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Bugera 333XL

Tube Guitar Amp Head from Bugera belonging to the Modern series

lieksa lieksa
Published on 02/05/09 at 01:01
EDIT 2 May 09

Here is the story good and ends BUGERA between the head and I died ...
So that is all those waiting to know: YES IT'S DISPOSABLE!!
Finally, I know for certain the price is attractive but hey I finally bought one of the krank revolution which is absolutely not in the same budget but ...
Today I prefer the quality, this is my 4th head in 3 years so I hope to have put the price will set the bp ...

Well here I received the head and the cabinet yesterday so I can not speak for reliability but it can take stock ...
120W "everything" lamps
3 channels (clean, crunch, lead)
noise gate function and XL on crunch and lead channels
master reverb and presence
line out
in and out effects loop
output level adjustable pr effects and line out.
classic and quickly took over ...

UTILIZATION

Well I'll give you an eyeful ... you fiddle, you seek ... and you find the sound ...
good laugh I've made it easy even though it is full of knobs ^ ^
for what are after TDE obtaining a good sound it's still a matter of taste ...
the manual (I slap us the snare not need to leave additional math to run an amp) is rather clear and pleasant with the luxury of being written in French! ^ ^
well I agree with my colleague: the treble if pushed too ... it is strange, just a sense of play with a lightsaber ... !
by falls against the knobs are not agree mine are not at all sensitive!
moreover, the reverb I pushing it or I remove it ... not much to say.
good for the most part you will not put 20 years to find a sound out of the beast.

SOUNDS

Okay so I proceeded as follows: nothing just scratches + amp and my pedalboard next.
I play the good melo death, I play in SI and MI, I alternate heavy rhythms with solos ... for test I played with a ESP EX STD: EMG 81 + 85. So to clean the canal after having quite a hack I'm not the one I get a suitable reelment ... but it sounds good too round or too metal for my taste but it's still a personal decision. The crunch is not exploitable metal pr my game, but very interesting for the british blues or rock. The lead channel is one on which I am most backward: after the hacking: a big metal sound, especially with the function XL ... but the evil has j'au you describe the type of sound in MI is not ring on his fat, with EMG's plenty of good fishing but I was expecting something more impressive ...
good to be said that the sound is fairly accurate, I find that I lack a bit of attack ...
good with pedals ... A slap ... of course it gives me the sound I use despuis quite some time but hey it gives great power to the amp: noise gate NS 2 boss, ibanez weeping demon7, KK equlizer MXR, Boss reverb, MT II, ​​and phaser compressor.

OVERALL OPINION

Well as I said 24 test is not what will decide the fate of the head ...
certainly for the price it will be hard to beat!
I played a peavey valve king head, marshmall jcm 800 and 2 or 3 times triple mesa correct: good bin marshall I did not like it's the grain of his is not my style ...
vk 100: I liked the sound nature, but saw all the enmerdes ... a real crap this head.
the mesa nothing to say, this one seems to me promising although I have reservations about fiabilitée ...
right after it's value judgments I understand all those n'on no money for a mesa ... but after we arrive at the area of ​​disposable amps ... I think we should take care of choice, after I think this amp is better now the potential to one of his personal opinion.
for questions please.