Matchless & Bad Cat

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garfy said:

miserneil said:

Good stuff @garfy! It’s just that bit far for me not to get down there....but I want to try out the K Master BadCats and the Satellite stuff they have in...it’ll be an expensive trip no doubt

I left my wallet in the car as not to make any rash or rushed decisions....I’ll be back ASAP 
The K Master is fantastic @miserneil, preamp almost wide open in their guitar room, Sounded huge but controlled, preamp down k master up.....clean notes hitting you in the chest

Stop it @garfy, stop it....

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A new DC30 is £4,495.

Shit. The. Bed.

pmg

miserneil said:

A new DC30 is £4,495.

Shit. The. Bed.

And a new lightning is £2,695!  Yowser!

stickyfiddle

garfy said:

miserneil said:

Good stuff @garfy! It’s just that bit far for me not to get down there....but I want to try out the K Master BadCats and the Satellite stuff they have in...it’ll be an expensive trip no doubt

I left my wallet in the car as not to make any rash or rushed decisions....I’ll be back ASAP 
The K Master is fantastic @miserneil, preamp almost wide open in their guitar room, Sounded huge but controlled, preamp down k master up.....clean notes hitting you in the chest

Can confirm all of this. They’re masterful amps

Chester

ToneControl said:

extra wear on what? Your back certainly!!!!

I have a DC30
I did have an Independence head and cab, which was only slightly easier to move

What cab did you use with the Indy head @ToneControl?

I brought mine used from Geoff at World Guitars a few years ago .. yours perchance? No loop and in as new condition ...

garfy

Update...
Following a 2nd trip to Coda, i tried the Bad Cat Cub III Legacy version with Kmaster and a 2nd hand Black Cat without Kmaster....Both were gorgeous but for me the CubIII ticked all boxes...as Doug put it the hand wired amps against the USA player series (which i'd tried previously) just "had a bit more of everything"...so collection will be hopefully weds..weather permitting.

Cheers for the advice guys

Pics to follow once its "in da house"

pmg

The black cat will be hand wired wont it?

garfy

pmg said:

The black cat will be hand wired wont it?

Yes the Black Cat is hand wired too, i tried a USA Player series cub a few weeks ago thats was superb too...PCB board version with SS rectifier.

sweepy

I love my Bad Cat Hot Cat 30R, sounds awesome with a Strat and with a little judicious tweaking the Les Paul roars nicely.  This replaced my Axe-Fx, that’s all I need to say tbh, fantastic vfm used but get a chiropractor

https://i.imgur.com/fAtkLMO.jpg

stickyfiddle

Wisdom awarded. Welcome to the cub, ahem, club

garfy

stickyfiddle said:

Wisdom awarded. Welcome to the cub, ahem, club

  Such a versatile amp the Cub...maybe loosing a few pedals me thinks 

Aidanspaghetti

Both myself and @rocktrout of this parish are dyed in the wool Matchless converts (Chieftain and Sc30 respectively). Trouty also lurves the Bad cats - havent tried em myself but I have heard Mr rocktrout  knock it out of the park with his....
1st world problems huh?!

monkey42

I’ve just become the proud owner of a king cobra combo and can attest it’s absolutely awesome. It’s built like a tank as well (weighs like one as well). Superbly crafted amp

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Aidanspaghetti said:

Both myself and @rocktrout of this parish are dyed in the wool Matchless converts (Chieftain and Sc30 respectively). Trouty also lurves the Bad cats - havent tried em myself but I have heard Mr rocktrout  knock it out of the park with his....
1st world problems huh?!

'Trouty' has got my old, original BadCat, small world  

HoraceB

Total Bad Cat man here, love my 2004 Hot Cat Combo 30r (has a tube buffered fx loop), can pretty much get any sound going from it. In a perfect world, I would have separate head and cab due to weight plus a Black Cat 30r head for that one sound I cant get from the Hot Cat 

While I'm here does anybody know where you can get the small bulbs for the  Bad Cat logo from?

https://i.imgur.com/IjoDcM8.jpg

pmg

My rig is a black cat 30r and a classic deluxe -love it!  Occasionally used a matchless lightning which seems to love my Les Paul 

robmac5150

i had a Matchless Chieftain combo. Weighed a ton but hands down the best amp i ever had (and i have had a LOT). Gutted i sold it tbh

andy1839

sted said:

Never tried a badcat but gigged a Matchless Independence for years, absolute tank of an amp, sounded great past halfway with the master pushed in to open it up further but as pointed out sounded garbage at low volume, don't know what it was but just fizzed out completely, they really need to breathe.
Really miss that Matchless sound, if a decent 1x12 combo came up I think I'd be finding it difficult to pass up.

Here’s your Independence transplanted into a 112, revalved with nos mullards and a set of new power valves it sounds great at low volume. 
Definitely best turned up though. 

Still weighs a ton.

http://i66.tinypic.com/1znooci.jpg