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Joe L
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I have been building amps for myself since the '80s. If it is a common vintage Fender or Marshall design, it is easy and fairly cheap to build a great sounding repro. There are a lot of resources and parts available that match the quality of the originals.
In the case of the Badcat, I believe those are true point to point amps with a strong VOX AC30 lineage. They don't usually use negative feedback so the transformer, component selections and layout are going to be very important to the end result.
Whenever I have built an amp, my goal was for it to sound good. If it did, and did not sound just like the original, SO MUCH THE BETTER!!
..Joe L
Mesa Mark III repro (in ~'86)
Mesa Caliber .50 (in ~'87)
Soldano SLO repro #1 (1999)
Soldano X88R repro #1 (1999)
'63 VibroVerb repro ('97)
'64 VibroVerb repro (2011)
'64 Deluxe Reverb repro (2010)
Marshall 2550 (2012)
In the case of the Badcat, I believe those are true point to point amps with a strong VOX AC30 lineage. They don't usually use negative feedback so the transformer, component selections and layout are going to be very important to the end result.
Whenever I have built an amp, my goal was for it to sound good. If it did, and did not sound just like the original, SO MUCH THE BETTER!!
..Joe L
Mesa Mark III repro (in ~'86)
Mesa Caliber .50 (in ~'87)
Soldano SLO repro #1 (1999)
Soldano X88R repro #1 (1999)
'63 VibroVerb repro ('97)
'64 VibroVerb repro (2011)
'64 Deluxe Reverb repro (2010)
Marshall 2550 (2012)
