For more gear reviews and videos check out guitarworld.com In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Bugera Amps 6260 head and 412H cab.
That's not an Infinium. You can tell because of the blue pilot lights. The Infiniums are orange. The tubes are not interchangeable unless you know how to bias them yourself. Just FYI. Mine is still going strong.
These are actually great sounding amps. I own the combo version and its surprisingly versatile. I've had it for about 3 months and gig it regularly and its been fine. I'd recommend it.
I've had this amp for about 5 or 6 years now. I never had any issues with it until a bandmate broke a water main and flooded the practice area, with my amp directly in the path of carnage. But luckily, it was salvaged, but has needed a few amp doctor appointments concerning the wiring and tubes. But, tube amps unfortunately need a decent amount of maintenance to keep them running tip-top. But, ANYWAY, my opinion regarding the review. If you pay attention, he doesn't turn the volume past 1.5 or 2. Tube amps generally don't give their true tone until they hit the breaking point of about 4.
This is actually a really good amp. The new Infinium model is amazing. I suggest you do have it looked over by your favourite amp guy though, just to be sure everything's good inside. Also the cab is pretty darn good, you just have to wear in the speakers inside for about 7 hours, or it sounds like crap.
@Lgw1984 I think Bugera themselves did announce that they had various problems such as the plastic cover on the top melting because of the heat from the tubes, but along with that, they announced that all of their amps from the newest production would now be problem-secure, with every problem known taken into account of course!
Even though the clean DOES have some dirt on it, I really like it. I tried it at Guitar Center (I know, I know...) It was a very OPEN sounding clean with LOTS of headroom. Also very responsive to your playing.
The 1st Bugera gear bit I bought was their 2x12 cab, cos it was so cheap. I bought a Celestion and an Eminence "brit series" speaker and had them switched out with the stock speakers, cos they were way too "American"-sounding. Later I bought a 1960 head and learned that Bugera amps sound excellent, but they're ASTONISHINGLY bright. Have to have the treble and presence knobs rolled way back...Now I understand about their speakers, lol.
I love the way the lead channel is voiced. Who cares about pronunciation? The amp speaks for it's self. It's hard to find a raw amp that sounds that good for the price.
I've found it's often the case that the amps sound MUCH better when the guy can play (which he can) and they are recorded well (which it is). This amp and cab are a good value and sound much better than most of the solid state stacks and combos out there. I own a Bugera 1990 and I love it...sounds great and cost less than half of its REAL competitors. agcatdriver has it right...most manufacturers are dancing between quality and cost.
This amp has a great bare-bones rock 'n' roll sound on both the clean and crunch channels. They're very well made. Anyone could love this amplifier if they can get over their Behringer prejudice.
A piece of advise on Bugera >100w heads: Change all pre amp tubes for JJs or your prefered good trusty tubes, remove the two power tubes in the middle so will have only two power tubes, you won't ever ever ever need the full 120w and you'll go much more easy on the output and power transformers wich, along with the stock tubes, are the ownly downsides of those amps. Other than that they are greate amps for the money.
Bullshit, the decibel scale is logarithmic, 50 watts is 90% the volume of 100 watts. The difference between a 50 watt head and a 100 watt head is 3db, ie next to nothing. Unless you are playing VERY large venues or you require huge clean headroom 50 (or 60 watts in this case) is preferable because you get to benefit from power amp compression at a level that wont kill your audience.
Its 120 watts, I own 20 odd amps, unless you are playing very large venues or need a LOT of clean headroom a 50/60 watt is easier to get that controlled power amp feedback with.
I heard they have worked out a lot of the bugs with the intial issues. I will see what I can find out, but it is a great sounding amp. I am pretty hot about the new 1960 plexi models as well.
Because these amp are not that expensive I bought two heads and set one up with EL34 tubes and left the other one with the 6l6 tubes. I then took the 4x12 cab and converted it so that each amp head only plays into 2 speakers. Its like having two 2x12 cabinets but in one speaker box. I got the idea from Joe Bonamassa. I can play both of the amp heads at the same time or one at a time using a Boss LS-2 line selector.
humbucker's breaking up on the clean channel? i fix that by rolling my volume knobs on the guitar to like 8. i have active EMGs, and they already have crunch if you're playing clean with the pickups all the way up. back to the amp... That has a pretty good hair metal tone on the crunch channel. the lead channel sounds ok
@store1992 they re-called all their models after that. they used to long story short made out of plastic. there now much much more reliable and have a tone that is morealess up there with the 5150 blockletter. i use very high gain because i use mine for low tunings for really heavy music so i run a maxon od on the front. sounds brilliant.
I am using a marshall plexi head 1987 50w, and I use a small rack system, the thing is that sometimes I play some gigs where I must conect very quickly and just for 5 or 6 songs, so I been thinking on buy the bugera 333xl and the cab, so I can just plug the guitar directly, my gear is start to wear down because of this gigs, I prefer to leave in my studio, and play with somethign cheaper, what you think?
@luvz2sploogeify i played the 6262 combo(pretty much the same thing) and the speakers dont make it sound like there is any flange on it.. i know i have a flanger and i know how subtle it can be. im not bashing ya, im just helping clarify... but i like ur suggestion on putting eminence or celestion speakers in it..
i've had it for 4 months and have gigged with it 6 times. still works great, and sounds just as good as when i bought it, if not better since its more broken in. bugera's fixed all their old issues with the new infinium line. maybe you should actually give them a try before judging them based on the horror stories you read on forums.
I want to like this Bugera amp but for some reason the Jet CIty review sounded much more hip to my ears. Can anyone confirm if the Jet CIty actually sounds more like a musical tube amp or was it Paul was playing better that day?
I just picked up a 6260 Combo that's not the Infinium from Musician's Friend for $250. I like the the 6L6's and have a box of EL34's on hand for when the 6L6's go south. I'm lovin' this amp so far. Gain for days and LOUD!!! Marshall's are so over-priced now and the new one's aren't nearly as good as the old one's so there's little point in shelling out that kind of money for a name.
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more like the jcm900 i just tried it yesterday, but i can't choose... i want to be able to play pantera, trivium, children of bodom, machine head, black label society stuff like that and i don't know wich bugera would fit me most
@varulv234 no, in stand by mode you ur guitar does not have to be pluged in. ur guitar only needs to be pluged in when ur standby switch is off and ur amp is on, and if you want to change guitars, you must go back into standby mode, let it sit for a minute, then unplug ur guitar and plug a diffrent one in. then flip the standby switch to begin playing guitar. its simple but very important. i got a friend who treated his amp like a solidstate amp, and now hes out 200$ for new tubes
@BatistaStrums123 the Bugera will give you the perfect sounds for just about anything and is really good for metal because it's basically like peaveys 6505. The only con with Bugera is their durability/realiability I would suggest changing the power tubes and get it biased to prevent future problems that are almost guaranteed to happen. The Valveking is an ok amp It doesn't give you much gain but can be fixed with a pedal. Id prefer the Bugera
ya my 6262 had alot of really lame plastic clips connecting high voltage leads! not good. my 6262 shut down completely so i looked inside and saw that the clips were making a bit of arcing cause of the bad connection so i tossed the clips and wired straight to the board! it's all good now.
@Megdidar Just a little thing to point out, typically to double the total possible volume on a tube amp you have to multiply the watts by 10. This isnt true with all because of different tubes, transistors, speakers, ect, but its just a little thing to keep in mind
I remember buying this amp head from a ebay seller for $225 looks new but worked for 5 mins then it died but had a good tone and heavy as hell ! Too bad I couldn't fix it and had to return the amp
well, since its last repair, ive had no problems and ive been playing on it regularly in a band setting. and no, I have the infinium. no problems anymore
@blockstar2013 yes, well said, but I've been playing with my tone for a bit now and it has come to my attention that not only was it something I noticed, but is actually somewhat of a well known fact, that wood and guitar shape make a huge difference to the tone :) then it's the hummies
question, Why is it that the half stack amp that I owned (which is the same that you are reviewing) has a humming noise even when the guitar volume is down. Also, the lead gain loses a lot of power once you crack up the volume to 2-3. I had to buy a Metal Zone petal, noise reduction petal, so that sound has more gain, and not too noisy. I'm still don't like it. What do you do to make the amp sound so quite when you turn on the amp, and turn down the volume on the guitar?
@varulv234 it kills the tubes, tube amps like this bugera are more delicate that soildstate amps, with a solid state, you plug it and turn it on and rock out , with a tube amp, tone takes time, you gotta turn it on and let it sit for a minute. and make sure the everything is conected so it dosent put the tubes in harm. then you can go fully on and then rock out. not properly turning it off or on will also damage the amp and tubes
the amp failure you and so many youtubers refer to is the same problem peavey valve amps had on usa built amps. the high voltage connection to the board were made made of an inferior plastic,which couldnt handle the heat.the part was upgraded years ago.I had a peavey ultra brand new died. that doesnt mean peavey is crap,but a company who builds tons of amps a year will always encounter part failures,one part.a diode in the peavey power section,bugera a plastic connector in the power section
@Bobby59 I guess it's practically the same,,but the 6262 has separate EQ's for both the clean and the lead channel. Check out my 6262-212 vids if you like.
@varulv234 you ALWAYS must leave ur amp all pluged in when its on. and you MUST leave your amp ON in the standby mode for 1 minute MINIMUM to let the tubes warm up. the longer you warm up the better it sounds. and when shutting down, you must turn into the standby mode , let sit for a minute, then turn it off. these are the proper steps to keep ur tubes alive, if you dont do this, you will damage the amp, and kill your tubes, and their not cheap to replace. dont cut their life short!
@sonicsoul0 As long as you are looking into tube for metal distortion, you are in my good books bud. Smarter than most of my friends. (: I agree completely.
I wonder when spontaneous combustion of the amp no longer becomes a unique feature... It's a pretty exclusive feature of all Behringer products mind you.
Lexcoaster Nope. Reliability is still a huge headache with these amps. That molex connector burning out being resolved by not using the molex connector anymore is only the tip of the iceberg of the reliability problems these Bugeras have. Badly soldered connections on the board, a variety of burning out components, including components of the infinium circuits themselves, burning out transformers, burning out tubes that are meant to be brand new, the list goes on., I frequently go on amplifier forums and Bugeras are the amps that have the most reliability problems.out of any amp by a million miles. Things go bad with them ALL the time. That includes the new ones. Bugera gets a lot of hate, and it's not at all hard to see why. The reason these amps are so cheap is because they're built cheaply. Even if the amps do sound great, that means nothing if the amp doesn't work when it's supposed to. People who don't have any problems with their Bugeras are considered very lucky on the forums. Idk about you, but I'd rather not rely on luck to determine if my hard-earned cash is worth spending on a product. If you want a Peavey 6505 on the cheap, get a used 6505. There is no better option.
Daniel Lomax Hmm... Should I buy new Bugera with 3 year warranty for 400e or used Peavey with no warranty at all besides the last owners word for 700e. Pretty though call. Plus if we start talking about bad quality we can find it from Peaveys Valveking series too. Blown fuses and shit. Every brand has their shit amps. Usually they will release a second model after that to fix the problems. Thats what happened with Infinium series and exactly same happened with Valveking II.
NecromanticalSpirit The Peavey 5150/6505's are generally well built. Its impossible to know if an amp was misrepresented when it was sold, until you actually buy it and get it to your house. But based on the amount of issues virtually all the Bugera models have, I'd rather trust something used. There isn't really all that much on a good quality tube amp to go wrong unless the guy selling it was utterly clueless and turned the amp on without any speaker load or something. But that's relatively uncommon in this case, since higher-end amps like the 6505 are owned by more experienced players who generally know better than to do that. Also, blown fuses can occur on any amp. Tubes no matter how good a quality will go bad over time, and when a tube goes bad, it often trips the fuse.
I havent read hardly any issues on Bugera after Infinium came out. All bad reviews basicly are about the series before Infinium. What I read those fuses fried instantly people turned power on. After replacement it fried the new fuse as well. Several reviews at webstores confirm they had habbit doing so.
@StephenFiorentini yes it is .. bugera makes amps which sound very great but the tubes arent very good and it's built badly^^ but if you are looking for a good sounding amp i would recomment it..
I got this halfstack about a month ago. It sounds absolutely awsome !! Although i don't know if my neighbours like it as much as i do. Hahahaha........
Best bang for your dollar..no doubt. Its not a Mesa/Boogie and it's not a Marshall but you wont be paying those prices and still get a really great sound.
Everytime you say Bugera with a soft G, my heart dies a little.
DC Welker LOL
He can't help it, he was born that way.
I love Bugera's so much.
I’m thinking of getting this head to pair up with my Mesa 4x12 cab. This head literally shakes the earth from the sound that it spits out!
That's not an Infinium. You can tell because of the blue pilot lights. The Infiniums are orange. The tubes are not interchangeable unless you know how to bias them yourself. Just FYI. Mine is still going strong.
These are actually great sounding amps. I own the combo version and its surprisingly versatile. I've had it for about 3 months and gig it regularly and its been fine. I'd recommend it.
I've had this amp for about 5 or 6 years now. I never had any issues with it until a bandmate broke a water main and flooded the practice area, with my amp directly in the path of carnage. But luckily, it was salvaged, but has needed a few amp doctor appointments concerning the wiring and tubes. But, tube amps unfortunately need a decent amount of maintenance to keep them running tip-top. But, ANYWAY, my opinion regarding the review. If you pay attention, he doesn't turn the volume past 1.5 or 2. Tube amps generally don't give their true tone until they hit the breaking point of about 4.
What?
The first clean demonstration was so beautiful idk why..
This is actually a really good amp. The new Infinium model is amazing. I suggest you do have it looked over by your favourite amp guy though, just to be sure everything's good inside. Also the cab is pretty darn good, you just have to wear in the speakers inside for about 7 hours, or it sounds like crap.
@Lgw1984 I think Bugera themselves did announce that they had various problems such as the plastic cover on the top melting because of the heat from the tubes, but along with that, they announced that all of their amps from the newest production would now be problem-secure, with every problem known taken into account of course!
@yamahabmxer1 FX loop allows you to put effects in the power amp section instead of the pre amp. Basically just gives it a better sound.
That solo was very impressive!!
Even though the clean DOES have some dirt on it, I really like it. I tried it at Guitar Center (I know, I know...) It was a very OPEN sounding clean with LOTS of headroom. Also very responsive to your playing.
The 1st Bugera gear bit I bought was their 2x12 cab, cos it was so cheap. I bought a Celestion and an Eminence "brit series" speaker and had them switched out with the stock speakers, cos they were way too "American"-sounding. Later I bought a 1960 head and learned that Bugera amps sound excellent, but they're ASTONISHINGLY bright. Have to have the treble and presence knobs rolled way back...Now I understand about their speakers, lol.
bugera amps are awesome
I love the way the lead channel is voiced. Who cares about pronunciation? The amp speaks for it's self. It's hard to find a raw amp that sounds that good for the price.
awesome demo
@JimmyPage968 The 5881 is just a version of a 6L6, along with the 6L6G, 6L6GA, 6L6GB, 5932, 7027 and 6L6GC.
I've been thinking about doing this setup ever since I saw Joe's rig video. Which tube do you prefer in the power section?
I've found it's often the case that the amps sound MUCH better when the guy can play (which he can) and they are recorded well (which it is). This amp and cab are a good value and sound much better than most of the solid state stacks and combos out there. I own a Bugera 1990 and I love it...sounds great and cost less than half of its REAL competitors. agcatdriver has it right...most manufacturers are dancing between quality and cost.
Sounds really good, i dont really care how close or far away it sounds to a peavey 5150, couse it sounds great!
This amp has a great bare-bones rock 'n' roll sound on both the clean and crunch channels. They're very well made. Anyone could love this amplifier if they can get over their Behringer prejudice.
A piece of advise on Bugera >100w heads: Change all pre amp tubes for JJs or your prefered good trusty tubes, remove the two power tubes in the middle so will have only two power tubes, you won't ever ever ever need the full 120w and you'll go much more easy on the output and power transformers wich, along with the stock tubes, are the ownly downsides of those amps. Other than that they are greate amps for the money.
Bullshit, the decibel scale is logarithmic, 50 watts is 90% the volume of 100 watts. The difference between a 50 watt head and a 100 watt head is 3db, ie next to nothing. Unless you are playing VERY large venues or you require huge clean headroom 50 (or 60 watts in this case) is preferable because you get to benefit from power amp compression at a level that wont kill your audience.
Its 120 watts, I own 20 odd amps, unless you are playing very large venues or need a LOT of clean headroom a 50/60 watt is easier to get that controlled power amp feedback with.
Blackbrooke I use an attenuator, probably 30 watts is the ideal, but I got my Infinium head really cheap so..
The attenuator, if its any good and doesnt choke the life out of the sound, cost you more than the amp, good move??
I heard they have worked out a lot of the bugs with the intial issues. I will see what I can find out, but it is a great sounding amp. I am pretty hot about the new 1960 plexi models as well.
ive seen alot of amp demos, like this ones sound the best
Because these amp are not that expensive I bought two heads and set one up with EL34 tubes and left the other one with the 6l6 tubes. I then took the 4x12 cab and converted it so that each amp head only plays into 2 speakers. Its like having two 2x12 cabinets but in one speaker box. I got the idea from Joe Bonamassa. I can play both of the amp heads at the same time or one at a time using a Boss LS-2 line selector.
6:21 ! What a tone !! < 3
humbucker's breaking up on the clean channel? i fix that by rolling my volume knobs on the guitar to like 8. i have active EMGs, and they already have crunch if you're playing clean with the pickups all the way up.
back to the amp... That has a pretty good hair metal tone on the crunch channel. the lead channel sounds ok
@store1992 they re-called all their models after that. they used to long story short made out of plastic. there now much much more reliable and have a tone that is morealess up there with the 5150 blockletter. i use very high gain because i use mine for low tunings for really heavy music so i run a maxon od on the front. sounds brilliant.
great review
It is boo-jera actually. Nevermind. Don't care about the name or distributer. They're simply amazing tube amps for even an amazing price :)
I am using a marshall plexi head 1987 50w, and I use a small rack system, the thing is that sometimes I play some gigs where I must conect very quickly and just for 5 or 6 songs, so I been thinking on buy the bugera 333xl and the cab, so I can just plug the guitar directly, my gear is start to wear down because of this gigs, I prefer to leave in my studio, and play with somethign cheaper, what you think?
Marty Mcfly !!!
Yes in fact I own a few marshalls but I need something cheaper for some gigs where I can not bring good gear, but thans for your answer.
@luvz2sploogeify i played the 6262 combo(pretty much the same thing) and the speakers dont make it sound like there is any flange on it.. i know i have a flanger and i know how subtle it can be. im not bashing ya, im just helping clarify... but i like ur suggestion on putting eminence or celestion speakers in it..
This is the dream of a tone^^
i've had it for 4 months and have gigged with it 6 times. still works great, and sounds just as good as when i bought it, if not better since its more broken in. bugera's fixed all their old issues with the new infinium line. maybe you should actually give them a try before judging them based on the horror stories you read on forums.
I want to like this Bugera amp but for some reason the Jet CIty review sounded much more hip to my ears. Can anyone confirm if the Jet CIty actually sounds more like a musical tube amp or was it Paul was playing better that day?
wow.. that actually sounds pretty great. i'm gonna check it out.
I just picked up a 6260 Combo that's not the Infinium from Musician's Friend for $250. I like the the 6L6's and have a box of EL34's on hand for when the 6L6's go south. I'm lovin' this amp so far. Gain for days and LOUD!!! Marshall's are so over-priced now and the new one's aren't nearly as good as the old one's so there's little point in shelling out that kind of money for a name.
more like the jcm900 i just tried it yesterday, but i can't choose... i want to be able to play pantera, trivium, children of bodom, machine head, black label society stuff like that and i don't know wich bugera would fit me most
@toraliens but veeeeery close. not in terms of quality, but with a tiny bit of eq-ing you can get those amps to sound absolutely the same.
@varulv234 no, in stand by mode you ur guitar does not have to be pluged in. ur guitar only needs to be pluged in when ur standby switch is off and ur amp is on, and if you want to change guitars, you must go back into standby mode, let it sit for a minute, then unplug ur guitar and plug a diffrent one in. then flip the standby switch to begin playing guitar. its simple but very important. i got a friend who treated his amp like a solidstate amp, and now hes out 200$ for new tubes
@BatistaStrums123 the Bugera will give you the perfect sounds for just about anything and is really good for metal because it's basically like peaveys 6505. The only con with Bugera is their durability/realiability I would suggest changing the power tubes and get it biased to prevent future problems that are almost guaranteed to happen. The Valveking is an ok amp It doesn't give you much gain but can be fixed with a pedal. Id prefer the Bugera
ya my 6262 had alot of really lame plastic clips connecting high voltage leads! not good. my 6262 shut down completely so i looked inside and saw that the clips were making a bit of arcing cause of the bad connection so i tossed the clips and wired straight to the board! it's all good now.
@bigcatroberts 1960= plexi, not jcm 600
For the price it's an absolute steal I swapped stock valves and it sounds amazing.
Great value amp dont be fooled by the price.
@Megdidar
Just a little thing to point out, typically to double the total possible volume on a tube amp you have to multiply the watts by 10. This isnt true with all because of different tubes, transistors, speakers, ect, but its just a little thing to keep in mind
Hey, I'm planning to get either this one or the 333 head. Which one has a bigger bottom end?
I remember buying this amp head from a ebay seller for $225 looks new but worked for 5 mins then it died but had a good tone and heavy as hell ! Too bad I couldn't fix it and had to return the amp
yep! I have a 6260 2x12 combo :)) and it came with a footswitch
I have this head. But I got the Celestion packed Spider IV cab with it. Thing gets loud!
@sonicsoul0 that being said, isnt it refreshing to hear an epiphone sound that great?
@jedaxel no you need a cabinet aswell. DO NOT TURN IT ON WITHOUT A CABINET
crunch and lead-channel sound great. The clean-channel sucks but the price doesn't - great value.
so, it means that you can not play loud with clean, without breaking up?
well, since its last repair, ive had no problems and ive been playing on it regularly in a band setting. and no, I have the infinium. no problems anymore
@blockstar2013 yes, well said, but I've been playing with my tone for a bit now and it has come to my attention that not only was it something I noticed, but is actually somewhat of a well known fact, that wood and guitar shape make a huge difference to the tone :) then it's the hummies
Why dont they make the 333Xl anymore? I love that amp.
question, Why is it that the half stack amp that I owned (which is the same that you are reviewing) has a humming noise even when the guitar volume is down. Also, the lead gain loses a lot of power once you crack up the volume to 2-3. I had to buy a Metal Zone petal, noise reduction petal, so that sound has more gain, and not too noisy. I'm still don't like it. What do you do to make the amp sound so quite when you turn on the amp, and turn down the volume on the guitar?
Jesus, I never knew Paul could shred.
@DerekBeck87 Yes, you can but look out everyone says these break down everytime.my electricain friend has said he's fixed over a dozen of these.
@getsuga987 peavey XXX= 333 , peavey JSX = 333XL , peavey JSX is basically a XXX with a few changes same as 333XL vs 333
Does it come with footswitch? Thanks
Maybe look into Bugera 1990.
So you can't use the foot switch to switch between clean, crunch and then lead? That sucks for me coz i need that for gigs :(
im really thinking about getting this!
good tone? on guitar world?
Great Player and great sond!
Is this amp similar to a Peavy 6505? What do you think? Or what amp is it more similar to?
I, I guess you guys weren't ready for that. But your kids are gonna love it! End quote. \m/
@skatezero1260 I believe around 1985 or so?
@varulv234 it kills the tubes, tube amps like this bugera are more delicate that soildstate amps, with a solid state, you plug it and turn it on and rock out , with a tube amp, tone takes time, you gotta turn it on and let it sit for a minute. and make sure the everything is conected so it dosent put the tubes in harm. then you can go fully on and then rock out. not properly turning it off or on will also damage the amp and tubes
the amp failure you and so many youtubers refer to is the same problem peavey valve amps had on usa built amps. the high voltage connection to the board were made made of an inferior plastic,which couldnt handle the heat.the part was upgraded years ago.I had a peavey ultra brand new died. that doesnt mean peavey is crap,but a company who builds tons of amps a year will always encounter part failures,one part.a diode in the peavey power section,bugera a plastic connector in the power section
@Bobby59 I guess it's practically the same,,but the 6262 has separate EQ's for both the clean and the lead channel.
Check out my 6262-212 vids if you like.
@varulv234 you ALWAYS must leave ur amp all pluged in when its on.
and you MUST leave your amp ON in the standby mode for 1 minute MINIMUM to let the tubes warm up. the longer you warm up the better it sounds. and when shutting down, you must turn into the standby mode , let sit for a minute, then turn it off.
these are the proper steps to keep ur tubes alive, if you dont do this, you will damage the amp, and kill your tubes, and their not cheap to replace. dont cut their life short!
@bigcatroberts your forgetting one, 333XL = Triple XXX i think
The amp is also convertible to 5881 tubes!
This is actually a great amplifier for the price.
wat amp would be good for playing a bunch of metallica
Does it have some attenuator ....or is it a way to play at home at reasonable audio levels?
No but just get a compressor pedal and put it IN the loop not in front of the amp. You can get really nice break up and crunch at lower volumes.
I WANT THIS AMP!!!!!!
@sonicsoul0 As long as you are looking into tube for metal distortion, you are in my good books bud. Smarter than most of my friends. (: I agree completely.
will u make sound just from the head itself? sorry im still noob in amps...
Is it really true they break easily or is that just sour grapes?
Cool!
Googled it. Was pleasantly surprised.
I wonder when spontaneous combustion of the amp no longer becomes a unique feature...
It's a pretty exclusive feature of all Behringer products mind you.
With the Infinium technology I don't think that's a problem anymore.
Lexcoaster Nope. Reliability is still a huge headache with these amps. That molex connector burning out being resolved by not using the molex connector anymore is only the tip of the iceberg of the reliability problems these Bugeras have.
Badly soldered connections on the board, a variety of burning out components, including components of the infinium circuits themselves, burning out transformers, burning out tubes that are meant to be brand new, the list goes on., I frequently go on amplifier forums and Bugeras are the amps that have the most reliability problems.out of any amp by a million miles. Things go bad with them ALL the time. That includes the new ones.
Bugera gets a lot of hate, and it's not at all hard to see why. The reason these amps are so cheap is because they're built cheaply. Even if the amps do sound great, that means nothing if the amp doesn't work when it's supposed to. People who don't have any problems with their Bugeras are considered very lucky on the forums. Idk about you, but I'd rather not rely on luck to determine if my hard-earned cash is worth spending on a product.
If you want a Peavey 6505 on the cheap, get a used 6505. There is no better option.
Daniel Lomax Hmm... Should I buy new Bugera with 3 year warranty for 400e or used Peavey with no warranty at all besides the last owners word for 700e. Pretty though call.
Plus if we start talking about bad quality we can find it from Peaveys Valveking series too. Blown fuses and shit. Every brand has their shit amps. Usually they will release a second model after that to fix the problems. Thats what happened with Infinium series and exactly same happened with Valveking II.
NecromanticalSpirit The Peavey 5150/6505's are generally well built. Its impossible to know if an amp was misrepresented when it was sold, until you actually buy it and get it to your house. But based on the amount of issues virtually all the Bugera models have, I'd rather trust something used. There isn't really all that much on a good quality tube amp to go wrong unless the guy selling it was utterly clueless and turned the amp on without any speaker load or something. But that's relatively uncommon in this case, since higher-end amps like the 6505 are owned by more experienced players who generally know better than to do that.
Also, blown fuses can occur on any amp. Tubes no matter how good a quality will go bad over time, and when a tube goes bad, it often trips the fuse.
I havent read hardly any issues on Bugera after Infinium came out. All bad reviews basicly are about the series before Infinium.
What I read those fuses fried instantly people turned power on. After replacement it fried the new fuse as well. Several reviews at webstores confirm they had habbit doing so.
I'm planning on getting a 333XL (I like the higher focus on treble than bass on the 6260, respectively)
I hate how he calls it "Boojera"
will somebody tell me why paul uses an epi less paul instead of a gibson? im not hatin on epi's, im just curious
you should go for the Bugera 6262 or the 333XL
those are the real metal Bugera's and they sound Effin great !!!
Is it great for metal?
Paul rules!
I think so many people makes fun of Paul because he has the kind of job most guitar gear heads would kill to have. Jealousy is an ugly felling.
@StephenFiorentini
yes it is .. bugera makes amps which sound very great but the tubes arent very good and it's built badly^^ but if you are looking for a good sounding amp i would recomment it..
I got this halfstack about a month ago. It sounds absolutely awsome !! Although i don't know if my neighbours like it as much as i do. Hahahaha........
I've alway loved 6L6's.
Can I use this with the Bugera V55HD or V22HD Infinium? Please respond :(
Does pedal work on this? That it wont fuzz or anything?
Best bang for your dollar..no doubt.
Its not a Mesa/Boogie and it's not a Marshall but you wont be paying those prices and still get a really great sound.
isnt this amp based on the JCM 800???