Do you guys know anything about these new Bugera Amps?

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: Do you guys know anything about these new Bugera Amps?

Monkey see, monkey do.

Is that a real B-52 ad? If so, OMG, Behringer can't even come up with an original idea for a guitar dude pose!

I'll bet the lightning in the background is an idea shamelessly stolen from some other company's ads too.

All three are the same model. After the first shoot they made him shave.

 

[GPeditor]

Re: Do you guys know anything about these new Bugera Amps?

Just tested the 333-212 and the 6262-212 for the August 2008 issue of GP.

Art Thompson was impressed by the tidy and rugged innards -- ceramic tube sockets, and so on.

Tones are definitely more rock. Clean tones are transparent and offer a lot of headroom, but vibe factor is low (no shimmer, zing, or kerrang).

Overdrive and distorted tones echo that of Peavey amps as assumed here in forum, so if you dig the Peavey approach to rock tones, you'll likely dig the Bugeras.

We found these amps need to be cranked up to get full booty. Audible preamp-style sizzle is apparent at studio or low-level rehearsal volumes.

The amps hover in the $600 to $700 range, and the workmanship is immensive for that price point.

I'll post video reviews in a week or two at GPTV so you can audition the sounds a bit.

Best to all,
Mike

 

[formula73]

Re: Do you guys know anything about these new Bugera Amps?

I've heard all sorts of great things about their tone (and heard clips, as well), but the weak points seem to be power tubes and capacitors. I'm sure you could beef one up with some better components, but it's up to you whether it's worth it. Youtube is full of clips that (despite digicam mics) sound pretty good. I'm almost tempted...

1 thing I have learned from my VK: cheapo plastic jacks and PC boards=irritation. I'm about ready to take it in to have the jacks replaced with decent parts and wired with actual wire to give a little more...'give'...instead of "OMG what happened to my amp???" "Dude looked at your cable sideways and sneezed and it pulled the printed circuits off the board so now you have to run the cable through the handle when the planets are in alignment while holding your breath on 1 foot..."

 

[darnright]

Re: Do you guys know anything about these new Bugera Amps?

Just tested the 333-212 and the 6262-212 for the August 2008 issue of GP.

Art Thompson was impressed by the tidy and rugged innards -- ceramic tube sockets, and so on.

Tones are definitely more rock. Clean tones are transparent and offer a lot of headroom, but vibe factor is low (no shimmer, zing, or kerrang).

Overdrive and distorted tones echo that of Peavey amps as assumed here in forum, so if you dig the Peavey approach to rock tones, you'll likely dig the Bugeras.

We found these amps need to be cranked up to get full booty. Audible preamp-style sizzle is apparent at studio or low-level rehearsal volumes.

The amps hover in the $600 to $700 range, and the workmanship is immensive for that price point.

I'll post video reviews in a week or two at GPTV so you can audition the sounds a bit.

Best to all,
Mike

Hey Mike,
I don't know about the Bugera amps, but I do try to use your reviews as somewhat truthful. I also subscribe to Guitar World...and I haven't seen your mag pull THEIR latest "ad-stunt". They have a picture of the Bugera amps on the cover with a huge banner reading Bugera...and absolutely NO story about them. Bugera has 2 ads in the mag, but NO story or tests. At least you haven't fallen to that level and I do not see you going there in the future.
Thanks for your interest in our opinions.

-dave