Bad Cat Hot Cat 30R
This is great boutique guitar amplifier, made in the USA, with all the best military spec components, oversize transformers and built like a tank. It’s also in excellent condition.
Comes with 2 independent footswitcable channels and an effects loop.
Over 20 years old, but still almost “as new”.
These are a “Class A” cathode biased circuit, based to some degree on the vintage era classic Vox AC30, but more versatile with all sorts of modern features that are not present in the old Voxes.
Single 12” Speaker rather than two with a Bad Cat proprietary speaker (Celestion Vintage 30), Spring Reverb, Master Volume, choice of Tube (valve) or Solid State Rectification etc etc.
Beautiful glassy cleans on one channel that will rival any fender and full-on high gain saturation on the lead channel…no drive pedals required.
Gain can go from clean to slight breakup, to crunch, to hard rock, to progressive, to heavy metal.
The “Edge” control changes the amount of bite/sizzle the gain has. Turned up past 2:00 or so with a good amount of gain has the character and smoothness of an SLO. Turned down, there is less bite / sizzle; takes on the character of a Marshall.
Volume knob controls how the preamp feeds the poweramp. Turn it up all the way for a heavy, modern sound. Keep it at or below noon, even with gain high, for a nice crunch sound that has more definition and growl while still maintaining the feeling of a low-gain crunch.
Bass knob controls just that...bass...up until 4:00 or so, when there is a distinctive mid-cut feature. The bass becomes heavy and the mids drop out almost completely. Instant scoopage. If you turn the bass up all the way and then back off until you hear the mids cut back in, you get a nice scooped tone with a mean growl underneath (especially with the mid switch at the + position)
Mid switch: - o + positions. This switch is more than just a mid cut. It changes the voicing of the amp. - emphasizes low mids, o is neutral, and + adds a load of mids and harmonics leap out of the amp with a throaty growl.
This amp will do anything you need. Sounds fantastic!




