Bugera V5 Infinium Reviews

Perfect tube amp for at home

This amp is small in size, while having all essential functions, incl. a great reverb. It produces a proper warm and full tube sound, albeit it at 5W, of course. The 5W makes this amp suitable for use at home. It has a headphones input but using this will lose you the warm tube sound, however. The outer material of the amp is not so sturdy, it damages relatively easily, so not for touring or moving around too much!

Great little amp!

Great little amp, authentic tube sound and very easy to use. Pros- Easy transport, All tube design, Turbo sound speaker, Cons- Can be too dark sounding for some genres, missing some high end power and clarity.

what a blast

i love the looks and the sound, it is louuud!

Sparkle, bright sound

I use it with my strat and it can really sing, the only thing is that the amp must get very loud -for bedroom use- to achieve overdrive so you should consider buying a good overdrive pedal - i have a catalinbread rah which really does the job.

I can't which any thing more

If this amp is also available with some more power it is absolutely perfect

Bugera V5 Infinium

great little valve amp doesn't take up a lot of space .Loud enough at the 1Watt setting very loud at5..Works fine with pedals and I like the sound

Great valve amp

Cant fault it especially at the price...love the flexible power settings...useful in a flat or with sensitive neighbours.

Bugera "practice amp"

I bought this amp as a practice amp only, but boy does it pack a punch. I have managed to keep up with my band, full size drum set, 2000W Bass amplifier and a F.... 40W tube amp (the other guitar player). This one held his own. The sound is authentic tube amp sound, warm and chrisp. The interface is easy to use and the amp is very mobile. With the 1W stepdown, it is perfect for home practice, whithout loosing the tube effect. All in all, I love this amp.

Bugera V5 Infinium

I find it hard to believe in this day and age where people are buying things from all over the world that i could be sent a amp with the wrong power cord,the amp itself is great but how hard would it be to send the correct power cord for the country in which the goods are going,having said that i bought the amp to have a 2 amp set up so i can run wet and dry at home levels with 2 5watt tube amps stealing a cord from another amp to use this amp and it is a epic sound with 2 amps at low levels best set up ive done sounds awsome thanks to that pedal show and gigrigs for the abybaby pedal to allow two amps huge sound

Bugera

Fantastic little Amp. Great Tones.

Great sounding little amp

Over 3 years in constant use,, live use and home .No problems at all., (I use it for over-driven blues harmonica and electric guitar), both sound great. Versatile little amp, with that vintage warm tube sound . Fully recommended, I can't fault it.

Excellent value for money

I have been using, both in the studio and at home, and also owning valve amps for more than 4 decades (most major brands and models).

I wanted a tube amp who would not hurt my ears any more to play late at night at home. I bought the bugera due to the included attenuator which works perfectly.

I was blown away by the excellent sounds this little amp delivered, right out of the box. If you use the 1 watt setting, you have a full and completely musical vintage tube sound, at conversation levels, a sound who makes you want to play again and again.

Highly recommended.

Pros: build quality, features, feel, sounds

Cons: nothing important

Gorgeous treat

A friend of mine, who now lives in another country, has been nagging me to get one of these for years, and I’m really glad I’ve taken his advice

The tone it produces is a luxurious treat, and the power attenuator allows you to enjoy it without alienating the neighbourhood

Good amp

Good amp but definitely not recommended for low volume settings, you need to leave at full power to be able to get a good sound quality, which is unfeasible in an house room due to the volume.

ALL TUBE / ALL AMAZING /POCKET ROCKET

I?m not usually one to comment online. That being said I just bought this amp . After many years playing on a variety of amps ,my first a Peavey Rage 108 going up to a Marshall JCM 900 stack. Now days its more hobby . I have a Fender Frontman 25 R which rocks for what it is. But misses that unique valve sound. So I researched. And for home use there?s several options after many youtube videos I decided that the best bang for buck was the Bugera (the marshall / Fender equivalent were twice, thrice the price???)

SO.......... The Bugera V5 is a BEAST .It has that solid tube sound that also works with pedals . I use a limiter to boost when soloing etc. Its louder than the Fender I have and that sweet tube sound never fails.

Pros - Its small but powerful

Has a beautiful simple tube sound.

Perfect to rock out at home.

Can use for small concerts ( loud speaker output)

Cons- The headphone output isn?t the best quality.

All that being said.....

5 stars all round for the perfect in house amp!!!!!

And the price is a steal , I?d pay more honestly.

Great little amp for Jazz

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.

There's not a better tube amp for the money.

First off is that I'll say I love the vintage look and feel, it's a pleasure to have in your home and interact with. I prefer the simpler approach to inputs and thus I prefer it this way, you might prefer more control over midranges and what not. The headphone port is great for practicing loud while playing softly, if you live in an apartment block I wouln't over look this feature. The sound is very good for me, but it may be more warm that you might expect if coming from digital, just a warning. The reverb is good too. Overall this is great blues and rock amp that is crying out for a few simplistic pedals to compress and overdrive it. I personally have no need or desire to buy another amp for my home setting.

I just love this thing

Best value for money ever.

Good, budget friendly and ideal for home use.

Very straightforward amp for home use and takes pedals pretty well; however can get a little noisy.

I am a home player and was looking to get my first tube amp - hopefully more companies are going to start making low-watt, budget amps for home players.

Picky Little Thing

This amp is either incredibly frustrating or incredibly rewarding, depending on your desires and your setup. This really isn't for everyone, and some guitars just don't seem to agree with it (I should note that this isn't a problem unique to this amp, as I had similar experiences with an Epiphone Valve Jr.)

If you have a humbucker equipped, dark sounding guitar, this is probably not the amp for you. I usually play a modded LP with a JB in the bridge and a humbucker sized SD P90 in the neck. The amp took to the neck pickup *relatively* well, but the bridge was all mud unless I dialed up the gain, turned down the volume, and cranked the tone full bright. After a few disappointing months, I swapped the bridge pickup for a P90, and it's like night and day. With single coils it SPARKLES, especially with the gain up to about 4 and the reverb around 7. A tele would be divine.

The build is solid and the features are actually pretty nice for a simple little tube amp. It would probably sound even better through a more substantial cab, but for my needs it's fine (now).