Sloan's Bugera 333XL Thread

Sloan

Sloan

Sounds like shit!
Oct 22, 2006
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FUCK THE WORLD
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Today I bought a Bugera 333XL for $200 cold hard U.S. CASH.

I spent about 20 minutes bypassing a burned molex connector (known issue) and took it with me to practice with my country rock band for like 5 hours. Worked perfectly, but I really need the footswitch. This thing sounds pretty damn good y'all.

I'm gonna do a lameass youtube sound clip video and post it - hence the whole thread. Don't want to clutter up the whole board.




THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT BUGERA 333XL.
 
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I love how service friendly this shit is. Look how beautifully it sits there with the tubes not touching anything. Fucking GREAT.
Also note the PIMPED chrome transformers. I LOL'D.


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Here is the burned molex connector.
This is common when you use fucking plastic connectors where there's gonna be HEAVY SHIT happening. Right now, I just have the wires soldered to the posts on the bottom of the connector, but plan to directly solder them to the board when I get the time. I did notice however that all the connectors are glued pretty damn good. This amp is in no way built shitty like others have claimed. I have dicked on the insides of Marshalls and to me; this is on par or better than most of the Marshall stuff I've seen. Very clean and organized.
 
Urgul said:
I would like to buy one but I'm afraid it'll stop working after 30 minutes of playing :ill:

Clips please :)
Click to expand...

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

I have had my 333 for a couple of years now and ZERO issues. It has been through a tour and well over 100 hours of jam/practice/studio time by now. Again, ZERO issues. There is nothing wrong with this company's amplifiers.
 
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I removed the plastic pimp-plates or whatever, they come off easy with screws, the logo is like glued on so I didn't want to fuck with it (resell etc...).

Clean:
http://bestnetworx.com/uploader/files/52/bugera333xl_clean.mp3

Crunch:
http://bestnetworx.com/uploader/files/52/bugera333xl_crunch.mp3

Lead:
Coming soon-ish...

Guitar: Gibson Goth Les Paul with an epiphone neck humbucker in the bridge. It's resistance measures at about 4.0 ohms. I prefer low output pickups.
Amp settings: all eq knobs are at 12:00, clean channel volume was attenuated to match the crunch channels volume almost exactly. No reverb.
Cab: Crate Blue Voodoo with GT-75's and WGS Veteran 30's in X pattern.
Mics: left bottom gt-75 = e609 & sm57 / right bottom v30 = i5 and studio projects b1

I didn't dick with mic placement, just put them up. These clips are just to give you a good general idea of the amp. Nothing fancy. Two hard panned takes.


Gut shots:
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I think it looks great inside.
 
lol, my bandwidth for the clips exceeded somehow....hmmm

i'll put together an easy to use youtube clip when i get the lead channel junk down. have to wait for everyone to leave the house because i'm a nice guy.
 
Wow, looks way better without those faux plastic panels!

Had my 6260 on strain for 3 hours straight today, heavy duty for the first time. Worked like a charm. I found myself dialling this exactly like I would with a Fiddy (sans resonance of course), which gives a good starting-point to dial this thing according to its own strengths.

For the money, a well made investment.
 
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