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Bugera V5 Guitar Combo AmplifierThe Bugera V5 Guitar Combo Amplifier - 5 Watt - Class-A Valve Amplifier Combo with Reverb and Power Attenuator in classic two-tone vinyl, runs on one power and one preamp valve and features simple controls. But plug into this beautiful little amp and you’ll find a sound that’s pure vintage but with modern features that take this sound to places it couldn’t go before.
The Bugera V5 Guitar Combo Amplifier Features
- Hand-built 5-Watt Class-A amplifier driven by 1 x EL84 valve
- Way cool vintage look and feel
- Original 8" BUGERA guitar speaker for true vintage sound
- Authentic preamp design from the '60s featuring 1 x 12AX7 valve--everything from purring blues to mind-blowing crunch
- Integrated high-class reverb with dedicated Reverb control
- Vintage Equalizer with dedicated Tone control
- Built-in 2-way Power Attenuator allows you to get ultimate sound at any volume
- High-quality components and exceptionally rugged construction ensure long life
Big Sound, Small Package
Rock music brings to mind amplifiers as big as skyscrapers, dishing out irreversible ear damage at ruthless volumes. But a studio secret among guitar greats is that little low-watt valve combos like the V5 can be maxed out for red-hot overdriven tone without blowing fuses or incurring any property damage.
The V5 is a living, breathing homage to those half-pint screamers of the past, but with two very important improvements. See, this amp may be small, but 5 watts in Valvesville is still loud as hell when it's sitting in your bedroom. That's why the V5 features a switchable power attenuator that allows you to run 5, 1 or 0.1 Watts. An attenuator reduces the amplitude of a signal without changing its sound. That means you can still drive the valves into banshee-league fury, but without waking up the neighbors.
Finding a headphone out jack on an all-valve guitar amp is incredibly rare because the integration requires loading the output transformer and filtering the signal for a loudspeaker simulation. But in true BUGERA fashion, we've gone the extra mile to allow you some late night practicing. Just plug in a pair of headphones to the 1/4" phones jack on the back panel, and you're ready to keep the V5's all-valve sound all to yourself. Then again, if it's more volume you need, the V5 has a 1/4" Speaker Out jack that allows you to connect an additional speaker with a minimum impedance of 4 Ohms. This dangerous dandy also features the same studio-caliber digital reverb found in its bigger BUGERA brothers. The spring reverb found in the V5's post-war predecessors sounds lovely, but is delicate and expensive to repair. The V5's modern update gives you an equally mesmerizing vintage reverb sound without the wallet-draining vintage reliability.
The Bugera V5 Guitar Combo Amplifier Specifications
- Audio Input: 1/4 in. TS Connector, 1 MOhm Impefance
- Audio Output
- Headphone 1/4 in. TRS Connector, Frequency Compensated, 32 to 600 ohm impedance
- Speaker: 1/4 in. TS Connector, Min. 4 ohm Impedance
- Output Stage Power (@ 4 ohm load): 5 watts (peak power)
- Loudspeaker
- Type: Vintage Guitar Speaker, 8G30A4
- Impedance: 4 ohm
- Power: 30 watts IEC program
- Power Supply: 120v~, 60 Hz
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 14 x 14 x 8.6 in. (35.6 x 35.6 x 21.9 cm)
- Weight: 22lb./10dg
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| Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? |
| Surprisingly solid and well-assembled - the 14x14" open-backed cabinet is 22 lbs.
The chicken-head knobs are large with smooth pots.
The access for upgrade to the speaker is good.
The transformer is way bigger than other 5 watt amps. |
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| How has it stood up over time? |
| Don't know - I just bought it two weeks ago. |
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| This is a well-made, great-sounding amp. The metal cage around the tubes is outstanding. The digital reverb sounds fine - not at all dry. |
| Playability and Feel |
| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| N/A - it's an amp. |
| Tone |
| Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? |
| Using my Schecter CSH-1 mahogany semi-hollow body with Duncan pickups:
At a gig yesterday, whenever I shifted from guitar to piano, my partner kept stealing this amp to play lead (leaving behind a much more expensive amp) - she was a session player in Las Vegas for years and has real good ears.
Tone goes from clean to distortion with plenty of highs and decent lows with the internal speaker - because it's easy to upgrade, I plan to install a Weber at some point. |
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| How did the stain or paint job look? |
| The amp is nicely covered in a textured black tolex - it's probably vulnerable to scratches and dings.
It has good metal corners, large rubber feet, and a roomy, comfortable handle |
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| How was the action out of the box? |
| N/A - it's an amp. |
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