Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat 50 Head Valve Amp

THE HOT CAT 50

When Inspiration Strikes, the Sound Follows.

Introducing the Mod Shop Hot Cat 50—rewired, re-voiced, and reborn with a level of ferocity and flexibility that has never existed in a Hot Cat before. Now pushing a full 50 watts of blooming, punch-first power, this new generation is bigger, bolder, and staggeringly more versatile than any amp in its class. Strike a chord and you’ll feel it immediately: greater openness, richer harmonic depth, visceral punch, and a smooth, musical response from every control

More Power. More Punch. More Bloom. More Soul.

Bad Cat opened up the midrange, expanded the tone stack, and rebuilt the presence circuit with the musicality it always deserved. The clean channel now shimmers, breathes, and blooms—and in High mode, it transforms into that unmistakable cranked-AC / pushed-JTM voice players have chased for decades.

Flip to the drive channel and the Hot Cat 50 becomes something else entirely: a fire-breathing, high-gain preamp with the clarity and note separation only Bad Cat can deliver. Gain Low gives you that classic 80’s era British authority. Gain High engages an additional tube gain stage for a tight, punchy, modern roar with vintage heart.

Four Voices. One Fearless Identity.

• Clean Low – Big, glassy American clean
• Clean High – Cranked AC / JTM-style breakup and bite
• Gain Low – British rock crunch with unmatched touch sensitivity
• Gain High – Refined high-gain authority with Bad Cat’s signature note separation

From pristine sparkle to modified aggression, the Hot Cat 50 is built to be the heart of your entire rig.

Made for Players Who Need Range

• The live pro who jumps from clean ambience to soaring leads
• The studio guitarist chasing American cleans, British chime, and tight high-gain in one session—without swapping amps
• The modeler player who’s ready to level up

The Hot Cat 50 is powerful enough for any venue, controlled enough for any room, and expressive enough for any genre.

A Modern Classic—Reborn

It stands confidently among the greats… but its voice is unmistakably Bad Cat. This isn’t a simple redesign; it’s a rebirth. It’s the Hot Cat we’ve all been waiting for.