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The Hot Cat 50 is the most wide-ranging amp in the Bad Cat lineup. It comfortably covers everything from classic country and rock to high-gain metal—and it does it with jaw-dropping accuracy. It’s also loaded with real-world features players actually need, including an effects loop, onboard reverb, a direct line-out, and a two-button footswitch. Designed to be the centerpiece of a serious rig, it takes pedals and rack effects with ease. 

Plug a single-coil guitar into the clean channel in Lo mode and the amp delivers glassy, American-style cleans you’ve heard on records for decades. Switch to Hi mode and a Telecaster pushes it into Paisley-style country lead tones—bouncy, articulate, and full of bite. Swap the Tele for a Les Paul, leave the settings alone, and the sound shifts into mid-forward, percussive classic rock territory—the kind of punchy rhythm tone you’d expect from an AC/DC record.

The second channel is voiced more like a classic JCM-style circuit, with plenty of crunch and aggression to firmly land in 1980s rock. With the gain around 2 o’clock, the tones sit squarely in classic arena rock territory. Flip the mode switch to Hi and the amp gets even more menacing—with modded high-gain tones perfect for harder rock and metal.

Specifications

• Designed and Built in Costa Mesa CA
• Custom Wound Bad Cat Transformers
• 50 Watts
• 2 x EL34 Power Tubes
• 4 x 12ax7 Preamp Tubes
• 2 Channels – Clean and OD
• 2 Modes – Lo and Hi
• Shared TMB EQ Circuit
• Independent Gain and Volume Per Channel
• Global Master Volume and Presence
• Studio Quality Reverb
• Buffered FX Loop
• Individual Speaker Outputs (4, 8, 16 ohm)
• Custom Bad Cat 12” Celestion speaker
• Line Out
• Baltic Birch Cabinet
• Two Button Footswitch (Channel and Mode)
• Cover Included
• 5-year Limited Warranty
• Width: 23.75”
• Depth: 10.25”
• Height: 19”