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I was looking for a tube amp head and a 112 cab. Like a lot of people I don't have a ton of money to spend, but I wanted something that would work for what I do. When I got the amp it worked and as advised a let the power tubes warm up before I used it. this is a list of features I really like. 1. A good built in reverb. 2. An effect loop. 3. A switch for 4,8 and 16 Ohm speakers. 4. Came with a foot switch that that controls the channels and turn the reverb on or off 5. Two channels. A clean and a dirty. 6. Responsive tone and volume knobs. 7. Four pre-amp and two power-amp tubes. 8. The Infinity self bias feature for changing tubes. 9. One of the best clean channels I've ever used on a tube amp. 10. Works very well with pedals and effects units. 11. A indicator in back to let you know if the tubes need to be replaced. 12. A great price for a 50 watt all tube amp. 13. Looks great, almost like a Vox Night Train(which I believe Bugera modeled this after). 14. Works extremely well with the Burgera 112TS cab. Great cab by the way. 15. Has a fat switch which is helpful for people using single coil pickups in their guitars. These are the thing I didn't care for. 1. A fairly bad dirty channel. It tends to get fizzy sounding when bring up the gain. 2. The Tone Cut Knob in my opinion is pretty much useless. It kill your tone and sounds like a wet blanket was put over the speaker or speakers. Maybe if you use it slightly I could see a use for it, but you're better off using your EQ and/or adding an EQ to your effects loop. 3. The stock tubes aren't that good, but then again you can't except much for an inexpensive tube amp. I love and enjoy playing different kinds of music, but I love my metal :). Here's my temporary fix until I swap out the power tubes with a couple good 6L6s(they'll tighten up the sound of this amp a lot because this amp has a natural low tone), what I do is run a Line 6 Firehawk FX through the effects loops. What I do is lower my pre-amp gain to 4 or 5, use an HD Screamer or the HD Tube Overdrive, use a compressor to tighten up my sound and use the EQ on the Firehawk to level the tone to minimize the fizzy distrortion so I get a more than usable tone. Once I have some new 6L6GT power tubes in there it should be 100%. Overall this is a great value that has an awesome clean channel and a dirty channels that's great at anything from blue to hard rock, but to get into the metal territory you'll need an overdrive pedal pushing the front end of this amp.

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This thing kicks ass. If you're a "pedal player" and like specific tone quality and sound, then this thing fills in that spot. For the price, the power and tone from its clean and drive channel sound superb. The effects loop works wonders along with whatever compression pedals you may use, but the drive channel may be all you need along with the footswitch that comes with it. Can't really complain about this amp, lol.

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I read and watched a good number of reviews before I decided to pull the trigger on this head. My primary head is a Laney Ironheart 60, but I was looking for a second head that had more of a British vibe. Ironic since Laney is a British company. I really liked the styling of this amp similar to the now discontinued Vox Night Train series, and, having never played through the amp, at $300 I decided I couldn't really go that wrong. A number of video reviews will show this amp pushing into metal territory, which I'm sure might be attainable with the master, gain, and lead volume turned all the way to 10. HOWEVER; this is not a metal amp. It does have a nice British style crunch to it on the lead channel, and the clean channel will give you sparkly cleans similar to a Vox.I, predominantly, play hard rock and metal, and this amp offers an avenue to venture into new territories and layer nice textures onto existing licks.I've only played through it for few hours now, but it's very easy to dial in with the controls not being overly sensitive. I've found that the amp has more than enough bottom end to merit turning the "phat" switch on. The heads build quality seems to be above average. It's not boutique by any means; however, it seems sturdy and very good looking. One the first things I did; however, was yank the Bugera tubes out and replaced them with EH power tubes and Tung Sol preamp tubes. This really mitigated the fuzzy distortion that was coming from the stock tubes. This is a really straight forward 2 channel head. Clean and lead. That's it. It's got a master volume, master reverb, and master tone cut (this control really doesn't need to be on the amp in my opinion). A very sturdy metal footswitch is included, and overall it's a very nice, easy to use package. Echoing my previous statement; the build quality is very good. The only complaint is the factory tube set. Bugera offers a competitive product at a very attractive price. How long will the amp last? Your guess is as good as mine, and only time will tell. But, I think it's a great bang for the buck.

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I got this head about 2 years ago to replace a Peavey Valveking II 50 watt combo amp that was having on going issues with the volume cutting out about 1/2. After a couple trips taking it to A Peavey certified tech and still having the issue unresolved, I was over it and opted to buying a new amp. I looked at all kinds of combo amps and heads from reputable company's like Vox, Marshall, Blackstar, Orange, Fender, ect. And realized just how broke I actually am. To be completely honest I was weary of getting a Bugera because they didn't have the best rep in the past. Rest assured this amp is GREAT! The clean channel is on point, the dirt channel is even better, The reverb is okay.. nothing to write home about but definitely usable, has effects loop, switchable from 4, 8, or 16 ohms for cabs, simulated 1x12 and 4x12 cab out via USB, class A or A/B operations, and comes with footswitch. I bought this head when it was still $299.99 but would willing throw down $399.99 in A heartbeat with no regrets. I also purchased the Bugera 2x12. I upgraded the speakers to Celestion super 65's in the cab, swapped the preamp and power tubes in the amp and this baby purrs! Only complaint is I wish it had a little more clean head room. I play in a 6 man band with horns. I have the volume pushed to the max always and still have issues cutting through. I bought a clean boost pedal which gave me enough push to get by but feel like the Valveking has a little more clean headroom. For the money I can't image there is anything out there that even comes close in price, quality, or value. I bought this head and a 2x12 for less then what most 20 watt tube amp heads alone cost! This is my work horse I gig, practice and record on this thing regularly and have had 0 issues over 2 years. I love it.

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Just got the Bugera T50 a few days ago. I was a little skeptical of how it would sound for a $300 tube amp but now that I've messed with it I'm so glad I took the chance! Now in all honesty this is my first tube amp so who knows, maybe it's crap but I'm digging the sound it puts out both through my 412 and when using the speaker sims and headphones. If you're looking for a TON of gain this unit might not be for you but for what I'm using it for (think Down, Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity) it's absolutely perfect! For $300 (and includes a foot pedal) you won't be let down!

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I had sold all my lower watt tube heads (I still have 3 100W heads...too much) and I wanted another 50W head. I bought the T50 and am running it through a Boogie MKIV cabinet with a Carvin 300W speaker.. I changed the tubes to a JJ 832 In V1 and assorted 12AT7's in the other three preamp slots. I took out the EL34's and replaced them with Sylvania 6L6GC's made for Peavey. The clean channel is very nice and the drive channel is no longer fizzy. I only have the drive up halfway because I use pedals to really overdrive it. I really love it now. My last 50W was a Marshall JMP single channel amp with master volume. Sold it to pay rent..aaarrggh. I have three OD pedals on my board, 2 Tube Screamer globes and a Full-time Full drive 2. I can get many different variations of overdrive in both channels. I really dig this amp a lot. It is well worth the money after changing the tubes. Fortunately, I still have a bunch of preamp and power tubes so that didn't cost me, but even with having to buy tubes, this is still a killer deal!

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After playing with his aunt for a couple weeks testing it out on different speakers I came to the conclusion it's everything advertised to be, I was glad to be able to make the purchase With zZounds because of their payment program. Fast delivery, and a fair price.Thank you zZounds

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i bought this amp, from zzounds (A1 customer service) and having been a fan of bugera for quite some time now, i really wanted to like it. the clean channel was decent (not fender clean but did its job well enough) for me the dirty channel was more of a fuzz, and certainly was not what i was looking for. I had been using a 25 watt mesa boogie for my gigs, and though i would try this out as its 50 watts and should be able to fill and cut though the mix just fine. unfortunately, it did not. the clean channel for gigging would HAVE to be mic'd it did not cut through at all. and that was dimed out. with the mesa i never had it past half. honestly if your only playing for yourself and have pedals for your desired amount of gain, this should work just fine. anything more you might want something else

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I bought this since the price is fairly cheap. It looks great and its easy to use..but for the most part you get what you pay for..Dose the highs pretty good but it can't handle the lows full chords sounds muddy and it still sounds like that after messing with the eq. Used it with a Marshall 4x12 1960 with V30's and also tried it using a custom made 2x12 loaded with eminence wizard and governor. Had a Bugera 6262...not reliable..in the middle of a show it started screaming at full bore(120 watts) through a Marshall 4x12 (top cab) had to just pull the plug to get it to stop...so I'm really not a fan of Bugera. Maybe I got a lemon I don't know..I changed all the pre amp tubes to JJ and then to Mullard still the same. So for this review I would have to say find a different brand might be a little more money but it will be reliable and it will sound better.

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