Bugera 6260 Surprise...it sounds great!

[Frankencat]

So I was invited to a private jam with some friends at a local studio and for the back line they had a pair of Bugera 6260 heads with some kind of Eminence loaded 2x12 cabs. I honestly wasn't expecting much and I get most of my sounds in this situation from my pedalboard so I usually just run pedals into a clean amp. To my surprise this amp sounded really good and enjoyed playing it for a few hours. Really great classic rock and harder tones and even some nice cleans, all on the crunch channel. I really have no idea about this amp only to say that I am quite surprised how much I enjoyed playing through it tonight. I may just snag one on the cheap if the opportunity arises.

 

[Frankencat]

 

[Pissedplexi]

Like that stage! Cool on the Boog.

 

[Dave Lewis]

Some Bugera heads are excellent much better than they are given credit for( mainly by people that have never used one )
Ive had the 1960 and a 55.for a few years

 

[BahamaDada]

Bugeras can sound cool - but I would never trust them so much to gig with them. That's the problem for me mostly.

But as I said: Soundwise? Behringturd rips those things they do off pretty bluntly. So the sound *should* be like the real thing.

Not to salten your joy. Cool amp and a reeeaaally amazing stage. Awesome. The fact that the place provides some amps is cool, too. Most venues here don't even provide extension cords. Head, cab, anything has to be brought in.

 

[Pissedplexi]

I got the 1960I & 1990I years ago when Sweetwater was selling them at $400 brand new. Still got the 59 clone but I killed the 1990 when a speaker died in a 412 creating a 32ohm impedance and burned the Tranny. I was at volume. That pahvizzle to silence is a sound I never want to hear again.

Beat the shit out of mine at volume for years and they sounded great. You get the 1990I at 6 and above it takes off and rips. Jumps right out.

 

[ballhawk]

I've owned the original V22 combo (not infinium) and a V22 infinium head. Those original combos had some issues but the Infinium models worked out the kinks for the most part.

I took the combo apart and have the head chassis sitting in my basement. Sometimes I use the fx return with other preamps. Still works fine that way (and front input works too I just don't use it). I traded the infinium head regretfully.

If I knew more about modding amps I'd experiment in upgrading that OG V22 but these days that's not going to happen.

 

[deadpool_25]

That's cool. If memory serves, they can have reliability problems but they're praised for their sound. The 6260 is basically a 5150 I think?

 

[Night Stalker]

I've got a 6262 Infinium. I bought it only because I had been looking for a 5150 or 6505 for a while, and the right one hadn't shown up for sale, but this Bugera popped up for super cheap, and it was basically brand new in the box, so I figured why not.

Turns out it's legitimately a great sounding amp. At the time, my other guitar player had his OG 5150 at my place, so naturally I had to compare them. I actually liked the 6262 a little better. It just sounds a touch more refined, which may be down to tubes or whatever.

 

[headcrash]

Maybe I ain’t telling you news, but many, if not all of the Bugera tube amps are veeeerrry close (almost to the point of being exact) clones of well-known amps.
I know for sure for the 6260 (= Peavey 5150/6505), 6262 (=Peavey 5150 II /6505+), 1960 (=Marshall 1959 Plexi), 1990 (= JCM900 Dual Reverb).
I think they also have or had a Peavey XXX copy, the 333 XL. And even a 3 channel Rectifier clone, the Trirec.
Don’t know about the V22 /V55.
Bugera T 50 could be Vox Nighttrain, G5 could Blackstar HT 5, G20 could be HT 20

 

[RaceU4her]

i should have bought a 1960 when they were still $629 new not all that long ago until a couple youtubers blew them up.

 

[maddnotez]

I've got a 6262 Infinium. I bought it only because I had been looking for a 5150 or 6505 for a while, and the right one hadn't shown up for sale, but this Bugera popped up for super cheap, and it was basically brand new in the box, so I figured why not.

Turns out it's legitimately a great sounding amp. At the time, my other guitar player had his OG 5150 at my place, so naturally I had to compare them. I actually liked the 6262 a little better. It just sounds a touch more refined, which may be down to tubes or whatever.

Same experience I've had, they sound killer. I did play one at a music shop when they first came out and the thing literally blew up right then and there within 2 minutes of me playing it. It was definitely funny but that was a very long time ago and I have no doubt they've fixed any of those issues by now.

I would have no issues playing out of one of those things but I have my 5150 territory covered already.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

So I was invited to a private jam with some friends at a local studio and for the back line they had a pair of Bugera 6260 heads with some kind of Eminence loaded 2x12 cabs. I honestly wasn't expecting much and I get most of my sounds in this situation from my pedalboard so I usually just run pedals into a clean amp. To my surprise this amp sounded really good and enjoyed playing it for a few hours. Really great classic rock and harder tones and even some nice cleans, all on the crunch channel. I really have no idea about this amp only to say that I am quite surprised how much I enjoyed playing through it tonight. I may just snag one on the cheap if the opportunity arises.

It's practically a 1:1 copy of the Peavey 5150 so yeah that sounds good. No thanks to Behringturd though.
Thank James Brown instead.

 

[Dave Lewis]

It's practically a 1:1 copy of the Peavey 5150 so yeah that sounds good. No thanks to Behringturd though.
Thank James Brown instead.

 

[Dave Lewis]

I bought my 1960 new for £381.00 from Andertons in Aug 2021

 

[MatrixClaw]

Bugera amps sound great. They just aren't built the best. Buddy of mine had 3 of their amps when they originally came out. The 333 and the 333 XL.The 333 had one of the ribbon cables melt and he replaced it with the XL. The 333 XL literally caught on fire at a show and started smoking so much they had to evacuate the venue until it aired out. He got a replacement and traded it for a Trirec it lasted him for years. I think he still has it.

They all sounded fantastic, they were all very close clones of Peavey or Mesa amps. Newer ones came out with Vox and Marshall clones as well. As far as I know, the reliability issues have been fixed but they fell out of favor because A LOT of people had issues the first few years of their release. They're made by Behringturd.

 

[Pissedplexi]

Bugera amps sound great. They just aren't built the best. Buddy of mine had 3 of their amps when they originally came out. The 333 and the 333 XL.The 333 had one of the ribbon cables melt and he replaced it with the XL. The 333 XL literally caught on fire at a show and started smoking so much they had to evacuate the venue until it aired out. He got a replacement and traded it for a Trirec it lasted him for years. I think he still has it.

They all sounded fantastic, they were all very close clones of Peavey or Mesa amps. Newer ones came out with Vox and Marshall clones as well. As far as I know, the reliability issues have been fixed but they fell out of favor because A LOT of people had issues the first few years of their release. They're made by Behringturd.

The ends of the ribbon cables inside were melting and creating marshmallow roasts. The Second Gen Infinium models performed much better. Neither of mine melted and I played mine very loud 90% of the time. Bothering peeps wasn't an issue then. Plus you could mix, match power tubes as long as they were same pin out. I used 6V6's to attenuate the 1960I before using my Weber Mass 200. Didn't like the built in master volume. Shit on my tone. Fun amps because they sounded good. I paid $400 each brand new. What a fucking deal.