Bad Cat Cub 15r Review
Is this the best vox style amp ever?
I'll run this incredibly loud 1x12 through it's paces in this video.
In this review there's very Little talk and lots of playing. I Review and Unbox the Bad Cat Cub 15R Player Series and give you a lot of dynamics, and try to show you all the different features that this amplifier offers. I'll walk through a bunch of settings, play 12ax7, the ef86, the fat switch, the K-master, reverb, dynamics and at the end I'll tell you my thoughts. These are just my opinions, and I made this video only to be helpful to other guitarists! I heard a couple videos of this amp and thought it sounded ridiculously awesome, so I had to give it a whirl. I figured it it would turn me into a wonderful guitar player, but perhaps it was just another case of bad G.A.S. Luckily there is a cure and you can find redemption. It is called returning. If you're looking for a vox style guitar amplifier on a budget, this is NOT the amp for you. If you're looking for a great vox style amp, and you don't care about price, this amp MAY be for you. The 12ax7 on this sounds great, the whole range of the pre is useable, and it can dial in some really useful vox or matchless amp style guitar amp tones. It's cool. But it's not perfect. There are a lot of really cool things about this amp. I actually used to have a top hat, which was also really cool but I think this thing sounds even better. As I mention, I found the ef86, the fat switch, the odd digital reverb (which is cavernous, and not very realistic) all to be distractions. I in fact understand what the K master is supposed to do, but in reality, in practice, it didn't work like that for me. It's already insanely loud at 25%, what is the useful application of this, I wondered. If this amp was a simple 3 dial amp (volume, eq, and master) and it cost half the price, I would HIGHLY recommend it. But to me when it comes it gear like this, value is everything. I found this bad cat for a super cheap price, but it's still wasn't worth it in the end. I'm not knocking the amp, I think it's a matchless sound on a budget, and depending on your needs it might be perfect. Anyhow check it out for yourself and let me know your thoughts. Yeah so it's a cool british overdrive amp, with a strong identity, and it's neat, but I wouldn't be able to put it to use for my work necessarily.