Bad Cat Cub 2 112 Combo

The simple the better - the features on this Cub 2 are straight forward: Volume / Master Volume / Treble / Bass / Cut / Reverb. This is a reverb version of the Cub 2. Also includes a switch that bypasses the tone stack totally and a bypass for the master volume (a la old school single volume Vox).

This thing is so sweet it'll make you cream your pants! The clean sound is to die for - and a nice change if you're used to the classic Blackface sound as I once was. Humbuckers sound amazing CLEAN and single coils exhibit a clean sound so delicious. Full, warm, squishy bottom end, a round and deep mid range, and a punchy "chimey" top end. You can crank the volume slightly before break up and get some slight compression (thank you 5AR4) that adds alot of character to the tone. The Cub 2 is not a high gain affair on its own - with master Volume maxed and Volume at 12 noon, you get a nice break up. Push the volume to 5pm and a beautiful power distortion comes in. Extremely smooth, nice midrange, very warm bottom, and a slightly aggressive top end. It's hard to describe but overall a very "warm" tone (or you could say a very Vintage tone). With the amp running flat out, the rectifier adds a nice touch of compression to harder attacks and adds that something special to the dynamics of the amp that you can't get from the standard SS rectifiers...now I know why some people are so die hard for tube recitifer amps!

Pedals? this baby loves stomp boxes. very quiet too. I must HIGHLY recommend you get your favorite boost/overdrive pedal and use it with this amp. when using a clean boost to push the overdrive on this amp you get all the distortion you need and then some (except for you numetal heads). Power distortion was sweet before, add in a TS808 or KLON centaur - holy smokes.

No problems yet. I play this at max volume pretty often.

Called up one day and asked a question - was quickly and patiently answered by a guy there.

I had my doubts about boutique amps and the whole PTP debate, but after owning SO many PCB mass-produced amps, including several higher priced Fenders, and a Peavey, I see there is a difference. Even when I compare my Badcat Cub 2 to other boutique amps like the Dr. Z Route 66 head I used to own, it seems like the Badcat is in a class above.

Very basic setup, 2 inputs, volume, bass, treble, cut, master(push-pull), single channel 15 watter with el84's and 12ax7's. This single channel amp is an awesome class "A" tone machine. Fifteen class "A" watts is loud enough for me to compete with a drummer and 2 horn players standing in close proximity to me. In medium sized clubs this amp would not be loud enough without a soundman and a mic. I have to give the amp a nine here, the tone controls are tuned SO nicely, you have to hear it to beleive it.

Beautiful sounds that make you want to play for days, I use mine with a Tom Anderson Classic T and a Hollow T. I have not played it with humbuckers yet, I prefer single coils. It's clean is sweeter than a Fender and it's distortion is so beautiful and musical it must be heard. The cabinet size and speaker work very well together, the sound of this amp has such dimension to it, you don't need reverb, it has so much depth already. The amp is quiet even when dimed and it works well with pedals. I think the amp is best suited for roots rock, country, blues, jazz, just not anything too modern, the harder stuff. I have been fortunate to play a lot of great amps and this amp is INCREDIBLE sounding. You must play it, most importantly FEEL it, VERY inspiring. What more can you really ask for?

I have not owned it long enough to know, but Mark Sampson's reputation is to build products that last. I have had no problems.

If you call the company , the president of Bad Cat will probably answer the phone. He was very friendly and enthusiastic. I haven't really needed anything to properly evaluate there service.

If something happened to mine I would RUN out to buy another. Set the tone controls where you like, turn the volume up to 10 and use your guitar volume to dial in whatever you need. EL84's just sound so great!! This is my first point-to-point handwired amp and WOW!! what a F@#$!%g difference. My second choice was a Dr. Z MAZ 18, nice amp but not as impressive as the Cub 2, my 3rd choice would have been an Alessandro Working Dog Boxer. When you get into the $1500 price range the truth is a lot of amps sound REALLY great, the Cub 2 just has that extra something that says "play me, play me, play me". What else is there to ask of an instrument. This amp is an instrument, you use your guitar to PLAY this amp as opposed to the amp making your guitar louder.

I have been playing for about 15 yrs., I have been getting paid for the last 10 yrs. I have no problem with spending a little more for music equipment, I prefer to pay the extra $ for quality. Nothing sucks more than doing gigs and having your gear go down or sound cheezy.

I am fortunate enough to play about 100 gigs a year, mostly with a 10 peice band, occasionally I do some casuals, jazz gigs and singer songwriter rock stuff. Throw in a little recording here and there and that's my gig. This amp is a perfect choice to handle all of those duties. By the way, it doesn't break my back. It is very solid for a 1x12.

I would not recommend this amp for the beginner , most Class "A" type amps need more finesse from a more experienced player.

No BS, if you are into great guitar tones, this is one amp you should definitely try. Enjoy!!