I made a shootout between the peavey 6505 and Bugera 6262

[gabriel g.]

....at my local music-stor (amptown in Hamburg germany)

We played both amps with a mesa overzised 4x12

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!

the bugera sounds like a fucking peavey!!!!!
The knobs react slightly different but the tone is 90% the same.

The real deal has a little more low-end bass power (which you dont realy need)
and the bugera has a little bit more gain.

But the difference is small!!!!!

I think I´ll buy one of these babies and then I promise I´ll make a MIC´ed shootout for you

 

[PhilTheBeard]

killer dude cant wait to here what clips you get with those

 

[Trevoire520]

I'm hopefully gonna be getting a shot of recording a 6262 this weekend, a dude that was rehearsing in the studio the other day had one and let me have a quick try of it, said he'd bring it in for a couple of hours this weekend so I could try recording it. Seemed very very good for the quick try I had of it through a shitty marshall valvestate cab.

 

[gabriel g.]

dont save with the cab!!!
On the mesa cab this amp sounded FANTASTIC!!!!and we didnt use any tubescreamer.
Just Ibanez guitar pluged in this bastard

 

[-Loco-]

Yeah there's been a view videos on youtube (particularly one that got me so fucking annoyed because the guy talked slowly and wouldn't get to the fucking point) demonstrating and discussing these amps but i've heard they arent very reliable and break loads and loads of components need replaced alot. I wonder if the power amp/pre-amp sections are immitating the schematics of the 5150/6505 with cheaper components to cut cost and boost sales.

 

[slashvanyoung]

That's what I've been saying: the 6505 has a bit more punch and clarity, but it's nowhere near a 900,- Euro difference in sound. Not even close...

 

[Metaltastic]

900 Euros? Damn, it's like $650 here (which is still pretty big, but that assumes you're buying new, and if it's an older Peavey, why would you? )

EDIT: Make that $500, Musicians Fiend now charges an even $1k for the 6505 head! Wonder when that happened?)

 

[slashvanyoung]

Oh, excuse me... the difference between the 6262 and the 6505+ is almost that high. But still...

 

[akarawd]

Got the 6262 myself and love it (bye bye JSX)

 

[gabriel g.]

do the 6260 and the 6262 have the same lead sound?

I think yes, but I could be wrong....

the sound difference with the mesa cab wasnt like A is better then B,
it was like B sounded like 5% different to A but in NO BAD WAY.

 

[Habsburgs]

I've heard they arent very reliable and break loads and loads of components need replaced alot.

I've heard 2009 models are much more reliable.

 

[AllanD]

Yeah there's been a view videos on youtube (particularly one that got me so fucking annoyed because the guy talked slowly and wouldn't get to the fucking point) demonstrating and discussing these amps but i've heard they arent very reliable and break loads and loads of components need replaced alot. I wonder if the power amp/pre-amp sections are immitating the schematics of the 5150/6505 with cheaper components to cut cost and boost sales.

That would make sense, this company is owned by Behringer



I've heard nothing but good about the tone of these amps though.

 

[16S]

someone on here said they are being pulled from a lot of suppliers...even Thomann..

 

[Line666]

someone on here said they are being pulled from a lot of suppliers...even Thomann..

Yeah I looked on Thomann for them the other day, their entire range was gone.

 

[Metaltastic]

Yup, 6260/6262/333/333xl are all gone from Musicians Fiend!

 

[nwright]

Thomann dropped them due to too many warranty issues and returns due to failures.

 

[akarawd]

Problems in Greece too (all heads pulled back for repair)...

Good to know their 2009 models are reliable though- I absolutely love my 6262 and will certainly invest on a 2nd bug (when I'm 101% sure their reliability issues have been ironed out).

 

[006]

My first run 333 is still going strong, been on tour, lots of shows now, tons of studio use and practice use... worst I had was a fuse went out on me because of faulty wiring in the place we use to practice at.

 

[-Loco-]

To be honest if it's just going to sound like a peavey i'd rather pay the couple of hundred $$$ more to have a REAL peavey amp made by a reliable company,with a great reputation for solid amps.

 

[Metal Overload]

I would love to have an 333xl tbh, they are getting hard to find.