frankyandreas
Inspired
Trying this block out for the first time today. Really addictive.
I've been listening to a lot of Kurt Ballou produced bands (Converge, Cult Leader, etc.) and I know he uses Badcat amps so I thought I'd see what it's all about. Whoa, that amp is huge and cuts like hell! I will say the speaker resonant frequency sounds strange at 63hz especially with the resonance defaulting to 8.3. I raised the res. freq to 93.5hz and dropped the resonance to about 7ish and it sounds incredible. Crank the mids to almost max and play, it's insane. My new favorite amp (of the moment haha)
I think the control changes from a hi cut to presence when you add negative feedback.
Pretty much exactly what I do with that model (which, with the real deal, is all about cranking the mids), and it slays!I've been listening to a lot of Kurt Ballou produced bands (Converge, Cult Leader, etc.) and I know he uses Badcat amps so I thought I'd see what it's all about. Whoa, that amp is huge and cuts like hell! I will say the speaker resonant frequency sounds strange at 63hz especially with the resonance defaulting to 8.3. I raised the res. freq to 93.5hz and dropped the resonance to about 7ish and it sounds incredible. Crank the mids to almost max and play, it's insane. My new favorite amp (of the moment haha)
Pretty much exactly what I do with that model (which, with the real deal, is all about cranking the mids), and it slays!
Hmm, I wouldn't be able to comment having never played the real deal but is there any possibility there are discrepancies between models? Hopefully cliff can chime in!Yeah, I know. But I'm puzzled as to whether the model may be "wrong" because of a bad setting of the negative feedback or not. And, like I said, even with the low cut at 450Hz, there is a lot of bass there. Seems odd.
The Hot Cat I remember had this great low-mid growl to it. That's what made me want a Tele for it. It rolled off the shrillness of the bridge pickup and turned it into all the girth you'd ever want, but with the bite that you expect from a Tele. Without some pretty big tweaks, I'm not getting that out of the AFX version. Not that it doesn't sound good in some respects, just not like what I remember.
Cliff modeled very sharp, very low-frequency peak in the speaker impedance curve, which exactly what he measured on the real deal.
It models the speaker impedance, so it's based on the speaker.Interesting! Mine was the Matchless-modified Celestion Vintage 30, and the only mod to it was a proprietary treatment of the cone or cone edge. Is the measurement made based on the speaker, or the output transformer?
The Low Cut (high pass) parameter is a function of the amp, not the speaker.Would you also happen to know about the 450Hz high pass filter in the power amp and the high cut/Onfb instead of a Brilliance control?
Interesting! Mine was the Matchless-modified Celestion Vintage 30, and the only mod to it was a proprietary treatment of the cone or cone edge. Is the measurement made based on the speaker, or the output transformer?
Would you also happen to know about the 450Hz high pass filter in the power amp and the high cut/Onfb instead of a Brilliance control?
Wow!!!! The minor tweaks you suggest, really bring a nice roar to this amp!! I played a "real" bad cat a few years back, when I was stand-in in a local band, and when I did your tweak and put in my own cabs, it instantly took me back to all the wonderful memories from that tour!! It's def gonna be my new go-to amp for overdubs! Hint, a fuzz in front really exaggerates the roar in a kool way!!
I had a Samson-era Hot Cat 30. First amp that made me want a Tele.
I gotta say, I'm not getting the same success with the AFX model. It feels very mid-scooped and boomy. And the boomy part surprises me, because the power amp low cut is set to 450Hz.
I It certainly worked in the same way as a presence control...treble increased as I turned it up, unlike a hi cut unless the pot was wired backward.
The amp has a Hi Cut but it's labeled Brilliance. It's wired backwards so turning it CW gets brighter.
It certainly worked in the same way as a presence control...treble increased as I turned it up, unlike a hi cut unless the pot was wired backward.