
Get Big, Inspiring Tone From the Bad Cat Player Series II Hot Cat Head 45w – 45 W
The Bad Cat Player Series II Hot Cat Head 45w is an amplifier built to help you get the tone you hear in your head — supplied as genuine Australian stock with local warranty. The award-winning Hot Cat was introduced in 2005 to great accolade.
Why You’ll Love It
- Get the tone you hear in your head — over time, subtle refinements were made, and the awards kept coming.
- Play at the right volume — as we are with the original, the time has come for a whole new Hot Cat.
- Shape your sound easily — we have learned over the last 20 years and applied it to this cutting edge reimagining of the Hot Cat.
- Built for gigs and practice — channel 1 features the signature Bad Cat sparkling clean tone with brilliant highs and abundant lows.
Key Features
Design & Materials
Bad Cat Amplifiers builds the Bad Cat Player Series II Hot Cat Head 45w to the manufacturer’s specification for regular use.
Performance Specs
- Switch 2 Button Footswitch: Channel and Lo/Hi Switches Indep
- Tubes: 4 x 12AX7
- Channel 1 features the signature Bad Cat sparkling clean tone with brilliant highs and abundant lows
- Channel 2 is a flame throwing high-gain channel with extraordinary string-to-string note definition and rich harmonic content
- We added a Lo/Hi selectable gain switch allowing Channel 1 to offer huge amounts of clean headroom or drive into 70's-like crunch tones and…
- In Channel 2, you can now toggle between two distinct flavors of gain from crunchy blues to metal
What’s Included
The Bad Cat Player Series II Hot Cat Head 45w as listed in the product name, with the manufacturer’s standard accessories. Ask our team if you need the exact box contents before ordering.
Perfect For
- Gigging guitarists and bassists
- Home and studio players
- Students and teachers
How It Stands Out
Power, speakers and channels are listed so you can match it to the rooms you play. Unlike grey imports, every amplifier we sell is genuine Australian stock with the official local manufacturer’s warranty, priced in AUD including GST. It is in stock at our Melbourne warehouse.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it loud enough for gigs?
See the wattage and speaker details in Performance Specs.
Can I use headphones?
If a headphone output is listed in the specs, yes.
Is the Bad Cat Player Series II Hot Cat Head 45w genuine Australian stock?
Yes. Every product is 100% genuine Australian stock with the official local manufacturer’s warranty.
How long does delivery take?
This item is in stock at our Melbourne warehouse and ships with StarTrack Express — free on orders over $500 AUD.
Technical Specifications
Need the full manufacturer specification sheet for this model? Ask our Melbourne gear desk on 0489 989 442 and we will send it through.
Australian Warranty & Support
This product is supplied with Bad Cat Amplifiers’s manufacturer warranty for Australian stock. Warranty length and terms vary by brand and model — contact us with the model and we will confirm the details before you order.
These benefits are in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. Accessories and consumable parts can carry different terms, and manufacturer terms can change, so check the official terms for your purchase date.
- Full official Australian manufacturer warranty with local repair centers.
- Australian Consumer Law (ACL) consumer guarantees apply to all purchases.
- Complimentary technical setup assistance via Melbourne gear desk.
Estimated Delivery
- Melbourne Metro
- 1 business day (same-day courier available)
- Sydney, Canberra & Brisbane Metro
- 1 – 2 business days (StarTrack Overnight)
- Adelaide & Hobart Metro
- 1 – 2 business days
- Perth & Darwin Metro
- 2 – 3 business days
- Regional & Remote Australia
- 2 – 4 business days
- New Zealand
- 3 – 7 business days
- Asia (selected countries)
- 5 – 10 business days
- Europe & United Kingdom
- 7 – 14 business days
- North & South America
- 7 – 14 business days
- Africa
- 10 – 20 business days
Orders placed before 2:00 PM AEST on business days are normally dispatched the same day. International delivery times are estimates from dispatch, and we confirm the international shipping cost before you pay. Import duties, taxes and customs fees charged by the destination country are the buyer’s responsibility. Some products, such as drones, radios and lithium batteries, have export or carrier restrictions; we confirm any restriction before you pay.
We cannot ship to: North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. See the full delivery & shipping policy.