Feature:
Features, the amp has a lot of features, its got three solid channels with LOW MED AND HIGH EQ for EACH CHANNEL which is great. My 2 channel ENGL that cost 2x as much (and sounds great) does not have separate EQ for its 2 channels, so there you go, a real world example. However the noise gate which only comes on the 333XL versions is really non existent if you are used to the "slamming" of a real gate for hi gain guitar like a rack mount HUSH by rocktron or equivalant. IT works well with the clean channel and somewhat with the 2nd channel which is more overdrive than gain, and the noise gate doesn't do very much with the 3rd hi gain channel. But it helps if you're not running the channel 3 gain wide open which I do, in that case the noise gate does little. The 333XL also has REVERB and it is for all the channels. One knob type deal, it sounds great. The reverb does work and is good if not better than most fender reverbs if you like them, they are notorious, someone likes the sound of Fender reverb. To ME that is what the reverb is like. The XL also has a presence, not sure if that is on the 333, I don't own one, it sounds good if kept below 2 oclock positon, over that its too much. I try to use treble and little presence. But like Pablo Gilberto, I do like presents for you gilbert fans. Hi. This amp shreds.

Quality:
OK a lot of people compalin these amps are not reliable. I have to admit, I had mine fail. HOWEVER, it is a simple wire modification that BUGERA paid for entirely, was done by a excellent repair shop and with shipping time and shipping cost, it cost me nothing and took a total of 4 days. How is that for customer service. They are totally cool and answer emails in about a hour or 2 or 3, In MY EXPERIENCE. and no I don't work for bugera. I wouldn't work in music at all, it would ruin the fun of playing guitar for me. If you don't understand that you are probably young and you're not me. So lets move on. I gave quality a 5 because it broke down, and I gave cust service a 10 which, by the way, I don't give out 10's on any amp full across the board. I have never heard the perfect amp. Usually that happens when someone has a new piece of gear. Yes you read this somewhere else, I wrote it. Also, and most important the amp was fixed correctly.

Value:
I give value a 9 and you may think that is bogus because the amp failed but thats tuff. No, just kidding, are you mad yet! Really, the amp failed because of a simple wiring problem that is a design flaw but hey, its the amps first year, its a 120 watt amp, its all tube, those parts are going to get cooked a little and remember, I don't play jazz, I run it wide open. The amp has been fine since, 'modified' I will call it. But it was repaired. Its a really fun amp to play through man does it crank like a muther. It is hot and loud. Harmonics, and fast sweeps, it has depth, bass, tightness and hot gain without any buzzsaw, its all tube saturation. I love it and I not selling it because it failed. I am keeping it because its fixed. It was fixed faster than I could have carted off myself and I ddin't have to do anything but put it in a box and make a phone call to UPS to pick it up. Didn't cost me a penny for any of the repair. I have never heard of that on a tube amp repair. Most people complain and do without thier amp months with other brands/situations. The amp had to be shipped out of state and took 4 days to come back repaired. Good job Behringer/Bugera. Yes, Bugeras are distributed by Behringer and warranty is through Behringer. I could care less who does it if they do it in 4 days. And I could care less what name is on my amp, its the sound coming out, and the fact it costs so little, I am really happy thus far. Tomorrow it could fail. But customer service is so good, I am not worried.

Desirability:
This question asks me to rate 'the sex appeal' of this particular amplifier. Fast Cars look cool and so do guitars and amps but I don't want to ***** them or find them sexy. And they sure don't make me look any sexier. This question needs to find another website entirely.

Sound:
I decided to give my quick review of this amp because I do own it, I like it a lot, I have had problems with it, buy would buy it again if I needed to and there are so many bogus reviews and haters of this amp and there is a good reason for it. ITS SOUND - I had bought a ENGL Fireball a year before buying this amp and after 20+ years of playing hardcore punk, speed metal and hard metal (in bands and in clubs) I happened upon this Bugera 333 (I got the XL). The sound of this amp is so good it rivals amps, well, put it this way, you could buy 5 or 6 of these Bugera's for the price of the amps it rivals, and that is one reason you see so much jealousy online. I don't play my ENGL anymore, not that the ENGL was 5 times as much, I didn't say that. To recheck that, I said the AMP RIVALS AMPS THAT COST 5 or 6 times as much money IN SOUND. SOUND. By the way, compare the controls on this amps front panel to the new PEAVEY 3120 'hi gain' amp of 2009. Now we know which peavey design was copied huh? Its the 333 not the Bugera 333XL and costs a grand. You can get a Bugera 333 for less than half that.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use this amp and easy to dial in a sound. The effects loop has separate knobs for level for the in and out, a feature usually found on much more expensive amps. How many 500 dollar all tube heads can you name that sound good, have high gain and level settings for the send and return. On top of that it is 3 channels. You can't go wrong with this amp but read on, important.

Support:
They are great, they pay for things and are super fast (4 days total) see quality above.

Overall:
Overall rating, I give it a 8. It probably should be a 7 or 6 and it would be rated that if it cost me 1500.00 or more. I can give a little. I hope you liked my review, if not, read another or do something else, if you're put off by it, you must be doing the wrong activity and need to chill. If you liked my review and have the money, why not, go ahead and get one, you will love it. If not, you can send it back, check zzounds policy its great and their cust service is just as good. I got a (different brand) amp that was defective (new from ZZOUNDS). Before I even packed up the defective amp, ZZOUNDS sent a replacement overnight. It got there the next morning. This may or may not be standard practice, read thier policies. Yes, I sent the defective amp back. Zzounds paid for everything. This is why I buy exclusively from Zzounds if they have the item I want, the other dealers online (the giants) have good return policies if you keep the item in NEW condition, but they don't send you out a replacement overnight before getting the defective item. I know, I used to purchase from MF (for 20 years). Big deal? In this case yes it was a BH-5H which at the time was on backorder, I had waited a month, if I had to send the defective amp back first, I would have missed out and had to wait another month to get a replacement, or however long it would have taken to get more in stock. Get it? Thanks to Zzounds I had a replacement overnight. Thanks to Bugera my amp was fixed in 4 days. In 20 years I have never had this great of service. I know who to buy from in the future.