Bad Cat Lynx......

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PiggySmallz said:
It sounds good. Not a tone I tend to go for but I think this is the sound @napalmdeath was referring to. I have it in my amp too. Its like the lows are detached from the rest of the EQ spectrum and then youre left with scratchy mids and highs that are tough to dial in effectively. Ill post a clip that I recorded last year through a Mesa IR.
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The lows are big and bouncy. Even boosted, I couldn't get them tight, (and with the absurd amount of gain), a boost, (I tried several), didn't really get along with it. The lows were either overbearing, or too thin - there was no middle ground. Terrible sweep, if you can call it that. I think it's an amp that needs a couple overhaul in the gain, and EQ section. Mids were "odd", and generally unpleasant. The $900 Indonesian Archon 50 sounds way better.
 
This was the best I could do on the Lynx for a mix. Granted I was mixing it with a SLO for science so it was dialed in with a little more mids, but it has this weird mid eq that I can't unhear. I'm including a random clip of a ground zero modded triple rec rev g for reference. Didn't have the amp pushed very hard from my reamp box and neither amp was boosted.






This last clip is the ground zero triple rec rev g mixed with a neural slo 100x plugin

 
Sounds better than any Mesa or PRS amp Ive ever played and not half bad :dunno:
 
Its hard to tell because phones cut out a lot of the frequencies. Its not a bad amp by any stretch it just isn't really a tone that is easily usable out of the box or that is overly exciting. Ola's video is probably rhe most accurate to what I hear in the room but he must've done post processing to edit out some of the weird mid sizzle
 
PiggySmallz said:
Its hard to tell because phones cut out a lot of the frequencies. Its not a bad amp by any stretch it just isn't really a tone that is easily usable out of the box or that is overly exciting. Ola's video is probably rhe most accurate to what I hear in the room but he must've done post processing to edit out some of the weird mid sizzle
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Right on but edit or no edit it sounds badass in the clip.... and Ola was dead set on buying one too....... ahem ahem as said as well and nvm Tosin Abasi traded up to a Bad Cat Lynx 50 doing away with his AxeFx rig being able to afford anything really......


Idk hell I wasnt even set on buying a new amp and just tried it to be honest because it was the only other high gain amp in the room other than an EVH 5150 lll and a Mesa something.......


IMO the Gibson had a lot to do with it and it was a stock Standard 50s........ but otherwise the amp was pretty marvelous, plenty of thump, crunch and tight tracking, tracing and attack on its own...... no pedals needed with ample gain, plenty of headroom and a useful eq with plenty of range nvm the superb on board noise gate.


Things just a beast and pretty much a Lamborghini Huracan of an amp IMO.
 
Hard to explain but its different gain stages dont just offer great clean tones but they really take you to different ranges and levels and to new grounds when it comes to gain in general.......


If you havent tried one definitely worth checking out and I know what my next amp will be.......


MIA/Made in USA too ^_^


 
Linx owner here......This is a matter of taste.....I love the harmonic content of the Lynx much better than that clip of the triple rec..
I'm using a Ric 12 with my clean channel for a couple tunes.......Plenty of chime....

I'm not traditionally a high gain guy but wanted a high gain amp in my collection... I tend to go back to my old ways and dial in Marshall style crunch..
I saw the video with the guy cranking the gain with volume levels on 2 or 3! WTF! running a 50 watt amp with EL 34s on 3 with the gain cranked and wondering why it doesn't sound good? You gotta work that power amp a little! Start at 4 but aim for 5 or 6.......Yep it's gonna be loud...
I'm running mine with a Fryette Powerstation to mitigate the volume which also offers additional tone shaping... Never heard an amp I thought sounded really good on 2 or 3, but again, I mean no disrespect, to each their own, a matter of taste.... Metal guys really lean into preamps, but it ain't just about that. Part of tone shaping will always be the volume knob on a tube amp. Cool if you don't like the amps voicing but you gotta dial it in right to know...
 
napalmdeath said:
I hated that amp. It sounded nothing like Ola's video. Tight? Hell no. 7 gain stages is about 3 too many. The Lynx 50 has an insane amount of gain, it's flabby, loose, and just overbearing. I couldn't return it fast enough.
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Same here, it sounds like a can of bees
 
BDC said:
Linx owner here......This is a matter of taste.....I love the harmonic content of the Lynx much better than that clip of the triple rec..
I'm using a Ric 12 with my clean channel for a couple tunes.......Plenty of chime....

I'm not traditionally a high gain guy but wanted a high gain amp in my collection... I tend to go back to my old ways and dial in Marshall style crunch..
I saw the video with the guy cranking the gain with volume levels on 2 or 3! WTF! running a 50 watt amp with EL 34s on 3 with the gain cranked and wondering why it doesn't sound good? You gotta work that power amp a little! Start at 4 but aim for 5 or 6.......Yep it's gonna be loud...
I'm running mine with a Fryette Powerstation to mitigate the volume which also offers additional tone shaping... Never heard an amp I thought sounded really good on 2 or 3, but again, I mean no disrespect, to each their own, a matter of taste.... Metal guys really lean into preamps, but it ain't just about that. Part of tone shaping will always be the volume knob on a tube amp. Cool if you don't like the amps voicing but you gotta dial it in right to know...
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Pretty much all reasons I love it......


At low gain its pretty much like a modern take on a Marshall...... and handles like one too and sounds great..... with all the gain in the world on tap if you want pretty much....


Whats not to like :dunno:
 
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