@Slashvan : I'm not an idiot, of course I don't totally discount amp's because one opinion
Looking back at that post, it was rather poorly worded and not entirely what my intentions and thoughts really were.
I usually spend months, sometimes over a year researching expensive items before I buy them, believe me, I'm not silly enough to take the plunge on things that cost a fair chunk of cash without knowing if I'll find it usable and good to use or not.
Ever since the Bugera's came out, I don't remember how long it's been, over a year now, I've been doing research on them.
The problem is, many of the reviews I've read were crappy guitar magazine reviews that tend to just give any product good ratings/reviews anyway and I'd never really had the chance to truly try one out in person.
Being able to hear sound clips from a guy that knows what he's doing really gave me a good idea of how it sounds.
I don't want it to sound like ass kissing, because it isn't, because he's just a human and not my god, but when a guy like Ermz has something serious and eductational to say, I'm far less inclined to take it with a grain of salt than I would a Harmony Central review or a guitar magazine review.
Since he's not a journalist working for a magazine he doesn't have to say the product is good if he genuinely feels it isn't, and since he isn't an overly zealous Bugera owner posting a review on Harmony Central he doesn't have to give it a good review just because he owns it.
While it hardly sounded bad, I noticed many of the strange and decidedly less than great tonal properties of the 6260 head in Ermz's clips.
For a 899.95 AUD amp, sure it's not bad and when you consider only a few years ago paying 1500 AUD got you a hybrid valve preamp/solid state Marshall AVT that sounded about 1/20th as good as the Bugera, it's definitely still excellent value for money, it's hard to argue that.
And believe me, I was stuck with AVTs for band rehearsals for a while, so I know them tonally inside out and I could never get along with them ever.
As for my "So I guess the guys that said it genuinely stacked up to a 5150 for the high gain tones were full of shit then" remark, I realize that it's not going to sound exactly like a 5150 because it has different components etc, but what I meant is that the actual quality of the tone is not quite up to the industry level standard of amps like the 5150, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, Soldano SLO-100 etc.
Sure, the SLO-100, 5150, and Recto are all different sounding amps, but most of us can agree they can all sound incredible and totally professional when put into the right hands, whereas from what Ermz is telling us, even if it is obtainable from the 6260, it's just too much work anyway. But the way it sounds using a 6260s means you'll always fall slightly short of a truly professional tone compared to the industry standard amps that cost more.
However, I shit you not when I say a 6505 head costs 2499 AUD here in Australia, and a 6260 is 899 AUD, so of course it's remarkable the Bugera is at least capable of probably almost pro tones with a bit of work (and obviously a good cab to match)
Consider that the 333XL is only 300 AUD more than the 6260, it has one more channel and each channel can be EQ'd independently, it looks to be ridiculously good value for money.
Again, I wont just buy it because Ermz has put in a good word for it.
Yes, I play death and "downtuned" styles (well no, I play a 7 string, but same shit, I have a low B string), but I'll read more about it and play it for myself before I decided to purchase one.
But that being said, one well informed opinion is worth more weight than 100 Harmony Central reviews and 10 guitar magazine reviews
The Bugger is good for what it is, but I know the Engl will suit you to a T.
