The Hot Cat has been Bad Cat's high-gain amp for more than 25 years, and the Hot Cat 50 is its newest form: a redesigned 50-watt power section with two EL34s, two channels and a Lo/Hi mode switch. It's the widest-ranging amp in the line, covering country cleans through modern high gain.
The clean channel in Lo mode gives glassy American-style cleans, and Hi mode pushes a Tele into bright, biting country lead. The second channel is voiced closer to a JCM-style circuit, with classic eighties rock crunch around two o'clock on the gain, and Hi mode takes it into harder rock and metal. Each channel has its own gain and volume, sharing a Treble, Middle and Bass circuit, with a global master and presence.
It's built as the centre of a serious rig, with reverb, a buffered loop that takes pedals or rack gear, a line out, and 4, 8 and 16 ohm outputs. A cover comes with it. The Hot Cat 50 combo puts the same amp over a custom Bad Cat Celestion.
SPECIFICATIONS
AMPLIFIER
Power: 50 Watts
Power Tubes: 2 x EL34
Preamp Tubes: 4 x 12AX7
Transformers: Custom Wound Bad Cat Transformers
Channels: 2 (Clean and OD)
Modes: 2 (Lo and Hi)
CONTROLS
Shared TMB EQ Circuit
Independent Gain and Volume Per Channel
Global Master Volume and Presence
Studio Quality Reverb
Footswitch: Two Button (Channel and Mode)
CONNECTIONS
Buffered FX Loop
Individual Speaker Outputs: 4, 8, 16 ohm
Line Out
CHASSIS
Country of Origin: USA (Designed and Built in Costa Mesa, CA)
Cabinet: Baltic Birch
Dimensions: 20.75" (W) x 10.25" (D) x 10.5" (H)
Included: Cover
Warranty: 5-year Limited Warranty
