Bugera V22 Demo and Review
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- This is a demo and review of the Bugera V22 guitar amplifier. It does a fantastic job at getting nice blues and rock tones. I’ve used this amp for about a year now and it was my first tube amp. For those of you looking at getting into tube amps, this may very well be your choice. It sounds great and has some cool features that are difficult to find in amps in this price range. Aesthetically, this amp looks very nice too. It has a silver grill with gold piping and a cream material that matches the "chicken head" knobs. The rest is black tolex.
The amp has built in reverb, an FX loop, a mid boost, a normal and bright input, and pentode/triode options. The pentode has plenty of headroom for most basement players at 22W. The triode option brings it down to 15W to push the amp a little harder at lower volumes. This is a relatively quiet amp when compared to others that I’ve tried in the same power rating, but that being said I almost never have the master volume above 4 or 5. It takes pedals very well and has been reliable for me. The only time I’ve had an issue was some slight buzzing after I cranked it to ten one day. One of the tubes vibrated out a little, so I just had to push it back in and the buzz went away. The EQ section seems to work well with every guitar you can put through it which makes it another good option as a starter tube amp. Let me know what you think down in the comments!
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don’t let anyone put your playing down, everyone starts somewhere and you’re only gonna get better! The walkthrough and review was super thorough and informative. Thanks!
I second that. We are all continuously in the process of learning. Even Steve Vai is still learning things. That's why he is a guitar god. He never stops learning.
I totally agree, people say I play like shit, but I say it's ok , it's my shit!
The best part of this is that you're having a good time playing. That's why people play the guitar. Ignore the internet trolls. Somebody who takes time out of their day to anonymously say someone "can't play" is 1) being a dick, and 2) wasting their life. Don't like it? Watch something else then. Everybody who ever learned the guitar went through the same process...first, you can't play at all...then you play a little...then you get better...and so on. I've been playing for 20 years, and I'm average at best. But I enjoy playing the guitar, even if I'm not Clapton.
Right! I suck something fierce! I don't play because I'm good at it, I play because I enjoy it.
good for you not being afraid to show where you are at in your playing. keep at it bro
Thanks for taking the time to share your opinions. First thing I thought was, ' great, here's a guy like me, who is just finding his way on guitar'.The reason i searched was to find out if i like this amp. Without people taking the time to show us their kit forming opinions on which amps we want to trek out to stores to try out would be just soooo much more difficult. Cheers.
18 months ago I decided to take up guitar at age 60.I bought a slightly used Bugera V22 and I think its great for the price.I recommend checking out online sights where military folks sell there things. When they need cash they sell there stash. My Bugera was 5 months old when a soldier put it on Offerup for $210.Thanks for the pleasant review and never give up on your passions.
I really appreciate you putting it out there...and, don’t worry about the “guitar snobs”. They obviously forgot about their own guitar journey. By the way, you’ve got a good sense of timing so, practice smart and remember: it’s supposed to be fun!
I just bought this amp from Sweetwater (hasn’t been delivered yet) but, I’ve been hearing some good things about them so, I grabbed the 22 watt version.
Again, thanks for for posting a great walkthrough on this amp.
Please keep making great videos like this. Even though I've seen this 3 times already, I'm finding myself here again. You have a very nice, friendly and calm appearance. Thank you dude
Great rythm playing, especially on the heavy tones. Awesome amp and a good review! Keep them coming!
Hey man, keep up the awesome work! great demo!
the best real demo I've ever seen, no more effects from another software :)..good work man.
You chose very effective and appropriate demonstration content. Thanks
Good review. You had fun and did a good job. Right on!
I agree about your playing and don’t listen to the negative comments, however, to get a full appreciation of this tube amp it does need someone who’s mastered the right hand picking techniques that creates light and shade. Michael Caswell (RIP) had a wonderful touch and could get a tube amp to talk. I couldn’t get that from this demo and for someone like myself that plays in this way I’d need to see how this cleans up when playing on the overdrive channel. Well done for making the effort but please understand why some folk might want to see something different but can’t articulate that in a positive way.
Thank you so much for letting me know! I saw a used one, and I gotta say, I'm into it! Probably gonna buy one now. Rock on, dude :)
Good Job Brother. Keep up the work. All the best for you.
Great demo of the amp, thanks
love how that thing looks
I have this amp, and I love it.
I reluctantly bought one of these as it was under 400 bucks. Best amp I have ever owned in 40 years. I'm about to by another just because I think they may be gone soon.
dang.your just starting out. good job. Work on your chords and stuff man.
i been playing 20 years and its rewarding.
Keep playing man.
Thanks great demo!
One of the few REAL reviews on the interwebs
Pentode/Triode switch is for 22 watts-- Pentode.. and 40% less for Triode. Which, is more than enough for most small-medium rooms. Feels better, too. If you enjoy "spongy"..
good review, guitar is a bit out of tune....AND I LIKE IT!!!! And your playing is just fine for the length of time you have been playing. I have had my Bugera V22 for about 3 years now and I love everything about it, from the 'chimes' ringing to the 'boost' button. I always keep mine on the law watts. I did take the metal housing out of mine that covered the fuses because at even a moderate volume level IT BUZZED REALLY BAD! Oh, that last screw was really difficult to remove. thanks again for the nice review
+bible777talker Thank you 😀. I pretty much always had mine on the lower wattage as well unless I was using pedals. Then I liked the extra headroom. Thanks for watching!
Sweet amp; lots of features for a very affordable price!
Thanks for the review and keep on rocking!
Good video shred box. I have this amp too and LOVE it. Tone to kill for. Keep jammin man!
This guy is a better player than The Tone King. 😂
& the Epiphone Doctor.
D BAG
That smile when you nail the solo haha
Fantastic demo. I am looking for this one to buy.
With the right pedals, that amp would do fine for metal. A lot of that, too, also has to with the speaker; if the speaker were changed, that would help with different genres.
+kc8ntp Agreed. I actually thought it did pretty well with a digitech metal master in front of it. A celestion g12t-75 definitely couldn't hurt either. The open back might be a deal killer for some metal purists though.
Into an external 4x12 that were made more for metal, that 22w amp would do a good job, too. I wouldn't hesitate to gig a small venue with a 22w tube amp.
Great demo! Ignore the idiots. I own this amp and love it.
hmmm im a bazz player mainly but want to get an electric and a amp for it and was considering one of these, but i dunno the dirty (esp. on the les paul) sounds kinda crap to me. however, does that really need to be a problem? clean sounded allright, so that + dirt pedals should work right? what ya'll think
Good review man, thanks, I'm on the lookout for one.
Brandon, I like your Idea for recording your guitar journey. It popped up on suggested videos and then I saw you had the same amp. So anyway, a tip for you, when using a single coil guitar like your strat plug into the normal input, and for humbuckers like your LP use the bright input to plug into. Good luck on your guitar quest man.
PS Love the Coheed on your trailer.
+Kevin Maroney Thank you! Somebody else suggested that also. I should definitely have at least shown the option in this video. Thanks for your input and watching!
Awesome video man, ignore the haters, great video for showing off those tones!
Honeslty Bugera is super underrated, this amp sounded better then conparable vox,orange,or marshalls ive played
GM 4L60E I got the head version with a Harley benton 1x12 celestion cab and it sounds more like an expensive Fender amp compared to my Fender amp ☺
Good going on the playing pal early days but you're enjoying yourself that's the most important ,,, but DUDE FOR GOD SAKE SWITCH THE BRIDGE HUMBUCKER ON AND WHACK A OPEN E CHORD that's all I wanted to hear with the gain cranked
sound great
I play this amp when I jam at a friends house. I borrow it when I go there. Its pretty decent. I'm looking to buy one now.
Much respect!!!
Nice review!
All I can say is keep on practicing the more you practice the better you’ll get
Thanls for the video, my trained heard that guitar a bit out of tune. Great job.
Very helpful, thumbs up.
You're so brave testing amp with an out-of-tune Squier guitar.
youre so brave talking shit on youtube when im betting you just got your first GIO and line 6 and hammer those powerchords eh
what do you expect from a douche who has a most overrated lyricist like Dylan as their pic and a name like Panu...Fuckstain, go back to your 3rd world shithole or keep your condescending shithole shut..
lmfao i just noticed. How much of a hipster do you have to be to put dylan as your pic. Yo panu.. dylans a shit singer and a worse guitarist.... noone alive disagrees on that..
no son... you wouldnt say that to my face. or even think about it.
his guitar is out of tune..... so....
i have this amp love the cleans,,never can get good overdrive though...very good value running it together with my tubemiester rite now very nice....
Super test. Merci
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With all dude respect, Shredbox?
Dude respect?
Is the "Infinium" version worth it over this one? Thanks = )
If you are playing live or at high volume consistently, the LEDs might be nice to know you're tubes are about to die. Otherwise it seems to just be preference.
Sounds like a good amp for 70s style rock. So what new amp is going to take you in a new musical direction ?
+wlphantom It's a surprise for now 😃 I have the head. The cab won't be in for about 4-6 weeks. I'll "unveil" it during an episode of the Odyssey once it gets in.
I subscribed thanks for the video hmm I'm still debating on the Bugera I'd like a bit of higher end gain but the warm sound sounds soothing
morenoarts I traded this one a while back and it's actually one of the only gear trades I regret. Great little amp
Hey @ShredBox nice review! At the start you said you'd tell us what you did and didn't like about the amp, but I didn't catch anything that you thought was a negative... Did I miss it, or do you think there aren't any?
I'm stuck between this amp and the Laney Cub 12R... Anyone tried both and have an unbiased opinion? Or can link to a shootout?
Only found a kinda 'features' side-by-side in Spanish...
Thanks! The only thing I didn't really like about this amp was the distortion. Not that it was bad, just not enough for my style of playing. It has enough headroom to throw a distortion in front and keep the character of the pedal though, so not a huge deal. I'd spring for the 55w version if you plan on using it in a band situation to keep up with the drums. Good luck choosing!
Did you say 15 and 7 watts???
+Sam Vieira There's a very good chance I did. It's definitely a 22 watt in pentode and 11 in the triode though. Sorry for the confusion!
22 plenty loud
Its my live amp, its pretty loud
Pentode and triode modes do not cut overall wattage, its simple triode is 3 plates in the tube and pentode is 5. tri gives you a Fender type tone and Pent more a british sound. wattage is always 22
+bluemtjim The Bugera manual describes the pentode as full power and the triode as half power. The output is definitely a significant amount quieter in the triode mode. How do they achieve that affect without lowering the power output?
I wonder if there's a difference with
Red Led/Blue Led
And Vintgage Bugera speaker vs Turbosound
What is the song you play in the beggining before the blues riff and audio are 4:28 and 4:50
Im. Wondering what the pentode triod switch is anout and would you say this is more british or usa tones
As i understand, the pentode puts out more volume but i do not know about the tone.
Is it to loud for home use? Everyone is acting like it's too loud?
Sorry 7mths late mate!
I've just got a V22 in the last month & yep no worries at bedroom/loungeroom volumes.
If you crank the gain it can get a bit fizzy in the top end (better set of valves/tubes evidently sorts it a bit).
The cleans are great & it take pedals well via the loop or front end...l read a mob of forums & most are happy...
But it'll definitely play at levels that won't piss the neighbours off (unless you wanna)... for the price it's not a bad amp.
Gd luck!✌️
any idea how to give this amp more bass? she's weak in the bottom end. thanks
kevin brooks Here's a couple of options.
1. check out this article. mod 5 describes changing a few caps to adjust the bass response www.premierguitar.com/articles/8_Guitar-Amp_Mods_for_Newbies?page=2
2. You could try adding an eq pedal to the FX loop maybe.
3. Consider swapping out the speaker for something with better bass response.
4. Physically move the amp closer to the floor. you'll percieve more bass with the amp on the floor than on a stand.
Anybody else have any ideas?
my amp is on the floor running a 10 band eq pedal. I don't know which caps to mess with but thank you for the response.
kevin brooks oh man. Sounds like you covered everything I could think of. Sorry I couldn't be more help for you
Dude, I think the "bright" jack is for humbuckers and that's where the Les Paul should go.
I found that the bright input didn't add top end so much as it just reduced the bottom end. The manual actually does suggest using the bright input for humbuckers. To me, it sounds much better going through the normal input and using the mid boost rather than reducing the bass end with the bright input.
Being a "demo" video, I absolutely should have at least plugged into the bright switch at some point though. Thanks for the comment and I'll be sure to be more thorough in future reviews!
+1 on the normal input. I always use it on my V22 - Les Paul or anything. And thanks for the review ShredBox!
I have the same amp but my reverb is really messed up any suggestions?
I'm no expert, but I've had two of these going on 4 years now... You're going to have to explain what "Messed up" means if you want some advice. Also let us know if your amp has the BLUE or the ORANGE jewel (power) light.... Yes there is a difference.
this definitely is on my wish list of guitar gear lol
As it should be ;) I've really enjoyed mine, but it will be leaving soon to pay for my new amp. I may get one again down the road, but I need something different to take me in the musical direction I'm looking to move to.
ShredBox Awesome!!! what amp are you willing to get from the money of the bugera
Haha. That seems to be the question going around. I actually already got the head. The cab will be here in 4-6 weeks and I'll let you know then through the Odyssey. I'll be getting rid of some pedals and probably the strat also to make up the difference.
no triode mode huh
Skip to 2:26
Reverb tank or dig?
I'm no expert, but it looks like you're tweaking the amp to compensate for the speaker rather than the guitar.
What's the difference between plugging a pedal into the front of the amp or the back?
Great question! It's probably worthy of it's own FAQ video to be quite honest, but here's the gist (and honestly you probably know most of this already, just want to be thorough for you). When I say "the back" I mean the FX loop. Effects like delay, reverb, phasers, or other mods sound better to a lot of people in the FX loop. There are two tube sections. The preamp and the power amp. The FX loop lets you put pedals between these two sections. You don't get any sonic coloration from the preamp on those pedals, but you do get the volume boost from the power amp. Mods will sound much cleaner in an FX loop if you use the distortion channel on your amp. If you only use the clean channel, it may not make much of a difference.
Makes sense, thnx!
Modulation pedals work better after your Overdrive /distortion.
Ex: delay must be placed in the loop if you use the amps OD channel or if you use an OD pedal you can place the delay after it and not use the loop at all.
MrMongo321 the pedals don't go thru a preamp when you go thru the back. this is good for things like time based and reverbs because they become over saturated and not clean sounding.
Thanks for the info Rachel.
Recorded with bugera trirec : ua-cam.com/video/QPpvLJoJmcQ/v-deo.html
How does this sound with an acoustic???
Luc Verhoeven Good question! I can't say I ever tried it with an acoustic, but in general electric and acoustic amps are pretty different. Acoustics are designed to be more clear and transparent than electric amps most of the time.
Actually hear the thing at 2:26
Dude fix your playing posture you'll play better (more comfortable) if you do that.
your tshirt rules!
this amp is not for me. doesn't seem to have enough high gain.
I can't......... Please become a half-way decent player before you try a review. Also, don't waste money on mics and such at this point. Spend the money on guitar lessons..... That is not an insult. We could all use them.
He does play guitar like my drummer. And Im proud of my drummer for wanting to start learning. And it takes balls to not have skills and make a video. Yikes get that guitar set buddy. Out of tune and intonation. LMAO.
Kkkkkkk WTF os this playing kkkkk
all the gear and no idea
Nerd playing guitar
Tune your guitar
La guitare n est pas accordé 😡
Vous ne jouez pas suffisamment bien pour faire une démonstration 😡
Hahahahah, guitar out of tune...
yes it certainly was
Real world simulation of an average guitarist...:-)
learn to play before you actually demo an amp.
Too late.
You are obviously Amish. That's okay. Rock and roll is for everyone. Keep trying.
youre an idiot
owesome effort, horrible playing.
I take it you were great when you start started out?
Dude, with all due respect you need to learn to play, or at least tune the guitar before you do a demo. What have you been doing for the year youve had it?
+79lpcustom I agree and I'm working on it. A year ago I new absolutely NOTHING about video editing, micing cabs, guitar maintenance, post editing, drumming, playing bass, guitar effects, or maintaining a UA-cam channel. I've been working on that... along with my actual job and the rest of my life. If you want to see more of what I've been doing, go watch some of the other 80 videos I have up. Especially the Odyssey videos. They are my video journal of teaching myself to play or you can definitely see progress through my cover songs.
79lpcustom with all due respect dude who plays out of tune, badly in a shit coverband full of noplaying greyhairs (and i have grey hair son)... that was you on lead in your cover band? Your timings off, you sound out of tune, you LITERALLY got the fucking song wrong (send her my love). Ive seen players 2 months in with better vibrato. Just a tip son.. before you start attacking someones playing learn to play yourself christ your band sucks. And its a COVER band.. jesus.
PS.. we all came here for the bugera v22 review and this review is fantastic. Now boy.. go back to your moms basement (or get a job and move out eh?) and fucking practice. I could teach my 7 year old niece to play better than that in a month.
Shred fuck this guy. go to his channel. he's a newbie who apparently thinks because he spent a laughable amount on an old lp he can gearsnob and talk shit. He's a shit player who thinks if he attacks other players he'll suck less