Bugera 1990-Infinium Guitar Amplifier Head (120 Watts)
Push torrents of biting '90s metal tone through your cab with the Bugera 1990-Infinium. Featuring two channels, this head is as versatile as it is powerful.
Overall User Ratings (based on 7 ratings)
Submitted October 4, 2017 by Joseph H in Columbia, MO
"Bugera 1990 rips!"
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This thing really puts up when you want it to. It is very versatile and can really be used to dial in any tone you could want. The low end on this thing is outrageous. It will rumble everything in your house/space. For the price, you really can't get a bette amp. It can hand with some of the top boutique amps. The infinium technology is very useful and all the options with it are amazing. The pentode triode switch helps you cut the power if necessary.
Musical Background:
Playing over 10 years, play shows regularly.
Musical Style:
Heavy metal, country, rock
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Submitted September 17, 2012 by bo b in jackson, WY
"Bugera 1990 infinium head"
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Great amp Great Price, BUY IT!!!
Sound
This thing sounds just like a Jcm900 if you upgrade the tubes. Ive had many heads in the past(jcm900, 5150, triple x's, jxs's) and this one is right up there with those. This head does exactly what i wanted it to and sounds way better than expected, cleans are great, the clean is even a great overdrive channel if you turn the gain up. the Actual gain channel is great as well, has more distortion than you will ever need unless you are playing straight up metal and with a nice overdrive pedal ie-tubescreamer that would be no problem. But of course it helps if you put some nice quality valves in it.
Features
I love how you can turn on/off the reverb on it with the footswitch although it would be nice if it had an indicator light so you could tell when its off/on. Love the pentode triode switch on the back to cut the power in half. Controls are practically identical to a jcm900. The infinum actually helps to, if you switch power amp tubes it auto bias them so you don't have to mess with that and it lets you know exactly which tube is burnt out as well which is a very nice feature.
Ease of Use
Really easy to use got a great tone dialed in, in about 5 minutes pretty much have kept it since.
Quality
The head seems pretty sturdy so far and i think the former faults of bugera have long passed. But of course the wood used is not as high of a quality as you would get in a jcm 900 but who cares its just the head right? Switch out the tubes and you've got one hell of an amp head at one hell of a price.
Value
best amp head for the money without a doubt if you're looking for a high gain rock head. I would probably buy it over a jcm900 to be honest just because it sounds identical and its half the price.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't had to deal with them yet but i've heard they're pretty good.
The Wow Factor
Killer head, one of the best investments I've made in a while
Musical Background:
I have been playing for 10 years, i play several instruments, produce and dj
Musical Style:
From rock to metal to edm and everything in between
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Submitted February 15, 2018 by Steven M in Columbia, SC
"Very Impressed"
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This amp can do anything you want it to.
First, the clean channel: I was very surprised at how good the clean channel is on this head. Plug in a Strat, and it's beautiful. Really good low end, and has some sparkle as well. Use the gain knob on the clean channel, and you can get up into classic rock territory. It's also a great pedal platform.
The gain channel is awesome, and a bit unique. It's a Marshall, 80's and 90's hard rock and metal amp. But you can play modern music on it. A ton of gain on tap, and really good thump.
I'm just really amazed at the value here. This amp does what most of your amps that cost twice as much, or more. And, this amp sounds better than many of those more expensive brands. Gear snobs may not approve of my new amp, but that's OK. I have a Mesa Boogie Mark IV, and a Peavey Classic 50, and this amp is as good as either. Bugera has a good thing going.
I have not had to contact Bugera, so I can't comment on support.
The amp doesn't look extremely fancy, but it looks good. I didn't buy it for the looks, though.
The Infinium feature is really cool. You can put all different kinds of power tubes in these bad boys. I will probably replace the tubes. It sounds great as is, but you can probably get better tubes. I'm probably going to put some 6L6 tubes in here, at some point.
Thanks Bugera, and zZounds.
Musical Background:
A gigging guitarist for 20 years.
Musical Style:
Rock, Classic Rock, Grunge, Country.
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Submitted June 18, 2012 by Chris Joyce in Plymouth, MA
"Marshall tone!"
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First off,let me say Bugera has GREAT customer service. They had to replace two of these 1990s for me. The first lasted two months. The second just two weeks. In fairness though,I own the original 1990,some of which had quality control issues. These new Infinium versions are very reliable with all of the Q.C. issues resolved. Great tone. Simple. Strait forward. Basically a Marshall JCM900 clone but with more gain! Two channels - clean & overdrive. Pretty good clean but it is the drive channel that kicks butt here! I know from experience that the cab one uses is the key to a great tone with these heads. If you use a lower end cab (Bugera,Behringer etc.) it will sound good,but I'm using a Marshall JCM900 cab with 2 Celestion G12s & 2 Warehouse Guitar Vet 30s for a sick mid drenched Marshall tone to die for! This is a great head for the money. I really like it...
Musical Background:
20 years experience - guitar - many bands
Musical Style:
rock mostly metal
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Submitted March 28, 2018 by Joseph H in Elizabethtown, PA
"Sounds Like a Marshall at a fraction of the price"
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This thing is a beast! With a tube change and some decent speakers this animal is almost indistinguishable from some much more pricey Marshalls. Pushing the "clean" channel yields some nice, warm JCM800-like tones. The drive channel is a bit too compressed and treble-heavy for my tastes (basically exactly what a JCM900 sounds like) but with some simple mods I'll have an incredible sounding amp for recording. This is a hard rock/metal amp for sure.
Musical Background:
21 years, played in many bands in my local scene
Musical Style:
Mostly hard rock, punk/hardcore, metal, blues, classic rock
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Submitted March 6, 2019 by Tony W in Chickasha, OK
"Bugera 1990"
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I've been hard at it for a few days now and this Amp most definitely delivers but honestly it has too much Treble & Gain, so counting on you guys for some input on maybe changing the Tubes,,,, I'm a Classic Rock guy/ Blues, so I'm looking for a little less Gain but I want to maintain the bottom end Crunch. Thanx in advance for any and all input. Tony.
Musical Background:
30 plus years playing, guitar & Drums
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Submitted January 23, 2021 by Brian P in TALBOTT, TN
"Bugera Broke My Heart"
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I bought this amp as a Christmas present for myself. I waited for Christmas to open and play the all went well, on about the third time playing through it, a loud hiss and pop amp died. ordered the right size fuse and replaced, number one and number four tube lights came on. figured tubes might have gotten damaged from being shipped. I ended up replacing all of the tubes( Sovtek 5881wxt matched quad power tubes, and JJ pre amp tubes. yes I know with the infinium they need not be matched old habits). Now the amp is amazing. yes I could have sent the amp back, but its tubes I would have replaced any way, but I would think that a new amps tubes should last longer than a few hours. The infinium technology alone makes this a good amp. I,m not downing Bugera. I have a pre infinium V22 that sounds amazing and I have never had an issue( tubes were also replaced). The 1990 does sound like a Marshall, with the new tubes the 1990 is very quiet no background noise even at high volumes. just keep in mind when you buy the amp it will need tubes. zZounds was awesome as always and offered to replace. I did not use the Bugera customer service but I,m sure they would have replaced the tubes. for the price even after replacing the tubes its worth it....
Musical Background:
Metal mayhem since 1992
Musical Style:
Blues, Rock, Metal
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