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Bugera Valve amps

Postby neil2726 » 25 Feb 2012, 22:26

Anyone have any experience of The Bugera V55 and V22 valve amps? They seem good value for money!
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby Didier » 26 Feb 2012, 09:50

neil2726 wrote:Anyone have any experience of The Bugera V55 and V22 valve amps? They seem good value for money!

I have a friend who bought a Bugera V22 amp from Thomann around one year ago, and is quite happy with it. I have heard it at meetings and it sounds OK for Shadows' music.

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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby dave robinson » 26 Feb 2012, 13:41

Bugera, an unfortunate choice of name for . . . . . anything - don't you think ? 8-)
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby Didier » 26 Feb 2012, 14:11

dave robinson wrote:Bugera, an unfortunate choice of name for . . . . . anything - don't you think ? 8-)

Sure that "bug era" is not likely to inspire confidence on products reliablity ! ;)

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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby dave robinson » 26 Feb 2012, 16:32

Didier wrote:
dave robinson wrote:Bugera, an unfortunate choice of name for . . . . . anything - don't you think ? 8-)

Sure that "bug era" is not likely to inspire confidence on products reliablity ! ;)

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Not my original train of thought - but relevant. :lol:
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby roger bayliss » 26 Feb 2012, 17:16

Bugera BC30 212 is fairly close in sound to an AC30 but not quite as full sounding I understand. Utube have examples to listen too. I think Behringher have something to do with these as they used to have them listed on their site for a while and their products are not always reliable but are cheap and good value.


How about these British made amps then ? anyone tried them ? Some are hand wired I believe.

http://www.haydenamps.com/products/#classic-series

Cotton Club 30 and 15 look nice EL84 amps
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby Didier » 26 Feb 2012, 22:30

roger bayliss wrote:I think Behringher have something to do with these

That's right, Behringer and Bugera are part of the same group. They have their own factory in China, which explains the prices.

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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby dave robinson » 26 Feb 2012, 23:12

It's possible that these Bugera amps are great sounding etc, but as one who has tried several different valve amps - boutique and otherwise, I have to concede that Vox was always the answer for Shadows music, followed by Fender (Blues DeVille in my case) and Mesa Boogie Mk III. The ones that I bought and tried were all eventually sold as I returned to the Vox - lesson learned. :idea:
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby Graylion » 27 Feb 2012, 20:09

Hi Roger, they sound alright on their website samples but they have cheated with a touch of added reverb on amps which don't have it built-in! There's a very handy ex-demo Cotton Club 7/15 on eBay at present for £399. I like the controls on this and the 15/30 as well as the dual-output switching. Unfortunately there's no dealer within at least an hour's drive from me! I'll just settle for my Vox AC15 TV Heritage for now! :D Thanks for pointing us towards them.
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roger bayliss wrote:Bugera BC30 212 is fairly close in sound to an AC30 but not quite as full sounding I understand. Utube have examples to listen too. I think Behringher have something to do with these as they used to have them listed on their site for a while and their products are not always reliable but are cheap and good value.


How about these British made amps then ? anyone tried them ? Some are hand wired I believe.

http://www.haydenamps.com/products/#classic-series

Cotton Club 30 and 15 look nice EL84 amps
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Re: Bugera Valve amps

Postby roger bayliss » 27 Feb 2012, 20:45

Stick with the Heritage Lionel :)
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