Bugera T5 Infinium Guitar Head Amplifie

Well, the first T5 I received didn’t work. Not due to the valves (I tested them and they were fine) but something deep inside the tone and reverb controls.
I exchanged it for another which works as it should.
I like what Behringer/Bugera have done here, a 5 watt lunchbox valve amp for a excellent price.
The fitted valves are ok, the distorted sound does get fizzy but the clean, crunch and early distorted sound is really good.
I have swapped out the valves for JJ Tesla power valve, Harma and sovtek pre amp valves to swap for different breakup values. The change in quality of tone is night and day compared to the Bugera ones. I’m not saying the originals are bad but the replacements gives a much wider scope.
The tone controls work better with the upgraded valves, and shape the tone to quite a degree, the digital reverb rattles with the bassier notes like a real spring, I dunno how they do it. The quality of the reverb is ok, just.
I put this through a 12″ celestion open back cab and it sounds excellent, in fact it sounds expensive! Oh, and it’s really loud. The lower output is great for the phat overdriven distortion, the middle setting is just about okay for the bedroom but needs to be turned down a tad. Full power works for small group settings meaning quiet drums etc. If you can daisy chain speaker cabs or put it through a 4×12 cab it would work. In conclusion, a brilliant, usable amp

This is best amp I’ve ever bought
I’ve being playing for 40 years
6 stars

I’ve tried a few of the current crop of small valve amps and this is certainly up there with the best, especially given its price. Lovely warm
, full sound. Very handy to have tone controls and reverb built in, looks smart and well made. Not a huge amount of clean volume available but plenty for home use. Nice “just breaking up/crunch” sounds easy to obtain and the more gain and volume you dial in, the louder and crunchier it gets. Engaging the fat switch removes the tone controls from the signal path for considerably more volume and great cranked valve growl. Lovely stuff! Would recommend.

Wie und ob ein Amp klingt ist Geschmackssache. Fr mich war dieser Amp gesetzt da ich damit im Wohnzimmer jammen kann ohne die Nachbarn zu nerven. Das grte Plus ist aber der Rhrentausch ohne Techniker da sich der Amp nach dem Tausch die Rhren selbst einmisst. Das Teil klingt von Hause aus schon nicht schlecht aber durch den Rhrentausch ist er noch besser geworden. Volle Leistung mit 4 Ohm Speaker, meiner ist ein Jensen C12N. Damit bin ich erst mal ausgerstet. Kann den Amp nur wrmstens empfehlen auch wenn Bugera drauf steht. Klingt Super.

Best little practice amp, hands down. But, if you pair it with a 12″ speaker, you will be amazed. This fabulous amp costs less than most pedals… crazy!

I can’t understand what other reviewers complaints
are about this unit?? I think their issue is dirty AC line noise,
or the awful buzzy hissy pedals placed in front of the amp.
Could be others are plugged into the kitchen circuit with the
toaster, dishwasher and refrigerator!
No hum until you place the guitar body directly next
to the head, but who does that???

Maybe a bit pricey?? It is a bit
so, I bought two to set up a stereo operation!
I put both thru Celestion coax 12″ speakers.

Absolute audiophile clarity! Clean is CLEAN! Using the gain knob
produces creamy tube overdrive. Can’t beat the Harley chrome
plated chassis either! I’ve used some Hi Fi amps that were not as clear.
Lots of power at any watts selection. Controls are durable except
the front panel push buttons and rear watts selector switch are
good quality, but heavy handers, be careful!

Without any material playing thru it, there is not ANY appreciable background
noise or hum and I used single coil pickups, no shielding and a cheap cable!!
Very high quality build. Way better than the defunct Vox Nightrain series amps.

I am a home guitarist and have played guitar on and off since I was a teen. But I have never owned a tube amp, as always considered these would be too loud for home use. Anyways, this amp is a piece of art. It looks beautiful and sounds great! I have set it at the lower power setting , but is still plenty loud for me. I am running through an Orange PPC108 cab. The cleans are great, and pushing it via a overdrive sounds amazing. Now I understand why valve amps are the real deal!

Excellent house valve amp. Can be played quite and loud with the flick of a switch. The 5W sound is far better than the 0.1W sound which is to be expected what with drive currents being higher. Still 0.1W sound crunchy enough. Good to record with I expect though I have not done this with it.

This little Bugera amp head is a fabulous, sturdy, heavy gauge metal cased item! I absolutely love it and it sounds amazing!! You can get gain for dirty tones or set it for clean tones so easily using the clearly labelled and great quality knobs on th front and I have tried a variety of electro acoustic and electric guitars like a Telecaster etc through it so far and they all sound terrific The amp head is very cute and tiny but can really kick out lots of volume and I have had no feedback or unwanted noise problems with it at all! Just amazing value for money and it has really good looks and very sturdy build quality! I am delighted with it I love the Bugera logo on the front so don’t understand why anyone would remove it as it adds in my opinion to the vintage good looks of this little head! I have teamed it with a made to order Honeyboy black and white snakeskin covered 2×6″ cab and it really looks smart and sounds terrific too! A great little amp head I would thoroughly recommend and for the price it is truly amazing value!

I love this amp, though it literally has no gain it does have amazing tubey clean tones and awesome reverb. With my digitech distortion factory footpedal I’m able to get all the sounds I need. I run it through a fender 4×12 cab with no issues and is pretty loud. Great for recording those vintage tones.

My favorite amp head I’ve ever had. From the first time many many years ago I bought this amp put it in the combo form. After owning several black stars a tiny terror on Marshall and other amps I bought this to use with my cab and this is absolutely my favorite app of all the a.m. so I’ve had After owning several black stars a tiny terror on Marshall and other amps I bought this to use with my cab and this is absolutely my favorite app of all the amps I’ve had. It’s simple but it takes pedals amazingly I didn’t use the lake paddles until I tried some with this and it’s not going to be a metal lamp but it’s self but all you have to do is add a little tube screamer or something and this amp can do anything. Very low on wanted noise levels and the power attenuator is great to have. On full 5 watts with high gain the volume could literally blow your ears out could literally blow your ears out. By it self with full gain it all have an amazing bluesy crunch and on half gay and it just sounds fantastic by itself too. Designed and engineered in Germany. For the price and quality this is great. Even for a higher price it would be worth it. Has everything you need. Just use a nice cab/speaker and it will sound amazing.

I’m comparing this to my little smoked Epiphone junior amp also running a 12ax7 and ecc83. Sound very similar but only 1/2 the volume compared to the Epiphone on full 5W setting. It looks awesome like a 1950 toaster. Running into my frankenstein 1970 Audioanalyst speaker cab it is really quiet going into a 4 ohm 12 inch weber. It screams going into a 4 inch. You can remedy the volume putting a distortion pedal in front then it will be good for playing in the house and not pissing anyone off unless sleeping. Reverb is very good and not over the top. If I could, I’d go back in time and get another $99 Epiphone but this is pretty nice for a tiny practice amp. I will have to try out swapping the tubes with ruby old school and tung sols to see if they stocked it with crappy ones.
update-I have swapped out the tubes for a ruby and tung sol and it is a tiny bit louder. I’m quite pleased with it. I don’t play clean anyway so it can scream decently with a distortion and wah in the front. It can do a decent screamy job too if gain and volume all the way up with phat switch on going into a 12 inch speaker.
Another update-it is quite a bit louder going into my cheap Fender 4 ohm 4×12 cab for some reason but what am I gonna do? I want to run it into a 1×12 portable. I don’t know why but it hates the Weber 4 ohm 12 inch single speaker. Not much volume at all. I have since gotten an Orange Micro Dark and damn this one is SO much louder and and SO much more gain. Super happy with the Orange for a little more $.

Around Christmas, they were holding a sale on these amps. I got this damn thing for $99 bucks. Probably the best $100 I’ve ever spent. This little guy is too good to be true. ALL tube circuitry, rugged metal design (does NOT feel cheap). This little thing can sing out those crisp cleans that’ll fill a room with the sound of a much bigger amp. Push the gain, and you’ll get smooth, classic-sounding overdrive tones. Unfortunately, there’s no fx loop on such a small amp, but it does take pedals beautifully right in the front input. Can’t recommend this amp enough. Even at $150-$170, this amp is a steal.

I have read other review about bugera (yes they had problems when they first started) I wanted a “PRACTISE” amp not one to take on stage. Although I would not be ashamed to ! this is my third Bugera I have two Bugera G5 Infinium 5-watt Class-A Tube Heads, running in stereo to two 4×12,s. one bugera cab 16 ohms Total and one into the despised line 6 cab at 16 oms (not exactly the proper match) and i love the different voicings from two cabs that you can buy used for a $ 100.00 us. and the 2 line 6 cabs i have ,both have “Celestian seventy/80 eighty watt 16 ohm speakers in them. now, this little jewel, that produces awsome tone @ 4 ohms out to one of my line 6 cabs that i rewired for 4ohm mono 16 ohm mono or 8 in stereo. maybe i just dont hear the bad stuff everybody talks about. but i know with this little guy the 5 watt setting is extremely loud for 5 watts. there is no lack of top or bottom end. Hello, for 99.00 i just paid for this,I can not even buy a build your own tube amp kit that is half as good for 215.00 not to mention auto biasing. I know people cringe when i tell them i use line 6 cabs….LOL>> but , Again I can not buy a sheet of baltic birch and build my box for under a 100.00 then you have speakers,tolex,castors,hardware,jack plate, bottom line I know how to use an EQ if it warrants. thus far not needed, Buy one !! the prices are going up, go to you tube and check out reviews, almost every popular channel to us guitarists that was bashing bugera is now singing thier praises.

I bought two of these to use for a stereo rig for rehearsals and smaller gigs especially places with bright sounding rooms with a lot of glass and tile. It works great and is a LOUD 5w. The amp’s breakup starts around halfway on the gain knob and I was afraid that even with two of these I wouldn’t be loud enough to keep up with the drums. However when using a volume boost pedal I was surprised out how good it sounded pushing the input tone. I also was able to go louder on the clean gain settings. I actually was too loud in practice and had to turn down. The amp takes pedals really well including tube screamer, Rat, Morley wah, Blackstar HT-Dist, Yerasov 7000, Ibanez FL9, Boss chorus and more. I really only use a channel on amps and use various pedals for distortions so this amp works great for me. However crank the gain and it sounds great too especially with the phat switch. It would be nice have foot switch for clean to gain but I don’t mind not having it with my setup. My only complaint is that the wattage switch sucks the life out of the tone when used in 1 or .1 watts but I’ve heard that upgrading it fixes that.