NAMM 2025: Bad Cat has announced the welcome return of respected amp designer Mark Sampson – best known as the man who founded Matchless and the design brains behind the brand’s early models ...

By the end of the ‘90s, Sampson’s time with Matchless was over. He joined up with Bad Cat, before leaving circa 2004 to form Star Amplifiers. Fast-forward 20-odd years and Sampson was back. “Having ...