Bad Cat Jet Black 38W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

From its founding in 1999, Bad Cat Amplifiers has been committed to designing and building Class-A/cathode-biased amplifiers that took that classic architecture into new, higher-gain lands while still maintaining its classic sonic signature. The company has stuck with that philosophy through the years, most notably with the Black Cat series. The Bad Cat Jet Black head takes that approach and makes it louder, beefier and seriously turbo charged.

Dual-Channel Versatility

Whether you’re looking for that classic, chimey, cathode-biased shimmer or something with a more substantial level of grunt that still carries the rich harmonic content of Class-A construction, the Bad Cat Jet Black head takes you there. With the ability to switch from a spanky clean channel to an aggressive overdrive channel, you’re good from printing chime to full-blown sonic overload and all points in between. Each channel has a dedicated master volume control, so it’s easy to balance between the two. Bad Cat’s versatile 3-band EQ section enables you to dial in tone from subtle to extreme.

More Power!

One thing that Class-A designs are known for is the ability to be far louder than you’d expect from the rated wattage. It’s always amazing just how much volume the single pair of EL84 tubes in the Bad Cat Black Cat can pump out at their normal rating of 20W. The Bad Cat Jet Black head ups that tube complement to a quartet of EL84s, almost doubling the rated output to 38W. When we say this puppy can get loud enough to curl (or straighten, depending on what you’re starting with) your hair, we’re not just joking. And, even when you’re not trying to rip a hole in the fabric of reality, that extra power?and the headroom it provides?makes for an expanded dynamic range and an increased sensitivity to your individual touch on the strings.