Bad Cat Amps Vs Matchless. Both excell at what they do, and honestly are hard to beat. Overall, i still prefer the big block 50 and 100 watt bad cats over the smaller combos for headroom and versatility.
From my research it seems that the black cat has a tighter low end, a little smoother, and is a little more suited for higher gain sounds. The hot cats sparked my interest since they have a high gain od/dist. Also matchless vs bad cat say comparisons of the dc30 (or other models both companies do that are the same) thanks & look forward to the input.
Early bad cats are built to those same standards, and i think the current ones are too.
Two amazing amps from bad cat that love teles more than anything else! I have recorded 2 bad cat amps, a hot cat 30r, and a 15 watt. Before dropping the $ for one of these amps i'd definatly want to play them first. Comparing it to the matchless, it is virtually identical (all were the original '4 input' models) except, to my ears the matchless was slightly more 'vintage' sounding while the bad cat had a little more 'hifi top end sparkle' if you can.