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Doog wrote:What was that black shit, exactly?

No idea.

No pics of the Bugera V55 footswitch on Thomann - does it do channel switch and boost on two switches?

Bugera wrote:The BUGERA V55 features a road tough footswitch that allows you to select channels and activate/kill the reverb remotely

LANK

Oh, yeah. I remember now.
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Fart too heavily near these things and they start murmuring about the likelihood of Amplifier Heaven, but I still think the sound is impressive for the price. Recommended V55 to my ex-bassist as he took on a bit of electric guitar frontmannin', one arrived DOA and the other has developed some kind of non-tube fault within a year of weekly band rehearsals and like two gigs.

The argument I heard against them was that as well as being unreliable, they are difficult or not economically viable to fix. I suspect this might just be snobbery and preference for having everything point to point. I know dick-all about fixing amps but I don't really see how one circuit-boardy amp can be harder to fix than another, other than other amps have been around for longer and so there are more spare parts knocking around.

I don't know why I haven't bought a Bugera V5 yet.

BacchusPaul wrote:The argument I heard against them was that as well as being unreliable, they are difficult or not economically viable to fix. I suspect this might just be snobbery and preference for having everything point to point. I know dick-all about fixing amps but I don't really see how one circuit-boardy amp can be harder to fix than another, other than other amps have been around for longer and so there are more spare parts knocking around.

Surface mount, obscure and grain-of-rice size components can make modern devices tricky to fix, but I don't think that applies. Assembly that means you can't get to the components while they're working also makes it difficult - just like cars in many ways. It's lot easier to work on a Morris Minor than a Renault Clio.

NickS wrote:

BacchusPaul wrote:The argument I heard against them was that as well as being unreliable, they are difficult or not economically viable to fix. I suspect this might just be snobbery and preference for having everything point to point. I know dick-all about fixing amps but I don't really see how one circuit-boardy amp can be harder to fix than another, other than other amps have been around for longer and so there are more spare parts knocking around.

Surface mount, obscure and grain-of-rice size components can make modern devices tricky to fix, but I don't think that applies. Assembly that means you can't get to the components while they're working also makes it difficult - just like cars in many ways. It's lot easier to work on a Morris Minor than a Renault Clio.

And accessibility is a problem on plenty of cheaper valve amps, such as the Classic 30. But I always manage to get mine serviced without much problem. Well, with a few exasperated looks at the circuit board folded around the caps and valve bases.

BacchusPaul wrote:The argument I heard against them was that as well as being unreliable, they are difficult or not economically viable to fix. I suspect this might just be snobbery and preference for having everything point to point. I know dick-all about fixing amps but I don't really see how one circuit-boardy amp can be harder to fix than another, other than other amps have been around for longer and so there are more spare parts knocking around.

I believe they have addressed most of the reliability concerns that were in the early productions. I also believe that due to the affordable nature of an amplifier, it will be bought my more users inexperienced with the use and maintenance of tube amplifiers.

I actually scored a really good deal on the 333XL because it was busted. Fixed it same day and have used it ever since with no issue.
I don't recall any surface mount stuff, it's constructed just like any modern amplifier, especially since it's a rip on a peavey JSX - why change it?

Here is my original thread.
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31655