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Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head 20 Watts

The Black Cat by Bad Cat is a 2-channel 20 watt head with reverb. Features a cathode bias pair of EL84s, it’s remarkably loud with enough headroom to play with a live drummer.

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    The Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head is about to rock the guitar playing world! Backed by the superior craftsmanship and quality of Bad Cat, this groundbreaking amplifier is sure to become your go-to piece of equipment for all musical endeavors. Get ready for pure, unadulterated power - The Black Cat packs a punch with vacuum tubes and custom transformers that guarantee maximum amplification and sound sculpting capabilities. Plus, it comes with premium speakers so every single note will come through in crystal clear quality. Adjust the tone, volume, depth and response with its familiar controls for an even more personalized sound. Whether you're jamming at home or touring around the country, The Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head has got your back. Unleash your inner shredder and let out those undiscovered riffs - get your Bad Cat today!

    The heart and soul of the Black Cat is the immediate feeling of connection you get with it. It’s always lively and toneful, never feeling choked or constrained. Driven by a 20W power amp featuring a cathode bias pair of EL84s, it’s remarkably loud with enough headroom to play with a live drummer yet has an effective master volume control allowing for playing at home with no loss of tone.

    Channel one has a blooming clean and a sparkling, punchy, tight crunch with those all-important shades in between. Channel two picks up right where the clean finishes. An addictive crunch soon gives way to a thick hard rock snarl that you likely wouldn't expect from this amp. The unique two band EQ circuit and powerful cut control makes finding and shaping your own sound ridiculously easy and for added texture and atmosphere we’ve included a lush custom-tuned reverb and adjustable bias tremolo too.

    How does it handle pedals? Impeccably, both at the input and in the transparent, fully buffered effects loop, Plug in your favorite pedals from any decade with zero drama. And on the subject of pedals, don’t you hate it when you buy a new amp and the footswitch is so huge that you need to get a new board just to accommodate it? So do we. That’s why the Black Cat’s all metal 2-button footswitch for channel and tremolo switching is so compact.

    A full complement of speaker outs means the amp can handle any cabinet combination and we’ve included a line out as-well, so you can connect it to an IR loader or a Wet/Dry rig.

    From the beginning, we knew that the Black Cat was special. It has already captured the imagination of players and magazine reviewers around the world, including the editors at Premier Guitar Magazine, who liked it so much that they honored it with their Premier Gear award in March of 2023.

    And, of course, the Black Cat is engineered and built in our shop in Costa Mesa, CA.

    Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head Features

    • Designed and Built in Costa Mesa, California
    • Custom Hand-wound Bad Cat Transformers
    • Independent Gain and Volume per Channel
    • Shared Bass, Treble, Cut
    • Studio Quality Reverb
    • Bias-Modulated Tremolo
    • Buffered FX Loop
    • Individual Speaker Outputs (4, 8, 16, 2x4, 2x8 ohms)
    • Line Out
    • Baltic Birch Cabinet
    • 3-year Limited Warranty
    • Two Button Footswitch Included

     

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    Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head 20 Watts Specifications

    Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head 20 Watts Specifications
    Product Specifications

    Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head Specifications

    • Watts: 20 Watts
    • Power Tubes: 2 – EL84 Power Tubes
    • Tubes: 3 – 12AX7 Tubes
    • Channels: 2
    • Two Button Footswitch: Channel Select and Tremolo
    • Head Dimensions: 20.75” Width x 10.375” Depth x 10” Height
    • Head Weight: 31 lbs
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