Bugera 333XL Infinium

Excellent buy! It not only competes with but p****s all over other, a lot more expensive, amp heads on the market. The sound quality is top notch and on a full stack, riffs and lead notes soar. The only shortcoming, in my opinion, is that the pedalboard could have done with including an independent reverb pedal, hence the reason why I rated it 4 stars in the features department. Oh well, perhaps Bugera will improve on that in the not-too-distant future. Don't be put off by the fact that it's made in the Far East: most products (even those which are purported to be 'leading brands')are made in the Far East. I simply love it and I'm thinking of buying another model by this great brand. Bugera sure kicks some serious a**e and, what's more, it didn't break the bank. Great product! I'm making the following addition to my original review over three years after buying it, and after having returned the head to Thomann three times (luckily within its warranty period). Alas, the issues kept rearing their ugly heads. Although the ultimate tone and features of the amplifier are exceptional, the problems related (having to return the product, the wait, hassle involved) do not warrant buying it. In hindsight, after 5 years since purchasing it, it has been sent again to the repair shop. This time the problem seems to be the built-in relay switch connected with the footswitch. For the reasons stated above I would not recommend it.

I use this amp in my studio for reamping guitars and sometimes for band rehearsals. I also own an Engl savage 120 and I have to say that the sound coming out of Bugera is similar to that of the savage with the former having better low end response, something that was obvious when I reamped the same signal using the same setup (cabinet, mics etc). Moreover, the Bugera amp doesn't "feel" robust, many chinese parts and although the design is very good it "looks" somewhat cheap. If I had to take an amp out on the road for gigs I wouldn't take this amp, I don't think it could handle it very well, that is why it stays in the studio for reamping, and this, it does well. The power tubes are nice, but didn't like the preamp tube, but that's what a tube amp is like, you have to experiment with different tubes.It is versatile with it's 3 band EQ per channel and I like the XL switch assigned at the crunch and lead channel. For the price tag, it is a good deal, but handle it with care.

I have owned this head for a little while now and have come to love it! It certainly packs a punch at 120 Watt! I couple this head with the matching cabinet and it sounds great!. The head has 3 channels which is great for having access to different gain settings between crunch and lead channels at a push of a button. The 3 band EQ when altered to achieve a desired tone is very responsive. With scooped mids you can achieve very dirty drop tuned kinds of tones for example for Dream Theater sort of style playing; and if you plug a strat or vintage tele into to the low gain guitar input with a nice amount of mids and highs you can achieve true ''Gilmore'' textures.

This amp also has a great clean channel, very pristine with a good bottom end, and amazing features such as the infinium tech which allows you to change a valve mid gig if need be as no biasing is needed and valves do not need to be matched pairs. You can also use combos of 6L6 and EL34 at any given time. Not only that but the amp tells you via led which valve has blown! An FX loop is also a brilliant feature of this amp even though a lot of amps have them it is nice to use it with this one.

You couldn't go wrong with this amp for the money.. By far the best in the price range. I would say this is a beginner valve amp but have proved to myself and others that this amp can keep up with some of the best without question.

5 Star Great amp.

The bugera 333xl is a very nice sounding sturdy amp. Amazing sound for the price. The head has a built in noise gate and reverb with separate knobs to control them. The design of the head is really nice and the amp looks great in the dark when those tube lights up! The tubes are easily replaceable. I use the bugera for playing metal mainly because of the fat low end, but it also has a clean channel and a crunch channel.. I use the head with a bugera cabinet and it sounds really good. Theres also a 4ohms/ 8ohms / 16ohms selector at the back to match your speaker cabinet. The head also has a line out, and send/return. The head alone weights about 20kgs.

I would really recommend this amp! I use it for mainly melodic hard rock and metal but I am sure that it would work very well for most music styles. It has three channels which are all very good, very nice clean sound, the crunch channel has all the distorsion you would need for rythm guitar and the lead channel even more distorsion. It is very easy to dial in a great sound. Quality wise, so far I have not noticed any problems. For me this amp is not "only very good for the price", it is plainly very good! The only thing i can think of that would be good to have is the possibility to control the channel swithing though midi.
I can highly recommend this amp!