Fixing & Playing Around with a Defective Bugera TriRec

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

@24:40. Self awareness, knowing you cant and wont resist fking with it further 😂😂😂😂

[@DATT]

Hah yeah, the Infinium system was really neat.

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

@@DATT I really enjoyed the Infinium feature. I don't think Bugera makes amps anymore though, do they?

[@DATT]

@@WholeLottaBulldog Hmm, not sure. They have a website, makes it look like they do. I know they have exclusivity deals with certain retailers so you can't just buy them anywhere. A couple sites I checked out doesn't seem like there is a lot of stock.

[@kellecetraro4807]

This is the second video of yours I've watched... I'm hooked! And you definitely need to play with more preamps and amplifiers. I'd be happy to send some to you depending where you're at 🤘🏼

[@DATT]

I'm in Northern Canada. What kind of gear do you mean ? Like rack gear ?

[@charless971]

I'm pairing mine with a B52 cab and it's got some real nice low end chunk. Pair that with a BBE Maximizer and you can get it tight no flub..

[@DATT]

Hmm, I've never heard of the B52 before. I am familiar with using the BBE on guitar tho.

[@smg20000]

I have one of these amps and it has the blinking standby light as well. Do you think I can maybe send it to you to fix?

[@DATT]

IT's what I do, but I'm in northern Canada. So shipping would be a bitch.

[@AsmulMasran]

@@DATTcan you send me your details and maybe we can figure something out?

[@infinidominion]

These later models were known for problems, seems like factory complacency because the earlier Bugeras seemed like they were made with care

[@DATT]

Yeah, that's behringer for you. They are made cheap. As nice as this amp sounds, I don't think I'd trust it for serious gigging.

[@charless971]

@@DATT Well, my first one died however they sent me another one and I've put it through seven years of practice and gigging. Haven't even had to replace a tube. So I don't know. Some of them might be lemons, but mine has been working great for years.

[@soapboxearth2]

My next build will be a 50 watt plexi with the ceriatone chupa dual bias circuit. I'll , at least be able to use unmatched sets of 6l6 or el34. I think it will be a very useful thing to do on furute builds. I picked up hundreds of vintage tubes from the widow of a ebay tube seller last year so hopefully i got a lifetime supply for a coupke hundred bucks and wont have to worry how closely theyre matched. I guess i cpuld also play around with mathched sets and see how an amp would sound with tubes that are biased slightly different

[@DATT]

Yeah I played with Dual bias before, not sure why it's not standard in more amps. Some of the new Marshall JVM's have it. I remember this one mod I read about in the early days, where a multi bias was added to a 5150 so he could run more EL34's and KT88's together in a 100watt.

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Oh man, i had one of these 10 years ago. It might be one of the best sounding amps ive ever had, but it wouldnt stop breaking, even with only bedroom volume use. Heartbreaking

[@DATT]

Damn eh. What kind of things went wrong with it ?

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

@@DATT the preamp died first (something fried in the circuitry apparently), then the vari power thing lost its mind. Wild fluctuations in volume. Shame

[@DATT]

@@WholeLottaBulldog Oh wow, yeah, in an amp like that, I could imagine something going wrong with the switching that would essentially disable the preamp. I'm not 100% sure how the varipower work, but I could see that causing problem if it failed. Mind you, I think varipower would be easy enough for me to bypass if I had to.

[@barrettjones6072]

I tried the 1990 and have to say it sounded miles better than the JCM 900. But the only problem was that after about 10 minutes of playing the tubes would turn bright blue and then pop. Ended up buying two in a row from the same seller that seemed to be some type of discount warehouse in the Las Vegas area. Both did the same thing. It’s unfortunate because I feel if these guys would have had their 💩 together they could have dominated.

[@DATT]

Yeah, I tried the 1990 too and quite enjoyed it. And the 1960 was great. As far as I know, Bugera is just Behringers amp branding. And after years working in sound, the one thing I know for sure about behringer, or at least once apon a time, the engineering is great, they work well, but not road worthy. I've met a lot of failed behringer gear.

[@szaki95]

If you're running only 2 tubes, you gotta adjust the impedance switch one position down.

[@DATT]

Yep, I might have glazed over that in the video. SOmetimes I forget to mention everything I'm thinking of when I'm doing things, or what you should know about what I'm doing. Hah, which is why I avoid the general "How To" style of video. Haha. In all my amps I'm pretty much only ever run 2 tubes, so I do that trick all the time.

[@AradijePresveti]

🎸🔊

[@DATT]

Fric yeah, bud !

[@takeahikeeh8557]

I have one of these heads. It now makes no sound, apparently the signal ends at a sealed "chip" inside. I was told by a tech at a local music store that it isn't worth fixing. I haven't found one for sale since and reviews are always good on these things so, it seems to me that it is worth fixing. Does anyone know someone willing to check this thing out? :)

[@DATT]

Damn, "Isn't worth fixing", Translation: "I'm not interested enough if figuring out this circuit I don't understand." That or: "I probably could figure it out, but it'll take many hours which will get costly at my shop rates." It's funny, looking at the schematic, I don't even see a "Chip" in the direct signal path.

[@takeahikeeh8557]

@@DATT Yah, I am no electronic wizard. What he said didn't really make sense. I mean if that where the case it wouldn't work if the effects were used. I should take it apart and look for that fuse. haha

[@DATT]

@@takeahikeeh8557 You'd think a decent tech could at least bypass said chip. Like maybe you loose some function but at least the amp works.

[@lore7766]

I have schematics if anybody need it

[@DATT]

Nice !

[@jeffallen3382]

That amp sounds liike complete garbage!

[@DATT]

Hah maybe, I might just not have recorded it well. Unless you're talking from personal experience.

[@jeffallen3382]

@@DATT the video here... it's probably the recording setup, but that was hideous! Sorry man.

[@DATT]

@@jeffallen3382 Nah, it's cool. Recording these amps are not my strong suit.