Bad Cat Black Cat 20W Head + Matching 1x12 Cabinet with Footswitch and Cover — Excellent Condition

Incredible clarity with a powerful growl when pushed. Purchased used in early 2025 and enjoyed exclusively at home. Lightly used, well cared for. Comes with original footswitch and Bad Cat cover.

The Bad Cat Black Cat is one of the most celebrated boutique amp releases in recent memory — Premier Guitar Magazine gave it their Premier Gear Award for good reason. This is the complete matched stack: the 20-watt head, matching 1x12 open-back cabinet loaded with the proprietary Celestion Bad Cat V30, two-button footswitch, and original cover. All in excellent condition.

New retail: $2,099 (head) + $699 (cabinet) = $2,798 combined. Offered here as a complete matched stack at $1,799.

Head Specs:

• 20 Watts — cathode bias pair of EL84 power tubes
• 3 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
• 2 independent channels with individual Gain and Volume
• Shared Bass, Treble, Cut
• Studio quality reverb
• Bias-modulated tremolo
• Buffered FX loop
• Line out for IR loader or wet/dry rig
• Individual speaker outputs: 4, 8, 16, 2x4, 2x8 ohms
• Custom hand-wound Bad Cat transformers
• Designed and built in Costa Mesa, California
• Baltic Birch cabinet construction

Cabinet Specs:

• 1x12 open-back design
• Loaded with proprietary Celestion Bad Cat V30
• 60W handling, 8 ohms
• Baltic Birch construction
• Taurus tolex, gold weave grille cloth — matches head perfectly

Includes:

• Two-button footswitch (channel select and tremolo)
• Original cover

This amp is remarkably loud for 20 watts with enough headroom to play with a live drummer. Channel 1 delivers the classic Black Cat voice — bright, clear, immediate, complex in the mids. Channel 2 pushes further into breakup territory. The bias-modulated tremolo is genuinely musical, not an afterthought.

Local pickup available in Glenview, IL.