Bugera Amps 6260 Head and 412H Cab

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In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Bugera Amps 6260 head and 412H cab.

[@DCWelker]

Everytime you say Bugera with a soft G, my heart dies a little.

[@cameronnalley3197]

DC Welker LOL

[@zippittydoodah]

He can't help it, he was born that way.

[@RandyFricke]

That's not an Infinium. You can tell because of the blue pilot lights. The Infiniums are orange. The tubes are not interchangeable unless you know how to bias them yourself. Just FYI. Mine is still going strong.

[@TheFunnyzach]

This is actually a really good amp. The new Infinium model is amazing. I suggest you do have it looked over by your favourite amp guy though, just to be sure everything's good inside. Also the cab is pretty darn good, you just have to wear in the speakers inside for about 7 hours, or it sounds like crap.

[@systemofachan]

I love the way the lead channel is voiced. Who cares about pronunciation? The amp speaks for it's self. It's hard to find a raw amp that sounds that good for the price.

[@ziggynumnums5243]

I've had this amp for about 5 or 6 years now. I never had any issues with it until a bandmate broke a water main and flooded the practice area, with my amp directly in the path of carnage. But luckily, it was salvaged, but has needed a few amp doctor appointments concerning the wiring and tubes. But, tube amps unfortunately need a decent amount of maintenance to keep them running tip-top. But, ANYWAY, my opinion regarding the review. If you pay attention, he doesn't turn the volume past 1.5 or 2. Tube amps generally don't give their true tone until they hit the breaking point of about 4.

[@smokinvalves]

What?

[@recordatron]

These are actually great sounding amps. I own the combo version and its surprisingly versatile. I've had it for about 3 months and gig it regularly and its been fine. I'd recommend it.

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

I’m thinking of getting this head to pair up with my Mesa 4x12 cab. This head literally shakes the earth from the sound that it spits out!

[@itscoolbro2]

I love Bugera's so much.

[@evilivyesp]

bugera amps are awesome

[@TuRtLeSaC95]

The first clean demonstration was so beautiful idk why..

[@MaxwellSmart21]

Marty Mcfly !!!

[@neophyte2688]

A piece of advise on Bugera >100w heads: Change all pre amp tubes for JJs or your prefered good trusty tubes, remove the two power tubes in the middle so will have only two power tubes, you won't ever ever ever need the full 120w and you'll go much more easy on the output and power transformers wich, along with the stock tubes, are the ownly downsides of those amps. Other than that they are greate amps for the money.

[@abergreg]

Bullshit, the decibel scale is logarithmic, 50 watts is 90% the volume of 100 watts. The difference between a 50 watt head and a 100 watt head is 3db, ie next to nothing. Unless you are playing VERY large venues or you require huge clean headroom 50 (or 60 watts in this case) is preferable because you get to benefit from power amp compression at a level that wont kill your audience.

[@abergreg]

Its 120 watts, I own 20 odd amps, unless you are playing very large venues or need a LOT of clean headroom a 50/60 watt is easier to get that controlled power amp feedback with.

[@neophyte2688]

Blackbrooke I use an attenuator, probably 30 watts is the ideal, but I got my Infinium head really cheap so..

[@abergreg]

The attenuator, if its any good and doesnt choke the life out of the sound, cost you more than the amp, good move??

[@dst94]

It is boo-jera actually. Nevermind. Don't care about the name or distributer. They're simply amazing tube amps for even an amazing price :)

[@TheDistortionist]

Even though the clean DOES have some dirt on it, I really like it. I tried it at Guitar Center (I know, I know...) It was a very OPEN sounding clean with LOTS of headroom. Also very responsive to your playing.

[@smokinvalves]

It's Bu*g*era - with a hard G

[@gwugluud]

The 1st Bugera gear bit I bought was their 2x12 cab, cos it was so cheap. I bought a Celestion and an Eminence "brit series" speaker and had them switched out with the stock speakers, cos they were way too "American"-sounding. Later I bought a 1960 head and learned that Bugera amps sound excellent, but they're ASTONISHINGLY bright. Have to have the treble and presence knobs rolled way back...Now I understand about their speakers, lol.

[@jduffy14]

I've found it's often the case that the amps sound MUCH better when the guy can play (which he can) and they are recorded well (which it is). This amp and cab are a good value and sound much better than most of the solid state stacks and combos out there. I own a Bugera 1990 and I love it...sounds great and cost less than half of its REAL competitors. agcatdriver has it right...most manufacturers are dancing between quality and cost.

[@Zeus4taquitos]

This amp has a great bare-bones rock 'n' roll sound on both the clean and crunch channels. They're very well made. Anyone could love this amplifier if they can get over their Behringer prejudice.

[@MyGreatFall]

@Lgw1984 I think Bugera themselves did announce that they had various problems such as the plastic cover on the top melting because of the heat from the tubes, but along with that, they announced that all of their amps from the newest production would now be problem-secure, with every problem known taken into account of course!

[@gerby90]

That solo was very impressive!!

[@JgHaverty]

@yamahabmxer1 FX loop allows you to put effects in the power amp section instead of the pre amp. Basically just gives it a better sound.

[@ollemannen5]

Sounds really good, i dont really care how close or far away it sounds to a peavey 5150, couse it sounds great!

[@RandyMassia]

i've had it for 4 months and have gigged with it 6 times. still works great, and sounds just as good as when i bought it, if not better since its more broken in. bugera's fixed all their old issues with the new infinium line. maybe you should actually give them a try before judging them based on the horror stories you read on forums.

[@mateuszbaduramusic]

6:21 ! What a tone !! < 3

[@leeparker2949]

For the price it's an absolute steal I swapped stock valves and it sounds amazing. Great value amp dont be fooled by the price.

[@TheCamarossfan]

awesome demo

[@GlennJimenez]

Jesus, I never knew Paul could shred.

[@MannyBlue65]

Because these amp are not that expensive I bought two heads and set one up with EL34 tubes and left the other one with the 6l6 tubes. I then took the 4x12 cab and converted it so that each amp head only plays into 2 speakers. Its like having two 2x12 cabinets but in one speaker box. I got the idea from Joe Bonamassa. I can play both of the amp heads at the same time or one at a time using a Boss LS-2 line selector.

[@EnvyInc]

@JimmyPage968 The 5881 is just a version of a 6L6, along with the 6L6G, 6L6GA, 6L6GB, 5932, 7027 and 6L6GC.

[@CemetaryGatesML]

@varulv234 no, in stand by mode you ur guitar does not have to be pluged in. ur guitar only needs to be pluged in when ur standby switch is off and ur amp is on, and if you want to change guitars, you must go back into standby mode, let it sit for a minute, then unplug ur guitar and plug a diffrent one in. then flip the standby switch to begin playing guitar. its simple but very important. i got a friend who treated his amp like a solidstate amp, and now hes out 200$ for new tubes

[@jptzy]

ive seen alot of amp demos, like this ones sound the best

[@CemetaryGatesML]

@varulv234 you ALWAYS must leave ur amp all pluged in when its on. and you MUST leave your amp ON in the standby mode for 1 minute MINIMUM to let the tubes warm up. the longer you warm up the better it sounds. and when shutting down, you must turn into the standby mode , let sit for a minute, then turn it off. these are the proper steps to keep ur tubes alive, if you dont do this, you will damage the amp, and kill your tubes, and their not cheap to replace. dont cut their life short!

[@cortarelva]

I think so many people makes fun of Paul because he has the kind of job most guitar gear heads would kill to have. Jealousy is an ugly felling.

[@MrBigbubba3]

@Megdidar Just a little thing to point out, typically to double the total possible volume on a tube amp you have to multiply the watts by 10. This isnt true with all because of different tubes, transistors, speakers, ect, but its just a little thing to keep in mind

[@myway43]

I heard they have worked out a lot of the bugs with the intial issues. I will see what I can find out, but it is a great sounding amp. I am pretty hot about the new 1960 plexi models as well.

[@givemeajackson]

@toraliens but veeeeery close. not in terms of quality, but with a tiny bit of eq-ing you can get those amps to sound absolutely the same.

[@xxMickiWSxx]

@store1992 they re-called all their models after that. they used to long story short made out of plastic. there now much much more reliable and have a tone that is morealess up there with the 5150 blockletter. i use very high gain because i use mine for low tunings for really heavy music so i run a maxon od on the front. sounds brilliant.

[@TillVoges]

This is the dream of a tone^^

[@skinnyboy400]

great review

[@blockstar2013]

@sonicsoul0 As long as you are looking into tube for metal distortion, you are in my good books bud. Smarter than most of my friends. (: I agree completely.

[@Wildchildinc]

@BatistaStrums123 the Bugera will give you the perfect sounds for just about anything and is really good for metal because it's basically like peaveys 6505. The only con with Bugera is their durability/realiability I would suggest changing the power tubes and get it biased to prevent future problems that are almost guaranteed to happen. The Valveking is an ok amp It doesn't give you much gain but can be fixed with a pedal. Id prefer the Bugera

[@professorlamp]

@jedaxel no you need a cabinet aswell. DO NOT TURN IT ON WITHOUT A CABINET

[@TimV93]

Play through one. They're great amps, regardless of the name. Who cares if it's a Behringer. Who knows and why should it matter, it the amp that should be the deciding factor, not just a name. Ignore all those ignoramuses who think Bugeras are bad amps because they are a Behringer branch of amps.

[@gtrmanvintage]

the amp failure you and so many youtubers refer to is the same problem peavey valve amps had on usa built amps. the high voltage connection to the board were made made of an inferior plastic,which couldnt handle the heat.the part was upgraded years ago.I had a peavey ultra brand new died. that doesnt mean peavey is crap,but a company who builds tons of amps a year will always encounter part failures,one part.a diode in the peavey power section,bugera a plastic connector in the power section

[@fisketruten]

wow.. that actually sounds pretty great. i'm gonna check it out.

[@sokka06]

Maybe look into Bugera 1990.

[@RandyFricke]

I just picked up a 6260 Combo that's not the Infinium from Musician's Friend for $250. I like the the 6L6's and have a box of EL34's on hand for when the 6L6's go south. I'm lovin' this amp so far. Gain for days and LOUD!!! Marshall's are so over-priced now and the new one's aren't nearly as good as the old one's so there's little point in shelling out that kind of money for a name.

[@JuanPiVlok]

Yes in fact I own a few marshalls but I need something cheaper for some gigs where I can not bring good gear, but thans for your answer.

[@AlexCrudu]

yep! I have a 6260 2x12 combo :)) and it came with a footswitch

[@Michael1773196]

This is actually a great amplifier for the price.

[@jharri1]

Paul rules!

[@DizzyKrissi]

crunch and lead-channel sound great. The clean-channel sucks but the price doesn't - great value.

[@PIlotrcm]

Best bang for your dollar..no doubt. Its not a Mesa/Boogie and it's not a Marshall but you wont be paying those prices and still get a really great sound.

[@TrutVonHahn]

I've had a Bugera for 1 year and i died 4 times: 1. The 6L6s died after 1 month 2. The Transformer died. 3. The 12AX7 / ECC83 died. 4. 2 Elcos Blew up. After that I've sold my 6260 and ordered a v22. I took it out of the packet and it died after 2 Minutes of playing. I have to say that i'm very disappointed of Bugera. After all those dying amps, I've bought an Engl Fireball 100 and the Bugera 6260 is nothing compared to the Engl (ok it's stupid to say that... the Engl is twice as expensive as the Bugera).

[@Tru_Gamer]

@blockstar2013 yes, well said, but I've been playing with my tone for a bit now and it has come to my attention that not only was it something I noticed, but is actually somewhat of a well known fact, that wood and guitar shape make a huge difference to the tone :) then it's the hummies

[@IwishIwereJoe]

This cost $200 for the head on musicians friend right now . Cheapest normal size head I've seen

[@noiseeater-toxicbyte1513]

IwishIwereJoe +1 for awareness.

[@IwishIwereJoe]

Just checked it isn't anymore but it was for the " stupid deal of the day "

[@WDMetalman]

IwishIwereJoe I just got mine in yesterday!

[@amoaxe25]

I, I guess you guys weren't ready for that. But your kids are gonna love it! End quote. \m/

[@agcatdriver]

If you really want one of these heads to suprise you, order a retube kit from Eurotubes and get rid of the cheap Chinese made tubes that come in them from the factory. Our band has two of these that we've been gigging with regularly for 5 months now, and they've been stone cold reliable. All we've done to them was retube them, and they sound great!

[@CemetaryGatesML]

@varulv234 it kills the tubes, tube amps like this bugera are more delicate that soildstate amps, with a solid state, you plug it and turn it on and rock out , with a tube amp, tone takes time, you gotta turn it on and let it sit for a minute. and make sure the everything is conected so it dosent put the tubes in harm. then you can go fully on and then rock out. not properly turning it off or on will also damage the amp and tubes

[@peterk2722]

Cool!

[@davidallen346]

I remember buying this amp head from a ebay seller for $225 looks new but worked for 5 mins then it died but had a good tone and heavy as hell ! Too bad I couldn't fix it and had to return the amp

[@in2itionalex]

Great Player and great sond!

[@nerrad127]

well, since its last repair, ive had no problems and ive been playing on it regularly in a band setting. and no, I have the infinium. no problems anymore

[@xstevex59]

@getsuga987 peavey XXX= 333 , peavey JSX = 333XL , peavey JSX is basically a XXX with a few changes same as 333XL vs 333

[@ChadBurk4420]

@DerekBeck87 Yes, you can but look out everyone says these break down everytime.my electricain friend has said he's fixed over a dozen of these.

[@MeanGreenMovies]

PLEASE GUITARWORLD DO A DEMO OF THE BUGERA 1960! I BEG YOU!

[@BigRuudy]

Googled it. Was pleasantly surprised.

[@iKicchi]

people compares this Bugera 6262 with 5150..I have gone through at least 30 video of both amps..I still am not convinced with the Bugera sounding even closer to 5150..It's way more muddy..If are thinking of buying a real good cab, once and for all..Don't go with the Bugera wait a year more, save the money and buy a Peavey 6505 or 6505 plus..that's just what I think..cheers..

[@razormusik]

I WANT THIS AMP!!!!!!

[@Justinjale]

humbucker's breaking up on the clean channel? i fix that by rolling my volume knobs on the guitar to like 8. i have active EMGs, and they already have crunch if you're playing clean with the pickups all the way up. back to the amp... That has a pretty good hair metal tone on the crunch channel. the lead channel sounds ok

[@JimmyPage968]

The amp is also convertible to 5881 tubes!

[@DaGagamel]

@StephenFiorentini yes it is .. bugera makes amps which sound very great but the tubes arent very good and it's built badly^^ but if you are looking for a good sounding amp i would recomment it..

[@lern2swim]

The combo is basically just flipped upside down from what the head is.

[@lyradguitar]

ya my 6262 had alot of really lame plastic clips connecting high voltage leads! not good. my 6262 shut down completely so i looked inside and saw that the clips were making a bit of arcing cause of the bad connection so i tossed the clips and wired straight to the board! it's all good now.

[@najtrows]

im really thinking about getting this!

[@GameLevelEditor]

I want to like this Bugera amp but for some reason the Jet CIty review sounded much more hip to my ears. Can anyone confirm if the Jet CIty actually sounds more like a musical tube amp or was it Paul was playing better that day?

[@davidcree682]

Does it come with footswitch? Thanks

[@jeroenbls88]

you should go for the Bugera 6262 or the 333XL those are the real metal Bugera's and they sound Effin great !!!

[@RoyvanRikken]

I got this halfstack about a month ago. It sounds absolutely awsome !! Although i don't know if my neighbours like it as much as i do. Hahahaha........

[@TheDistortionist]

I've been thinking about doing this setup ever since I saw Joe's rig video. Which tube do you prefer in the power section?

[@Plague606]

I have this head. But I got the Celestion packed Spider IV cab with it. Thing gets loud!

more like the jcm900 i just tried it yesterday, but i can't choose... i want to be able to play pantera, trivium, children of bodom, machine head, black label society stuff like that and i don't know wich bugera would fit me most

[@BlazemanGuitarX]

Starts playing at 2:48

[@TimV93]

yeah, maybe live in a huge open area. But it's overkill, but it's nice to brag about it you have one.

[@Sjeedie]

@Bobby59 I guess it's practically the same,,but the 6262 has separate EQ's for both the clean and the lead channel. Check out my 6262-212 vids if you like.

[@Sjejse]

hehe true, Bugeras(while working) is pure awesomeness, with a really great sound for the buck! But then again, as you say, its poor quality control, but you might be lucky to buy one which will have no probs and won't get it :) the new ones should be fine, but the old ones got the "bugera patterns"

[@youngandinsane]

all i want to say,is that they are constructed cheaply,not all of them work evenly,and some fail (this isn't suppose to happen..) Elektronics (circuitboards) is made so cheap,and so undetailed that when i gave it to my technician,he was suprised how bad it all was putted togheter. I now own an engl savage,pure craftmanship ! believe me,i know everything about tubeheads..

[@merakerli]

so, it means that you can not play loud with clean, without breaking up?

[@MEGATROID114]

@luvz2sploogeify i played the 6262 combo(pretty much the same thing) and the speakers dont make it sound like there is any flange on it.. i know i have a flanger and i know how subtle it can be. im not bashing ya, im just helping clarify... but i like ur suggestion on putting eminence or celestion speakers in it..

[@MeanGreenMovies]

@TheGnarchitect unless your in a band its waaaaaay too much for home. if you want a valve amp for home then 5w is more than enough. i reccomend the marshall class 5

[@Drakggor]

question, Why is it that the half stack amp that I owned (which is the same that you are reviewing) has a humming noise even when the guitar volume is down. Also, the lead gain loses a lot of power once you crack up the volume to 2-3. I had to buy a Metal Zone petal, noise reduction petal, so that sound has more gain, and not too noisy. I'm still don't like it. What do you do to make the amp sound so quite when you turn on the amp, and turn down the volume on the guitar?

[@gtarman8d]

Did anyone hear the noise that was made when he switched the setting on the clean channel from clean to crunch?

[@Dimefan91]

I'm planning on getting a 333XL (I like the higher focus on treble than bass on the 6260, respectively) I hate how he calls it "Boojera"

[@JuanPiVlok]

I am using a marshall plexi head 1987 50w, and I use a small rack system, the thing is that sometimes I play some gigs where I must conect very quickly and just for 5 or 6 songs, so I been thinking on buy the bugera 333xl and the cab, so I can just plug the guitar directly, my gear is start to wear down because of this gigs, I prefer to leave in my studio, and play with somethign cheaper, what you think?

[@GuitarRazze]

@bigcatroberts 1960= plexi, not jcm 600

[@LeStraTele]

0:36 "...and we are gonna take a listen right now to the 6260." (AFTER ANOTHER 2:13 OF TALKING)

[@TRNFloyd]

@bigcatroberts your forgetting one, 333XL = Triple XXX i think

[@mike.ashton]

@dsl100stack yeah. i don't know why i made that comment that is kinda rude. they sound awesome my ex bandmate had one and it kicked ass. I have an ENGL invader now though, The 5150/6262 just isn't my thing. still awesome though!!

[@simbrack1195]

So you can't use the foot switch to switch between clean, crunch and then lead? That sucks for me coz i need that for gigs :(

[@blockstar2013]

@sonicsoul0 that being said, isnt it refreshing to hear an epiphone sound that great?