2026 PRODUCT CATALOG

How Bad Cat Amplifiers Got a Branded Booth to NAMM in 17 Days

Bad Cat Amplifiers asked for a quote on a Monday night in January. Seventeen days later, their MDL 102186 S stood on the NAMM 2026 floor in Anaheim, with three windows and the Bad Cat logo inside and out.

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The front of Bad Cat's charcoal WhisperRoom booth at NAMM 2026: the door, three windows, a lit Bad Cat sign above and amps on a stand in front
Customer
Bad Cat Amplifiers
Show
NAMM 2026, Anaheim
Booth
MDL 102186 S, 8.5' x 15.5'
Windows
Three, plus the window in the door
Quote to show floor
17 days
Used for
Amp demos and filmed interviews

The brief

Bad Cat builds tube amps. For NAMM 2026 it wanted a room inside its exhibit where players could try the amps and film crews could shoot demos, right on the show floor.

The request came in through our website on the night of Monday, January 5, from the MDL 102186 S page. The question was short: is it in stock and ready to ship? The show opened January 22.

At 8.5' x 15.5' it is one of our larger single-wall booths, and the plan grew by two windows overnight. With three windows on the long wall, people walking the floor could watch the demos inside.

Inside Bad Cat's booth: a wood-slat wall with raised Bad Cat letters, a rack of amp heads and a window onto the show floor

How Bad Cat pulled it off

From the order and the photos from the show.

01

Ask on Monday, order on Tuesday

The request came in that night. The quote went out early the next morning, and Bad Cat ordered before 10.

Tell us your show date when you ask. We'll check stock and ship dates first.

02

Test-build it before the show

It shipped January 8 and arrived January 13. Bad Cat's team put it together in their own warehouse the next day, then again on the show floor.

Two people can build it. The heaviest pieces, the floor and ceiling panels, are about 110 lb each.

03

Make it look like Bad Cat

A lit header sign above the booth, a round winged-cat logo on the end wall, and a wood-slat wall with Bad Cat letters inside.

Printing graphics? Ask us for the outside dimensions first.

17 days, quote to show floor

Dates are from the order. Both films were shot inside the booth during the show.

Premier Guitar at the Bad Cat booth10:28

Order and ship

  1. Jan 5Quote requested at night
  2. Jan 6Quote sent early that morning, order placed by 10 AM
  3. Jan 7Two more windows added, still on schedule
  4. Jan 8Shipped by freight on 3 pallets

Build and show

  1. Jan 13Delivered
  2. Jan 14Test-built in Bad Cat's warehouse
  3. Jan 20Standing on the show floor, before signage
  4. Jan 22NAMM opens. Booth 4644

Andertons in the Bad Cat booth12:04

"We are in possibly the best sounding little booth at the NAMM Show. So it's nice and quiet in here..."

Andertons Music Co., at NAMM 2026

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What Bad Cat ordered

From the order. The signs, slat wall and decor are Bad Cat's own.

Booth
MDL 102186 S, 8.5' x 15.5'
Series
Standard, single wall
Windows
Three 26" x 36" wall windows, plus the window in the door
Shipping
Freight, 50 boxes on 3 pallets
Assembly
Bad Cat's own team, twice: in their warehouse, then on the show floor
Branding
Bad Cat's own header sign, wall graphics and interior fit-out

Every panel comes apart again, so the same booth can go to the next show.

The end wall of Bad Cat's booth with the round Bad Cat Tube Amplifiers logo, a bistro table and stools in front

Bad Cat at NAMM 2026

  • The front: the door, three windows and the lit Bad Cat sign
  • The end wall carries Bad Cat's winged-cat logo
  • Inside: the slat wall, the amp rack and a window onto the floor

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