opinions on Bugera BC15 15-Watt?

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:51 pm

is this thing as good as it seems? I have a gift card and I am thinking about getting a better apartment amp--

is there a better small valve amp?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:04 am

brainfur wrote:apartment amp

15w is still going to be loud as shit, generally.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:57 am

I think anything tube above 5 watts is a "small gigging amp." The 5 watt range is great because as long as you have a gain knob, they're usually just loud enough to play with a sane drummer, and just enough to really get your neighbors annoyed, but you can usually back them up and get decent sounds at low volume.

My Vox Pathfinder 15R and AC4C1s are wonderful apartment amps, though my Pathfinder's made it to more gigs than most of my "giggable" amps.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:59 pm

what about the bugera 5v? would that be better? i played one in guitar center yesterday and it sounded p good...

my current apt amp is a crate 15 watt solid state

ugh nm there are a million amps i have to try out but guitarcenter is a noisy ass zoo

George · Post by **George** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:24 pm

For apartment amp have you considered a mustang amp? I love my 1

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:32 pm

teh modeling one? i havent tried it but I will

George · Post by **George** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:38 pm

Yeah so cheap and feature packed.

I'd say with tube amps you're never going to get them to cook enough to make them worth using in an apartment anyway

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:41 pm

George wrote:Yeah so cheap and feature packed.

I'd say with tube amps you're never going to get them to cook enough to make them worth using in an apartment anyway

thats probably true

maybe i should buy a home before i buy an amp

George · Post by **George** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:45 pm

I live in a terraced house and its the same deal. Place late at night a modeller is useful if you don't live in a mansion.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:52 pm

honeyiscool wrote: My Vox Pathfinder 15R and AC4C1s are wonderful apartment amps, though my Pathfinder's made it to more gigs than most of my "giggable" amps.

Got my self the AC4C1 over the AC4TV head & cab on your advice and I'm absolutely loving it. I was going to pm you to say thanks but as it has come up in conversation I'll say it here. Thanks.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:37 pm

Out of the few very low wattage amps I've played, the AC4TV is the best sounding one below $300.

Nobody's got shit on Vox, in the low watt game below $300.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:33 pm

brainfur wrote:
George wrote:Yeah so cheap and feature packed.

I'd say with tube amps you're never going to get them to cook enough to make them worth using in an apartment anyway
thats probably true maybe i should buy a home before i buy an amp

My brief experience with George's amp was 100% positive and even though I have 5watt tube amp I think he's correct for low volume playing at a very attractive price. That being said I suspect a decent EQ and reverb in the effects loop would allow me to tweak an awesome sound for low volume out of mine....but that's a lot of extra cash for apartment noodling!

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:21 am

laterallateral wrote:Out of the few very low wattage amps I've played, the AC4TV is the best sounding one below $300.

Nobody's got shit on Vox, in the low watt game below $300.

man, i fucked up by not jumping on a non functioning AC4TV head + 1x12 cab for $150 recently.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:02 am

Stuart wrote:
honeyiscool wrote: My Vox Pathfinder 15R and AC4C1s are wonderful apartment amps, though my Pathfinder's made it to more gigs than most of my "giggable" amps.

Got my self the AC4C1 over the AC4TV head & cab on your advice and I'm absolutely loving it. I was going to pm you to say thanks but as it has come up in conversation I'll say it here. Thanks.

Whoa! Available in British racing green for the money I could sell my blackstar and orange cab for.... I do love me some BRG.

Can you run a secon cab from it?

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:26 am

Dave wrote:
Stuart wrote:
honeyiscool wrote: My Vox Pathfinder 15R and AC4C1s are wonderful apartment amps, though my Pathfinder's made it to more gigs than most of my "giggable" amps.

Got my self the AC4C1 over the AC4TV head & cab on your advice and I'm absolutely loving it. I was going to pm you to say thanks but as it has come up in conversation I'll say it here. Thanks.
Whoa! Available in British racing green for the money I could sell my blackstar and orange cab for.... I do love me some BRG.

Can you run a secon cab from it?

It is the racing green I've got, extremely handsome. Yes it has an external speaker output, 16ohms I think.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:04 am

Sloan wrote:
laterallateral wrote:Out of the few very low wattage amps I've played, the AC4TV is the best sounding one below $300.

Nobody's got shit on Vox, in the low watt game below $300.
man, i fucked up by not jumping on a non functioning AC4TV head + 1x12 cab for $150 recently.

I really didnt like mine. I put a switch on it to remove the tone section and that was an improvement. I sold the head and put a Celestion Truvox in it. I run that and an Ampeg micro head. It is the best rig i've ever used as a "stompbox guy".

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:48 pm

h8mtv wrote:
Sloan wrote:
laterallateral wrote:Out of the few very low wattage amps I've played, the AC4TV is the best sounding one below $300.

Nobody's got shit on Vox, in the low watt game below $300.
man, i fucked up by not jumping on a non functioning AC4TV head + 1x12 cab for $150 recently.
I really didnt like mine. I put a switch on it to remove the tone section and that was an improvement. I sold the head and put a Celestion Truvox in it. I run that and an Ampeg micro head. It is the best rig i've ever used as a "stompbox guy".

The demos I've heard sound kinda harsh, but it would have been a good project, the guy had swapped the speaker with something better, can't remember what.

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