Description
Bad Cat built the Lynx to answer a specific challenge: how do you give high gain players punchy, quick-reacting low end for palm muting, cutting top end that never turns harsh, and midrange with real complexity — all while keeping the gain crushing and the noise floor silent? The result is this 1×12 combo, hand-assembled in Costa Mesa, California with Bad Cat’s custom hand-wound transformers.
The Lynx offers two distinct voices. Channel 1 spans gritty, crunchy cleans up through 80’s thrash territory, while Channel 2 delivers an ultra-modern high gain tone with massive presence that stays revealing rather than muddy. A reengineered Lo/Hi switch unlocks a new gain-stage architecture unique to this amp, giving you percussive, heavy saturation with strong string-to-string articulation. A uniquely designed, adjustable noise gate (patent applied for) keeps things quiet, and a buffered active effects loop lets your pedalboard run through transparently.
- 50 watts from 2 EL34 power tubes and 4 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Two channels with independent Gain and Volume, shared Bass/Mid/Treble
- Lo/Hi gain switch plus two-button footswitch (included) for channel and Lo/Hi switching
- Global Master Volume and Presence controls
- Built-in adjustable noise gate and buffered FX loop
- Individual speaker outputs (4, 8, 16, 2×4, 2×8 ohms) plus line out
- Baltic Birch cabinet construction
- Head dimensions: 20.75″ W x 10.375″ D x 10″ H, 31 lbs
- 3-year limited warranty
Designed from the ground up to sound like nothing else in the Bad Cat lineup, the Lynx is a stage-ready 50-watt amp suited to venues where you need headroom, gain, and clarity in equal measure.
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