The $256 Tube Amp will RIVAL a Marshall PLEXI!

[@johnosborne3187]

"Isn't is amazing how we hear things differently with the labels removed?" Wow. One of several great quotes in this video. You dropped some serious wisdom today:)

[@Traumglanz]

These days not being a tool already equals some serious wisdom. You can me call now officially old. ;-)

[@johnwright8814]

Goes for HiFi too.

[@DannyG-cv8so]

It sounds nuts, but people really do listen with their eyes.

[@doktordrift948]

@@DannyG-cv8so Speak for yourselves. Shit is obvious.

[@johnwright8814]

@@DannyG-cv8so I think that people hallucinate their reality using a model, which was trained to be as close as possible to reality, from birth. Sometimes the model doesn't work, like in optical illusions or a magician's tricks. Military training of "muscle memory" augments the model. Advertising copy changes the model.

[@sflonghorn]

It was actually pretty cathartic to hear someone actually get the financial situation a lot of us are left dealing with right now lol good shit, Glenn!

[@daviddelossantos6075]

“Try turning some of the eq knobs instead of getting a new amp” Eq is like the not secret secret weapon! Love it!

[@1980JPA]

Coming from the audiophile and production world, every time I see a guitar pedal comparison, especially low gain overdrive, I keep thinking that the only difference is EQ. "But they're different topologies!!" Yeah well I can still EQ one into sounding like the other.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Yes indeed. Also, guitars have volume and tone controls. Some people don't seem to know that.

[@metalzonemt-2]

@@1980JPA There is the famous JHS' video of Digitech Bad Monkey vs. every other overdrive. I highly recommend it if you haven't already seen it.

[@LloydMajor]

WISE!!!!!!!!!

[@Jason-cm6uh]

Don't give away the secret man!

[@nervoustics77]

I own a Bugera 333xl and I LOVE IT. It's been with me for about 10 years never any issues.

[@gabrielremolina2827]

I had one too but it quickly crapped out on me. Loved everything about it but its willing to live!

[@bluesbubba7429]

Love your perspective on the cost of everything, (cost of living), for young people today. You have sized it up bluntly while hitting all the bases."It is what it is" to not get too political. I'm 65, and have gone through it all with life. I'm glad I hung on to my Marshall 1987x and cab, along with my guitars.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

I have played different Bugera amps for over a decade, never had any issues other than people asking me what I was using. The most complimented amp I have is the 333XL, the infinium tech is super handy while touring, and if anyone steals it, I can easily replace it. Replaceable, easy to maintain, sounds great live. PS: 16:00 "I love doing these videos and turning you on"

[@tanvarma4169]

I loved my 333XL. Regret selling it

[@DroneShotFPV]

I have the 333 XL, 1990, AND 1960, love all 3. I had a T50 that once I paired it with a good speaker and what not sounded better than initially did. People LOVE to shit on Bugera, but as you said, Infinium is amazing, and after 2010 / 2011 when they had fire issues simply from using sub par connectors on the power rail, they have been great amps. People don't get QC issues exist everywhere, just the ones you pay more for you see less because they catch them early before sending them out. lol

[@countzero5150]

​@@DroneShotFPV I have a jvm410, a jcm2000, an '83 jcm800, a XXX, an engl blackmore 100, and a rockerverb 50 mk3... But I also have two pre infinium 6260s, they absolutely hold their own and their build quality isn't really any worse than any other brand. I'd even say it's better than some. I've had all of my amps open at some point or another. Either to repair them, bias them, or mod them. I think a lot of the early bugeras that shipped out were either biased incorrectly, or not biased at all and that's where most of the failures came from. Both of them came from the factory biased so insanely hot it was like, "of course they melted, how could they not? They're set to like 95% dissipation." Combine that with a lot of inexperienced tube amp owners, many of whom this was their first tube amp, piss poor or just plain wrong maintenance instructions from bugera, and you have the makings of a lot of failures.

[@DroneShotFPV]

@@countzero5150 I can see that being a problem as well, I didn't know they were hot biased from factory, but it was also proven that the molex connection on the power input to the board was bad, or a cab capacitor or mosfet, and that was causing fires. Not on ALL of them, but some.. Regardless, I still love my Bugeras and would buy another! I was wanting a 6262 or the Tri Rec, hard pressed to find those at a great price currently.

[@denofearthundertheeverlast5138]

Yeah, I loved 333xl also, I had the 2x12 combo

[@emmanuelrogercosta9671]

shortly after your video on the 6505 + I came across a used one for 350 euros at the local store. Negotiated for 300 and brought it home. Plugged it in my Orange cabinet and was very happy with the results, I'll never thank you enough for that

[@kevindie]

*_Before watching: “This has to be about the Bugera 1960.”_* *_After watching: “Yep.”_*

[@nicholasdasilva5699]

I was half-expecting either the Peavey Windsor or Carvin X100B.

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

@@nicholasdasilva5699 ✌️at least someone else knows. I use the X100B every day. As for the Bugara I think they’re made by Beringer 🤔 who make decent gear.

[@TheZotman5]

And now Reverb has one for $1,300. Damn it.

[@dddd717]

@@nicholasdasilva5699 The peavey Windsor is a better option for about the same or a bit more. They are easily modded and very reliable

[@robertday1598]

I nailed it as well. I knew it was going to be Bugera.

[@screamingintothewind]

4 things I've learned about amps (in my experience). 1. Speakers can absolutely make the difference. 2. Settings matter just as much as speakers. 3. Simple is King. 4. More often than not, if you can't get the sound you want it likely has more to do with your playing than the amp.

[@dcraexon]

get it modded

[@sandycohen9862]

True

[@rangerdoc1029]

Amen

[@MaximusAdonicus]

I dunno what playing has to do with it?! Unless one is piss-poor at playing! If u hand any adequate player ie. Hetfield's rig, the person WILL get the 'Tallica sound! Playing is just the icing on the cake.

[@screamingintothewind]

@@MaximusAdonicus The equipment will be the same but you will not sound like James playing through his rig. If Eddie Van Halen played through your rig he would still sound like Eddie Van Halen. The fact you don't understand this tells me you either haven't been playing that long or still need a lot of practice.

[@MyMotherTheCar]

The first JCM800s were basically rebadged JMPs. The single channel vertical input models were the real Holy Grail.

[@blackfoil5992]

I use an 80's 2203 and I love it so damn much! Unfortunately they are expensive but they are fucking killer and rock solid. I can't agree with Glen here.

[@MyMotherTheCar]

@@blackfoil5992 One of the best amps ever built, by anyone. You really have to be in a room with one to understand how incredibly expressive they are.

[@silentskystudios]

After this video, ain't nobody gonna be gettin' one for $256, LOL.

[@CristelDevriezeMN]

What does that mean in plain English?

[@silentskystudios]

@@CristelDevriezeMN It means that this video will cause the demand for these amps to go up (because more people will be shopping for them), which means the price will go up, since the supply will not increase. It's simple Supply & Demand economics.

[@evanpaulsmithfalconfogolin6147]

Clickbait title.

[@jmabs5096]

⁠somebody slept during high-school economics 101 😂

[@tat2zz68]

​@@evanpaulsmithfalconfogolin6147 cry about it.

[@Insert_Bland_Name_Here]

Glenn: "So, which amp did you like the most?" Me, only listening while looking for a used Bugera 1960: "There was a difference?"

[@castleanthrax1833]

Yeah, I kinda spaced when listening (and heard no difference) and then realised Glenn was demoing all 3.

[@oldadajbych8123]

I haven't heard any difference, even when the names were shown.

[@JustinWoo]

I watched a lot of tone comparisons while making dinner, and not looking at the videos. I could never tell the differences between pickups and amps, so I don't worry about getting expensive stuff.

[@Rokosbasil]

It's probably because your listening to yt crap audio compression algorithm through a sheet phone dac with a sh phone speaker

[@Miki42]

yeah I was like "wait...there's a difference? they sound the same"

[@shawnphillips4941]

I’m not even a metal player, don’t really listen to it, but I appreciate it. I love this channel because it shows you that money doesn’t equal tone. During the A/B/C comparison, there was really little if any difference, not major enough to justify spending hundreds/thousands of dollars more. Keep up the good work!

[@castleanthrax1833]

My only criticism with the Bugera here, is who needs 150 watts these days? It sounded no different than the others, though.

[@shawnphillips4941]

@@castleanthrax1833 Definitely true, but looking on Sweetwater it says it has a master volume, so you just have that 150 watts on tap if you need it!

[@shaft9000]

~None~ of this "equals tone" because this is actually about TIMBRE, not tone. Tone is pitches (triTONE pentaTONic etc) not "the sound character" of an instrument.

[@castleanthrax1833]

@shaft9000 This isn't about a dictionary definition of the word "tone." Have you ever heard of the phrase "in the vernacular"? "Tone" when said by guitarists in the vernacular... means the sound, how pleasing or displeasing it is, and it is subjective... not objective.

[@daniellarson3068]

Me neither - I almost predate metal. The video did make me think that a lot of these tube amps are extremely similar and I should fix my old Sears Silvertone tube amp.

[@TheGuitologist]

As an amp tech, I can verify you should avoid Bugera amps. Why? Because when it breaks - and it WILL break - your friendly local amp tech like me will likely refuse to take it in and fix it. Why? Because the cost of a repair will likely exceed the actual value of the amp, and because the minute a tech touches an amp, he owns the problems. Not fun. If you want a good long term amp, save your change and buy the Marshall instead. The old one. The real one. Not this new crap they've been churning out the last 30 years.

[@Redbeard6969]

Why didn’t you post this 3 years ago before I bought my bugera head?? Lol

[@TIGHTENmetal]

On the reveal I was right that the "B" amp was the vintage Marshall. TBH on the rhythm sounds I agree there wasn't a significant difference and couldn't have called it out just based on that. However, on the lead playing, the vintage amp really had a sweet singing voice that the others couldn't keep up with. That said what's it worth to a player? Up to them!

[@SjPedro]

when I was in an active band I bought a used bugera 6262 which is pretty much a copy of the Peavey 6505... Got mocked for the brand but as soon as people heard it.....I still got mocked because it said Bugera on the front. Loved the damn thing. These days living in an apartment I can't justify using it so it's in my mom's basement back in my childhood home. Great memories of playing live with that thing though.

[@vorpalblades]

Same with Crate. I'm still playing a BlueVoodoo, still getting shit 30 years later.

[@onerandombruh]

​@@vorpalbladesCrates are not that bad... It's a shame they get such a bad rep, considering they had a Marty Friedman signature model.

[@SjPedro]

@@vorpalblades if there's one thing this channel has taught me is the power of a good "fuck you!" to the people who spout shit about the brands we use or not xD

[@StephGV2]

There is no money in impressing other guitarists, and they make shitty audience members.

[@SjPedro]

@@StephGV2 ain't that the truth!

[@Teletex82]

Used to work at a shop. We had a little Bugera Infinium behind the counter that was our test amp. People used to ask all the time what I was playing through because it sounded so good. Always blew their mind when I told them.

[@rome8180]

The problem with this video is you can't actually find these amps for $256. In fact, you can't find them at all. And if you do, they're more like $1000. This video won't help matters either.

[@mbg4041]

I feel your pain mate. I’m in Australia and that Marshall 1959HW is $4000 here!!!! Unobtainium for regular folk

[@JonDeth]

In America if you search a half dozen classified ad systems at least every other day, these deals are out there. Gear for a price steal isn't anywhere nearly as scarce as it seems, *but you also really need to know what to buy which is why the video focused on an amp made in China for the parent company, Behringer.* *I'm a college educated electrical/electronics engineer which literally means a scientist, and these channels that promote gear for whatever reason are extremely touchy about my posts.* In general, valves are a grossly overpriced technology so I understand your frustration. I have 2 all tube heads and while I love them, there are a lot more favorable features from my army of solid-state amps and I am a shred and sweep style guitarist, so couple that with an engineer and my standards are incredibly high.

[@johannes8383]

i just found one for 320€...an i asked for 300€ incl. shipping :) lets wait and see

[@CorbCorbin]

There are 5150 III 15 watt heads, for $300-$400 on Reverb, but most of the good prices are local pickup. The shipping ones, start at $480 +50shippimg. Bugera’s can be found, but it isn’t easy to find them, and shipped for what Glenn is saying.

[@JonDeth]

@@CorbCorbin there was a high end metal version of an Infinium on MusiciansFriend early yesterday for $299, I snoozed on it then realized what a fuck up it would be not buying it, went to order it last night and it was gone! SOB!! The deals are there and they're actually frequent but if it's something *SPECIFIC* you desire, always leap right on it. *Case in point is I prefer a lot of solid-state traits over valves even though I love both and blending a semiconductor stompbox with an all tube amp, but I found a Crate GX1200H halfstack for $150 in April and bought it without thinking once let alone twice.* It's a 3-legged mutt in a race against greyhounds in the grand view, but I have a formal background in the science of engineering so a few simple mods to the vast majority of Crate solid-states produced since around the early 90's proves them to be one of the ultimate solid-state sleepers. *Meanwhile, the 4x12 Crate cabinet is nearly 30 years old but the speakers were never actually broken in until I bought it and knew the specifics for how to do it!* They are mediocre speakers in the grand scheme but when x4 and after you break them in really well, ultimately still *perform* at a level relative to Eminence and Celestions. I'm just happy that the Infiinium I snoozed on it's eating at me like I expected. I bought a Carvin V3 for just over $500 earlier this year though and ultimately would bet the particular infinium I snoozed too long on would be more exacting in terms of what I desire from any technology in an amplifier.

[@golgothaassassin5035]

I've been using the Bugera 1990 for years. Besides a tube change, I've never had any issues. Bugera made some really good amps.

[@PeterMoore350]

I bought a NOS Bugera T50 Infinium in January 2022 here in NZ and bundled it with an NOS H&K CC212 cab. The amp was a 2017 model and has been stellar. Never let me down despite negative internet reviews. I sent the serial no of the cab to Hughes and Kettner and the said it was from around 2009. Now that’s NOS !!! My tip for tge Bugera amp ? Leave the Tone Cut knob on the zero setting and you’ll be fine. Im considering buying another one as a backup. Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@J2Metal]

When I got a promotion I decided that after years of walking into music stores and asking “What can I get for $X” I could finally walk in and say “here is what I want, show it to me and I have cash.” I finally settled on an EVH 5150iii 2x12. I brought it home and played it. I loved it! I send a video to my friend and he replied “congrats you just spent $1800 to sound like you always do.” 😂 I will say I used to spend hours to get a good sound out of the equipment I could afford where as with this amp I have trouble finding a sound I DON’T like. So for me it’s a win.

[@thomastucker5686]

I sound the same through every rig. I still prefer my own.

[@charliemurphypipe]

sounds like a good friend you should consult BEFORE succumbing to GAS, but that would be in a perfect world - shoulda coulda woulda. - but if you're happy, you're happy!

[@heyjarrod]

@@thomastucker5686 You mean you don’t like playing through someone else’s rig-you’d rather play through yours? 😂😅

[@thomastucker5686]

@@heyjarrod pretty much.

[@TimesBTough]

I have the same EVH 50W combo 212… I paid about 1500 for it new and there’s nothing that even comes close to how good this amp sounds… Did I pay too much… absolutely… But after having this amp for about three or four years, I haven’t played anything in the neighbourhood that sounds as good as it does. You can also go anywhere from 50 W all the way down to one , and it sounds great on every level!

[@alexanderwolf4388]

Not even all the way through the video but damn did he nail it in the beginning 😂

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

"Whisperin’" Bob Harris - legendary host. And one of the very few of the era who didn’t turn out to be a perv

[@ljdellar]

The greatest and best BBC presenter of the Old Grey Whistle Test. Whispering Bob was loved by at least a generation of teens and twenty-somethings looking for music from beyond the mainstream, and the engineers on that show were some of the best ever. First place I heard Lynnyrd Skynnrd, Yes, ZZ Top, Rammstein, Grand Funk Railroad and many others. And with the added bonus that Bob isn't doing time for touching kids, unlike so many of his colleagues at the BBC.

[@andyrharris]

Hear hear!

[@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb]

Bob Harris had a great voice. I loved the old, grey whistle test, but Bob Harris was a hippy, not a rocker.

[@sentientfootwear]

@@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb ...and? Nowadays, he's the voice of country music in the UK.

[@cliffmitchell5451]

I am just beginning my guitar journey at 52. I'm one broke puppy and all my stuff is budget from my amps to my pedals. In my opinion I can get some really decent tones, save 1 amp that I'm going to get rid of not going to name names but it's very popular. Sorry for my rambling but my point is I have learned with many different products that sometimes the major labels aren't worth a crap.

[@edgargiese8984]

I used to have a Bugera 1960. I don’t know why but it blew up. I used it concurrently with a Marshall JCM 900. I don’t know why but that amp blew up too. I thought both of them sounded different, but amazing. My favorite thing about the 1960 was the Randy Roads cascaded gain mod. When I plugged my Epiphone Les Paul Custom into the input, I could swear at the time it sounded just like Diary Of A Madman. Great times!

[@blackout8845]

"Nothing will ever sound like a real tube amp!" unless the tube amp comes with a logo that somebody on the internet made fun off before. Great video, like always!

[@frozenmammoth420]

Pretty sure this amp was mine a few years ago, I live in New York and sold it to some guy. I was planning to retolex it and slap on a classic Plexi badge, still have the badge around here somewhere actually.

[@robbirose7032]

Mate i picked up 6505 combo after your video cost me £200. It's great. Even the clean channel wasn't bad.

[@thesvtguy]

I’ve got a 100w Marshall DSL from the 2010s, picked it up in almost mint condition for $600, and it absolutely rips. The clean channel cranked (with an attenuator) into a greenback 1x12 sounds absolutely massive. It’s also proper pcb and pretty well laid-out so it’ll be easy to repair and mod. I’m still saving to get enough good speakers to put in the 4x12 I’ve got so I can play with a drummer unmiked.

[@mrmountain2025]

Lol, no extra charge for the sarcasm . Just another free service , what a value . Thank you for your honesty and candor.

[@jessehalemusic]

Glenn, what do you think of the B52 Stealth 60w heads? Or anyone for that matter. Thanks!

[@joesalyers]

I picked up a Bugera Tri-Rec because I didn't want to take my real Mesa Triple Rectifier to a club and have a drunk spill beer on it or break my $4000 amp. I spent a total of about $500 on the Amp used and well its the same amp. Too bad they discontinued it since it is a great 3 channel bar gigging and outdoor show amp!

[@franckinthestudio]

It's a copy of a dual rec actually, not a triple.

[@grishyroy9271]

Brilliant!

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I stopped looking at the badge on the amp about 7 years ago. I stumbled across a Chinese brand named Wangs. (Insert p-nis joke here). I bought 3. A 5 watt microhead, a Fender bandmaster based head, and a handwired amp based on a Marshall 2204 (Marshall never hand wired this model). All 3 of these amps cost me about $1500 CAD at the time. They also make a hand wired plexi clone and a couple of Dumble clones for you clean fans. 😉

[@darklight4815]

No shame in loving wangs bud 😂

[@Powermad-bu4em]

Hehehe... You said insert.

[@Thurston86]

⁠Handski wired! 🤘👽👽👽

[@thisdyingsoul76]

@darklight4815 my wife is a lucky woman. I have 4 Wangs. 😂

[@Powermad-bu4em]

@@thisdyingsoul76 Sounds like a party right there. 🤣

[@ericwagner2997]

I remember plugging into a JCM 800 back in the day in a music store and was very unimpressed. At the time, I didn't realize you had to crank these non master volume amps to push the power tubes into that sweet overdrive the amps were known for. When I was a teenager in the mid 80s, the amp I coveted most was a Marshall half stack of some sort. Had I been able to afford one back then, I would never have been able to turn it up loud enough to make it sound good. A few years back I purchased a 1974 JMP 100w super lead with a 1960b bottom cab loaded with Vintage 30s and G12-65s in a cross pattern. It is the loudest amp I've ever played through in my life. If I don't run it through my Boss tube amp expander, people 2 counties away will call the cops. Having said that, when I do run it through the attenuator with both channels jumped, the channel 1 volume at around 6 and the channel two volume between 1 and 2 it is an amazing sounding amp. It sounds like . I do agree that the eq on this amp does practically nothing. Very little difference between 0 and 10 on any of the eq controls. I would love to run this head through a 1960a cab loaded with greenbacks.

[@admgloval]

One of the most disappointing things for me ever was the time I went to play through a JCM-800 in the early 90's and it was a flubby crappy sounding mess. Little did I know that the metal bands I loved that played these amps were boosting them with a TS-9 or SD-1 to get the tones that I loved. Idk why it was such a secret back in the 80's and 90's but I didn't discover the whole boost thing until late 90's I believe. I always relied on a distortion pedal or tube preamp to get the heavily distorted and tight tones I wanted until then. I also don't know why the salesman at the guitar stores never recommended using a boost with the JCM-800 back then either, you would think they would have seen a long haired kid into metal and have them try a boost so they could have made a sale.

[@ericwagner2997]

@@admgloval Our access to information back then wasn't quite what it is today. I've learned that another pedal those guys paired with the JCM 800 quite often was the Proco Rat.

[@J2Metal]

@@admgloval me too. I owned a JCM 800 head for about 2 weeks thinking I was going to be in Slayer country right off the bat. I didn’t understand why the hell I would need an overdrive or distortion when the guy was trying to sell me one. I thought he was trying to just sell me add ons. I was annoyed I needed a distortion pedal to make it sound how I wanted. Kinda wish I knew back then what I know now!

[@admgloval]

@@J2Metal Hey, at least your salesman suggested using an overdrive with it, the store I tried out the JCM-800 in didn't even bother. The salesman talked the amp up like it was the greatest amp for metal but when I plugged in and cranked it, it didn't have the tight saturated sound I was looking for, was all flubby and classic-rock sounding. I had zero knowledge of tube amps at this time, the amp I owned was a Crate solid state amp with not that great distortion so I was using a Digitech GSP-2101 with it for what I considered at that time to be better sounding distortion. Later on I bought an ADA MP-1 along with a 4x12 and a solid state power amp and that was a great sounding tone compared to the Digitech. In the early 2000's, I upgraded to a Mesa Triaxis and 2:90 power amp which I still own and use to this day, awesome amp and does not need an OD pedal to get that tight saturated metal tone. I became friends with a dude around this time who owned several Marshalls including a JCM-800 and he was using a Boss SD-1 with it and I finally heard the tone I had been looking for back in the early 90's. Even then no one really talked about using an OD pedal with a Marshall to get that tight saturated tone, it was like it was some secret of the sages or something, hah hah.

[@J2Metal]

@@admgloval I was in the same boat man. I owned a Crate combo and didn’t know anything about tube amps and at the time there wasn’t 2000 videos about the secret sauce of how to make a JCM800 sound like I felt it should. So I stuck with Crate never knowing I sold what could have been a great amp if I’d known a little more!

[@jstro-hobbytech]

I've never bought a tube amp and have a 2k cad maximum price limit for a new guitar. Plus I live in Nova Scotia where we have 15 percent tax. I also have a 'get one give one' gear philosophy because aquisition of gear for the sake of just getting more is wasteful. Even though I can afford to just let gear gather dust, i grew up poor and donate stuff i dont use.

[@RELAXcowboy]

In a world full of decade+ long KZbinrs who started out reviewing things us plebs can afford and have evolved into "Look at this Thing. You should buy this, it's the best!" and a quick search shows it at 2-3-4 thousand f**king dollars, it is refreshing to see SOMEONE who is trying to legitimately help us poors find good shit at even better prices. Thanks.

[@Nick.Webster]

I own a JCM head and a pair of 1960s. I got them cheap and it does me great. Unfortunately, I’m not a boomer so can’t afford a house, so might take the speakers out of the bottom cab and live in it.

[@darksu6947]

That's the best plan I've heard one of you whipper-snappers come up with in years. NOW, GET OF MY LAWN! 😂

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

@@darksu6947 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

🤣🤣🤣🤣nice

[@grishyroy9271]

Awesome!!!

[@taxationistheftmemes]

😅😅😅😅

[@Caged63Man]

I paid for a used Marshall Valvestate 265 with chorus for $250 Canadian.. Sounds better than my 800 & 900 Marshall hands down! The secret was to turn the effect loop knob up all the way, and you get all that single 12AX7 tube preamp tone goodness... Try it Glen, i know you have one in your collection!

[@finishin.my.coffee8780]

The thing with the 800 that I think a lot of people dont realize...the circuit was designed to have a lot of treble. And if you're hoping to play anything more aggressive than late 70s/early 80s hard rock, you need a boost/OD. I didn't realize this either. Thats why I was disappointed the first time I plugged into an 800.

[@davidschwartz3427]

I wonder if that carried over with the 900. I have the Bugera 1990, it doesn't do modern high gain like Disturbed stuff but it kills classic Megadeth tones IMO.

[@shaft9000]

I'd read that JCM's weren't "designed to have a lot of treble', but that the transformer makes it sound different running on another voltage standard than native 220.

[@finishin.my.coffee8780]

@@davidschwartz3427 I love Megadeth.

[@finishin.my.coffee8780]

@@shaft9000 That may well be the case. People were always telling me though that I shouldn't complain about the treble because that's a characteristic of the JCM 800 circuit. I don't know. Maybe a 6 band or 10 band eq would make it sound better. Lambchopper seems to be getting great tines from his SC20H and he uses an eq.

[@djculous]

I love watching your videos about cheap gears. It helps a peasant like me to buy what i can afford.. unlike those other youtubers that only recommend named brand stuffs..

[@felixnospam37]

Gleeeeeeennn! Serious comment, please read & consider: Instead of getting two huge amps for around 300 bucks each to cover 2 iconic sounds, wouldn't it be rather good advise for people to get a Bluguitar Amp1 Iridium instead? I'ts much lighter, less maintenance, more switching & sound options and most importantly much more convenient. Channel #2 delivers the Marshal thingy while channel #4 delivers the rectifier-esque stuff. Revv purple Sound (chan. #3) as Bonus! Of course, it only has a nanotube/class D powerstage and transistor preamp... but no one should care, it sounds and feels undistinguishable from full-tube amps. Thomas is indeed a Genius!

[@tomtallic]

Amp1 iridium is killer!!

[@RichardGaston-u9q]

Marshall origin series are pretty nice, stick a boost/overdrive in front of it. They’ve got up in price like everything else too though. 50w head was $450 new back when I got one. Basically sold it years later for the same amount. 😂

[@keptil]

Behringer products are fascinating. They're either really amazing for the price, or they make us want to rollback our evolution til we're neanderthals with clubs. I have a 4x12 from Behringer, it's amazing. I also have a 4 channel mixer from Behringer and only one of the channels work :3

[@niteshades_promise]

i love my 8 channel behringer interface. ive passed out n left it on all nite, no issues. looking for a 2 channel mixer. 🍻

[@TheHiwattScott]

I've been using vintage Marshalls and Hiwatts for bass onstage and in the studio for decades. On a whim I bought a Bugera 1960 off the local CL for $250. Best money I ever spent ! ❤

[@widerangeechoes3997]

I love my two bugeras. Got a used 333xl for 120€ and it sounds great. My bass is running with a bugera Veyron M BV1001T, and it is a real monster. There is not a single bad word I can say about those amps. Thinking bout getting another one to the collection😏😏🤘

[@Twisted_visions]

i think the peavey valve king is a very slept on budget amp

[@creepingnet]

I'm still rocking a Pre-Infineum Bugera 333XL (2008, 1st year - self fixed for reliability). Learning to care for it and swapping the cab with a $114, used, beat to heck, 80s Peavey 412M with Celestion GK85s has become my goto sound since 2009. Killed my gas for amps/cabs. Have recorded an EP, 3 albums, and been in six bands and hundreds of gigs with that setup. Only complaint I ever got was a biased sound man who refused to mic it after "hearing" with his eyes - he mic'd the next time after I got complimented on it at the last show un-miced and showed I know how to use a volume knob.

[@josephhutchins8]

I'd love to see you try out the Marshall DSL Series they're a pretty decent price and they sound great, Ola did a video on the 1 watt head and it sounded awesome and there's a guy called LambChopper678 who has made tons of videos using the 20 watt head and he's able to get a bunch of different tones out of it.

[@jrosales2663]

I have a DSL100H and enjoy playing it and now even more after I replaced the speakers with V30’s and the sound completely different to the speakers it came with. But yes they are very decent amps.

[@Bren8682]

Same! I have a DSL20 that I ran through a 1x12 orange with a v30. Something just didn't do it for me so I swapped the speaker to a DV77. Bought an ENGL Fireball 25 a few years ago and swapped the speaker back to a v30. Zero complaints. Both amps are awesome, but I just needed some different speaker combos.

[@krastolff]

Right at the start of the rant I thought of the DSL amps, too

[@billymountain1124]

Does the wood (birch, pine, plywood) of the cabinet has a significant impact on the tone? Closed vs open back, combo vs head+cab…?

[@marcdeleon757]

I play in the band The Mentors. I Own a Bugera Bulldog logo 1960. I own 4 Marshall JMP’s, 2 OG 5150’s, 70s Ampeg V4, newer 5150 legacy, 4 80s Randall RG 120’s and a few Masa Amps. I bought mine for 300. Close out deal. I gig with my Bugera. At first I put it in a white Marshall box I bought off Craigslist just to match to have a full size head. Everyone thought it was a modified Marshall. I just put it back in its original box not to long ago. A lot of Professionals touring guitar players loved it and tripped out when I told the. F what people think. The tone is there.

[@tiagoramalhais5493]

On the other hand in Europe a new made/assembled in UK Marshall 100W JVM with 4 independent channels costs 1200 USD, that is great value

[@chrispeterson73]

"That's it for today, fuck off..." 😂👏👏👍

[@Sea_Jay]

Man, I got a Tonex One for $129 and it's got all the amps and tones. I can switch amps when ever gas kicks in.

[@castleanthrax1833]

But it's not very big. That's what she said. 😂

[@jmilen]

I LOVE how many social issues you managed to bring up at the start of this video. Don't get me wrong, I'm a knucklehead guitarist but all those issues you spoke of are issues I wanna see resolved, and not for me, but for people younger than me.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Same here!

[@urbanrivers7704]

I got my Bugera 1960 Infinium new in 2017 and paired it with a 80's model Fender 4x12 that I got at a pawn shop and it kicks ass, volume and tone for days.

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

I used a Bugera 5150 clone on my Carcass Heartwork tone recreation. I got great feedback from my subs. The bad rap they got on forumland were usually from the speakers.

[@travisspaulding2222]

The big rumor was the fabled flaming Bugera. For the longest time, if someone suggested a Bugera in forums, it was always, "Those things catch on fire." I don't think there is a single documented case of a Bugera just bursting into flames on stage, lol.

[@JohnWiku]

​@@travisspaulding2222 it was the first run of amps that had a molex connector in the power supply rails that connected the transformer to the PCB. Those connectors could come undone just a smidge and create huge resistance, leading to it melting. They fixed it by soldering the cables directly to the PCB, in the subsequent amps. The Infinium line is mostly trouble free from burning, but it is a tube amp and can suffer from standard tube amp ailments, these happen whether you paid 256 bucks or 10 thousand.

[@travisspaulding2222]

@@JohnWiku Yeah, I'm aware of the melting issue, but the stories were ridiculous. All of a sudden everyone had a friend that was at a show, or had a Bugera that caught fire, but this "friend" never once posted about it, or no one had a video of it?

[@kazzxtrismus]

@@travisspaulding2222 pre-infinium fix cut the molex connector so the 1st wire isnt in it anymore, (the plastic might be brown at the bottom around that wire) pull the female internal pin out (depin) with the wire still attached..... yes, you dont even need to cut the wire or solder and bend the male pin on the board down & away a bit..... reconnect wire without the plastic..... the fix is literally free wrap it in electrical tape or even paint it with nail polish if you want to get fancy. but half the guitar community doesnt know what end of the screwdriver goes in their nose often they cant anyway cuz their nose is so high up in the air

[@travisspaulding2222]

@@kazzxtrismus You say that like I own one. I don't care. My point is that the Bugera issue was blown out of proportion, lol.

[@xUpTheIrons666]

$256??? Now you got my attention

[@AdamsOlympia]

Now they're mostly sold out, except for a couple amps in the thousand dollar range on Reverb.

[@LesliePaulFarkas]

@@AdamsOlympia exaclty....It's Glenn's fault

[@escalator9734]

@@AdamsOlympia I bought one new a few years ago? It took a year to deliver, tied 1 site for 400€, canceld after 6 month after I saw it back on thomann for 300€ (new !). It's amazing, already jumpered and cascade input option, effects loop, bypassable ppi master volume, you can use 2 tubes instead of 4 and put any power tube you want (like 2 6v6 you get a 20w plexi). Deal of the century. also it has tons of gain

[@jaredcooper8158]

I've personally owned two Bugera tube amps. A V5 and V22. I purchased both in 2016. The V5 still works like new. The V22 died in 2021. I still use the V22 as a 1x12 cab sometimes. To be fair, it saw a lot of action. Five solid years of gigs and rehearsals out of a brand new $350 tube amp is nothing to complain about. I've also played smaller gigs with the V5. They're both a great value.

[@sunsparkle8443]

yup. I've had my Bugera v5 since 2015. very good sound. No mechanical problems since. Great for blues riffing at the edge of breakup.

[@keithjohnson8333]

my v22 is still killing it.........i had to put a scorpion in it after i blew the shitfield

[@lurmirari]

it's funny that while i did the combo a bit better than the bugera, i definitely did like the 1976 jmp the least

[@williek5696]

I once saw Pat Travers playing a Bugera. He sounded exactly like…Pat Travers. I had zero criticism of his tone. I was not expecting that amp to sound so good.

[@Gainovermg]

I love when amps based on expensive Marshall’s end up being more money than expensive Marshall’s. Looking at you Friedman Amplification. About the Bugera: I honestly want one for a bass amp. Kohle did a video on one and got this fuzzy, but solid bass sound out of it. Even got a bit of Lemmy out of it.

[@doegywhail728]

Hi Glenn just to clarify on the Judas Priest bit Performing at the BBC. The footage you used is from a show called The Old Gray Whistle Test. It was a show that covered a lot of live music from bands from a lot of Genres. It wasn’t a show that had audiences as the studio that the bands played in was awkwardly small so no need to hand out ear plugs to the public but maybe to staff and crew. This brings me to my second point. As everyone, including camera men were literally on top of each other most bands had issues with gear for one reason or another. Also due to the space they were in, acoustics were tricky as a lot of bands found and therefore had to make all sorts of adjustments to deal with this. Top Of The Pops on the other hand was another shit show all of its own. Plenty of stories of bands not being able to play live, only in some incidents allow live vocals only, which didn’t go down too well ( see Nirvana performance.). Also Bob Harris was and is a good bloke with a wealth of band and music knowledge. He and John Peel are legends who pushed a lot of unknowns to where the public would get a chance to hear them. Really feel bad when You start to sound like one of “those” guitarists and bassist you get on here. 🤟

[@doegywhail728]

Addendum: judas Preist possibly wouldn’t have been on the show if it wasn’t for people like Mr Harris. Please do a bit more research before you slag someone to the ground.

[@jehadnasereddin7755]

If you have an ethical issue with Bugera, you better be buying only Soldanos, neither 6505s nor Rectifiers

[@HauntedGuitarMan]

Prove it.

[@lg5669]

​@HauntedGuitarMan this has been confirmed by Mike Soldano and independently by Dave Friedman. Rev A dual rec is a ripped off slo preamp value for value on its circuit. Check out tone talk with Mike for full details. 5150 is a SLO with an extra gain stage.

[@HauntedGuitarMan]

@@lg5669 cool lol. I was just yanking for fun. I believe it though. Funny enough the amp i want the most is the slo 20w. I had a jet city slo copy that ruled. Should’ve never sold it.

[@purrpocalypse]

I only buy vintage solid state amps these days. Cheap and full of mojo

[@adriancole9681]

@@purrpocalypse peavey supreme?

[@simonbarth3181]

Hmmm, i did spot the vintage models imidiatly, but mainly becouse of their fabulus high end, maybe there could have been a little better matching eq wise?

[@benjamin314]

I've had the Bugera 6262 for a few years now and it kicks ass. I just upgraded my cab to and got an orange ppc2x12 and its sound amazing!!!

[@gwugluud]

A Bugera 1960 is every bit as good as any vintage, “worshipful” Marshall Plexi. Bugera later addressed their lousy builds, and my 3 are still 100% ten-plus years after purchasing.

[@jazmineyazmin]

it's very refreshing to hear someone acknowledge the difficulties us young people are facing today

[@HBSuccess]

WE young people are facing. Not "Us". One of the difficulties you're (not 'your') facing is the English language. I know... words are hard... but "Us" doesn't do something... "We" do something. Same thing with "Me and my girfriiend/boyfriend.. It's my XYZ and I . Why? "Me" doesn't do something..."I" do something.. "Me had lunch" is how a 2 yr old might communicate.

[@jazmineyazmin]

@@HBSuccess i really dgaf but cool for you if you do, english professor 🧑‍🏫

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@HBSuccess dude. pick your fuckin battles.

[@JustinWoo]

I cannot justify a purchase like this and I don't need it, but I'm so glad it exists for folks who do need it!

[@MattGraunke]

This is tough to watch. I've had 900 and 800 that sounded great. Lately been running the handwired Jet City JTM45 and JCM800 clones. Excellent value, and great tone.

[@knowshet313]

My favorite speaker set up is two 25 W Greenback Celestion crossed over with two 75w ported screen back Celestion in an X pattern. Loaded in a 1971 Ford 12 orange cab. And. I run a casino cabinet with two bulldog 25s crossed over with two green back 25s This cabinet has six ports in the back Johnny Winter designed. May the tone be with you?

[@mcswordfish]

On behalf of the entirety of the British Isles, HOW DARE YOU SLANDER BOB HARRIS?!?!

[@joelonsdale]

Don't include me in that. Slander away 😅

[@victorycrosby4896]

On behalf of American dentist Make an appointment.

[@mcswordfish]

@@victorycrosby4896 I have one annually, and it doesn't cost me a small fortune

[@metalzonemt-2]

@@victorycrosby4896 Wow, another angry American red hat.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

SImple: get a host who isn't so fucking lame!

[@clovenwizard]

Bob Harris is a British Legend, Check out the Old Grey Whistle Test. He helped introduce great music to the UK fans launching a lot of legendary bands!

[@BeeDee108]

Yup, good 'ol Whispering Bob. He put out a book and there's some good anecdotes in there. Like the time Keith Richards showed up for an interview with a 2/3 full bottle of Jack. By the end of the interview it was gone and Bob was amazed that Keith barely seemed affected. Later that evening, when they went out for dinner, Keith poured half an envelope full of cocaine on the restaurants glass table oblivious to the stares from all the patrons. Explains why the booze didn't seem to affect him. Then there was the night Bob was in a pub with a friend and a bunch of punk rockers, including Sid Vicious, decided to attack him and his friend with broken bottles. Bob had some bruises and cuts, but his friend had a bad cut in the head and wrist and was found in a pool of blood. According to Bob, Sid seeing the condition of Bob's friend was what stopped Vicious from gashing him in the face with the bottle. He's had some adventures

[@boombox2112]

Those Bugera 1960 is the loudest thing I’ve plugged into good gravy it was awesome, the 1990 is also good deal. Used the 1990 for many years years was great work horse amp.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

I'll keep my eyes open for one! Thanks for the heads up!

[@skin6988]

I have one and it sounds amazing. I also have the 1962 and the 333xl, my favorite. Never an issue and they all sound killer

[@callumdukesbeatty8107]

Ive been using this amp for about 5 years and i pulled out 2 tubes and its incredible i use it with a line 6 hx stomp using the 4 cable method (running the amp on full blast using the vol on the hx to bring down the level which sounds better than post phase inverter) using this as absolute power house!!

[@TheAT5000]

One guitarist I liked had songs that went from a fender clean sound to a dual rectifier sound. Listening to the recordings I always thought he used both amps. Turns out, since the MB power section circuit is based on the Twin Reverb circuit, all he did was kick on a dual rec pedal. The point I'm trying to say is; If the amps color and amplify your sound the same way, they will sound the same. The only difference is what frequency the tone knobs are made to effect, and where the compression/distortion is applied in relation to that in a circuit.

[@TheRoseCityRockers]

I came for the info, & stayed for the Tillbilly reference!!!!

[@jakefriesenjake]

I live in Tecumseh Ontario, I think 8 minutes away from this guy. I have a few cousins who live in Tilbury! We call that place "tickleberry", and "tillbillies" live there lol.

[@TheRoseCityRockers]

@@jakefriesenjake We're in Windsor. Glenn's a great guy.

[@jakefriesenjake]

@@TheRoseCityRockers awesome

[@xamislimelight8965]

Companies: lets raise our prices to unreasonable amounts. Same company: why is no one buying our things anymore!?

[@chrishenderson9130]

"Nobody wants to jam anymore!"

[@chaseadams5037]

Here supporting Glen and the family 👍

[@ianedmonds9191]

I bought an Marshall Origin 20 during lockdown and it's a fantastic amp. All tube and plenty loud enough. You can get plexi adjacent sounds from it and combined with a power soak you can run it at full tilt without pissing off the neighbours too much.

[@Andrath]

I own a bugera, and the infinium has a system where you can use unmatched tubes, and even mix tubes (eg, mix 6L6 and EL34). It takes care of the biasing automatically. Plus it will tell you when tubes go bad.

[@alien4422]

Marshalls are some of the cheapest amps here in the UK.

[@JayBirdGuitars]

where? which stores?

[@alien4422]

@@JayBirdGuitars Everywhere.

[@alien4422]

@@JayBirdGuitars Marshall DSL402 Limited Edition 2x12 Combo Valve Amp £449 guitar guitar

[@JayBirdGuitars]

@@alien4422 still no store though what's the store where can we get it...

[@JackFou]

Bro, stop yelling for maybe 5 min. This is unwatchable.

[@das.ruderboot]

did you ever try the DSL series? Like DSL1 Would love your opinion on it

[@detroitrockcitykisstribute5607]

We have one in our studio, but are reluctant to travel with it. The used JCM900 and 2000 Marshalls have been pretty road-worthy, and we have SansAmp Plexis and Line6's as backups.

[@tatewilson7678]

I bought a bugera v22 infinium several months ago. My first tube amp. I don't even use any effects pedals, just the footswitch that it comes with for overdrive and reverb. Does metal without even trying. Its sweet

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I often call my Marshall amp patches Mars Hall, partly because I, too, have disliked Marshalls for years until finally working out how to get a tone I like without the scratchy high end I hear so often. 14:46 I think the one very useful piece of advice every guitarist universally ignores for years, often permanently, is that too much gain makes your guitar sound small and fuzzy.

[@Bextra242]

A few years ago i got a marshall valvestate v8100, the head unit. Got it used for 180$ but it was in literally pristine condition, even for it's 30 years of existence. A few months later i sold it for 250$ but damn i regret selling it, it was a monster of an amp

[@INDOMINION]

My Mesa and Peavey tube amps became obsolete when the Tonex pedal came out and I captured them.

[@donalddillard9255]

Thank you, thank you thank you. I own the 1960 and three other Bugera amps. I get that classic Marshall crunch but also the nice fender clean sound. I have had a few people laugh at me until I crank them up. The v22 is an awesome app. Great for smaller places where you can’t get extremely loud.

[@orestes_io]

Did not make 2 min into the video without subscribing. Love the energy!

[@zAvAvAz]

I like the bugera amps with the tube saver circuitry (infinium series). It doesn't sound exactly like the marshall, however it sounds just as good, only slightly different.

[@positivelydark]

Great video and thanks for once again proving you don't have to spend a fortune to get great tone, and that the speakers have more of an impact on the sound than the brand of the amp.

[@erichagler7842]

i have had my bugera 1960 as well as two 412 bugera cabs running the blue turbo speakers that just rock it turned all the way up going on 11 years and just love it .... this amps has a wide tonal capability full on open and a room rattling lows with it in parallel mode and the screaming over drive with it in cascaded mode .... if you find one try it out it might surprise you

[@stubkar]

May sound strange, but my biggest observation with a candidate new amp is pretty simple. ~How noisy/quiet is it when you're not playing through it? Typically a great starting point.

[@Sl1mfit]

I used to own a Bugera. I'm not using tube amps at the moment because I have Line6 POD Go. But if I ever go back to tube amps I'd probably go for Bugera. They are really nice sounding amps for the price.

[@Rockit666]

I'm a bass player and my gig rig for the past six years is a used orange terror bass 500 and a $200 Bugera 115 500 Watt cab. I recently picked up I used Darkglass micro tubes 500 and can't wait to pair it with that cab live. I love that cab and I get a lot of compliments on my tone. I love cheap gear, you can buy more of it!!

[@michaelscott2269]

Now this was worth every second watching….! Great information, and I’ve always been of the mindset that most of us will buy something based on the Name alone. It’s been a way of thinking for years. We need to relax, remove the label and listen. I’ve purchased Boss pedals, Boutique Pedals and I’ve purchased Behringer pedals which are completely less expensive, and gigged with them all. Maybe years ago it was better to buy the name brand and pay the price. I fully believe times have changed. Listen with your ears and not your heart, so to speak…! I know when I first started playing in the late 1960’s there were only a few brands available, and not everyone played, unlike today…Oh well the world continues to spin and the clock keeps going forward….keep playing and remember, listen with your ears and feel the music…! ✌️

[@5roundsrapid263]

I did this 30 years ago. I found a buzzy 5150 combo, took out the Chinese tubes, and put in vintage ones. I then put a Hot Plate on it. It sounds KILLER!

[@andrewjaman4697]

Hey Glen. I LOVE Mesa Boogie. I had a Mark V, and the dirt channel had the best violin tone ever! Is there a head & cab that sounds like one without the ridiculous price tag of the Triple Rec?? Thanks!

[@LegionDe75]

What is the common thought on the Texas Heat speakers? I bought the Krankenstein (first run) when it came out. Didnt care for the head, but damn... the cab was Fort Knox and the speakers screamed just right. Not sure what made it so good.