Tone Shepherd // 🐈⬛ BAD CAT TONE CAT 🐈⬛ // Capture Demo
Tone Shepherd Bad Cat Tone Cat captures for ToneX and Quad Cortex are available on my website:
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This 2005 Bad Cat Tone Cat is a very rare amp from the glory days of Bad Cat. The Tone Cat is not just a 2 channel amplifier, it is actually two completely separate amps in one chassis! The “Clean” side is the same as the 12AX7 channel on a Black Cat (think DC30) and the “Gain” side is the dirty side of a Hot Cat, which offers complex driven and crunchy lead tones. The two sides can also be mixed together and the order can be swapped as well. There are tones galore in this amp and it will have me exploring it for a long time to come!
PRESETS
VERSION 1 (V1)
The “Black Cat” / Clean side of the Tone Cat. These presets are designed to be my go-to all around presets for a variety of guitars but sound particularly good with humbuckers. These presets are dialed in a touch brighter than my AC30, Clubman and Prosonic.
• TS TCAT V1 D AC - 1
• TS TCAT V1 D AC - 2
• TS TCAT V1 D AC - 3
• TS TCAT V1 D AC - 4
• TS TCAT V1 D BC - 1
• TS TCAT V1 D BC - 2
• TS TCAT V1 D BC - 3
• TS TCAT V1 D BC - 4
• TS TCAT V1 S AC - 1
• TS TCAT V1 S AC - 2
• TS TCAT V1 S AC - 3
• TS TCAT V1 S AC - 4
• TS TCAT V1 S BC - 1
• TS TCAT V1 S BC - 2
• TS TCAT V1 S BC - 3
• TS TCAT V1 S BC - 4
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PRESET NAMING
CHARACTER
V1 Tonally based around humbuckers
GAIN STAGES
1 Clean*
2 Edge of Breakup
3 Crunch
4 Overdriven
*The Clean “1” Presets are not unique Tone Models so you’ll only find the “1” captures as “Presets”. I took the “2” Tone Model and turned the Gain down and turned the Model Volume up to compensate.
MICROPHONES
S Single Mic – Shure 545SD
D Dual Mics – Shure 545SD + Audio Technica AT4081
SPEAKER/CAB
AC VOX AC30 2X12 Cabinet with Celestion G12M Greenback Speaker
BC Bad Cat 1X12 Extension Cab with Bad Cat Modified V30 Speaker
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🎸 GUITARS 🎸
Elliott Warhawk P40
Duesenberg Starplayer TV https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5grqd2
Squire J Mascis Jazzmaster https://sweetwater.sjv.io/g10rEA
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Temple Audio Trio 28 Pedalboard https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9ejaP
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Slow Gear Electronics Pedalboard Headphone Amp with Aux Input
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SECTIONS
00:00 Intro & Overview
05:27 DRY SAMPLES
05:53 TS TCAT V1 D AC - 1
06:28 TS TCAT V1 D AC - 2
07:00 TS TCAT V1 D AC - 3
07:27 TS TCAT V1 D AC - 4
08:30 My Favorite Capture
08:55 TS TCAT V1 D BC - 1
09:36 TS TCAT V1 D BC - 2
09:59 TS TCAT V1 D BC - 3
11:17 TS TCAT V1 D BC - 4
11:31 Bad Cat V30 Speaker Description
12:13 Single Mic Captures
12:41 TS TCAT V1 S AC - 1
13:15 TS TCAT V1 S AC - 2
13:41 Input Trim and Gain Staging
14:13 TS TCAT V1 S AC - 3
14:43 TS TCAT V1 S AC - 4
15:11 TS TCAT V1 S BC - 1
15:51 TS TCAT V1 S BC - 2
16:21 TS TCAT V1 S BC - 3
16:54 TS TCAT V1 S BC - 4
17:33 Stereo Amp Pairings
18:15 Tone Cat & AC30
20:51 Tone Cat & Prosonic
23:26 Tone Cat & Clubman
26:04 Tone Cat AC & Tone Cat BC
29:20 Closing Thoughts
