Are bugera amps reliable

Answer 1

While I haven't owned my Bugera V22 tube amp for 35 years, the three years since I bought it new has brought no troubles nor disasters. I do take care of my equipment and don't treat my equipment as trash as so many Guitarists do.

Bugera amps have not been on the market for ages, so there is no long history to look back on. As with any company, Bugera has had some early problems, but has been able to produce great amps at great prices.

My V22 is a great combo amp, and since I own it, I can make the following comments. It has a great sound clean or dirty, is loud enough to bring the police quickly and takes pedals well. Most of the people who bad mouth Bugera haven't played through them or owned one. They really are just copying what others are saying.

Which is strange since these people claim that Bugera is copying other amp manufacturers. What most people don't understand is that there are only a few original circuit designs and people such as Leo Fender and Don Randall modified these circuits for guitar playing and away we go.

All guitar amplifier manufacturers are essentially copycats. Even the vaunted Marshalls are copies of the Fender Bassman amps which were copies of Accordion amps, slightly modified of course.

So Bugera is allowing cost conscious guitarists to have what the money elite have, great tone at high volumes at low cost. Expensive does not mean high quality.

If you believe that, then you are the perfect sucker.