Infinium is revolutionary. Removes all the pain from tube amplification, leaving the best parts only. 1) No need to pay a guy for check tubes (the leds make this automatically ) 2) No need to pay more for a matched pair or quartet. The amp does itself 3) Auto bias. Never pay again for a tech guy to rebias the amp. The amp adjusts automatically to the new valve. 4) Due to this circuit, valves can last 20x longer (= 20 years) with proper care. Don't need to replace everytime. 4) they are affordable. You can even have a small collection of cabs, heads and combos and never change tubes again. 5) you can use any tube with same pin configuration: 6LC, EL34 5881... and MIX THEM. 6) i love the design, vintage looks and details of the brand. The name and the logo are super cool too. Why are the other brands not bankrupt yet? To me All this reasons are enough to buy them all.
Because people will talk shit on them because they're not a big name, like people do with Harley Benton and similar. I believe there were some early QC issues with Bugera, but it's not like Mesas etc aren't built in inconvenient and stupid ways and don't also fail. (I forget the channel but there's an amp tech on youtube who has a LOT to say about major amp manufacturer build quality.)
No problem with mine of 8 years. My v 55 is plugged into an Avatar 2by12 pine cab with cheap chinese celestion speakers. That upper mid complaint isn't there with the celestions. I have an older peavey Windsor head that I put 12ay7s in the first two preamp tubes slots to make it more of a vintage Marshall gain. It was an jcm 800 hot rodded copy. They are reliable
I bought one of their smaller bass amps (BXD12) so I didn't have to use my massive peavey and that little amp is amazing and it was cheap, too. I really like the tone. I don't know that they were big sellers but it works great for noodling in my music room and it doesn't way a ton.
welp, first strum with the Squier sold me on the V5. At under $200 seems like a good budget pairing with my own Squier. I’ve been holding out hoping to come across a good deal on a used Blues Jr but so far that hasn’t worked out, so I guess this is what I’ll have.
just an idea why dont you ask some customers in call it the customers choice when they bought something to play and tell why they bought it. i really want to try the wampler pantheon v red rox,
I know the program was highlighting ‘Bugera amps’ but being an owner of a v22 for some years. and a Fender amp man for many years I wondered about the possibilities. So after some research I changed v1 to a lower gain, upgraded the rest of the tubes, put a Celestion in and added a 25k volume thru the effects loop and now closer to a tweed type tone…so, you can easily mod a Bugera to get those boutique-ish tones. I have the v22 and am perfectly satisfied - even after playing a Super Reverb for years. I bet this would be a killer amp with two 10 inch Celestion Golds…but then your approaching the cost of the traditional screamers. The up side is you can upgrade over time and have fun doing it - like a parts caster. Tony Orzino
@@anthonyorzino7728 I did the same as you but a 5751 in v1 and a Celestion AlNiCo Cream, transformed the amp. So what does a 12ay7 in V1 and the 25k pot through the loop each do for the amp?
Clint - The 12y7 is lower gain therefore the attack is a bit more compressed and smoother. The 25k through the effects loop give more control over the preamp gain almost like an attenuation. Check out Wampler Pedals utube. Basically put a 25k in a box with an in and out and try it..I was surprised at the extra control.
@@anthonyorzino7728 Thanks Tony! Yea i have seen that Wampler vid where he did it on a HR Deluxe :). I figured that is what the master volume knob basically was? Run my clean and drive channels as high as they go but in balance and adjust the master per situ, at home its on 1-2 and gigs are 3-4. I have an actual speaker attenuator but i kinda like it without the compression it creates. Both a 12ay7 and the 25k potentiometer box are easy and cheap so i will definitely check it out. Cheers again for the reply and info!
Sold. The first note of that intro jam combined with the value on offer did it for me. Second amp in a wet/dry setup along with my Victory Jack I reckon!
This video didn't do the gain channel on the V55 any justice! I run mine in Triode mode permanently and running into the normal channel instead of the bright channel gets rid of any horrible fizz. Gun the Volume with Gain around 4 with the boost in and you've got a great hard rock rhythm tone, Only need one boost/tube screamer/OD/fuzz in front and you've got gain for days. Both channels clean up super nice, I normally run the gain on the clean channel fairly high too so there's some bite if I want to dig in on ambient stuff and the amp does actually have a spring reverb tank. I would definitely recommend the V55 for anyone interested, you'd be daft not too honestly and I hope that you found this helpful if you're reading this!
I can't help but love the 50's style aesthetics of this range. It makes a nice change from plain black or grey/silver mesh. Also when you figure out the budget nature of these, you realise that they make the perfect first valve combo for your typical guy who started off with a Squire or Epiphone starter set (after all the amp is always the weakest point of those kits - not counting the shoddy cable and strap).
I have the v22 and couldn’t be any happier. Coincidentally I also have an epiphone les Paul and the sounds and tones you can get with this combo is amazing! Easily the best $1,000 combo
Took delivery of my V5 and I’m blown away by it. I honestly expected it to at least have some rough edges and flaws for the price, but it feels well put together with good quality materials. I’ve ready that it can sound a bit on the dark side, but it pairs very well with my “bright” Jazzmaster. Add another $150 for a 12” speaker with separate cabinet and I don’t think there’s anything out there that can beat it for $350 all in.
Some of the Bugera stuff are definitely sleeper hits. They took a knock to their brand in the early days with some reliability issues which is why I think they've gone under the radar a bit but they do make some great sounding amps and having owned one in the past and know other people who have them they've always been fine reliability wise. Definitely worth a look for the price.
Tackling the crucial questions raised by this video: 'plethora' is the English version of the Greek word 'πληθώρα'. In Greek, the intonation is indeed on 'o' while in English it is on 'e'. Clearly, Lee is classically educated.
I have a Bugera V5 and it's honestly the best budget amp you can buy to play at home. I bought a Blues Junior tweed that I use more often, and sometimes I miss the tones from the Bugera. It's a killer amp.
After testing dozens of tube amps in many stores for a month, I found a used V22. The sound was exactly what I was looking for. Somewhere between fender and older peavey (and half the cost). Way more full sounding than fender or Marshall and no shreeking high end. The Bugera vintage line is a hillariously overlooked line and offers a warm and defined tone most people are probably looking for. It has an fx loop too, so what more could you need? And yes, the Quality of components and construction is on par with all the "big labels". This amp has spent weeks in my work van with zero wear or issues.
I just pulled the trigger on a V55 :) Thank you Capt and Pete! UPDATE after some days: I came from a 100W Katana to this V55... I will NOT go back :) The V55 is actually amazing! I just love the clean sound that I find myself playing just clean. Its just worth it! Totally recommended.
I do that with my v22. US strat straight into the clean channel with no pedals. It's just effortless tone. Probably the best clean amp tone I've ever had to be fair. Incredibly, it is also the least expensive valve amp I've ever owned.
I picked up a V22 second hand for about £200 roughly a year ago. Still has the valves it came with and I love it to bits. I use the clean channel almost exclusively and throw pedals at it (mostly cheap ones too). I use the four lead system and have tremelo and reverb/delay via the FX loop. It is certainly giggable and for home use the Torpedo Captor used as a load box makes it bearable while still in the sweet spot. To me it does the driven Fender sound very well, especially with a Mooer Green overdrive (Tube Screamer clone) in front. Signal chain goes tuner (natch), Mooer Yellow compressor, Pure Sky low gain booster, Mooer Green OD, Budda Om overdrive and TC Electronic Mimiq. Tone City Blue Crystal Delay/Reverb and Tone City Tremelo in the FX loop. Cheapest (and best sounding) gig rig I have ever owned. I also have a Mooer Little Monster AC and Harley Benton (ahem) 1 x 12 with Celestion speaker in it and run that in parralel for some more chimey, less negative feedback, thickness. This whole rig cost £800 ish (including the pedalboard and power supply). Still cheaper than a Vox AC30. Loved the demo, chaps.
I have the v22 and it's a BEAST. I've performed live with it a couple of times and it's an amazing amp at high volumes. Gain falls off a bit at low volumes when compared to the digital alternatives but it still holds up in clear tones. Reverb is digital but serviceable. Great apartment amp, that packs a nice punch if you need it to.
I've had a V22 for just about nine years now. I'm running it stock, and actually still with the original valves in there. They've gone slightly fuzzy and warmer over time, but it's pretty loud, pretty good and I won't be changing valves before one blows on me. Takes pedals quite well, too.
I’ve got the blue light pre infinium v22 ,they were supposed to be crap ..it’s ten years old now ,still on its original valves and speaker the same as the other fella and it’s not let me down once ,unlike the Fender blues deluxe re issue I’ve got too .that’s been a dog of a thing ,the same with my friends hot rod deluxe re issue he’s had no end of bother with that ,,the same issue as mine.burned up board where the two square resistors are .
@@xcx8646 Trick is to then have the clean volume up really high to get the edge of breakup. For me with a tele the it's dimed and with my p90 strat it's about 8-9 :). I found the tin of bees sound can be smoothed out with the treble backed off to about 3 mids about 4-5. That's my experience anyhow with the 5751 and a Celestion alnico cream speaker in it.
@@xcx8646 yea tone is so subjective hey :). I actually bought a Fender 68 deluxe reverb, a/b it with the Bugera and sent the 68 back. Never gigged with it though which is where it wouldve shined I'm sure. Different amps also. I find the bugera mire marshall/vox ish. The 12ax7 definitely does the clarity thing better especially at bedroom level and if I used it as single channel (not drive channel) with just my pedals I'd probably tend to go back to that. You might have preferred the v55 with the 6L6's 🤘
I love they put up the decibel meter in the background so we all had an idea of room volume, and it’s been covered by that headstock for the last few videos now.
I'm still using the original 5 watt version I bought ten years ago, I built a small cabinet and loaded it with a 10 inch warehouse speaker and it still rocks today. It's the only tube amp I currently own but I've owned plenty of tube amps in the last 55 years.
Change tubes every year 😂 They aren't smoke detector batteries, boys. I have a '62 Silvertone with the original tubes. There's absolutely no reason to change them every year. None. Unless you own a guitar shop and want to sell more tubes. 🤔
Pete, please, shout your vmouth! You interrupt for nothing, you are not funny and it seems you peg for a line! Please respect your self and us! You play wonderfully guitar, but please, close your mouth! Mercy!
'How do they do it' No unions, no dissent, no rights, endless supply of disposable humans to do the work, subsidy by the CCP state, people running western governments paid off and not tarriffing CCP state goods properly. Simples. No judgement from me, I'm jamming on my TD3 and Neutron this evening, using their interface too. :D You did ask tho ;)
Would be nice to see a "Is it worth upgrading the speaker?" like you did for the fender and katana amps. The price of each speaker compared to the amp and how much of a difference compared to the stock speaker are two things I'd be interested to hear.
Right question but tbh I think these amps have their versionnof a greenback. I mean Turbosound is so big in speakers that they do not lack any knowledge to copy it properly. I sure that would be the design brief
I own the V5. Had it for a bunch of years before the infinium series. I switched out the speaker to a Eminence Patriot. Love it. Great sounding bedroom amp and loves my pedal board
Hi guys, I always love your reviews. I live in Princeton, wi usa. I’m an old classic rocker 66 y o. Been playing since 1964. Have had tons of amps, my first was a Sears silver tone guitar with a tube amp built into a hard case. I have a lot of regrets for selling many of my guitars and amps but you’ve got to remember, the vintage thing wasn’t anything because we were living in the vintage years. You could have gotten a 59 Les Paul back than pretty easy, same with 50s era strats and Telly’s. My second amp I purchased used, it was 2 years old when I bought it, a Fender Black face dual Showman with the 2/15 vertices layout not like the older showman which looked like the bottom was laying on its side. No verb, had 4 6L6 GCS AND 3 I THINK 12AX7 pre amp tubes. It was loud, at least from my perception.. back then seems like everyone in my school had Fender Amps. I remember I was jealous because my buddy our Ruth em guitarists came down into the basement with a bottom fender cabinet. The grill was different than mine,,more silvery with a dash of blue, then he brought down the head, wow it was taller than mine almost like a combo but the speaker was cut in half. He had the new I think it was close to 70, BANDMASTER with reverb, 2 6L6 GCs . I think 40 or 45 watts. I forgot what the dual showman was but it’s wasn’t 100 watts I don’t think. Gotta remember we were just freshmen in high school, there wasn’t really a sound man, we didn’t even have wedges or stage monitors, it was almost impossible on a high school gym stage to hear anyone but yourself. Quickly we were going from the wagon train frontier days to more civilized. Eventually we had a sound guy, a couple of roadies that were free cause they loved just hanging with the band. Sorry I’m drifting, there’s so much history I love watching you guys mess with new stuff, but all the same I love that people are starting to make bios for bands. If you’ve got HBO MAX check out the BeeGees documentary. It’s wonderful I mean they started out at ages 9,6, and 6. And the one by one tragedy of brothers dying first Andy Gibb at 30 years 2 days. Then Maurice in the earlier 2000s complications from surgery, finally around I STARTED A JOKE, Robin Gibb around 2012. Cancer I think. You’ll love it. Anyway I had a 1969 gold top with soap bar cream pups, wonderful guitar, but I went into high school 139 pounds and came out 180. The Les Paul was a very heavy guitar for me. We did lots of “sock hops” and school dances, later my school built a concert hangout place for the students called “THE CORRAL” we even opened for STYX ONCE. also opened for Ted Nugent what a thrill for hs kids. We practiced a lot. Anyway, I sold that beautiful black faced dual showman with cabinet and it’s 2 JBL D130. Sweet, and I purchased an ampeg V4 with a 212 cabinet. Gotta remember that stomp boxes were slowly coming out , fuzz tones, I had a cry baby wha someone stole, sometime in the early 70s I think, I saw a poster of Carlos Santana his hair more shorn with the 80s look, wearing all white. What was he playing? Why it wasn’t a prs, it wasn’t even a Les Paul. I never saw him play a single coil instrument, no he had a brand new all maple full set neck, it was the main one, not one of those later bolt necks. I had to have it, again stupid o, traded in my Les Paul standard I think, so I too bought a new GIBSON L6S All maple pickups were different, no screws on top it was totally covered in Crome. It had a six position rotary switch actually kind of wired like my 2012 PRS. Custom 24 natural finish hi gloss with a heavy quilted maple top. Back to the L6, it had interesting sounds, I didn’t like them at the time, we were playing songs like Mississippi Queen by mountain, it had out of phase positions that if you accidentally;y switch to one of those positions it can take away from the song, next, I have BIG HANDS, I wear 2x rubber gloves, it sounded ok through the v4 but.. anyway I hung on to that till 2004, traded it off stupid, fir a 12 string. I know the music company made lots of money on the sale of both guitars. Sold the big heavy ampeg v4 stupid again, but we were starting to play moose clubs every Friday night so I thought I wanted a combo. Practically gave the ampeg away, you can hardly find a v4 anymore. It was very much like a dual showman but LOUDER also no master volume I think. Funny I wasn’t still used to playing full volume. We opened for Ted nudge to in a southern WISCONSIN bar, he haddent made it big yet but in his way, we wernt aloud to use our own amps since the place was small, he said here just plug into mine. It was a loud ass Fender Twin, ANYWAY, All his knobs were at 10 maybe 10.5. After we finished playing our one set immediately as I was getting ready to walk off the stage, I hear, WTF, who’s the pussy who’s got all my knobs turned down, it was just a way to humiliate me but I still had fun, I wasn’t even legally old enough to be there. Lol The combo I purchase was a brand new PEAVEY hybrid amp. It had a 6L6 power section. It was the PeaVey VTX series 212. It’s not working now I’m tryin to avoid sending it to PeaVey for fear I’ll have more into it, then when I first bought it. Recently I missed it so I purchased a used but sounded good PeaVey VT series 212 also from the late 70s. That worked for a while then the same thing. I’m no electronics guy so I’ve got w PeaVey combos in my basement, anyway then I first purchased a Bugera V22. Head. I have lots of vintage guitar cabinets some with some classic green backs , I loved how the v22 sounded through 212 cab with speakers from an old fender twin, then in my marshal 412 cab it’s got really rare greenbacks in perfect condition that I pulled from an acoustic 405 transducer, the one with the. Variable cover and 2 banschee horns. These were Jimmy Hendrix favorites as instead of the standard 70 hz. For low end, these 4 are at 55hz, Google them, sweet clean sounds but just crank her up and they have a sweet creamy tone. Just lovely. Well I got a hel of a deal for my v22 head, came brand new in the box, and I paid 225.00 on ebay. Well I’m an old 6L6 fan being all Stars and Stripes, just kidding.so I happened to find a v55 head on ebay still about 250 free ship, so I a/b both amps in several favorites, THIS IS WHY IM WRITING YOU, THATS GREAT YOU DEMOD THE COMBOS, BUT THE HEADS WILL HAVE HUGE VARIANTS BECAUSE OF THE CHOICE OF CABINETS, I GUESS IM NOT ASKING YOU TO REDO THE Bugera show, but maybe throw an ad on with a 1/12 cab, 2/12 and maybe 412. If you feel like it, BTW, I HAD A line 6 DT50 HEAD years ago, was too busy to figure it out but after you demoed the DT 25, well I just had to get another one. Man did I luck out I bought it on reverb. There was one bid, around 219.00 and I said hell that should be about. 500 with some skuffs. My goal is to buy a new helix, the full one and buy one more DT head rather DT 25 or 50. Then control them both with the helix using the L6 Link, but so far the cheapest DT 25 is 650 on reverb. Anyway, I wish I could afford a trip to the UK before I die to see your store maybe I’ll get lucky and I’ll get to see a live show. Thanks guys I really really enjoy your shows. Have a great day.
Love my dt50 212. (I got for $250 because the tolex was looking like it was 50year vintage. Works like new)But considering a v22 to add something i could turn up to the loiny it was driving the power tubes and maybe not rattle neighbors windows as.much as the dt50 does. I see an advantage if infinitium self biasing tech, but non infinitum ones really sell cheap used. $210ish craigslist. Maybe the added feature wouldnt be worth it oftwn enough to matter
Thank you for finally doing an affordable gear comparison! My gosh, I've been asking not just you, but every gear channel for YEARS! And all anybody does is use guitars that cost 3 grand and insane pedal boards and audio interfaces that cost as much as a house. People want to know what these amps sound like using everymans gear. So once again, thank you guys!
@@rickeymitchell8303 Dude just said he wanted a certain type of content. Not everyone has a guitar store near them with all the amps and gears that you can go and have try. If it was the case this RUclips channel would be useful. Sometimes you just want to conveniently watch a demo on RUclips. The better the Demo the more you enjoy it. Why be a dick about it?
@@madmod I can understand why some really cling to this romantic notion but when you actually step back and really examine the idea that "gear doesn't matter" (at least in a guitar context), it kinda falls apart pretty quickly.
@@startrekmike How do you believe it falls apart? I can list a plethora of musicians who've won Grammys with less than $150 in their studio guitar rig. For live use, I litterally choose to play my lower end, often used gear over bringing out my Fenders or more expensive stuff, even opting to use my $200 used tube amp over my more expensive vintage amps. You dont need a massive pedal board, half stack wielding, or having 5+ guitars to earn an income with guitar be it playing live or doing studio work. There are so many gig-able combos on the market right now that can be had for less than $100, its not even funny. Dont even get me started on the amount of fantastic valued guitars both brand new and used. Gear doesnt matter. Pick up a used guitar and a used amp and fricken practice. Thats what matters.
You are supposed to put the amp in standby mode before you switch the pentode/triode switch to either position. I have the early version blue pilot light V-22 amp. It has to do with the high voltages arcing in the power tubes when you switch the pentode/ triode switch.
I have a V5 and a V55HD. I don't play the V55HD much because it's a bit too loud for home but I use the V5 fairly often. I found mine to be a bit too harsh in the treble but there's a bunch of mods readily found online to swap out certain capacitors (if you're comfortable with that) which really smooth it out and let you tweak it for your setup.
I have the V22 and love it. For a hobby player like me, it does everything I need amp to do. For effects, I have a Paisley Overdrive, EVH overdrive, EVH Phaser, Way Huge Echo and a few others. The V22 takes all the pedals really well and it's plenty loud enough for me. 👍😊🎶
@@carloto96 I like them better. The JJ's seem clearer to me with the highs being more defined with my Jazzmaster. I also tried the Bugle Boy's and found them to be better with bass and distortions. I own a V22 and I like It. Stock tubes are not bad at all but they didn't last long to me.
It seems redundant to use overdrive pedals in an amp demo/review. Most affordable amps can sound great with pedals thrown into them, a good amp tone is worth chasing above all else.
I respectfully disagree. Some amps sound bad with pedals,while others can sound decent or really good. I like to know if an amp can take pedals well or not. The 22 and 50 seem to based on this video.
@@christopherguzzi1316 I agree thats why I said most, obviously it depends your definition of affordable but if it's a good sounding amplifier it will sound good with pedals that's just how it goes really, especially amps with plenty of eq controls, you can change and alter eq dramatically to suit your preference.
I had the 55 watt head years back. Amazing amp for the value. Liked it much better than the hot hod deluxe I replaced it with. I would wholeheartedly suggest everyone try one out if you have the opportunity. Their higher gain stuff is quite good as well. Cheers
I bought one for the same reason. It's not perfect, but it's been such a good amplifier for me. It takes my pedals well and pumps out great full classic rock tones. Very pleased with it.
I have a v22 for a decade now and it still works great. I ve done many mods over the years but the most important was the speaker replacement, it was different than this one has. Oh and the reverb broke after a while, but a pedal works better in the loop anyway.
Bugera amps are definitely good quality and value! I had a V5 infinium for three years and rocked it everyday. I wish I didn’t sell it, but I’ve gotten to much gear since the pandemic began. Traded it at the shop and it sold that day. It was my first tube/valve amp and $149 new it couldn’t be beat. Grab one and you won’t be disappointed.
I've had my bugera V55 for close to 10 years now, and the only thing I have fixed on it, was the original speaker. The unit corroded in the speaker membrane and I put a different speaker in it, and it still plays great
Very exciting video, I’ve owned V22 for a while and am absolutely satisfied. Owned and sold many amps and I am keeping this one. I run in stereo with a Marshall MG100dfx, whole set up under a grand with pedals
I would have one , play some sunday morning Blues through it . Alot of Guitarists are going to disagree with me on this one but I think these amps would give the Big Boys a run for thier money , I personally think they sound great , and they handle pedals to , if I was out to buy an amp I would definitely include these amps in my purchase.
I owned the Bugera 333Xl Infinitum and it crapped out on me like many Bugera amps have for many people. They will need to have a very good warranty for me to even get close to considering buying another one
I had the same reaction as pete when hitting the 2nd channel. was not a fan of the gain. I'm going to go play with it a bit more and try the clean channel with a boost pedal. it was very harsh. Maybe an EQ?
I am a big fan of The Fender sound. What I would love is Bugera to make a V22 alternative, with6V6 valves/ tubes, I think this would be my ideal amp at probably a very good price ? Food for thought Bugera.
Nothing wrong with these amps as long as it's in warranty. You are NOT getting anything more than what you paid for! If you ever need it serviced out of warranty for anything other than a tube replacement the cost of service can and will exceed the cost of the amp and it turns into nothing more than e-waste! Not ragging on Behringer as the Fender Bassbreaker series is in the same boat. You would think Fender that has been making valve amps for decades would be better in this regard but sorry to say they have also gone to S!^T as it's the accountants that now run the company and not the engineers. Why is it that everything on Andertons is wonderful may I ask?
As an owner of a Bugera V22 amp I am happy you are reviewing these amps. Mine sounds great with my Line 6 POD Go. Sounds great with single coils, alnico or humbuckers. Solid amp for the price. Thanks for the review.
Glad you guys finally did a Bugera review. I’ve had a V55 head since 2010 and got a V22 head in 2016. I only use the gain channel and love it. If you eq it properly, it’s amazing.
@Mark Seymour oh yeah for sure, I wouldn’t give her up for anything. But I have a MG50 I use when I need to be quieter, or when using my looper or wet dry of I fancy stereo…. Having another valve amp to take clear of stereo or wet dry requirement, and leaving the MG to take car of quiet time or Looper into the power amp requirements…. Don’t talk yourself into it.. her indoors will for sure smash it…
I have the 22.....and the secret sauce when it comesto tone is ditching all those tubes.especially v3, as Ive found that Sovtek WB 12ax7 best works there and EH Gold Pin 12ax7 in the remaining and,.....ooooooooooh boy then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I put some NOS Chinese Military grade EL 84's..damn very open with hairy edges
Can we all collectively sigh a relief that we have Pete playing a "humbugger" les paul instead of both of El Capeeton playing a single coil loaded guitar? I hate when channels only play a single coil on ANY amp demos...
Yeah, you should be careful with tube amps. Try telling that to the delivery dude that brought me my H&K Tubemeister. Guy comes knocking, I open the door, he has the package on his shoulder, and proceeds to casually ram it down on the floor... Not using these guys anymore :S To my surprise though, the amp was still fully functional. Praise to H&K.
I was here checking about a V22 reverb issue, and ran into this video. I have the amp for almost 10 years, and always loved it, but always expected some major youtube channel to review it. So, thanks a lot!! I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, but my 3 amps were a bargain, and always underrated at the time i bought them, and then people start talking about them. In order: Peavey Bandit(red stripe), the V22 and a used Vox Pathfinder 15r.
Infinium is revolutionary. Removes all the pain from tube amplification, leaving the best parts only.
1) No need to pay a guy for check tubes (the leds make this automatically )
2) No need to pay more for a matched pair or quartet. The amp does itself
3) Auto bias. Never pay again for a tech guy to rebias the amp. The amp adjusts automatically to the new valve.
4) Due to this circuit, valves can last 20x longer (= 20 years) with proper care. Don't need to replace everytime.
4) they are affordable. You can even have a small collection of cabs, heads and combos and never change tubes again.
5) you can use any tube with same pin configuration: 6LC, EL34 5881... and MIX THEM.
6) i love the design, vintage looks and details of the brand. The name and the logo are super cool too.
Why are the other brands not bankrupt yet? To me All this reasons are enough to buy them all.
TRUE. I am a proud user of Vugera Inf. v22. So happy from Bossa Nova to Heavy-Hard-Rock(TS-9) (:
Because people will talk shit on them because they're not a big name, like people do with Harley Benton and similar. I believe there were some early QC issues with Bugera, but it's not like Mesas etc aren't built in inconvenient and stupid ways and don't also fail. (I forget the channel but there's an amp tech on youtube who has a LOT to say about major amp manufacturer build quality.)
Try repairing it.
No problem with mine of 8 years. My v 55 is plugged into an Avatar 2by12 pine cab with cheap chinese celestion speakers. That upper mid complaint isn't there with the celestions. I have an older peavey Windsor head that I put 12ay7s in the first two preamp tubes slots to make it more of a vintage Marshall gain. It was an jcm 800 hot rodded copy. They are reliable
I bought one of their smaller bass amps (BXD12) so I didn't have to use my massive peavey and that little amp is amazing and it was cheap, too. I really like the tone. I don't know that they were big sellers but it works great for noodling in my music room and it doesn't way a ton.
Had the 5, and loved it for my single coils, but it was just too muddy with humbuckers. I would like to try the 22 though.
It's pretty loud, if I may say so
welp, first strum with the Squier sold me on the V5. At under $200 seems like a good budget pairing with my own Squier. I’ve been holding out hoping to come across a good deal on a used Blues Jr but so far that hasn’t worked out, so I guess this is what I’ll have.
just an idea why dont you ask some customers in call it the customers choice when they bought something to play and tell why they bought it. i really want to try the wampler pantheon v red rox,
Good video, but I miss the days of having the Chappers around
I'm so glad they switched to Pete
Fuck that knob-end.
@@vorpalblades Why? Still upset about the events of last year?
I know the program was highlighting ‘Bugera amps’ but being an owner of a v22 for some years. and a Fender amp man for many years I wondered about the possibilities. So after some research I changed v1 to a lower gain, upgraded the rest of the tubes, put a Celestion in and added a 25k volume thru the effects loop and now closer to a tweed type tone…so, you can easily mod a Bugera to get those boutique-ish tones. I have the v22 and am perfectly satisfied - even after playing a Super Reverb for years. I bet this would be a killer amp with two 10 inch Celestion Golds…but then your approaching the cost of the traditional screamers. The up side is you can upgrade over time and have fun doing it - like a parts caster.
Tony Orzino
Hi, what kind of brand/type v1 tube did you use?
@@melexdy used a Groove Tubes 12ay7…the rest of the tubes are Gold Lion by ‘Genelex’
@@anthonyorzino7728 I did the same as you but a 5751 in v1 and a Celestion AlNiCo Cream, transformed the amp. So what does a 12ay7 in V1 and the 25k pot through the loop each do for the amp?
Clint - The 12y7 is lower gain therefore the attack is a bit more compressed and smoother. The 25k through the effects loop give more control over the preamp gain almost like an attenuation. Check out Wampler Pedals utube. Basically put a 25k in a box with an in and out and try it..I was surprised at
the extra control.
@@anthonyorzino7728 Thanks Tony! Yea i have seen that Wampler vid where he did it on a HR Deluxe :). I figured that is what the master volume knob basically was? Run my clean and drive channels as high as they go but in balance and adjust the master per situ, at home its on 1-2 and gigs are 3-4. I have an actual speaker attenuator but i kinda like it without the compression it creates. Both a 12ay7 and the 25k potentiometer box are easy and cheap so i will definitely check it out. Cheers again for the reply and info!
I have a V22 Combo, a V55 head, and a 6262 head. I absolutely love them. I use Bugera so I can eat good steaks.
Very underrated comment. 😂😂😂
What's your cut? I'm mostly eating ribeye these days, but I'm not scared to slum it with some skirt, tri tip or a sirloin or five.
They’re owned by Behringer right ?
@@alexdenton6586 i guess so.
@@ScottDreyfusMy girl makes a london broil that will save you a lot of money.
Sold. The first note of that intro jam combined with the value on offer did it for me. Second amp in a wet/dry setup along with my Victory Jack I reckon!
I have listened to the 55W one in small stages/venues and can confirm that it does fall under the giggable rig category.
Totally agree 👍
28:51 👀
Nothing to see here.... :)
He did the thing!
He pulled his lick out!
Tasty 😃 👍👍👍
It always makes me sad to see a combo amp with less than a 10 inch speaker. Even low watt amp deserve a 10 or 12 inch.
This video didn't do the gain channel on the V55 any justice! I run mine in Triode mode permanently and running into the normal channel instead of the bright channel gets rid of any horrible fizz. Gun the Volume with Gain around 4 with the boost in and you've got a great hard rock rhythm tone, Only need one boost/tube screamer/OD/fuzz in front and you've got gain for days. Both channels clean up super nice, I normally run the gain on the clean channel fairly high too so there's some bite if I want to dig in on ambient stuff and the amp does actually have a spring reverb tank.
I would definitely recommend the V55 for anyone interested, you'd be daft not too honestly and I hope that you found this helpful if you're reading this!
I can't help but love the 50's style aesthetics of this range. It makes a nice change from plain black or grey/silver mesh. Also when you figure out the budget nature of these, you realise that they make the perfect first valve combo for your typical guy who started off with a Squire or Epiphone starter set (after all the amp is always the weakest point of those kits - not counting the shoddy cable and strap).
Always here for the intro jams. Tasty stuff
I have the v22 and couldn’t be any happier. Coincidentally I also have an epiphone les Paul and the sounds and tones you can get with this combo is amazing! Easily the best $1,000 combo
I agree 👍 We don't need expensive gear, we WANT expensive gear lol
got the t50 and the ep.
Can you attenuate it , like bring it down to lower wattage ?
@@benallmark9671 Yes you can
I agree! Nice tones with Epi LP Standard + V22HD + Blackstar ID412 Slant Cab (Celestion Seventy 80). Love it !!! 🤘😁🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was just saying to myself man Captain's vibrato is very nice!
Really like this format, affordable and expensive. ☮️
Took delivery of my V5 and I’m blown away by it. I honestly expected it to at least have some rough edges and flaws for the price, but it feels well put together with good quality materials. I’ve ready that it can sound a bit on the dark side, but it pairs very well with my “bright” Jazzmaster. Add another $150 for a 12” speaker with separate cabinet and I don’t think there’s anything out there that can beat it for $350 all in.
Some of the Bugera stuff are definitely sleeper hits. They took a knock to their brand in the early days with some reliability issues which is why I think they've gone under the radar a bit but they do make some great sounding amps and having owned one in the past and know other people who have them they've always been fine reliability wise. Definitely worth a look for the price.
Tackling the crucial questions raised by this video: 'plethora' is the English version of the Greek word 'πληθώρα'. In Greek, the intonation is indeed on 'o' while in English it is on 'e'. Clearly, Lee is classically educated.
Quite nice! In Portuguese we've "pletora", spoken with the same greek intonation, although trading the theta for a sharp "t" sound.
In which case, he'd surely pronounce Epiphone as E-pif-on-ee
I have a Bugera V5 and it's honestly the best budget amp you can buy to play at home. I bought a Blues Junior tweed that I use more often, and sometimes I miss the tones from the Bugera. It's a killer amp.
After testing dozens of tube amps in many stores for a month, I found a used V22. The sound was exactly what I was looking for. Somewhere between fender and older peavey (and half the cost). Way more full sounding than fender or Marshall and no shreeking high end. The Bugera vintage line is a hillariously overlooked line and offers a warm and defined tone most people are probably looking for. It has an fx loop too, so what more could you need? And yes, the Quality of components and construction is on par with all the "big labels". This amp has spent weeks in my work van with zero wear or issues.
I just pulled the trigger on a V55 :) Thank you Capt and Pete!
UPDATE after some days: I came from a 100W Katana to this V55... I will NOT go back :) The V55 is actually amazing! I just love the clean sound that I find myself playing just clean. Its just worth it! Totally recommended.
I do that with my v22. US strat straight into the clean channel with no pedals. It's just effortless tone. Probably the best clean amp tone I've ever had to be fair. Incredibly, it is also the least expensive valve amp I've ever owned.
how is the distorted channel
@@TheAdyyoung2000 Does it do the "edge of breakup" clean tone well?
Does it do the "edge of breakup" clean tone well?
Amazing video. I have the 5 watt version it's awesome to play at home.
I picked up a V22 second hand for about £200 roughly a year ago. Still has the valves it came with and I love it to bits. I use the clean channel almost exclusively and throw pedals at it (mostly cheap ones too). I use the four lead system and have tremelo and reverb/delay via the FX loop. It is certainly giggable and for home use the Torpedo Captor used as a load box makes it bearable while still in the sweet spot.
To me it does the driven Fender sound very well, especially with a Mooer Green overdrive (Tube Screamer clone) in front. Signal chain goes tuner (natch), Mooer Yellow compressor, Pure Sky low gain booster, Mooer Green OD, Budda Om overdrive and TC Electronic Mimiq. Tone City Blue Crystal Delay/Reverb and Tone City Tremelo in the FX loop. Cheapest (and best sounding) gig rig I have ever owned.
I also have a Mooer Little Monster AC and Harley Benton (ahem) 1 x 12 with Celestion speaker in it and run that in parralel for some more chimey, less negative feedback, thickness.
This whole rig cost £800 ish (including the pedalboard and power supply). Still cheaper than a Vox AC30.
Loved the demo, chaps.
A load box? Do you mean a passive attenuator or power soak?
@@stoneysdead689 It's a Torpedo Captor I use. I believe it is passive, as there is no power input in it.
I'm vaguely uncomfortable when Cap'n keeps fetishizing the faux-leather handle 😵💫
I have the v22 and it's a BEAST. I've performed live with it a couple of times and it's an amazing amp at high volumes. Gain falls off a bit at low volumes when compared to the digital alternatives but it still holds up in clear tones. Reverb is digital but serviceable. Great apartment amp, that packs a nice punch if you need it to.
Does it attenuate ?
@@benallmark9671 Yes
As the owner of a Bugera TriRec amp head, I can tell you that I was somewhat surprised that the amp is pretty good and reasonably priced.
The Tri-Rec is a killer amp. I own one along with the Bugera 1960 Plexi too.
So is the Subzero series by Gear4Music. You can buy secondhand Bugera on mainland Europe for very little money.
I loved my 1990, great amp. Listened to too many cork sniffers and traded it off. Mistake.
I've got the V5. Love it to bits. If it dies I'll have to get another one. But at the price point I could afford to!
I've had a V22 for just about nine years now. I'm running it stock, and actually still with the original valves in there. They've gone slightly fuzzy and warmer over time, but it's pretty loud, pretty good and I won't be changing valves before one blows on me.
Takes pedals quite well, too.
Hi,sorry for replying on this,but may I Sk how are the cleans? What type of sound am I expecting on this?
@@AqworldsAuildere It’s not close to fender clean. Good for dirty blues, classic rock
I’ve got the blue light pre infinium v22 ,they were supposed to be crap ..it’s ten years old now ,still on its original valves and speaker the same as the other fella and it’s not let me down once ,unlike the Fender blues deluxe re issue I’ve got too .that’s been a dog of a thing ,the same with my friends hot rod deluxe re issue he’s had no end of bother with that ,,the same issue as mine.burned up board where the two square resistors are .
I have a V22, and I find that the gain responds fairly well to the EQ settings. Especially the mids.
chuck a 5751 in v1 and it smooths out the fizz and makes the 2nd channel awesome!
@@xcx8646 Trick is to then have the clean volume up really high to get the edge of breakup. For me with a tele the it's dimed and with my p90 strat it's about 8-9 :). I found the tin of bees sound can be smoothed out with the treble backed off to about 3 mids about 4-5. That's my experience anyhow with the 5751 and a Celestion alnico cream speaker in it.
@@xcx8646 yea tone is so subjective hey :). I actually bought a Fender 68 deluxe reverb, a/b it with the Bugera and sent the 68 back. Never gigged with it though which is where it wouldve shined I'm sure. Different amps also. I find the bugera mire marshall/vox ish. The 12ax7 definitely does the clarity thing better especially at bedroom level and if I used it as single channel (not drive channel) with just my pedals I'd probably tend to go back to that. You might have preferred the v55 with the 6L6's 🤘
I found a V22 for 150 bucks and it's a great little amp. It's plenty loud enough to gig with.
Id take that Bugera 22 over ANY blackstar for sure
Cap10's lick always shows how much of a captain he really is.
I love they put up the decibel meter in the background so we all had an idea of room volume, and it’s been covered by that headstock for the last few videos now.
I know he isn’t the only reason or even the first to do it but, do you think Ola rubbed off on them?
@@JosePineda-jn8jk I’d expect it was more “that pedal show” than Ola, but that’s an assumption.
I'm still using the original 5 watt version I bought ten years ago, I built a small cabinet and loaded it with a 10 inch warehouse speaker and it still rocks today. It's the only tube amp I currently own but I've owned plenty of tube amps in the last 55 years.
Pete's constant one or two word loud interruptions make these new Andertons videos almost unwatchable. He's obnoxious.
Change tubes every year 😂
They aren't smoke detector batteries, boys. I have a '62 Silvertone with the original tubes. There's absolutely no reason to change them every year. None.
Unless you own a guitar shop and want to sell more tubes. 🤔
Pete, please, shout your vmouth!
You interrupt for nothing, you are not funny and it seems you peg for a line!
Please respect your self and us!
You play wonderfully guitar, but please, close your mouth!
Mercy!
After 30 years of home hobby playing digital amps, I’ve ordered the 5w model as my first ever tube amp. Excited to try it!
'How do they do it'
No unions, no dissent, no rights, endless supply of disposable humans to do the work, subsidy by the CCP state, people running western governments paid off and not tarriffing CCP state goods properly. Simples.
No judgement from me, I'm jamming on my TD3 and Neutron this evening, using their interface too. :D You did ask tho ;)
Would be nice to see a "Is it worth upgrading the speaker?" like you did for the fender and katana amps. The price of each speaker compared to the amp and how much of a difference compared to the stock speaker are two things I'd be interested to hear.
Right question but tbh I think these amps have their versionnof a greenback. I mean Turbosound is so big in speakers that they do not lack any knowledge to copy it properly. I sure that would be the design brief
I have the V22 and, it’s my sonical favorite as well.
I own a Bugera G5H and a 55W Infinium Vintage Head with a 240W Bugera 2x12 cab. Wonderful amps, very inexpensive. Blues On....💙
I have a Katana 100 on top of my Bugera V22 and run them together :D
Somewhere Paul’s smiling knowing you said the truth
I own the V5.
Had it for a bunch of years before the infinium series.
I switched out the speaker to a Eminence Patriot. Love it.
Great sounding bedroom amp and loves my pedal board
Hi guys, I always love your reviews. I live in Princeton, wi usa. I’m an old classic rocker 66 y o. Been playing since 1964. Have had tons of amps, my first was a Sears silver tone guitar with a tube amp built into a hard case. I have a lot of regrets for selling many of my guitars and amps but you’ve got to remember, the vintage thing wasn’t anything because we were living in the vintage years. You could have gotten a 59 Les Paul back than pretty easy, same with 50s era strats and Telly’s. My second amp I purchased used, it was 2 years old when I bought it, a Fender Black face dual Showman with the 2/15 vertices layout not like the older showman which looked like the bottom was laying on its side. No verb, had 4 6L6 GCS AND 3 I THINK 12AX7 pre amp tubes. It was loud, at least from my perception.. back then seems like everyone in my school had Fender Amps. I remember I was jealous because my buddy our Ruth em guitarists came down into the basement with a bottom fender cabinet. The grill was different than mine,,more silvery with a dash of blue, then he brought down the head, wow it was taller than mine almost like a combo but the speaker was cut in half. He had the new I think it was close to 70, BANDMASTER with reverb, 2 6L6 GCs . I think 40 or 45 watts. I forgot what
the dual showman was but it’s wasn’t 100 watts I don’t think. Gotta remember we were just freshmen in high school, there wasn’t really a sound man, we didn’t even have wedges or stage monitors, it was almost impossible on a high school gym stage to hear anyone but yourself. Quickly we were going from the wagon train frontier days to more civilized. Eventually we had a sound guy, a couple of roadies that were free cause they loved just hanging with the band. Sorry I’m drifting, there’s so much history I love watching you guys mess with new stuff, but all the same I love that people are starting to make bios for bands. If you’ve got HBO MAX check out the BeeGees documentary. It’s wonderful I mean they started out at ages 9,6, and 6. And the one by one tragedy of brothers dying first Andy Gibb at 30 years 2 days. Then Maurice in the earlier 2000s complications from surgery, finally around I STARTED A JOKE, Robin Gibb around 2012. Cancer I think. You’ll love it. Anyway I had a 1969 gold top with soap bar cream pups, wonderful guitar, but I went into high school 139 pounds and came out 180. The Les Paul was a very heavy guitar for me. We did lots of “sock hops” and school dances, later my school built a concert hangout place for the students called “THE CORRAL” we even opened for STYX ONCE. also opened for Ted Nugent what a thrill for hs kids. We practiced a lot. Anyway, I sold that beautiful black faced dual showman with cabinet and it’s 2 JBL D130. Sweet, and I purchased an ampeg V4 with a 212 cabinet. Gotta remember that stomp boxes were slowly coming out , fuzz tones, I had a cry baby wha someone stole, sometime in the early 70s I think, I saw a poster of Carlos Santana his hair more shorn with the 80s look, wearing all white. What was he playing? Why it wasn’t a prs, it wasn’t even a Les Paul. I never saw him play a single coil instrument, no he had a brand new all maple full set neck, it was the main one, not one of those later bolt necks. I had to have it, again stupid o, traded in my Les Paul standard I think, so I too bought a new GIBSON L6S All maple pickups were different, no screws on top it was totally covered in Crome. It had a six position rotary switch actually kind of wired like my 2012 PRS. Custom 24 natural finish hi gloss with a heavy quilted maple top. Back to the L6, it had interesting sounds, I didn’t like them at the time, we were playing songs like Mississippi Queen by mountain, it had out of phase positions that if you accidentally;y switch to one of those positions it can take away from the song, next, I have BIG HANDS, I wear 2x rubber gloves, it sounded ok through the v4 but.. anyway I hung on to that till 2004, traded it off stupid, fir a 12 string. I know the music company made lots of money on the sale of both guitars.
Sold the big heavy ampeg v4 stupid again, but we were starting to play moose clubs every Friday night so I thought I wanted a combo. Practically gave the ampeg away, you can hardly find a v4 anymore. It was very much like a dual showman but LOUDER also no master volume I think. Funny I wasn’t still used to playing full volume. We opened for Ted nudge to in a southern WISCONSIN bar, he haddent made it big yet but in his way, we wernt aloud to use our own amps since the place was small, he said here just plug into mine. It was a loud ass Fender Twin, ANYWAY, All his knobs were at 10 maybe 10.5. After we finished playing our one set immediately as I was getting ready to walk off the stage, I hear, WTF, who’s the pussy who’s got all my knobs turned down, it was just a way to humiliate me but I still had fun, I wasn’t even legally old enough to be there. Lol
The combo I purchase was a brand new PEAVEY hybrid amp. It had a 6L6 power section. It was the PeaVey VTX series 212. It’s not working now I’m tryin to avoid sending it to PeaVey for fear I’ll have more into it, then when I first bought it. Recently I missed it so I purchased a used but sounded good PeaVey VT series 212 also from the late 70s. That worked for a while then the same thing. I’m no electronics guy so I’ve got w PeaVey combos in my basement, anyway then I first purchased a Bugera V22. Head. I have lots of vintage guitar cabinets some with some classic green backs , I loved how the v22 sounded through 212 cab with speakers from an old fender twin, then in my marshal 412 cab it’s got really rare greenbacks in perfect condition that I pulled from an acoustic 405 transducer, the one with the. Variable cover and 2 banschee horns. These were Jimmy Hendrix favorites as instead of the standard 70 hz. For low end, these 4 are at 55hz, Google them, sweet clean sounds but just crank her up and they have a sweet creamy tone. Just lovely. Well I got a hel of a deal for my v22 head, came brand new in the box, and I paid 225.00 on ebay. Well I’m an old 6L6 fan being all Stars and Stripes, just kidding.so I happened to find a v55 head on ebay still about 250 free ship, so I a/b both amps in several favorites,
THIS IS WHY IM WRITING YOU, THATS GREAT YOU DEMOD THE COMBOS, BUT THE HEADS WILL HAVE HUGE VARIANTS BECAUSE OF THE CHOICE OF CABINETS, I GUESS IM NOT ASKING YOU TO REDO THE Bugera show, but maybe throw an ad on with a 1/12 cab, 2/12 and maybe 412. If you feel like it, BTW, I HAD A line 6 DT50 HEAD years ago, was too busy to figure it out but after you demoed the DT 25, well I just had to get another one. Man did I luck out I bought it on reverb. There was one bid, around 219.00 and I said hell that should be about. 500 with some skuffs. My goal is to buy a new helix, the full one and buy one more DT head rather DT 25 or 50. Then control them both with the helix using the L6 Link, but so far the cheapest DT 25 is 650 on reverb. Anyway, I wish I could afford a trip to the UK before I die to see your store maybe I’ll get lucky and I’ll get to see a live show. Thanks guys I really really enjoy your shows. Have a great day.
Love my dt50 212. (I got for $250 because the tolex was looking like it was 50year vintage. Works like new)But considering a v22 to add something i could turn up to the loiny it was driving the power tubes and maybe not rattle neighbors windows as.much as the dt50 does. I see an advantage if infinitium self biasing tech, but non infinitum ones really sell cheap used. $210ish craigslist. Maybe the added feature wouldnt be worth it oftwn enough to matter
I froze with apprehension for .5 sec when Lee asked Pete what "V" stands for
plethora is a greek word and means quantity
Thank you for finally doing an affordable gear comparison! My gosh, I've been asking not just you, but every gear channel for YEARS! And all anybody does is use guitars that cost 3 grand and insane pedal boards and audio interfaces that cost as much as a house. People want to know what these amps sound like using everymans gear. So once again, thank you guys!
So you've been wondering what gear sounded like four years and didn't get up off your ass to go figure it out
Gear doesnt matter
@@rickeymitchell8303 Dude just said he wanted a certain type of content. Not everyone has a guitar store near them with all the amps and gears that you can go and have try. If it was the case this RUclips channel would be useful. Sometimes you just want to conveniently watch a demo on RUclips. The better the Demo the more you enjoy it. Why be a dick about it?
@@madmod I can understand why some really cling to this romantic notion but when you actually step back and really examine the idea that "gear doesn't matter" (at least in a guitar context), it kinda falls apart pretty quickly.
@@startrekmike How do you believe it falls apart? I can list a plethora of musicians who've won Grammys with less than $150 in their studio guitar rig. For live use, I litterally choose to play my lower end, often used gear over bringing out my Fenders or more expensive stuff, even opting to use my $200 used tube amp over my more expensive vintage amps. You dont need a massive pedal board, half stack wielding, or having 5+ guitars to earn an income with guitar be it playing live or doing studio work. There are so many gig-able combos on the market right now that can be had for less than $100, its not even funny. Dont even get me started on the amount of fantastic valued guitars both brand new and used. Gear doesnt matter. Pick up a used guitar and a used amp and fricken practice. Thats what matters.
Yes they can, my Jet City JCA 50 cost £250 new, and I prefer it to my 5150 block letter and my jcm800
You are supposed to put the amp in standby mode before you switch the pentode/triode switch to either position. I have the early version blue pilot light V-22 amp. It has to do with the high voltages arcing in the power tubes when you switch the pentode/ triode switch.
"This is 189 pounds." I actually had to rewind and listen to that again and then it was, "duh, they're talking about price!"
I have a V5 and a V55HD. I don't play the V55HD much because it's a bit too loud for home but I use the V5 fairly often. I found mine to be a bit too harsh in the treble but there's a bunch of mods readily found online to swap out certain capacitors (if you're comfortable with that) which really smooth it out and let you tweak it for your setup.
I have the V22 and love it. For a hobby player like me, it does everything I need amp to do. For effects, I have a Paisley Overdrive, EVH overdrive, EVH Phaser, Way Huge Echo and a few others. The V22 takes all the pedals really well and it's plenty loud enough for me. 👍😊🎶
I’ve owned a 22 watt one of these for a while now and changed out the tubes for JJs, it’s a nice amp for the money.
Did the JJs improve significantly the sound? What changed?
I did that too. Softer sounds, more mids less brightness. Stock tube are not usable for me.
@@carloto96 I like them better. The JJ's seem clearer to me with the highs being more defined with my Jazzmaster. I also tried the Bugle Boy's and found them to be better with bass and distortions. I own a V22 and I like It. Stock tubes are not bad at all but they didn't last long to me.
me too but a 5751 in V1 makes the 2nd channel smoother and better than any of my overdrives :). Worth the small investment!
It seems redundant to use overdrive pedals in an amp demo/review. Most affordable amps can sound great with pedals thrown into them, a good amp tone is worth chasing above all else.
I respectfully disagree. Some amps sound bad with pedals,while others can sound decent or really good. I like to know if an amp can take pedals well or not. The 22 and 50 seem to based on this video.
@@christopherguzzi1316 I agree thats why I said most, obviously it depends your definition of affordable but if it's a good sounding amplifier it will sound good with pedals that's just how it goes really, especially amps with plenty of eq controls, you can change and alter eq dramatically to suit your preference.
Lee knows s whats up. Def do katana vs this. V22 or 55. Cheers.
I own the v55 with mullards , 2 greenbacks.. It’s great!
I had the 55 watt head years back. Amazing amp for the value. Liked it much better than the hot hod deluxe I replaced it with. I would wholeheartedly suggest everyone try one out if you have the opportunity. Their higher gain stuff is quite good as well. Cheers
These will become a staple in the "Sound Like" without busting the bank! IF THEY EVER BRING THE SERIES BACK!!
Bought a v22 a few years ago in part because it was what I could afford. I'm no expert on amps but I love it and it does everything I need it to do!
I bought one for the same reason. It's not perfect, but it's been such a good amplifier for me. It takes my pedals well and pumps out great full classic rock tones. Very pleased with it.
i got the Bugera g5 and i like it
I play in stereo through the front of two v55s. Love 'em.
I have a v22 for a decade now and it still works great. I ve done many mods over the years but the most important was the speaker replacement, it was different than this one has. Oh and the reverb broke after a while, but a pedal works better in the loop anyway.
When I was in a band years ago I took the bugera on the road. Great Amp overall
this amp got a sort of ACDC vibe
Bugera amps are definitely good quality and value! I had a V5 infinium for three years and rocked it everyday. I wish I didn’t sell it, but I’ve gotten to much gear since the pandemic began. Traded it at the shop and it sold that day. It was my first tube/valve amp and $149 new it couldn’t be beat. Grab one and you won’t be disappointed.
I've had my bugera V55 for close to 10 years now, and the only thing I have fixed on it, was the original speaker. The unit corroded in the speaker membrane and I put a different speaker in it, and it still plays great
These amps are LONG OVERDUE!!! :)
Bit tinny.
I’ve had the 5w one for a few years. That thing cranked with a Strat sounds amazing. Never been able to get it to sound good with my Les Paul, though.
Try turning the EQ knows to 0.
Then a les paul sounds fine.
Bagged a pristine V5 for £50 last year as a stablemate to a Fender modelling amp. So much warmer and more natural sounding. Totally recommended.
Very exciting video, I’ve owned V22 for a while and am absolutely satisfied. Owned and sold many amps and I am keeping this one. I run in stereo with a Marshall MG100dfx, whole set up under a grand with pedals
What’s that a Marshall pedal or ?
Sorry.. sounded shrill to me... pass
I would have one , play some sunday morning Blues through it . Alot of Guitarists are going to disagree with me on this one but I think these amps would give the Big Boys a run for thier money , I personally think they sound great , and they handle pedals to , if I was out to buy an amp I would definitely include these amps in my purchase.
I owned the Bugera 333Xl Infinitum and it crapped out on me like many Bugera amps have for many people. They will need to have a very good warranty for me to even get close to considering buying another one
Yeah, bang for the buck is pretty good, but they are like disposable cigarette lighters... You get what you pay for.
I had the same reaction as pete when hitting the 2nd channel. was not a fan of the gain. I'm going to go play with it a bit more and try the clean channel with a boost pedal. it was very harsh. Maybe an EQ?
Cheap gear is good for you.
Cheap gear is good for Rock & Roll !
Get it! Go! Do stuff!
Play play play!
I have a Bugera V22 head into a custom cabinet, Deluxe Reverb size, with a WGS Blackhawk alnico 50 w speaker. Amazing.
Just ordered the 22 watt one from you cheers
The look on Pete’s face at 28:50 had me rolling, “There it is! 🥴” 🤣🤣
I am a big fan of The Fender sound. What I would love is Bugera to make a V22 alternative, with6V6 valves/ tubes, I think this would be my ideal amp at probably a very good price ? Food for thought Bugera.
I've seen tube socket adaptors online...wonder if they're any good
What an amazing sound the V22 makes at 31:34
Nothing wrong with these amps as long as it's in warranty. You are NOT getting anything more than what you paid for! If you ever need it serviced out of warranty for anything other than a tube replacement the cost of service can and will exceed the cost of the amp and it turns into nothing more than e-waste! Not ragging on Behringer as the Fender Bassbreaker series is in the same boat. You would think Fender that has been making valve amps for decades would be better in this regard but sorry to say they have also gone to S!^T as it's the accountants that now run the company and not the engineers. Why is it that everything on Andertons is wonderful may I ask?
Had the v22 and used it live for years! One of my favorite amps at any price range. I’d still use one if I didn’t switch to helix a few years ago.
I am currently weighing the options between a Katana 100 vs. a small valve amp. I would love to see a shootout!
I got the katana 100 and the vox ac10 10w valve amp . You really need both of them .
@@pablo9364 we need to pay the bills as well though
Why does Pete always get the bigger “better” amps? Lol
Cos he's not the owner!!! Lol
I Just sold my V22 😔🥲, I think I may get it back 🤣🤣🤣😂😅😅 or buy the head version, I have a Bugera 2x12 cab still 🤔
As an owner of a Bugera V22 amp I am happy you are reviewing these amps. Mine sounds great with my Line 6 POD Go. Sounds great with single coils, alnico or humbuckers. Solid amp for the price.
Thanks for the review.
Do you use the Line 6 in the effects loop?
I've got a V5 and love it. I swapped out the speaker for a celestion and that made a world of difference.
you should force Chapman to blindfold challenge a Bugera. Do a 1 x 12" combo shoot out... seeing as he loves them so... LOL!!
Glad you guys finally did a Bugera review. I’ve had a V55 head since 2010 and got a V22 head in 2016. I only use the gain channel and love it. If you eq it properly, it’s amazing.
£360 for a 55w valve amp. Madness.
I paid that for a 15 year old 40w Marshall tube amp 😂
But it’s a Marshall ☺️
@@hawedehre haha yeah I guess so, but still, bloody cheap amp.
@Mark Seymour oh yeah for sure, I wouldn’t give her up for anything.
But I have a MG50 I use when I need to be quieter, or when using my looper or wet dry of I fancy stereo….
Having another valve amp to take clear of stereo or wet dry requirement, and leaving the MG to take car of quiet time or Looper into the power amp requirements….
Don’t talk yourself into it.. her indoors will for sure smash it…
I have the 22.....and the secret sauce when it comesto tone is ditching all those tubes.especially v3, as Ive found that Sovtek WB 12ax7 best works there and EH Gold Pin 12ax7 in the remaining and,.....ooooooooooh boy then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I put some NOS Chinese Military grade EL 84's..damn very open with hairy edges
Can we all collectively sigh a relief that we have Pete playing a "humbugger" les paul instead of both of El Capeeton playing a single coil loaded guitar? I hate when channels only play a single coil on ANY amp demos...
Yeah, you should be careful with tube amps. Try telling that to the delivery dude that brought me my H&K Tubemeister.
Guy comes knocking, I open the door, he has the package on his shoulder, and proceeds to casually ram it down on the floor... Not using these guys anymore :S
To my surprise though, the amp was still fully functional. Praise to H&K.
I was here checking about a V22 reverb issue, and ran into this video. I have the amp for almost 10 years, and always loved it, but always expected some major youtube channel to review it. So, thanks a lot!! I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, but my 3 amps were a bargain, and always underrated at the time i bought them, and then people start talking about them. In order: Peavey Bandit(red stripe), the V22 and a used Vox Pathfinder 15r.