Bugera Amps 6262 Head

This amp has all the features you could hope for on a tube head. The best feature would be the pedal which switches channels(unfortunately not between clean and crunch), reverb and effects loop.

I have used quite a few different guitars with this amp. All sounded good in the bedroom but tend to get buried in the mix when playing with a band. I would say this amp sounds very good if you are looking for a scooped high gain sound, just don't expect to cut through the mix if your other guitarist is playing a good Marshall.

Let me start of by saying here that I am not a Bugera basher(at least I wasn't when I bought my first one). I had this amp for 6 months when I hooked up at a show and hit the power switch... nothing happened. The power light came on but no sound. I borrowed an amp from the headlining band(amid looks of "I told you so" from all the other musicians in the room). I contacted Bugera the next day and was given courteous instructions on how to return my amp for repair. A month or so later, I received my amp in great working order. I really liked the amp's sound but I was a little afraid of it, so I sold it. I was in a local music store a couple months later and saw a 6260 combo for cheap. Although I should have known better, I sorta missed the sound of my 6262... so I bought it. Well, another couple months passed and low and behold... Same thing happened to the 6260 that happened to the 6262. I know Bugera supporters are gonna chalk this up as another noob not knowing how to properly use a tube amp. I am 40 yrs old and have owned various tube amps including Peavey, Marshall, Carvin, Laney and Fender. I have never had a single problem with any other tube amp. If you own a Bugera, it is not a matter of if it will quit working, it is a matter of when.

Customer support was very friendly and helpful.

My final score is based on the fact that in spite of the great features and good sound, these amps are completely unreliable. I would not ever buy another Bugera because the first time was their fault, the second time was my fault for not knowing better. For the price of a new Bugera, you can buy a used Peavey ultra or VTM, you can buy a used Laney AOR, or for a couple hundred more, you can possibly even find a decent Marshall JCM. Do not waste your money on a Bugera.

I play metal in the style of Chimaira, Lamb of God, Machine Head,etc. This amp is perfect for the style of music I play. It has all the basic things that a head should have (effects loop, footswitch, ...). The thing I like about this amp is that it even sounds great at low volume. Most tube heads have a lack of gain at low volume but with this one you can get a good metal sound at low volume. The build quality is not the quality you get from the more expensive amps. The previous head I owned was a Valveking and although it is also manufactured in China, the valveking has a much higher building quality. This head is not made for a lot of touring because it will break down.

I love the sound of this amp. It goes from a warm clean sound, over some crunchy and bluesy sounds to a straight high gain metal sound. Great for shredding and heavy riffs. For solos you can use some Reverb (footswitch) and it sounds really good. I play in a metal band but I could easilly use this in a rock or even blues band.

This is the reason I'm writing this review. Before I bought the amp, I had a lot of doubts about the reliability. I bought the amp in my local shop. First I've tried it at home, no problem. But when I used it to play with my band it produced a cracking sound. Even when the guitar was not plugged in. I changed all my wires and checked everything but it came from the amp. I brought it back to the shop and after a week they gave me another one. I have no problems with this one so far. I just wanted you to know that you should be aware that these kinds of problems may happen. I have a back-up head so for me it's not a problem but I can imagine that it can be a huge problem when you have to do a show with your band.

I haven' dealt with the customer support of Bugera because I brought the amp back to my local shop.

I love the amp and for that price its' a huge bargain.
If you have other questions or doubts, feel free to e-mail me.

'07 model. Picked this up in a gear trade, a Les Paul, a Marshall SLP Super Lead 100 RI and if I threw another two bills in I could take the Bugera 6262 combo, which my friend affectionately called the "Bug". I said what the hell, it's 120 watts and if it craps he'd make it right on something else. So here's the rundown; Bugera is out of Canada, distributed by Behringer, with the amps constructed in China. It's all valve PCB construction, six 12AX7s, four 6L6 power valves, swappable to EL34s with a flick of a switch and a quick bias. 120 watts, two channel, kind of like three if you count the crunch mode on the clean channel, 2x12 custom Bugera loudspeakers and enough knobs to keep you in tweaker's heaven. I've been putting this thing through the mill for a month now, and I mean hard, and so far all I can say is maybe the Chinese got it right. Bugera takes the time to match the power valves, which you don't often see in a budget amp, albeit they are Chinese valves. The clean channel ain't Fender clean, but it ain't a Fender. It'll break up pretty quick with humbuckers, a little more headroom with single coils. There is a crunch mode on the clean channel, nice for power rhythm work. the Lead channel is just that, for powerful lead work. This thing will get some insane gain, but it will feedback on you in a hurry, so watch that gain level or employ a good noise gate. As with most cascaded preamp gain designs, they can be noisy, and this amp is no exception, getting a fair amount of hiss on the lead side. This amp actually employs five of the valves for preamp, one for phase splitter, and using digital reverb, not wasting any of the valves for a spring reverb tank. Novel. It could use better speakers, so I put good ol' Vintage 30s in. Much better. Sounds even better plugged into one of my 1960 4x12 cabs. Now the bad; plastic pots, not secured to chassis, one good knock on a knob could shut you down. Plastic input jack. Mine broke, so put in high quality Switchcraft jack. Valves are good, could be better, but since they are performing ok, I'll leave them be. It's heavy, damn heavy. Put some casters on it, or get a road case if you're gonna gig it, otherwise it'll put your shoulder out. It has enough power for most venues. I'm taking it out to gig next week. I'll update.

Good rock/hard rock/heavy rock amp. Probably not for the drop tuning crowd or nu metal folks. It's got fairly good tone, and it's freakin' loud as hell. The Lead channel will get you some cookin' distortion without getting fizzy. I've heard some say almost akin to a 5150 or 6505

Had to replace input jack, but she hasn't shut down, blown a fuse or a valve or overheated. No discernible rattles from the cab. We'll see.

Haven't had to use them. but i hear they will replace a problematic amp under warranty.

Since I got it in a trade with some extra cash thrown in, I'm not gonna lose sleep if it dies. Probably wouldn't get another. I'll just play it, if it ain't expensive to repair, I'll repair it.

Features are as stated by everyone else, so there is no need to go over that again.

I have 2 guitars that I use. A Fender Powerhouse Strat. It has a 12Db midrange active boost built-in. When I want to use the boost, which is most always because it gives the guitar a great sound, it easily overdrives the clean channel. I do 70's classic rock, Eagles, Clapton etc....and I like to have a very clear clean channel....like a twin reverb on 3. When I use the Strat, it overdrives the channel. Maybe they should install two inputs...one full gain and one that is padded.
I also have an Epiphone 335 copy with the humbucker type pickups. I get a bigger sound from that guitar and much more low and mid tones.
I may try a pad in the input section to see what that does.

What the one person said about a power supply for tube protection is absolutely correct! The first one of these amps I had went up in smoke because of bad electricity. Fire under one of the tubes etc.
They exchanged it for me...(whew!)
It is cold here now, and I haven't used it much because I don't have a case for it.

Only had to deal with the store where I bought it. They replaced it no problems!

I have played for a long time. My first gig was Moses' 5th birthday party! I would love to have a 4 x 12 box with 4 JBL's in it just to see how loud and clean this guy would go. I LOVE CLEAN!
I don't care much for amps that boast of high power but then break up very early in the setup.
I wish it had 2 inputs....one padded and one not.

It is a fairly new product, so no one that I have seen is making a cheap hard roadcase for it. I will most likely have a custom built once it warms up in Ohio and I go back to gigging with this amp. The cold weather and no case, i just dont want to take the chance!

Features everything a guitarist would want in an amp....

Sound quality is actually amazing both clean and distorted and everything between.....A noteworthy aspect of this amp over great amps of the past such as marshall 2205, ampeg lee jackson VL series is they didn't waste a preamp tube for the reverb, they used digital reverb for that which sounds BETTER and allows the tubes to be used for GAIN.....Best sound for the money and MORE......

As with all TUBE amps you will have to deal with fagile tubes but that isn't a problem for the working man, who treat his stuff well...

They replaced all 4 tubes when only 1 actually went bad.....Many thanks.......

I have been playing for 35 years......I have owned almost all the great stuff 1958 fretless wonder, plexi, lee jackson, mesa, 5150, Voodoo amps, PTP, handwired and much more.....This amp doesn't get as DEEP as some but it's very forgiving and for that is't a 10 all the way..............

This amp was made in 2008. I am in a progressive/hardcore/death/metal/melodic/jazz/rock/blues... all over the place kind of band, and it works pretty well in all those styles, especially in the genres that require a good amount of gain. Containing 6, count em 6, 12ax7 Bugera preamp tubes as well as 4 6L6 Bugera tubes which can be converted to accept EL34s with a flick of a switch located next to the tubes inside the body. I was a little concerned about Bugera tubes, being that how many people are currently scrambling for those coveted Bugera tubes. But, they sound good. So egg on my face. Speaking of eggs, it also has chicken head knobs which I love, and very responsive pots. The clean channel is not exactly to my liking but more on that later. The amp has two channels, Clean and Lead each with is own presence and reverb control. The clean channel has a few nice options like crunch, and a bright switch. The lead channel is just that, large amounts of distortion. The footswich allows you to turn on and off the reverb for each channel AND turn on and of the FX loop, which is pretty niffty. The 6262 is a straight forward high gain amp and is a very affordable one at that. The only thing that I would want that Bugera offers on other amps is a built in noise gate. But I have one, so no worries. I use this amp for live shows, practice, but not recording. At least yet. This amp is loud!

I use Ibanez guitars, humbucker and single coils of a few different brands, various body styles, woods, and tunings. Each guitar brings its own flavor and sound out of this amp. But you as a guitar player should already know this. The variety of styles this amp can access is very broad. Mind you it may not tread into each realm very efficiently. The clean channel, try as you might, is never really clean, it always has a little bite in it. Which is not a bad thing, kinda, but you should know its there before buying. The clean channel also has a very nice compression on it, giving it a real tight sound. The low-end on this amp is crushing and even more so on the lead channel, which is great by my standards. But much like the slight bite that is ever present on the clean channel, it's hard to make disappear... but then again I don't want it to. The bright switch for the clean channel does just that, makes everything a little brighter. And the crunch option, which sadly is only availible by walking over to the amp and pushing the crunch switch on/off, adds a decent amount of gain to the clean channel giving a nice rock tone. The nice thing though is when switching between the clean and lead channel it will stay with you choice of crunch on or off. The lead channel is great for heavier music inclined guitarists. The distortion on this channel can go further than you probably want it to. At 3-4 is a decent rock sound, 5-6 is good for some metal, hardcore, and some death even, 7-8 is directly in the middle of very saturated land, and 9-10 is just buzzsaw. But a great sounding buzzsaw. The lows like I said before are great if you like a very heavy sound, mids are very responsive leading to a great punch with every riff or rhythm, and the highs are very impressive making everything scream. For each channel there is separate reverb. Going from a very mild airy quality to an enormous cavern like sound on each respective channel. There is also an independent presence control for each channel, which works just fine by my standards. I don't tend to use much though.

I depend on it. As much as you can depend on a $600 tube amp from a relatively new company. I, as anyone that has been playing for a while, am a little frightened that something will go wrong with the Bugera 6262. That being said, nothing has so far. Besides being impressed with what I am hearing from the amp, I also heard a lot of "wows" and "I can't believe that this is only this much." Go try one out, you may not find the amp of your dreams, but this fella will surely impress you. It's getting an 8 because of my inability to trust this amp completely yet, but each day thus far I am proven wrong.

No experience with customer support. SO ITS GREAT, or horrible! I don't know.

I've been playing for roughly 10+ years. I've owned a lot of gear and parted with a lot of gear. If this was stolen or suffered a horrible fate of some sort, I would be very upset. I may not buy one again, for the only reason I am always looking for the bigger better greater sound. But I wouldn't rule it out. This amp is inexpensive, and as for sound at this price... can't really beat it. I checked it out against is brother from a different mother the 6505+ and they were hard to tell apart. The Bugera was actually amazingly easier to dial in good tones right off the bat.
If you are looking for a inexpensive, high high high gain amp. The Bugera 6262 is probably for you. Go try one out!!!

I bought this amp in February. It's versatility is good enough for a 2 channel amp. I can footswitch between two completely different sounds or two similar sounds depending on how I set the knobs.

I don't use the reverb much although it does sound nice.

The amp has plenty of power when I'm playing in my band with our extremely loud drummer.

I use an Ibanez Xiphos, Epiphone G-400 and Sheraton. All of these guitars sound really good through this amp. I play almost everything and with these three guitars I can get almost any sound I want out of this amp minus twangy country for which I would need a tele.

The amp has a little hiss on the gain channel but it's not back. The clean channel does break up at the higher level which I like a lot.

The clean is very trebly! I find myself keeping my presence and treble knobs down very low to get a warm clean sound. The crunch channel is great for all kinds of rock and classic metal. The lead channel is super heavy and has tons of gain. I feel like the eq knobs don't do a lot.

Besides all of this...it's a great sounding amp for the price. I don't think there is anything else out there for this price that sounds as good. I definitely think it is just as good as any Peavey amp and I have own Peavey before. The other guy in my band also has a 6505+.

They sound very similar. Very brutal heavy sound. I don't even use a boost anymore.

I have had it since February and haven't had any problems. I take it to weekly band practice and crank it up and no problems. Nothing, don't let people tell you that they may sound good but have bad reliability. I haven't had any reliability problems and my buddy has one too and he hasn't had any problems either. Just because it's made in china doesn't mean it's bad quality. You would be surprised at how much stuff in your house is chinese made!

I've dealt with customer support only to find out more info. Everytime they e-mail me back in like 10 minutes. They are extremely nice. I always talk with Rolf over e-mail. He's a good guy and is always helpful. Don't listen to people saying the customer service is bad. I called Behringer about it before I bought my amp and the girl I talked to on the phone played in a band and we talked about gear for like 20 minutes.

I hear so many people bad mouth Bugera. Yet anyone who has every played one doesn't bad mouth them. They may not love them but they can't deny that they sound good and are a good deal. There are a lot of people that will say that something sucks just because it's cheap and that's just their way of feeling better about spending alot of money on their amp.

Bugera amps are great! I have fun when I play mine. It sounds good. The tones I get inspire me to play more. The amp is easy to get great sounds out of.

If you have the money to spend on a high end amp go for it!

If you want a good sounding amp and aren't afraid about it saying Bugera on the front...get one

At least go to a store and try one out. You may not buy one but I think you will be impressed.

See below, in reliability, for full explanation.

Very brutal, but lifeless sounding distortion on the lead channel. Crunch channel and it's voicings are very Marshall sounding. Clean was just that, clean.

I work at a small music store. We sell guitars, amps, pa and gear and also handle repairs on these sorts of things. A customer brought in a 2008 Bugera 6262 head that he complained about the power tubes not firing and no output. Our amp tech went through the entire amp and found a number of small time-saver constructions issues. The main one, and the cause of the amp failing as he explained to me, was that the transformer cable was connected to the tube section with a clip. It was not soldered. The clip is not capable of reliably handling the 5 amp current and will eventually smoke itself and fail on you. It's just a design flaw that's easily fixed, but keep this in mind when you gig without a back up. Have a good amp tech look it over and hand-solder that connection. It should be just as reliable as any other tube amp from then on. Bugera may have fixed this with more recent amps, but I have no way of knowing that.

They supplied schematics for the amp, no problem.

Decent amp for metal and hardcore styles and most things up to that point that call for a very scooped distortion. Beware the reliability flaw I explained above, though. Remember, Bugera is a Behringer brand and Behringer is infamous in the industry for being cheaply made, unreliable garbage. They will replace your broken gear, but they can't and won't fix it. I was surprised they gave us the schematic to the amp. Basically, their stuff works well until it doesn't work at all and that often happens sooner rather than later.

Made probably in 2008, bought it on the 30th august. quite a versatile amp. I mostly play hard rock/classic rock and it does that quite well on the crunch channel. 2 channel valve amplifier, it takes 6l6's but is convertable to el34. The clean channel has a crunch button and a bright button for a sweet high end boost for bluesy sounds. The footswitch is useful but i wish it had a switch for the crunch channel. The footswitch itself has switchs for the lead channel the clean channel the reverb and the fx loop. I often use this amp at home to practice, but have cranked the amp to half way before stuff fell off shelves. I would have absolutely no problem gigging with this amp.

At the moment i am using an epiphone sg special guitar, and does not give the amp its true potential. Although, the lead channel is incredibly gainy. I can't see myself putting it past 3 for rhythems. I am a lead guitarist and use the crunch channel for verse work and really only use the lead channel for solo-ing. Note clarity is important to me when i solo on the lead channel, but the notes cut through the high amounts of gain it has. There is feedback but then i am playing within 4-5 metres of the amp. Cleans are usable and nice sounding with my neck pickup. The reverb goes from subtle to echo-y and has a good sweep. Presence control is great for going from dark metals tones straight to 70's rock.

Havn't had it for long, seems well built though. Tube amps are notoriously fickle though, so i shall treat it with care.

Havn't had the amp for long, no repairs but you get warrenty after registration on their website.

I have been playing for quite a while and have owned numerous other amps, but mostly solid state crap. I love this amp but if it were lost or stolen, i might take a closer look at the crate v100h but would definatly consider this one very highly. I would like to swap the tubes for svetlana el34's to get more of a crunch from the amp. Overall this is a great amp for the money and has stunning looks all over.

Conceived in 2008 Very versitile amp for many styles of music. I play mostly aggressive hardcore metal though. I do wish the crunch channel had an option to switch to on the clean but now big deal cuz i will throw a distortion pedal in there to fix that. Plenty o'power, only had it up to 2 an it goes head to head with my solid state Randall 200 watt.

Well I'm used to my solid state Randall but this has some serious sound. Perfect for metal rhythm and was not dissapointed, the notes actually come through very clear. Presense on both channels is awesome. Takes some tweaking but I got my tone after about two hours playing around with it. The clean channel is warm an sweet too.

Hope to use it as a main head, but will bring my Randall as a backup just in case. Not that I don't have any faith but hey u never know what can happen.

I haven't had the thing that long but I would deffinately pick up this head. Thinkin about the 333xl too before it goes up in price. But u can't go wrong especially if you play any kind of metal.