paul Jones Amps - Wild Cat 0R Panic At The Disco Amps - Black Cat 30 & Panther Lindsay Ell Amps - Panther The Stereo State Amps - Lynx 50 Porcupine Tree Amps - Hot Cat 30R Goo Goo Dolls Amps - Hot Cat 30 Muse Amps - Lil 5 Jackie Greene Amps - Kool Cat 30 Carl Harvey Amps - Wild Cat 0R Casting Crowns Amps - Lil 5 Derek St. Holmes Amps - Lynx 50 Arctic Monkeys Amps - Hot Cat 30R & Black Cat 30 Keith Urban Amps - Lynx 50, Wild Cat 0R, Black Cat 30 9 00.730.0966 www.badcatamps.com 30