Bugera V5 Infinium Reviews

Overall, really pleased!

I got this as an alternative to my Boss Katana, in part because I've had a few valve amps over the years and have always liked how they respond to a little dirt. It's a very, very well-made amp, and there are no complaints at all in the construction or the fit/finish. Tonaly, it's very dark (as others have noted), but nothing a boost or EQ pedal can't sort. The reverb is great on lower levels, but washes out the sound too much at higher levels. The attenuator is a brilliant addition, and I find that it's really useful for driving the amp/valves harder at the 0.5W setting.

Overall, a great purchase and I certainly would consider Bugera in the future.

Good entry-level tube amp for home use

Home use amp. Bought it after seeing a demo on the intheblues Youtube channel.

Pros: 0,1 watt setting, acceptable reverb, takes pedals very well.

Cons: a bit heavy, not very pleasant when cranked up

Best settings used so far:

Gain - 3

Volume - 6

Tone - 7

Reverb - 4

Sweet tube amp for blues and rock n' roll in general.

Amazing cheap tube amp

this is my first tube amp and there's a difference between a solid-state and a tube but tbh its not a big difference to my ears, the watt switching is nice in my room I play with 0.5 and when I am in a bigger room I use 5 watts.

Just a good amplifier

Love at first sight.

Paired with my Epiphone Casino gives a cool sound. The sound is very warm, soft, flexible, bewitching.

This is a very friendly amplifier. production of excellent quality. precise control. Handles rotate very gently and smoothly. The ability to choose the power gives ample opportunity to tune the sound for the moment and mood. Special thanks to the manufacturer for reverb. The headphone function is simply an irreplaceable thing.

I hope our love will be mutual and we will give the heat !!

tube amp for home?

I was curious to see if it could replace my yamaha 10C. It could not.

I know that it takes time to break in the speaker/tubes, but the overall

sound was too dark /muffled and and the tone shift was limited. When i cranked it up it became better but as i play at home, i need low volumes. And with headphones i hear noise/buzzing ,so it was a no go.

I had the V22 also some time before, i recommend that one instead. Gives you much more choices and a better sound.

Perfect

I love this amp! The sound is pleasant and warm. It does not have a lot of overdrive, but still enough for blues/rock guitar style. Takes pedals really well. I was able to crank it up nicely and get more overdrive with a boost pedal. Also, souds great with BOSS SD-1.

I use it at home as a practice amp. You may have it on 1 watt setting and get a nice breakup without waking up your neighbours. I found that 1 watt is the best for me (I live in appartment).

The 0.1 watt is there if you want it really quiet, but it makes the sound a little more muddy. At 5 watt setting you may use it in a small basement gig situation without any problems.

I am so happy with this amp. At this price it is a real bargain.

Great Amp, Great Price

Best amp for this price. I like it very much. Only 5w settings are usable for me, others sound bad to my ears. Im not professional, but I love the sound. It is what I wanted

A great tube amp for the money

I bought this amp for home practice and recording, and was really impressed by what I got. The overall build quality and looks of the amp is very nice. The possibility to turn the effect down to 1W and 0,1W is a great feature living in an apartment.

The sound of this amp is what really blew me away. The clean sound is as close as I ever experienced to "Fender clean" and it sounds amazing. Turn it up to push the tubes a bit and it starts to break up very nice. I do not have any experience with the drive/distorted sound of this amp since I use effects for my dirty sounds but with external drive effects the speaker sounds great. The built in reverb is a lot better than I expected for the price of this amp and I does the job just fine.

The only thing that I might miss in this amp is an effects loop, but as far as I have experienced plugging effects between the guitar and amp works fine. This amp might not be loud enough to play with a band, so personally I would have bought something more powerful for that purpose.

All in all I am very satisfied with the Bugera V5 Infinium for both practice and recording. I love the warm tube sound of it and i do believe this amp is the best value for money. If you are looking for a good tube amp for practice or recording I will strongly recommend this amp.

nice amp for bedroom practise and playing , probably when miced it can do some live gigs with drums but without micing i would be affraid that power wasn?t enough ...

pros:

good prize

sound pretty nice

warm tube sound

cons :

low wattage for live gig

Good to hear your guitar - in the end I bought a stronger amp and bigger speaker

I bought this amp for our group rehearsals and to play at home. The amp is lovely to hear your guitar - nice tube sound. The overdrive sound is a bit too sharp for my taste, not the rolling warm sound I love. The limit of the 5 Watts shows when you play with band and you want a clean sound. Then you need to turn your gain down and the amp is not loud enough. So the amp is good to play at home or if you always play distorted in a not so loud band. My solution was in the end to buy an Egnater Rebel 20 with the Egnater 112x speaker. I need this because I need to fall in love with my guitar sound (and the others should as well). The V5 is good if you need to hear you guitar without big expectations of a top professional sound.

Great

Just a great little amp, cranked up with the guitar straight in on the 1w setting is perfect ... as long as you don't have close neighbours & on the 5w .. this thing blows some air out.

very pleased & so is my back !

Absolute bargain for the money.. don't know how they do it, very pleased indeed.

Amazing valve amp

Probably the best option for a home studio for a guitar player.

Forget amp simulations and digital, the quality of this Bugera is superb.

Plugged your guitar to this and immediately obtain creamy vintage tones and warm drive.

The reverb is also really nice (spring type).

If you need a practice amp or even a boutique one for a home studio, you should definitely try this one.

Great Amp

This amp is small and easy to carry. It has, for its size, a really warm wonderful tone. A superb practice amp that you can also use in your apartment.

Perfect practice amp with mature sound

This one is LOUD, but attenuation feature makes it perfect for home use.

Very good sound: clean, light crunch.

With pedals (booster/overdrive) becomes crazy with an aggressive, thin rock-solid sound.

The only disadvantage is a very light buzz sound from power transformer at 5W setting (but no buzz at all at lower values).

Definitely recommended.

Great for alternative rock, western, blues (not a good metal amp!)

Find it very versatile, despite the few buttons to change the sound (just one tone button, instead of the regular bass/mid/treble).

What some find muddy, I find dark (good).

Just some minor rattle due to the valve cage not being properly screwed or something. I just removed it... it's fine.

It's has an AMAZING quality/price relation!

I mean, for this money, I never found anything that comes close to this.

I use it with a gretsch 2420T and I could hardly have found a sound that suits me more (I mean, what I want at the moment).

Great for vintage sounds, western stuff, blues, alternative rock.

Not so much for metal, I'd say. At least with this speaker.

Anyway, try it (or, at least, listen to A LOT of video/audio reviews), cause it's very particular and some people may not like the sound.

High quality amp for serious practice

This is a great amp for serious practice and I highly recommend it. The construction quality is very high, it has classic clean and overdriven tube sounds and the controls have a nice feel and the right ranges. The power output is more than adequate for my needs and the tone allows me to hear the subtleties of my technique and external effects. I chose the V5 in preference to many others at similar and lower prices that have nominally better specifications (higher power, more effects, amp modelling, drum machines, USB connection, etc) and am very pleased with my decision.

I bought the bundle.

Been looking for a good little valve amp for home use, and perhaps small gigs.Feels well made,i like the style of it, and you can create a lot of classic sounds from it- from clean to smooth break - up, and its quite loud considering its 5w. You can vary the output, i just leave it at 5w as i play mostly clean.Speaker seems ok, plenty of bass, a warm sound to this amp.The reverb is good enough. So, ok, this aint a fender champ custom or whatever, but its good value- i got the cover as well, and it does the job.Great,fab bit of gear!

Very nice practice tube amp

Very well built, solid feel to it. The speaker sounds huge even though its only 8". Lots of clean headroom on this amp which sounds awesome. The Gain can sound a bit muffled but I use only the clean sound and then rub OD into it for rumble.

Did I say this amp looks very fancy indeed. Even my wife loves it and she is not into music.

The Tone knob is uselfull. Would be great to have an FX Loop because I have difficulties to make my Mooer Reecho delay sound good.

The power attenuator is working fine but I can achieve bedroom level on the 5Watt easily if playing clean /which I always do anyway). The attenuator is useful for those cranking up the Gain knob.

Single coil/P90 pups seems to sound much better than humbuckers on this amp to my ears.

The sound of this amp is very warm and creamy I simply enjoy playing with it. Yet to record with Bugera V5 and once I do I will update this review.

If you are on a budget like me and want a home/recording tube amp this one is a no brainer.

EDIT; I have swapped the Turbosound Blue speaker with the Jensen C8R after reading many being happy wwith this mod. I tried it and I diidnt like that sound at all. Too hard sounding (too rigid) so I've put back in the stock speaker which sounds MUCH better. Sure this amp's tone knob would benefit from more treble but that can be remedied with an EQ pedal. Fantastic amp!

Great cheap tube amp

A great little amp. You'd be surprised how loud this is - on the 1 watt setting with some distortion it's still wall-shaking . I would say this is the ideal candidate if you want a low wattage tube amp for recording and home practice. Don't be put off by the fact that Bugera is owned by Behringer - this is one solid piece of kit. The controls are incredibly simple - just gain, tone, volume and reverb. The digital spring reverb can get a bit silly once you begin to crank it but there's still a very usable range - I leave it around 2 or 3 and it sounds just fine - I don't feel the need to get a reverb pedal. With comparable tube amps I've found the clean tone very lacking e.g. in the Blackstar HT1, but not here. This is definitely not a high gain amp - if that's what you need it for I'd advise either looking elsewhere OR putting a boost or 2 in front of this amp. I prefer getting my dirt from pedals so this was a godsend. One word of warning - this amp is very dark, especially on the wattage attenuated settings (1 watt and 1/2 watt). There's a surprising amount of bass for such a small speaker. I counteract this by using a Boss BD2 as a treble booster. It's definitely not a deal breaker though. The headphone output is useful and I've tried it out a few times, but don't expect anything too good - like most I've tried the sound is a bit distorted and harsh. All in all I heavily recommend this amp - it has all the quality of a Fender, Blackstar or Marshall for a fraction of the price

Bugera V5 infinium

It has taken a long time and a lot of patience, trying to find the right amp to

play at home; used with a strat , this little chap is brilliant - almost fender clean

through to a classic crunch distortion, nice reverb too ( up to 4 anyway ); not so

hot with a Les Paul , clean ok, but crank the gain and it becomes a bit dark and

mushy. However, there is a simple mod to cure this !

Overall, IMO, this is a tremendous practice amp; VHT, Laney, Vox - all good, but

for lower volume playing, this is hard to beat.