BADCAT JET BLACK - EL84’s can do this!?! 

not even done with the intro song and as usual your playing is just so damn good.

The opening song is a nasty ride! Out-freaking-standing! Your demo sound quality and production have really stepped up in the past 12-18 months. Well done sir!

Wow! Once again you've hit it out of the park with the song! It has it all. Great riffs, great melodies, some great rhythmic and syncopation choices, and most of all just a refreshing and enjoyable piece of music that isn't filled with lots of needless noodling without any story telling. Thanks for this. :)

Do NOT buy this head kids, Michael Nielsen has already milked all the tones out of it. What a superb frikken demo !!!

EL 84s do more than many would think. I was working at a boutique guitar and amp shop for 5 years in the mid 2000s. Fortunately I as able to play, gig and of course purchase many different amps. I was in a 90s cover band at the time playing 3 nights a week, as well as recording originals. I had so many to chose from and I was chasing a tone with the killer clean style amps and pedals. Right before I was forever locked into my tone, I was playing a Fargen JW 40, Some various Dr Zs and a beautiful Germino Lead 55 LV ( Greg Is a 1st class man and builder) with a John Landgraff (RIP) Mo D among other killer OD pedals like Xotic Ac,BB, Love Pedal Eternity, Amp,Klon, KOT, Box Of Rock etc.etc. Then it happened... I plugged into one of our Divided By 13 RSA 23s ( Fred is another great guy with some serious skills) with the Lift boost and.....The amp had the sound without anything else and it was even better. Ive never looked back. When the EL 84 is done proper there is magic there. I became a Bad Cat dealer for a few years and still to this day believe that there is no comparison. The Hot Cat was one of the best rocking amps ever created imo. I've been on a break for a few years due to health issues, but Im feeling good and on a mission to hear and play this new masterpiece! Great playing Michael, great riffs and that toneeeeee....

What the hell??! You've outdone yourself with that intro! Killer!!

Excellent intro tune at every level: playing, composition and production. 👍🏼

Your mix just jumped out at my ears. Fantastic work!

Your demo songs are always ridiculously good. Sounds excellent.

Dude, MN just KILLING IT lately with these demos. Playing, composition, tones... incredible.

Intro song is GREAT! ah yes, the amp is great too... but THAT SONG!!!

Sounds great. Nice riff and playing. Thanks.

This opening Riff is fantastic and exemplifies what I love about this amp.

Excellent playing all around. Well done!

Fantastic track - every part was ace. Monster arranging and playing.

Always look forward to your intros. Killer playing man!

Great demo Michael and great to meet you the other day! Love your playing and that Shabat!!!! Great tone, great video, great all around. I appreciate what you are doing sir.👍

For real...you should have over 100,000 subscribers...such badassery. Great stuff like always Michael.

This is a killer video. I love your tone! Keep rockin'!

superb music arrangement n superb guitar sound

I always forget about the review when a come here! WHAT a great intro!!

Most of all youre a great and always innovative composer

Your demo tune was sick!! Love the tones from that amp! Getting GAS for that one!

really interesting tones and very cool gritty tune.

You have outdone yourself with this one, Michael!

wow - unbelievable cool and tasteful playing here - chapeau!

Dude! Crushing it. Playing👍 Production 👍 Song writing👍👍👍!!!

I played through a Bad Cat the other day (not this particular model but a newer one) and it goes in my top 5 amps of all time. Thing sounded incredible!

Damn, you intros are so freekin' good! Love the sound of this amp but sure can hear the distinctive hi end cut typical of EL84 amps ( I have a Peavy Classic 20 and MK:5)

Awesome composition!!!

Killer playing and tones Michael.

Cool amp!! Love the tremolo feature!!! Tremolo can get lost in front of a gainy amp.....so having this in the right spot in the signal path is great!

That is THE sickest demo I have ever experienced! GAWD!

Sounds wonderful! Bad Cat is killing it

Wow! That is a great jam

Damn is that intro track awesome !! The whole production on the video is top notch :)

OMG !! I loved this tune, my favorite so far. We need another break down of this in the daw, maybe? Have a Great Thanksgiving holiday.

Nice demo!! You have some playing brah!! 🔥🎶🤘

Awesome as always

Excellent tunage!!!!! 🤘 Bravo!

Killing!! Great demo Micheal!

That green Tele with reverse head and FR is gorgeous!

That's one heck of an opening tune!

Love the opener. Groovy :)

Came for the amp. Stayed for the song. Monster Jam!!!!!!!!👍🏾👍🏾

Michael your creativity completely kicks ass!! Brilliant song!! Again!!

best intro song you've done. so good

Stellar playing my friend! It was a pleasure making your acquaintance and getting to chat with you on the livestream the other day!

Intro song is killer -- I like the rhythmic elements of it the best -- obviously great chops too. The amp sounds great -- I personally think the reverb and trem are kinda odd include but sound nice.

a Another killer intro. Nice playing!

Very cool song Michael!!

This is the best channel on RU-vid imo. I’m predicting you blow up Beato style eventually

Top form Michael!

Wowzwers dude! Killer demo

Nice playing.

Amazing track. Would love to see a video comparing all your Shabat guitars. Avi is a master builder!

Best damn demos, period!

DAMN Michael!!!! THAT is some TASTY playing !!!

That intro song is awesome!

Man... that was quite the jam.

Best intro song yet!

Most talented guitar player I've seen in decades.

EVH and Slash used to smoke cigarettes while playing their guitars and amps. When Michael Nielsen plays, his guitars and amps are the ones that need the cigarette 🚬

Amazing intro song! 😊

Beautiful intro song

A little fire breather for sure.

El84`s. Thats why i love my peavey classic 50 4x10 and 1x15 stack

Killer song as usual.

Deadly intro track

Excellent intro song. I could hear the little dan huff in there ;)

That’s a baaaaaaad cat! They are knocking out of the park. And I’m not going to comment on the opening as everyone else has already. But 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Sounds great! Mind sharing where teh drums are coming from? Loops or your programming? You need to make solo record.

i have a peavey classic 50 poweramp with 8x el84 and it is just one of the most overlooked poweramps out there and therefor very affordable. the only downside is that the el84 getting very hot so i had to install better and quieter cooling fans. cheers 🎸🎸

Tremendous intro song.

Isn’t it great?! Loving mine, too!

That intro was KICKASS!!!

Man, this amp and whole demo sounds killer. I love that “in your face” direct rough sound 👏 Btw. Your “green” guitar plays awesome! The pickups on that guitar has that rough bite of single-coils, even they are humbuckers. When you picked up the Les Paul, the sound was more “boring”, less exciting (sorry) 😁

Album please! That was epic 🔥

Les Paul with modern el84 sounding amp really got 90s era rock tones ..

OMG I had EL84 amp before, and later jumped to bigger things... just because I didn't know THIS! :O

Probably does surf tones clean with tremolo & reverb, and Filth also.🤘🏽🤙🏽

That’s some delicious low end

This demo and the slo pedal one are the best demos in the enfuckingtire youtube

Fuck man, that demo was killer! Amp sounded great. Kind of "wirey” but in the best possible way.

Ok the amp is cool and Michael is cool too… but what about that sherwood green t style guitar with reverse headstock? 😱😱😱

great video mike. thanks for posting. you keep these amps you test or return them? I have a habbit of liking them, then buying them.😆sounde like you had some Steve lukather tone going on there for a minute. great job, cheers!

What is that super cool Green guitar, that you are using? If I just get one on Hard-tail ❤!

Michael. I’m just wondering if this is an amp you’d buy if you owned a 72 reverb deluxe? Thanks. Great video

What guitar is being used here? Excellent demo and love the tones!

Shabat needs to make a Michael Nielsen signature.

Great Demo! Just from a simple search, looks like Bad Cat sent out all the demo units for the RU-vidrs and the NDA is lifted 🤣

🤘🏽🤘🏽

Great opening tune. What brand is that guitar? Dig it. Edit: nevermind. Found it. Wish I hadn't. :)

So would you say that using a pedal to maybe tighten up the low end a bit, this could do a decent metal tone? Not thinking crazy high gain. More like Tool, Porcupine Tree, Opeth type: heavy but not necessarily all that gainy. Thanks and cheers!

How do you feel this compares to to the current version hot cat

Tasty

Comp at intro is out of this world level shit

What pups in that Shabbat?

This is the best of today's demos on this amp, but it strikes me odd that it's the new sig amp of an extended range player, and all the reviews are low gain. Not 1 metal review of this amp today and this demo is the highest gain one I've see so far. Killer for sure as Michael's videos always are, but where's the metal in the amp? No one is showcasing it.

Great playing throughout and really really cool composition with the open string riff, but man I just don't vibe with the tones here and im beginning to think I'm just not partial to el84. Very woofy and spitty for lack of a better word with a big amount of sag. Certainly has it's use and can fit in the right spot, but just in general maybe not for me. Cleans sound nice though