The Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt is a Bad Cat amplifier. Close alternatives include the Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo and the Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop Combo. It pairs well with the Greer Royal Velvet and the Marshall Guv'nor.
Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt
Bad Cat · amplifier
The Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-watt is a two-channel EL34 guitar amplifier head delivering clean and overdrive channels with American-voiced sensibility informed by the AC30 tradition. The clean channel offers airy, chimey clarity with rich upper-mid and high-end detail, while the drive channel produces high-mid bark and punchy overdrive with attack and note separation. At 45 watts through EL34 tubes it provides volume for medium to large stages. It has been associated with session guitarist Tim Pierce for its combination of pristine clean headroom and expressive, articulate drive character.
- mid
- clean
- airy
- hot
- presence
- punch
- clarity
- tube
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt is commonly used in
- Country
- Alternative Rock
- Rock
- Blues
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Indie Rock
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Jazz
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt
Greer Royal Velvet
Greer
25% matchGreer Royal Velvet's fuzzy fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
Marshall Guv'nor
Marshall
22% matchMarshall Guv'nor's mid-forward fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
Carl Martin PlexiTone
Carl Martin
21% matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Carl Martin PlexiTone gives it high gain to fill it with
Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser
Walrus Audio
17% matchPut Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser after Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt in the signal chain, clear of Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's own gain stage
Xotic SP Compressor
Xotic
11% matchXotic SP Compressor's mid-forward voice suits Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's own mid-forward character
Walrus Audio Mako R1 Reverb MkII
Walrus Audio
11% matchWalrus Audio Mako R1 Reverb MkII's ambient voice goes in Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's own mid-forward character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
EarthQuaker Devices Towers
EarthQuaker Devices
10% matchEarthQuaker Devices Towers's ambient voice goes in Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt's own mid-forward character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
NuX SSD-10
Nux
tonal matchNuX SSD-10 is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt gives it exactly that
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt?+
The closest matches in character are the Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo, the Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop Combo, the Bad Cat *PRE Order* Hot Cat Head.
What pairs well with the Bad Cat Hot Cat 45-Watt?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Greer Royal Velvet, Marshall Guv'nor, Carl Martin PlexiTone — Greer Royal Velvet's fuzzy fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own.