FUCKING HUG YOUR UPS GUY!
No pics of that, but I do have Bugera pr0n:
And now for the two clips:
Bugera 333 - Crunch channel
Bugera 333 - Lead channel
Both had the same everything except amp settings. Chain:
EC-1000 EMG-81 -> Bugera -> Mesa V30 4x12 -> SM57 on-axis -> Focusrite Saffire Pro
1 track 100% Left, 1 track 100% Right. Low pass at 12kHz, high pass at 80Hz. No other processing.
As far as some kind of review...well. It kicks ass IMO. Has a nice raw sound to it, but still has that signature Peavey-type distortion to it. The amp itself seems cheaply made, TBH. I didn't expect it to be a tank, but I've never been able to effortlessly pick up a head with one hand and move it around like a gallon of milk...this thing is light as a mofo. The knobs are plastic, of course, and the Bugera/side plates are also plastic. Again, I didn't expect them to be nice, metal peices at all, just confirming my assumptions. It's extremely loud too. The damping switch on the back is pretty neat, I left it on MID for the recordings, HIGH drops the volume down a bit, and LOW opens it up. So on LOW damping, with the channel volume on like 8 and the Master on 2...this thing is obnoxiously loud. On MID, it's a tolerable, good recording level. On HIGH, it's like bedroom practice mode. The two distortion channels are significantly different. The Crunch channel has much less gain, is a lot tighter and defined. The Lead channel has more gain to it and is a little less defined, more suited for...leads, lol. The Clean channel is surprisingly good, lots of headroom and has a good clean sound. Nothing stellar, but it's definitely clean. All of the channels I can already see myself using for SOMETHING. They are all usable and sound great. I must say I was really skeptical, even when I first hooked it up, right before turning it on I was thinking "please explode, that would be fucking hilarious"...but nope. Also, it has an active FX loop, meaning when the FX Loop is engaged, there is a significant volume boost. There is actually a switch next to the Master/Reverb knob that says "FX Boost". It was on for the two clips.
Overall it's a very cool amp. Probably isn't road worthy at all, but it's staying right here for recording only so I'm not worried about that. As long as it doesn't explode just from sitting here, I will have yet another good thing to say about Behringer.
~006
No pics of that, but I do have Bugera pr0n:
And now for the two clips:
Bugera 333 - Crunch channel
Bugera 333 - Lead channel
Both had the same everything except amp settings. Chain:
EC-1000 EMG-81 -> Bugera -> Mesa V30 4x12 -> SM57 on-axis -> Focusrite Saffire Pro
1 track 100% Left, 1 track 100% Right. Low pass at 12kHz, high pass at 80Hz. No other processing.
As far as some kind of review...well. It kicks ass IMO. Has a nice raw sound to it, but still has that signature Peavey-type distortion to it. The amp itself seems cheaply made, TBH. I didn't expect it to be a tank, but I've never been able to effortlessly pick up a head with one hand and move it around like a gallon of milk...this thing is light as a mofo. The knobs are plastic, of course, and the Bugera/side plates are also plastic. Again, I didn't expect them to be nice, metal peices at all, just confirming my assumptions. It's extremely loud too. The damping switch on the back is pretty neat, I left it on MID for the recordings, HIGH drops the volume down a bit, and LOW opens it up. So on LOW damping, with the channel volume on like 8 and the Master on 2...this thing is obnoxiously loud. On MID, it's a tolerable, good recording level. On HIGH, it's like bedroom practice mode. The two distortion channels are significantly different. The Crunch channel has much less gain, is a lot tighter and defined. The Lead channel has more gain to it and is a little less defined, more suited for...leads, lol. The Clean channel is surprisingly good, lots of headroom and has a good clean sound. Nothing stellar, but it's definitely clean. All of the channels I can already see myself using for SOMETHING. They are all usable and sound great. I must say I was really skeptical, even when I first hooked it up, right before turning it on I was thinking "please explode, that would be fucking hilarious"...but nope. Also, it has an active FX loop, meaning when the FX Loop is engaged, there is a significant volume boost. There is actually a switch next to the Master/Reverb knob that says "FX Boost". It was on for the two clips.
Overall it's a very cool amp. Probably isn't road worthy at all, but it's staying right here for recording only so I'm not worried about that. As long as it doesn't explode just from sitting here, I will have yet another good thing to say about Behringer.
~006
