Harley Benton TUBE5 Celestion 5-stars Reviews

Great little simple tube amp

Does what it says on the tin

Very nice

Sounds really nice and warm. It's more than loud enough for the home practice. With a nice set of pedals it's perfect.

Fantastic little amp

A pro junior for a fifth of the price, with a handy attenuator thrown in. Put an OD pedal and a reverb in front of it and it gives my Cornell Romany 12 a serious run for its money. What a wonderful little old school amp.

Best Tube Amp for the money

I bought this amp to get the tube sound while recording. This amp has exceeded all my expectations and has become my primary guitar recording amp. Only issue is the 5W/1W switch. When 1W mode is selected it seems to attenuate the input signal which in turn does not allow you to drive the amp to its sweet spot. Other than that it is a fantastic amp for the price.

It's cheap, it's ok - for the price, it's great!

Better than thought. Note that 1W mode is just "volume setting drop" or similar. But no complaints on that.

Great little amp!

I bought this amp as a replacement for my Pignose which died on me. I was really surprised at how good this amp sounded for the price. I have a few other amps, Jet City, Orange micro terror, Marshall Valvestate and the Pignose. I definitely prefer the clean sound of the Harley Benton to the others. It's a no brainer for the the price. Recommended!

Very pure tube amp.

Pure tube oldschool sound - just one word - great. It know only one sound, but that ONE for vintage fans, Low sound power for home playing, great price for you can have this amp like your second amp like an accesorry to your stage amp (vintage under 30W shure). My recomendation to use with SC pickups.

Great sounding amp for small price

Really happy with this one, as soon it arrived I plugged in my guitar, and the few spare minutes I got for testing turned into hours of playing... (could get you into trouble with other household members :) but it's worth it)

Nice warm tube sound especially when you paired it with a tube screamer, solid build for that price also you could use it with another cab. It exceeds my expectations that I had it before it arrived by far, I fully recommend it as an affordable small tube amp.

Beautiful amp

Absolutely incredible amp. Unbeatable sound at a price anyone can afford. Why would you use anything else?

Nice little amp

I think this is the cheapest valve amp combo on the market from anyone vaguely reputable, but price alone is a pointless factor if the amp doesn't deliver a useful product, fortunately I found this little combo to be a great piece of kit with a really good tone and plenty of volume.

The speaker was a little boxy sounding at first but with a day or two to play in it came to life. It is actually the most impressive amp tone I've ever heard a practice amp deliver, unmistakably valve sounding.

If you are trying to dip a toe into the world of tube/valve amplification then don't hesitate, these are great.

If however you are trying to decide between the two (i own the tube15 too), I would suggest the following might be useful to consider.

The tube5 is not lacking in volume, it does however do quiet playing better and sounds respectable even at very low volume were the tube15 seems to kicks in at a higher volume.

If features are your thing the tube5 isn't the one for you, the tube15 has Reverb, independent gain and volume controls, more extensive tone shaping controls and an effects loop...but it is much larger, heavier and twice the price.

Great little tube amp

No need for an expensive boutique tube amp for home practice when this little amp sounds so great for such a reasonable price. Very happy with it :)

UK buyers note that it comes with a molded EU plug wired directly to the amp rather than a kettle lead, which would have been easier to switch.

This is my life saver

So, a real tube amp, a real tube amp sound, quiet for a late night room playing in a paper thin walls in an apartment.

Has a little bit of harsh high end, but, an active tone pot, so, dial it back to 9 o'clock solves this problem.

I could have my 50W single channel Marshall with Orange 212 for my gigs, but this for a real tube sound for real in house practice.

Cheap home amp

This is cheapest new one tube amplifier on m markt at this moment. Absolutely worth this price, especially as a first one. You can mod this amp exchanging speaker for Jensen speaker or exchange lamp.

I am happy by this amp.

Must to have!

This is simply best investment into tube amps that can be made. The model is rooted strongly in tweed tradition at the same time it delivers sound that is unheard at this price range. The responsiveness is what really stands out for me right next to well balanced tone that showcases benefits of 5W tube pairing with 8'' speaker - tone is already focused and its easier to mix. The fact that it has attenuator is really cherry on the top. It accepts pedals with grace :)

As I wrote in the title - a must to have!