Bad Cat MOD SHOP Mark Samson Edition Black Cat 30 Guitar Amp Head

The first release from the new Bad Cat Mod Shop is here—and it carries the fingerprints of a legend. In early 2024, Mark Sampson—co-founder of the boutique amp movement and the mind behind some of the most iconic designs in the industry—returned to Bad Cat. One of the projects he chose to revisit was the Black Cat. What followed is a brilliant revision of one of our award-winning amplifiers.

Mark had a way of seeing deeper into a circuit -- of knowing what to change, and what not to—guided by a lifetime of experimentation, invention, and obsessive pursuit of tone. The Mod Shop Black Cat 30 is one of the final chapters in that story: a handcrafted, limited-edition amplifier that blends the roots of Bad Cat with a new big, bold voice.

Designed and Built in Costa Mesa, California
Modded by Mark Sampson
Custom Hand-wound Bad Cat Transformers
30 Watts
4 – EL84 Power Tubes
3 – 12AX7 Tubes
2 Channels
Independent Gain and Volume per Channel
Shared Bass, Treble, Cut
Studio Quality Reverb
Bias-Modulated Tremolo
Buffered FX Loop
Individual Speaker Outputs (4, 8, 16, 2x4, 2x8 ohms), Line Out
Two Button Footswitch: Channel Select and Tremolo
Baltic Birch Cabinet
31 lbs Head Weight
Two Button Footswitch Included