V5 Infinium : Great little amp for Jazz

5 years ago

Bought the V5 to use with my Peerless Monarch (with floating Zoller pu) for practise, recording and small gigs. Out of the box the amp sounds great - tone & clarity is bang on, gives a good approximation of that Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue sound with the Monarch. Controls are straight forward - gain (push this to get a nice broken crunch for a more bluesy sound), volume, tone (basically adds/cuts treble) & reverb. Reverb is digital & gives a fairly good spring reverb sound. Volume is impressive & with the open back you get that nice wash of sound from the amp. The power attenuator allows to switch between 0.5/1/5 watt settings which obviously impacts on volume but also gives another paramemter to play around with for getting different sounds - particularly around using the gain setting. Also has a headphone output - but I find that it gives a fairly thin sound when used. Overall - a great little valve amp that packs a punch volume wise and gives a great jazz feel.

Image Bugera V5 Infinium

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Bugera
  • Released in 2014
  • Average price : $284
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