Two Guys, One Amp: Poor Man's Plexi (Bugera 1960)

[@DeanParkerMusic]

3:07 - Was that some Geordie twang Uncle Mike?

[@BlackBridgeSound]

Haha it sure was bro! You’ve made a lasting impression up there 🤣. Fockin mint like

[@orenfisher8948]

It's a kicker. End of story. Very legit to my ears...

[@BlackBridgeSound]

Not too shabby for the price 😎

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

I have the Infinium version of this amp... it's a beast. I love it, but it's SO loud that I rarely get the opportunity to use it, even running at 50 watts with two of the power tubes pulled. Greasy video, boys!

[@BlackBridgeSound]

I’ve also got two tubes pulled out of this one! Haha. The guy I bought it from said you can pull 2 out no problem, I dunno if I’d trust it in an expensive amp but it seems to work fine in the Bugera!

[@LMerchant01]

​@@BlackBridgeSound Dont forget to half your ohms on the amp. (16 ohm cab / 8 ohm on amp.)

[@BlackBridgeSound]

@@LMerchant01 when pulling two power tubes? I was unaware of such info.

[@LMerchant01]

@@BlackBridgeSound Thats what ive always read.

[@riffsnoleads]

@@BlackBridgeSound yeah, the impedance adjustment has something to do with how the transformers receive voltages or something. For a while it may not cause any issues but it could lead to the transformers failing, which would make the amp a door stop.

[@TheToneArranger]

Dirty, I’d give er a go.

[@garycole4287]

I have this amp modded with a ppimv & a half power switch.

[@BlackBridgeSound]

Did you find it improved it or buy it already modded?

[@garycole4287]

@@BlackBridgeSound no I had it modded & it did improve it a little, the best bet for improved tone would be to change the filter capacitors & the half power switch is like pulling 2 tubes, (something you can do to old marshall and fender amps to reduce power & output)

[@riffsnoleads]

@@garycole4287 The output level would only really drop by about 3db at 50w. An attenuator would be a better way of taming the volume, unless you have the Infinium version. In which case you can just throw a passive volume pedal/control in the FX loop

[@garycole4287]

@@riffsnoleads & it breaks up a little sooner in half power mode

[@riffsnoleads]

@@garycole4287 When I pulled the two power tubes in mine for a moment it just moved the break up from 5 on the volume knob down to 4 which honestly was kind of moot since this amp is basically full volume at 2 or 3 anyway.

[@nicholascetrangolo8400]

you gotta jump the 2 channels, come on now

[@BlackBridgeSound]

Next time 😉