sdbrit68
Student Of The Blues
I think its about that time...............a little over 4 years with this amp (And I have loved every second of owning it)
Bugera 1990 infinium,3 x ECC83 front-end and a 4 x 5881 tube power stage, Designed in Germany, built in China billed as a JVM 900 clone. Truthfully I have had Behringer / Bugera haters play this thing, then shake their head in disbelief and stating, "It was supposed to be bad, not this good WTF ? "
They advertise as a powerhouse 90's rock amp, but I am an 80's hair metal head kid
I have never looked, but I assume Cheapie China tubes in there to save money, so looking to upgrade. I have familiarity with Groove tubes as I have had good luck with them in my other things like my pre-amp for my mic's, but not married to them.
bad currently ( and I am being nit picky)
- is a touch bright
- can have too much power even on low power setting
pros
- havent played with anything that can match it in power
- more headroom than the heavens themselves
- since i have removed the bugera speakers in the cab and replaced with a swamp thang and texas shaker, the mids scream
- handles pedals well and my 11r
Changing tubes, I wouldnt mind, but not a deal breaker, a little more bottom end and a little more grit (was never a fender amp fan, always liked more the late 70's early 80's Marshall )
Oh, and it self bias so no issues on swapping out tubes, was thinking el84's and 12xa7 ?
Bugera 1990 infinium,3 x ECC83 front-end and a 4 x 5881 tube power stage, Designed in Germany, built in China billed as a JVM 900 clone. Truthfully I have had Behringer / Bugera haters play this thing, then shake their head in disbelief and stating, "It was supposed to be bad, not this good WTF ? "
They advertise as a powerhouse 90's rock amp, but I am an 80's hair metal head kid
I have never looked, but I assume Cheapie China tubes in there to save money, so looking to upgrade. I have familiarity with Groove tubes as I have had good luck with them in my other things like my pre-amp for my mic's, but not married to them.
bad currently ( and I am being nit picky)
- is a touch bright
- can have too much power even on low power setting
pros
- havent played with anything that can match it in power
- more headroom than the heavens themselves
- since i have removed the bugera speakers in the cab and replaced with a swamp thang and texas shaker, the mids scream
- handles pedals well and my 11r
Changing tubes, I wouldnt mind, but not a deal breaker, a little more bottom end and a little more grit (was never a fender amp fan, always liked more the late 70's early 80's Marshall )
Oh, and it self bias so no issues on swapping out tubes, was thinking el84's and 12xa7 ?