The Bad Cat Hot Cat 45 is a boutique, American-built amplifier renowned for its exceptional touch sensitivity, massive dynamic range, and harmonically rich overdrive. Hand-built in Southern California with custom hand-wound transformers, it delivers everything from articulate cleans to aggressive high-gain tones across its two fully independent channels. Studio-quality reverb, a transparent buffered effects loop, and flexible speaker outputs make the Hot Cat 45 equally at home on stage or in the studio.

Condition: Excellent.

Model: Hot Cat 45 Head
Type: All-Tube Guitar Amplifier Head
Power Output: 45 Watts
Channels: 2
Power Tubes: 2 x EL34
Preamp Tubes: 4 x 12AX7
Transformers: Custom Hand-Wound Bad Cat Transformers
Gain Modes: Lo / Hi Gain (Footswitchable)
Controls: Independent Gain and Volume for Each Channel, Shared Bass, Mid, Treble, Global Master Volume, Presence
Reverb: Studio-Quality Reverb (Independently Tuned for Each Channel)
Effects Loop: Buffered FX Loop
Line Out: Yes
Speaker Outputs: 4 Ohm, 8 Ohm, 16 Ohm, 2 x 4 Ohm, 2 x 8 Ohm
Cabinet Construction: Baltic Birch
Footswitch: Two-Button Footswitch Included (Channel & Lo/Hi Gain Switching)
Weight: 31 lbs.