6/3/2023 0 Comments Badcat tonecat comboIt is something you don’t see often on an EL84 powered amp and it really allowed us to dial the amp into different pedals and guitars with just the adjustment of that knob. Our favorite feature was the presence knob. The 4th got a little flabby and muddy with the Washburn and the bridge humbucker on the G&L. The tone selector knob sounded great in the first three positions. We tested the amp with a G&L ASAT Bluesboy and a Vintage Washburn WP-50 (LP Copy). We loved the amp on the edge of breakup with the volume at 10:00 and the Master at 3pm. The amp does not have a ton of clean headroom and you can actually get some power tube breakup with the master cranked. ![]() Upon firing it up we noticed that there was no standby switch which could cause problems for worship guitarists who play multiple services/times during the service and like to switch their amp into standby. The tolex, knobs, jacks, speaker and control panels all rival what you would see in a $1200-$1500 amp. Even though it was not as heavy as their high end American made counterpart there is some definite durability in the cabinet. Upon first inspection we were impressed with the weight. ![]() We purchased ours on eBay and it came well packaged and secure. ![]() Over the past two years the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and now that they are discontinued are popping up everywhere for prices as low as $500 so we decided to give one a shot. In fact the series has been discontinued. It has been a while since Bad Cat and Hanser Music jointly release the Cougar Series.
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