Bugera BC30??

[Chriz]

Hi Dave

Yes unfortunate brand name I agree especially if your having issues with it It would be unrealistic for the bugera to sound identicle to the Matchless bearing in mind the matchless cost over 3500 quid If its a similar spec perhaps it might get close! ! After all i would never dream of spending that amount on an amp unless i was a full time pro!!!
And with the £3000 saving you could fit your own ef86 channel Bugera seems to have nailed the sound of other amps they have cloned (and some argue surpassed the originals) Now if only I had a spare 500 quid

regards Chris

[peter roest]

The sound of an valve amp, special a "lowfi" guitaramp is not related to the price. An ECC83 or EL84 (even EF 86) in a Matchless, Fender, Bugera or mine AC15, AC30 or Harley Benton do the same job. This valves don't know in which amp the are working. If you know that the technique of the valve amps like AC30 (also Fender) is about 50 years the same, it is for Bugera ridiculous to create something else, there is no better. For HiFi valve amps there are innovations. Regarding the price you can better buy an silicium amp. The only important parts of a guitar valve amp, which do have influence of the sound is the output transformer and the speaker(s). For me the price is important.
I have a AC30 TBR (1984) with C12K2 Jensen speakers (I play rhythm guitar in a shadows band) there is no better , an AC 15 CC1 in the rehearsel room(insufficient for the low freqencies, the same for the Blue celestion , probably caused by the output transformer) and 2 Harley Bentons GA15 (now 125 euro each) using in a trio with old rock and dutch popular music.
The advantage of expensive amps is, as point to point maked, that you can mostly simply replace components like resistors or capacitors. If the amp is expensive you may expect that the components are first class, so you they never ought to be replaced!

Peter