Bugera G5 Infinium 5-stars Reviews

Great value for money!

1) The components are not of the highest quality. For example - the Treble/Mid/Bass pots all require a bit different force to move them. Not a big deal, but leaves an impression of a budget product, which this is. 2) To my ears, the tone is useable only if the morph pot is all the way in the "USA" section. 3) Clean tone is good enough, I have absolutely no complaints here. 4) The tone changes quite a bit depending on the amount of gain you have. Which is to be expected. Small amount of gain produces a very thin tone in my opinion. But I am sure it can be compensated by playing with the EQ a bit. Tone gets much better with full gain, but then you get...too much gain :) I have managed to find a tone I fully enjoy with the gain on 3/4 of the way and by tweaking the EQ section. 5) Reverb is digital, but sounds good. Having the ability to switch it on/off with a standard footswitch is an amazing feature. CONCLUSION: If you want a metal amp with lots of features for a small amount of money - I fully recommend this product. Even without an overdrive pedal, it produces a great sounding (but not very tight) distorted sound. And for 5 watts it is VERY loud :)

Excellent Practice, maybe small party amp -incredibly warm tone to Overdrive

This amp head is excellent for the price and solid quality. I played bands in college, a few of my friends broke and are world famous musicians. I am still at that intermediate advance stage, small gigs with buddy,s (Bugera V22). I wanted a practice amp that is loud enough for practice, but retains the exact 5 Watt sound at 1 and .01 watt. You can practice, write and really dig in at 1 watt and be able to hear what a 22watt amp head will sound like, and don’t get that “too loud” knock on the practice, sound studio door.

If you are looking for a tube practice amp, that can get loud, but emulate loud at 0.1 watts, this is the amp for you, great support too!

Cheap but good

It has a beautiful sound over my expectation. The quality of the material is good

Perfect To start with in the Tube Amps world

I did a lot of research before taking he decision to buy the Bugera. It is not a mainstream brand at the moment however the brand is making serious efforts in producing good products. I Paired this amp head with a Jenson 10" speaker and I have to say the sound is great. On Clean channel it is very crisp and sustains well. On Drive it produces the distortion one would expect, nothing fancy but the classic distortion which you hear everywhere. I use the Reverb a lot as well which is subtle yet useful. I have been using it for 6 months now everyday and for the money it is more than worth it. it is also very well finished in terms of esthetics.

So far the only improvement I would like to have is to save the preference to switch on on Drive channel straightaway as opposed to have to enable it every time you turn on. however the pedal for reverb and gain is handy. I suggest one also buys the cover for it as it looks stylish and found it useful to protect from dust.

For the money I don't think you can get anything in the same quality level.

excellent sound from this head amp

I use this head amp to drive a preamp\power amp combo to 2 regular PA speakers. The power output from this head amp is really impressive. Selecting the biggest cabinet output on the back will really give you a lot of volume. I use a separate pedal for distortion, the included overdrive effect is not that 'metal' for me. So I set this headamp to 'clean'. The actual sound signature is very appealing, it is rather warm and full of low end bass, a sound I really enjoy. I know the tube sound because I use tubes for my hifi setup also. For me metal guitars sound best with a tube sound. The headphones output is great. The overall sound of this headamp is clean, powerful and addictive.

This is my very first guitar amp head, and I can say that it was worth the investment. You have a very nice clean warm tone, and with a bit of reverb you can quite reach a 'real', studio sound (I paired this with the Buger 112TS) . The drive channel is also nice and you can go from blues, crunch tones up to quite metal sounds. Recently I've been using it with several effects in the fx chain, and with a simple distortion pedal you can even reach quite djent-ish tones (I was also interested in getting such type of tones).

Pros:

-nice tones on both channels

-stand-by switch

-the 3 power switch which allows you to let your cool neighbors to sleep and the less cool to party all night long

-footswitch included

Cons:

-maybe the reverb sound a bit odd (to me) if you turn it above 12 o'clock, but is totally usable (you usually don't need that much)

Combine with pedals to make it a beast

Combined with some pedals and a 4x12 cab this amp really sounds like a beast.

I play Pantera; Carcass; Metallica; Steel Panther; Megadeth; Lamb of God and more through this amp. This amp combined with some overdrive; distortion; noisegate pedals this amp really will deliver what you need even at 0.1W and 1W this is loud enough for a bedroom. The 1W delivers the punch while the volume is not yet too high. 0.1W gives you a very nice volume to practice late while maintaining most of its heavy riffing or soloing character.

Pros:

-This price is insanely low for this piece of equipment

-A good basis for use of pedals (for example the harley benton Ultimate Drive to obtain a great metal sound while keeping it budget)

-A sturdy footswitch

-Feels well built for the price

Cons:

-Really needs pedals to come alive

Incredible sound for a discount price

What can I say which hasn't already been said?

From the moment I first plugged into this amp I've been blown away with the quality of sound and value for money. Bugera is definitely doing something right!

It's hard to get a good idea of what this is capable of through youtube videos etc and I was really pleasantly surprised when I started using it. I was also worried about how much gain the amp would have but it's more than enough for rocking out some trash hits or heavier.

I bought this amp mostly for home practice about two years ago and i am very satisfied with my choice, Excellent clean tones, very good distorted sound. In my opinion having the opportunity to choose between us and uk overdrive tone is awesome. I will not elaborate in the features because there are many users who did that. I just wanna say that if you are interested in buying a low budget but high quality and sound amp you should certainly think of this one for sure.

p.s. I use it with a bugera 112ts and the i love the whole aesthetic they give to my room.

Great Amp

Great Amp, really good value for the money

Versatile amp with nice tone

Almost perfect amp, feature/price ratio is unbeatable.

For aggressive tones I lacks a bit of push when compared to Blackstar HT1R, but I believe it is just lacking blackstar's solid-state part, which is easily compensated with pedals.

With built-in Attenuator set to minimal 0.1Watt the sound gets muddy, but this allows to play at levels of a bedroom with other people sleeping in it! I haven't seen any other amp attenuating to 0.1Watt! With attenuator set to 1Watt the sound is much more clear.

I have no complaints about quality, but my use case is just to set it on the cabinet at home once and for all.

Clean channel is just there, nothing to be impressed with, without the 3 band eq even for the pedals use I prefer setting gain somewhere at minimum and still use overdrive channel.

One annoying thing is that when you switch it on it won't remember the channel set before and fall back to clean with reverb.

All in all, for the price you pay it's a no-brainer.

Great Valve Amp for Home Use

This is a great valve amp which I feel to be comparible with other more well known brands but certainly holds it own. It has some wonderful clean and crunch tones and with the built in reverb it can give you a wide range sounds. I bought this in conjunction with the 212TS which is equally a quality unit. For the mony I'd say its hard to beat.

Tested with Marshall DSL OR20, Peavey MH 20, Orange rocker 15, Fender B. junior

All I can say the cleans sound suprisingly great and reverb as well. Both clean and OD beats Marshall hands down. Peavey is a joke compare to this. Both twice the price. Speaker simulation for phones is the best I've seen on a tube amp.

Orange Rocker (or Rockerverb) is one of the most versitile on the market and it can't be beaten, with clean tones as well. Fender reverb and clean tones ofcourse. But that's 3 times the price at least and difference isn't that justified. Bugera is GREAT!!! Even if not Your main amp, you can use it as 2nd or 3rd amp with phones at home and get really excellent quality

Great practice amp

I bought this my first tube amp mainly as a home practice amp because of the attenuator. I wanted to get the most out of the tubes without all the unnecessary volume. The attenuator is perfect for this. With .1w you can really practicing at night when people are sleeping. Love the effects loop and footswitch. The emulated headphone output sounds good too. The G5 is a solidly built unit and has exceeded my expectations.

best amplifier

This little amp does everything I could possibly want from a small amp, and even the attenuator is very well executed.

General equalizer, reverb, and "Morph" control knob for crunch and clean channel, gain and tone knob, and volume control for clean channel. The tone knob is the same as the tone knob on Les Paul.

The reverberation in the amplifier is digital. It sounds fine for short tails, but for anything else I'd prefer an external delay pedal. I'm just not crazy about the digital reverb on this device.

About Morph control ... it's not something new in the world of amplifiers, but it works well here. Turn left and get a more modern American Peavey 5150 sound, at the same time when we turn the knob to the right and get a sound like Marshall. But don't be fooled - this is not a Peavey 5150 and not MESA BOOGIE TRIPLE RECTIFIER or a MARSHALL JCM800 ... it just sounds like them.

The footswitch included with this amp is the only thing I don't like, not to say that it doesn't work at all, no just it's not as comfortable as on other amps. The pedal controls channel selection and reverb. Just you will feel that you still have another ... BEHRINGER.

The back of the amp has an effects loop I haven't tried yet, a power attenuator for 5 watts, 1 watt, or 0.1 watts (awesome!). It works really well and I can finally play in my bedroom on normal sound. There is also a line-out, speaker output, and Cabinet emulation. The idea here is to use the Bugera G5 Infinium for recording or monitoring in headphones.

This amp will stay in my bedroom and plugged into a 2x12 guitar Cabinet. I have Les Paul as well as Les Paul hollowbody. Every guitar loves this amp in my bedroom - although the P90 can get a little angular BUZZY. I am constantly satisfied with the sound that comes out of the overload channel with my Les Paul.

Perfect practice amp!

I've had this amp for over an year now and haven't had any troubles. I admit it doesn't have that many hours on it, as I'm only using it at home, but seems to be very reliable so far.

The rated power is "only" 5W, but it can get very loud if you crank it on the overdrive channel!

Mine is connected to a Harley Benton G112 Vingate (open backed with 12" Celestion Vintage 30). Since the speaker sensitivity is 100db, it is possible to annoy the neighbors if desired ;)

The integrated power soak is invaluable if you want to keep the volume low while still getting the high gain sound. Be mindful that when you set it to 1W or 0.1W the sound seems to get more compressed. I do like it best at 5W - using the master volume it's possible to keep the levels "bedroom friendly"

Features are excellent for any amp and for the money you can't really find anything better. The effects loop works well and has a level switch.

Only giving 4 stars as the clean channel has a single tone control, which somewhat limits the flexibility. ISF is nice, but it doesn't have a profound effect on the sound.

The reverb is pretty good and can be switched on/off with the included pedal, which you can't do from the face of the amp.

Finally - the SOUND! Clear channel is chimey and just sings with a strat. Overdrive is rich and responsive, but gets noisy if turned up too much. A pedal in front (OCD clone) works better for higher gain tones if you want to achieve that growling overdriven sound.

I'm really glad I took the plunge and went for a valve amp soon after I started learning to play. Sometimes I just want to plug in and fool around a bit, listening to the great sound and nuances, and inevitably this leads to learning some new lick, riff or song - which is always a bonus!

Recommended!

Incredible value for the money!

For the money I wasn't expecting much, but as I tried the amp for the first time, it really exceeded my expectations.

It has a great clean sound, very musical and dynamic. As far as overdrive goes, even on it's own it delivers a great "punch" and works very well with pedals.

Plus, it is packed full of features like reverb or the power attenuation that is really practicle to use at home... and it even includes the pedal which is really great!

I must say I'm really impressed with it and for the money it's probably impossible to beat.

Everything I need

I bought this amp in January 2016. if I remember correctly, and at the same time I bought Harley Benton G112V to use it only at home. When I say at home, I'm literary using it in the living room, in situations like we are watching something on TV and still want to hear it, to I know neighbours are out and I can do something for myself.

I play mostly blues and jazz, old rock as well, and use with it Duesenberg Starplayer Special and handmade Strat with Fender Noiseless pickups.

Main points in my case: I tested it so far with tens of overdrives and distortions, and I managed to get every single sound with amp alone, which led to selling off that stuff. The only thing I left is actually HB UltraDrive, which I use with clean channel when DigiTech Trio+ is connected to it, and waiting for new DS1 just to have something stronger for the same use case with Trio+.

Humbuckers drive it of course much earlier (with volume on 100% with humbuckers I can't get gain channel clean even with gain on minimum, but can get beautiful tones playing with volume poti on guitar) and with noiseless pickups getting that Clapton/SRV tone all around.

With 0.1W it can get really loud. When I say really, I mean REALLY. With 1W and noiseless pickup clean really sounds beautiful, and gain channel gets all those tweed sounds with presence control there.

It's very nice that it also has FX loop, which I use with Boss GT100 as well lately, where clean (which can be REALLY clean) can be used to avoid G5 preamp and use preamps from GT100. Also lots of very nice combinations.

To be honest, I'm constantly testing something, buying and selling, but I didn't find anything to change G5 with since I bought it. If anything would happen to it, wouldn't think twice to buy it again.

A budget AMP with the quality of a pro model

I never owned a Bugera amplifier before this wonderful device and after ten days of use I can confirm the great choice I've made.

The built quality is really high-grade: materials, components, manufacturing, assembly are conform with top brands.

I also own Marshall, Laney, Roland and Vox amplifiers and this Bugera G5 is perfectly in line with those acclaimed brands.

Features are incredible; there is nothing more one may ask to an amplifier: two channels, reverb unit, UK/US morphing feature, an effective EQ, effect loop, bundled foot-switch for channel selection and reverb On/Off, line input, emulated output/headphone (1x12 and 4x12), 5W/1W/0.1W power attenuator, Tube Life Multiplier technology and auto biasing system.

And what's more, it's a full tube amp!

Sound palette is astonishing: one can choose between a really clear clean channel and a very powerful overdrive channel, playing with an infinite set of intermediate sound configurations. Noise is very well controlled and the output power flexibility gives this amp the capability to be used for home recording, practicing and rehearsal sessions as well.

Both pre-input and in-loop effects are well handled: I prefer to use OD / DIST stompboxes before the input socket but placing them on the FX Loop gives a great sound flexibility (this amp also has a level switch to accomodate the signal level of stompboxes and rack unit EFX).

At the end, the overall rating of this amp (taking into account its target price) is top level!

I know this is a cheap replica of another tube amplifier head but the implementation quality of Bugera is really surprising.

UPDATE after a month of use: I confirm my absolutely positive opinion and with a 12" cabinet loaded with a Fender-Eminence speaker the voice of my Bugera is simply astonishing!!!

Great tone, not that much gain though

So...plugged in my Schecter Banshee Elite and Using cab loaded with Greenbacks here is what I can say:

- great clean tones

- good 3 band EQ for dirty channel

- seems like a solid foot switch

- very decent reverb

- great built in attenuator ( still sounds great even in 0.1W mode)

- good gain channel, You cant however get Metallica tones from it ( maybe from black album, but gain lacks a bit) I used Peavey Vypyr 1 before and it had a bigger bite to the sound, so chucking that low E string was mighty. Here is so so. Nothing you cant fix with OD pedal. I actually dial Gain on half and add OD pedal, and it sounds huge.

Overall very happy with product. I was considering Blackstar HT-5, but additional features on Bugera and £100 price difference made me go with Bugera...and I don't look back :)