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Rating And Reviews: Bugera V5 Guitar Amp

Hand-built 5-Watt Class-A amplifier driven by 1 x EL84 valve. Authentic preamp design from the '60s featuring 1 x 12AX7 valve. Vintage Equalizer.

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"A great amp for an amazing price." submitted February 17, 2010

By a customer from hotmail.com
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Musical Background: active musican
Music Style: jazz, fusion, rock, instrumental hardrock, classical.
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Sound: Simply a great home practice or small club amp. Warm tube cleans and crunchy overdrive when set right, the reverb is nice too. Feature: The attenuator is a great feature. Gain, tone and reverb controls all work well. Great construction and it looks cool, nice size too, not too small. Stock speaker and tubes sound great to me, just let is warm up a little before you judge. Ease of Use: It's easy to get a good tone out of it. The overdrive is best with the volume way down and the gain cranked. Quality: no sure, no issues so far, but I've only had it a week. There were some problems with the V22 with channel switching, but I havent heard any thing about the V5 having issues. Looks to be built very well. Value: An amazing value. Unheard of. Manufacturer Support: not dealt with them. The Wow Factor: Well it looks cool anyway, and it sounds absoulty great. "Sex Appeal" that is stupid, it's an amp.. Overall: This is my main home amp and I will be jamming with friend with it on the weekend. I think it sound much more natural then the fender SCXD or VCXD that I owned. Simply a great amp for everything but metal.
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"You Can't Beat This Amp With A Stick" submitted April 9, 2010

By a customer from comcast.net
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Musical Background: Was in bands in HS, college. I'm 63 now and just play at home.
Music Style: Mostly blues, some rock.
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Sound: Let me start by saying I didn't buy this amp from Zzounds. I didn't even buy it new. I bought it used from a national storefront chain. I've had low-power "practice" amps before and have been mostly disappointed by how thin the sound was. I have a Bugera V22 and love the tone. Somehow, this tiny amp sounds exactly like my V22 does when the volume on that more powerful amp is turned down to play in my apartment's living room. Feature: Unlike most tube amps, this baby has a 1/4" headphone socket for private playing and another one to use to drive an external speaker. Ease of Use: Unless you're totally new to electric guitars, how to use this amp is obvious. There is a manual, which is sparse, but what is there to know? Quality: I've only had mine for a while and even though it was used, it was in "new" condition. Based on first impressions, the construction seems very good. Value: From what I can see, nothing else in the same price bracket comes close. It's a steal at the typical street price. The Wow Factor: If you like the retro look, this amp has it in spades. How many amps come with bird beak knobs anymore. I love the black and cream color scheme and the metallic fabric. Overall: It's louder than you might expect and would certainly do in a situation like a coffeehouse. A noisy bar or nightclub, not so much. But it's really a practice amp, anyway, isn't it?
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"Retro/Vintage tube goodness." submitted May 6, 2010

By a customer from usa.com
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Musical Background: 20+ years playing and a home recording enthusiast
Music Style: Everything but Country, Rap and Techno and the like
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Sound: Nice and crunchy with a definite classy tube vibe to it. You can go from clean to distorted with a turn of the gain and tone knobs. If you're looking for a rectified Mesa sound look elsewhere, but if you want authentic tube distortion this is your amp. I plugged in my Carvin CT3 and this amp responds well to everything I do. Next I tried my Fender Strat through it and all the tonal options the single coils give me is really nice. I think a guitar with two humbuckers is your best option with this amp. Think Angus Young and his SG. Feature: There's really not much included other than a power cord. A Standyby switch would have been a nice touch, but the included headphone jack is a thoughtful extra...because even with the volume on 10 and turned down to .1 watt this thing is still really loud for an apartment or condo. Ease of Use: No learning curve here - just plug in and go. Quality: Surprise, surprise it's made by Behringer. If that turns you off then maybe look for another 5 watt tube amp. I think this amp will last for a long time though. Maybe the people at Bugera (if it's even in a separate building) are aware of Behringer's hit-or-miss quality reputation. It's pretty solid, looks to be well made and has a really cool vintage/retro thing going on. I can see a lot of these backstage before the gig starts. Value: This amp is definitely worth every penny. There are other similar amps in this style and price range, but do yourself a favor and get an amp with power attenuation. Being able to crank this thing at the lowest power setting is worth it. Nothing else in the world like a tube amp at full blast. Manufacturer Support: I haven't had to call support and for some reason I doubt I will. The Wow Factor: As far as looks go and the "gotta have it" thing, this amp should be on your short list. I dig the vintage/retro design and this has it in spades. It's a clean and simple design. Really nice. Overall: I imagine I will be very satisfied with this amp for years and years to come. I doubt I'll buy another amp since I already have two other 120 watt amps. I might do a tube swap or upgrade the speaker later on...or not. Living in a condo and having neighbors doesn't allow many opportunities to crank my Peavey 3120 half stack. I can see this little 5 watt amp being my go to amp. If this amp were lost or stolen I'd replace it as soon as possible. The only thing I wish I had been aware of before buying it was its association to Behringer. The best thing about this amp is its authentic tube crunch and .1 watt ability...and the cool retro/vintage design. There's really not much to dislike about this amp. Bugera did a great job in every way.
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Bugera V5 Guitar Amp Customer Review submitted December 9, 2010

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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Blues Rock
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Sound: The sound quality of this amp is killer... It is way better than the crate v8 I had and the little epiphone amp that is so popular. I cant belive this kind of quality to come out of a little speaker. Feature: The switchable wattage is very usefull In church I used it at half and plenty of volume at home use it at low setting. Had reverb gain dont need anything else really. Ease of Use: Very easy to use old style knobs for distortion turn up guitar to full and turn gain up to get the tone you like. Although I think its made for more mellow and bluesy sounds instead of killer distortion.. I use my Digitec RP500 for distorition and its very good. Quality: Well made finish is very good and everything accessible like I like Value: Ive tried many small tube amps to get portabiltiy and sound and this one so far is the very best. For its price it cant be beat... Manufacturer Support: havent had any issues so no idea on support The Wow Factor: This has become the most popular amp I own. Due to its sound and portability The best when it comes to practice sessions. Overall: I have to see how long it lasts I only had it for a few months so if it lasts over a year.
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"Great tone but has a problem" submitted March 9, 2012

By Rick D in College Station, TX
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Musical Background: 30 Years of playing
Music Style: Blues and folk
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Overall: I sent one of these back and the replacement had the same problem. After the tubes get warm there is a tailing vibration. After a little research I discovered it was the tube cage. Once that is off you are good to go. As an obvious design flaw this needs to be addressed. Check out the Bugera 5 club on Telecaster.com to see how prevalent this problem is.
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