Reviewed by:
mayagod1, on january 08, 2009
1 of 4 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 600
Purchased from: Sam Ash
Features: 2 channel 120w tube amp, independent eq, independent presence, independent volume/gain
FX loop, Footswitch, 2 Bugera speakers, 6 12AX7 preamp tubes, 4 6L6 power tubes.
On the front: 1 guitar input, Power Switch, Standby Switch. On the back: 4 8 16 ohm selector on back, Preamp-out, FXLoop in - out. // 9
Sound: Ok cleans, awesome distortion. It sounds kind of cold and sterile at first, but warms up a bit after a while of playing. It could be my bias settings though, I hear a lot of Bugera owners say their camp came biased way off. This is very bad for your tone and your tubes. A little fizzy at low volumes, but sounds very nice at higher volumes. Kinda like the 5150. The distortion has a nice low-mid roar to it, and the bass is fairly tight, not clinical, but tight enough for most uses. It's a little too harsh for me though, I rolled down my tone knob, and put the treble and presence both to 0, it still sounds kinda harsh. I think the only way to fix this is speaker replacements, but that will actually put the cost of this amp over some higher end ones, which makes it pointless to get it in the first place. You get it for the nice price and features. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Well it broke down on me 3 times already in 4 months! I had to Drive it to a nearby Behringer service depot. I don't know where they contract these ppl because they're not part of Behringer, and they're pretty fcking terrible at fixing amps if You ask me. Each time I was assured and re-assured that the amp will work fine from here on, and within 6 weeks it's broken down 3 times. I honestly feel like the amp spent more time with the tech than it did in my bedroom!
On top of that, when the amp does work, I get a lot sympathetic vibration from something inside the amp, I have no idea what it is, but as soon as I turn up the volume to 1-2 ish it starts to chime in, and it freakin pisses me off that I can't find what it is. Btw I told the service ppl about this problem the first time, they said they'll look into it. I have a feeling they did jag-all cause it's still there after 3 services. // 1
Impression: My impression is basically this, it sounds good clean, it sounds very good distorted, it sounds awesome when cranked, but only when it works! Btw all you tube nubes Who wanna try out this as your first tube amp, DON'T! First of all it's not worth the trouble, secondly it's way to freaking loud for home use. The amp sounds like shit with the master below 2, it sounds it's best at 5+, and at 5 you will blow out all your windows and get the neighbours to call the cops on your ass. I thought I might have a dud and tried to get Behringer to replace it for me, but no deal, and they weren't particularly nice about it. So that's it, no more bugera/behringer for me ever again. // 1
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