G20 Infinium Head : My desert island amp. Beats out $40,000 worth of others

9 months ago

Let me start by saying i own a JMP-1, marsall el-34 100/100,Mesa Boogie triaxis. Mesa 295, mesa 2/100 rectifier,fender bassman, , fender blues deluxe, soldano, bogner ubershall, deizel, vht, roland jc-120, vox ac-30… numerous celestions… 100 guitars… 50 different pickuos… blah blah blah…. You get the picture right? Ive own it for 2 years now. Its built cheaply as possible but… ive had problems with mesa,marshall… none last forever. ALL amplifiers nowdays are made with Chinese parts, no matter where or who assembled them, Chinese parts. Tubes are the exception. Sounds VERY convincing like a Marshall plexi and 800. Does mesa mark 3 sound very well although not quite as clear. Clean channel is incredible. Sounds fender bassman. Clean channel with cranked gain plus telecaster= zeppllin 1&2. Take it from a tone snob with $40,000 worth if amps thats KNOWS what these amps sound like. For what you get this amp is still a bargain for $1500-$2000. Its a no brainer. Its also class A power which the blackstar is not. Means it doesn’t need a presence control because it doesn’t have a negative feedback loop. In other words it doesn’t sound dark and is very clear. I play Metallica with gain at noon. Effects loop means you can use the 20 watt power amp for a separate preamp . I have a peace hill fx ODS and a SSS. They sound incredible with this. Amplifiers manufacturing techniques are not as labor intensive. Theres no difference in point to point soldering than a circuit board sonically. It only has three tubes so it doesn’t cost a lot to put high-quality tubes on it.. be careful though the tube sockets are soldered directly onto the circuit board. This is how they can make it much cheaper.. people think because it’s cheap and it’s made in China can’t sound good and that is not the case. As I’ve said before, all the parts for all amplifiers nowadays come from China they may be assembled by hand in America or England or Germany, but the parts are all Chinese.. if you think the amplifier sounds bad take some guitar lessons.

Image Bugera G20 Infinium Head

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Bugera
  • Released in 2015
  • Average price : $379
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