Anyone have any experience or extra knowledge about this company/amp? I was in guitar center yesterday playin around with amps and fell in love with the sound. Any helpful info would be appreciated.

http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/6262-212.aspx

they sound OK, but have really bad reliability issues

I saw these metalcore kids playing line6's that say "powered by bugera"
that has nothing to do with this thread.

recommendations for something with similar tone in the 500-800 price range?

what do you use now?

crappy peavy practice amp. i have an ibanez solid state head but i hate the tone on it so i refuse to ever use it. and my crate combo which has a little bit more beaf to it crapped out on me a couple weeks ago. this amp will be for my blues rock band. looking for something that will give me a clapton/slash/allman bros type tone.

I like Marshalls. true story. Got a JCM600 for $300. Sounds beautiful, would be great for classy blues tone. IMO.

i have my reservations about marshalls but i guess i'll try some more of them out.

I think if you don't want to spend muchos dollars, you would get good use out of a marshall for nice tone. I mean, if you're going for balls out metal, it doesn't have the gain you'd be looking for. But, i really think you'd like the dark warmth.

I fuckin loathe stock Marshall's but they mod out real nice-like.

well the thing is i'd like to have something that is versatile enough to handle both a blues crunch but also a heavier tone because we started doing like a 10 minute metal improv thing at the end of our sets. this is what i like about the Bugera... i just dont want to deal further unreliability issues with amps.

You could buy a new Bugera, or buy a used 5150 and save money and get the same sound with actual reliability.

agreed with blue. $500 - $800 could get a used 5150/6505 any day on craigslist. Getting up to $800 could possibly get a mesa, or a nice marshall...

That would be BOGNER...completely different thing. Bugera = Behringer crap.

Krank Krankenstein - http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/1332323083.html

JCM 800 - http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/1322761694.html

I use a B-52 AT-100 and that thing has some sweet tones sometimes. If you've got a nice cab (which I finally do) and a nice boost pedal, you'll be all set. It's horrible for low volume play but if you crank it up, it really shines. If all goes well I plan on selling it for $400 or so with all JJ tubes because I'm switching to a rack setup.

the problem with this is i need financing cause i dont have cash readily available for a craigs list -type purchase.

Get a Verellen

traynor ycs100

Pretty sure this would fall just a hair out of his price range

what are you talking about.

that is one of my future plans

Tubehustler.

Used Carvin. There's an MTS combo on CL for $400.

Or the previously mentioned B52 2x12, also $400.

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/1331854629.html

They make for excellent incendiary devices, so I've been told.

My brother has one of those...great cleans, but very boring and scooped-sounding distortion.

you haven't heard of Verellen amps?

and if you mean the prices not fitting outside of his range, the stock models are 1300ish

amps = $$
If it weren't for expensive transformers they'd be like 100 - 500 dollars less.

Bugera amps for the money are actually pretty cool. My buddy has one of the 100 watt heads. They sound sort of Laney-ish, my only gripe is that they are a bit noisy.

Holy crap the B52 Series of everything sucks, why would you promote this?

I played through that shit a few times and I was totally disappointed.

Peavey, Crate, and a few others made some great tube heads in the 80's that foolio's get rid of all the time, just look around for them. They're cheap as shit and don't suck balls. Plus if you open them there's like 13 parts so they are REALLY easy to fix.

Because I've owned one for 4 years now. There are some drawbacks to it. Flabby low end, fizzy highs, and it's noisy... but for the price, I really don't think there is anything like it. There is some really cool circuitry with really shitty parts. That's it.
And do you know who designed the AT-100 that I use? Bruce Egnater.

Why would you say that to me.

If the duder is asking about bugeras its highly unlikely that he's going to spend twice the money on an amp he's never heard of.

Looks like in the area of brand new amps you need to get from GC its either bugera or peavey valveking.

Our guitarist uses an AT-100 and it sounds great, and hasn't really had any problems. And I love my MTS, while I'm at it.

Let's never fight again

Deal.

i tried them both and wasnt feelin the valveking... can anyone specify what the "unreliablity problem" is with the Bugera? like does it crap out after a couple months or what?

Its a behringer. You will more than likely have problems down the line.


If you can actually save money, I have no problem being able to find you an amp head used to do exactly what you want for less than a new Bugera.