BadCat Cub Guitar Amplifiers - Great Tone At Any Volume!
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2022
- Here is what Bad Cat say about the Bad Cat 111 30 R
Bad Cat raises the bar and offers an update on the classic Cub circuit. The all new Cub III features
a switchable A or B valve in the first position pre-amp. You can select between 12AX7 or EF86
pre-amp tube by a toggle or foot switch. This new feature is drastically different sonically in gain
structure, and character from any previous Cub models. We have added a selectable gain on the
bass and treble tone stack to run hotter, or choose to stay in standard Cub mode. This feature can
be used as a classic gain boost. Combine this with the EF86 pre-amp and now you’re in territory
previously unavailable from older Bad Cat Cub models. We have refined the reverb circuit to get a
deeper, fuller and more plate-like reverb. A two button foot switch is included. Button one controls
the selection of the EF86 or 12AX7 pre-amp. The second button offers the ability to punch in the
added gain on the tone stack. With the foot switch you can go from chiming clean to crunch, and all
the way to the wide open.
Patent Pending K Master®
Gain up the power amp section while leaving the pre-amp sparkling clean? Yes. Imagine getting a
full 15 watts of clean headroom out of a 15 watt amp, or a full 30 out of a 30. Turn down the master
volume to bedroom low all while maintaining your tone intact. Not only is this possible it’s also useful for guitar players.
Power amp gain is different than pre-amp gain. It feels, sounds and even looks different. Master
volume has always been misnamed. It should have been called master attenuation. Until now master volumes were unable to do anything, but attenuate. The drive to the power section was always
dependent on the drive coming from the pre-amp.
Now Bad Cat has figured out a way to separate the pre-amp from the power amp gain, and calling it
the K Master®. Before this you couldn’t drive the power amp hard without pushing the pre-amp into
saturation. The K Master® patent pending technology has allowed us to re-invent the concept of the
master volume. Bad Cat is now offering the K Master® in the Cub III Series.
Available with or without reverb.
Electronics
Power: 15 Watt Class A, 30 Watt Class A, 40 Watt Class A
Channels: One
Controls: Volume, EF86/12AX7 Toggle, Tone, Bass, Treble, Boost Switch, Reverb, Presence, K Master
Hardware
Available Configuration: Head Shell, 1x12 Combo
Cabinet Material: Head - Italian Poplar, Combos - 13 Ply Baltic Birch
Speaker Description: Head Shell: N/A Combo: 12” Bad Cat Proprietary Celestion Speaker
Impedance: Selectable 4, 8, 16 ohms
Power Tubes: 15 Watt - 2 EL84, 30 Watt - 4 EL84, 40 Watt - 2 EL34
Pre-Amp Channel 1: 12AX7 or EF86
Rectifier Tube: 15 Watt - GZ34, 30 Watt - GZ34, 40 Watt - Solid State
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.
Great tones as usual. When I worked at Peavey as an amp designer (2007-10, and no I was not responsible for the abomination call the Vypyr) there was a Bad Cat Hot Cat 30r in my office that was purchased before my time. Absolutely one of the best amps I’ve ever heard
Care to explain why you didn't like about the Vypyr series?
@@skillracoonful the initial release of that series was plagued with issues that needed to be reworked. They were a nightmare
I was a huge Peavey fan before they moved everything to China. Can you elaborate what amps your were involved with at Peavey?
@@chadhagene7665 I did the Masterpiece 50, Sensation 20, Studio 1.5, most of the artist mods while I was there. Some stuff for Satriani, Charlie Sexton, oversaw some of the Budda production, etc.
That sounds amazing! - I know a few years ago Badcat did something to the preamp. If I remember correctly a friend of the owner of Badcat who was an aerospace engineer took a quick look at the amp and said "I see the problem right here".
I enjoyed your video and how you demonstrated the sounds of the amp. That Badcat is damn good.
Wow. Great edge of break up and hellacious crunchy higher gain tones. Love it !
I know you guys didn't necessarily intend this to be a guitar tone channel but Paul's feel and sound on T-style guitars is something really I appreciate-especially with Vox-ish amps. Thanks for doing these rundowns as always!
Cool sound! I ended up with a Matchless Spitfire myself just last week. I like the simplicity of the Matchless spitfire, and there is MAGIC when you run the master all the way up, tone and volume around 1 o'clock.... this clean sustain thing that has some bite. I like what you mentioned about delays into the front of this style of circuit because I normally am one to always always always put a delay in the loop, but I love everything hitting the front.
Great demo of that amp . I have the cubiii 15 r and its outstanding .
Best BC demo I have seen!
Kickass demo! I’m actually thinking about one of these or a matchless lightning, so both of your demos are great to see. I still can’t decide, though 😂
The bad cat is more versatile but the Matchless will hold its value if you ever decide to sell.
The 3 minute mark it sounds like the worship stuff we listen to and the stuff my son plays at church, he plays a Cub 40 head through 1x12 Vintage 30. He uses a few guitars like a 1979 Greco Standard, Eastman "335" (forgot the actual model), Late 80's Greco SG Standard, Squire J. Mascis Jazzmaster and a G&L ASAT.
Sounds great. I had an early black cat. All matchless parts inside. Sounded fantastic but it didn’t have the k master as they do now so it was almost unusable live as far as volume. I got a newer black cat with k master….fantastic! These days sound guys want super low stage volume and it still sounds great!
Great tone man
Some of my dream tones.
really edge of breakup nice tones. will be keeping an eye out for one of these. Be good to hear an AB with the Player Series version.
Great great playing. I'm actually thinking about getting the Lynx-x
Fantastic, thoughtful, articulate demo. Only nitpick: I would’ve gotten a little more out of it using a Strat and humbucker-based guitar. Keep up
The great work!
I own a Bad Cat Cub 40r Players Series which is PCB and it sounds phenomenal!!!!
Superversatile and sounds deliciously gorgeous (and your exquisite playing helps quite a bit).
All thumbs up.
Now, if only it was half that price...
The USA Player Series of the Bad Cat would close to half the price of the hand wired series.
Good grief! Sounds phenomenal.
Sound wonderful….I’ll have to check em out looking for a small home amp…
it sounds amazing. beautiful clean and very nice driven tone. class A i'm guessing.
I'd be interested to get your take on Kemper as a tool - you could do an entire series on it - just an idea
Sounds great. Love to hear an AB with the Matchless!
I own both. I would say the BC is more polite, intoxicating. Matchless is raw, also intoxicating.Beautiful amps!
@@Macmax7077 I never had a Bad Cat amp but had the Bad Cat Celestion Speaker. I put it in my Matchless 3015 and indeed made it more “Polite”.
Have you tried comparing both amp with the same speaker?
@@daveandrew7014 Hi Andrew! Nope, I did not. But I played both thru a Retro30 and a Alnico cream and the BC still sounded more polite, but beautiful! AS a matter of fact, I am going to get another soon. Waiting for the Cub V.
@@Macmax7077 Wow I didn't know Cub V is in the making... Do you know what's the update on the V?
@@daveandrew7014 No really but when I talked to John about pulling the trigger for. Cub 30 (own a 15) he told me to wait a couple of months!
As mr Friedman said in one of his tone talks. He figures everyone can have everything they need with 4 amps. Fender blackface style, marshal/plexi style, vox/matchless style, and I wild card high gain/dumble/other)
I believe that the bad cat cubs are more similar to a lightning, where the bad cat black cat is the dc-30. That's what John at bad cat told me anyway. I know they're a similar preamp anyway
If you want an amplifier with soul, you have got to try a Magnatone Panoramic soon.
I want it, but I don't really need it. I've learned so much about amps and sh*t in the last year, it also helps my playing.
yep.. they cool
“Let’s switch on the boost”. *No immediately discernible difference*
But this thing sounds awesome and I’d love to get one.
You mentioned that you could put your delay pedals in front of the amp as the amps drive was so smooth. Do you think this would still hold true if you used an overdrive pedal instead of the amps drive?
Wow this is an amazing sounding amp! How far off is the new cub versus this in a comparison? Do they still have the k master? Could you achieve the same tones?
Very three dimensional sounding, even on YT. Great job!
Which speaker were you micing here? Looks like the combo speaker wasn't miced. Sounds great though!
What’s your opinion on the laney Cub amps? This sounds great but is rather expensive !
can you do comparsion of bluguitar amp 1 mercury and the bad cat
i have a mark Sampson era Cub IIR its the best amp i've ever owned.
I'm eyeing one of these right now!! Ugh.
Has anyone compared it with the new Cub IV? I have a BC or Matchless in mind
I was about to purchase a BC 30 today, someone showed up first, :(
How’s the clean headroom on this baby?? 😍
Have you tried Brunetti?
Paul..it sounds like u...through a Katana
how does it compare to Matchless lightning?
I'm looking at a cub ii 15r. Would it be a good bedroom amp? With gigs here and there?
If it has the k master circuit then yes. A 15. Watt valve amp is still very loud.
any chance you can do a hot cat
If they send one through I would.
These are all point to point hand wired ?
Not exactly. They have digital reverb and some other pcb board. Kinda makes it hard to buy a handwired series when it's not all hand wired. But what they handwired is high quality. It's mostly handwired on the preamp and power sections. Also on the tube sockets.
Would you guys recommend this or Matchless? They seem very similar but Matchless is a lot more expensive.
If you can afford a Matchless I’d get one. if not this does a fantastic job.
@@TheStudioRats Matchless it is then. Thanks.
Sadly these amps are no longer made like this
a few more guitars would have showcased the drive better