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How much water does that Cat need?
Awesome amp any clips?EHD
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Congrats on a new amp! I've never owned a Bad Cat but obviously aware of their reputation.
Just curious:
How effective is a single tone knob for the cleans?
How useful is the mid boost for shaping the sound? How's it differ from the presence?
What brand of tubes you got in there?"It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain
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Originally posted by Fender_Punk View PostCongrats on a new amp! I've never owned a Bad Cat but obviously aware of their reputation.
Just curious:
How effective is a single tone knob for the cleans?
How useful is the mid boost for shaping the sound? How's it differ from the presence?
What brand of tubes you got in there?
All stock tubes, Pair of Chinese EL-34B's and all Chinese 12AX7's [4]
I swapped V-1/2/3 with NOS Amperex and left the Chinese PI.
Amp has a sh*t ton of gain with no pedals. Ran it w/a Waza CE-2 last nite for intial play.
Amp is dead quiet. Seems to be cathode biased [no trimmer]. No plans currently to swap power tubes as
- amp & tubes are low miles and my friend Obeid Khans primary rule : if its working fine don't F with it.
However i got a pair old school Phillips 6CA7's from a Mesa MK III that i might eventually put in there.
This amp is midz, midz, midz. The mid boost knob is 4 incremental notched preset settings.
Wide midrange spectrum is an understatement. Lots of top end on tap via treble & presence.
Clean tone knob is also 4 notched preset settings.
Amp has plenty of everything gain, bass, mid, treb, pres. Will try with my full pedalboard hopefully today.
I swapped a PRS Tremonti SE for this. Worthy trade as Bad Cat only made these for 1 year and this is brand new condition
-from 2011 era.
More info to come.
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nice! i have the combo of that amp. i swapped one of the tubes to a 12au7, cant recall which one what ever is the extra gain stages for the dirty channel, and it still has way more gain than i need. ive gigged it a fair amount when i need a very clean tone and a very dirty tone, as opposed to my usual shades of old school overdriven amp tones. works great! enjoy
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