Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)An unbelieveable value that really delivers. Great build quality, great snarling overdrive, but most surprising is the sweet shimmering clean tone. Sounds great out of the box - I am quite impressed with the stock 10" speaker.....I run the SP6 thru cabs with a Celestion Vintage 30 and G12H30 and they definitely win, but not by so much! Simple circuit makes swapping tubes interesting for sure. I am considering getting another one so I can keep one stock for reference and free the other for mods.
Product Description: Boutique amp players will love the Special 6's combination of handwired tube goodness, unique features and unparalleled value.The mod-friendly Special 6 is easy to customize for home amp builders and tube amp enthusiasts.The Special 6 gets its powerful tube sound from one 12AX7 preamp tube and one 6V6 output tube.It boasts a footswitchable Gain Boost feature that significantly expands its range of tones -- it's the only amp in its class that excels at both clean and overdriven tones, and it's the only amp in its class to offer a footswitchable boost.With the Gain Boost, players can instantly toggle between clean rhythm tones and overdriven leads, essentially duplicating the footswitchable functions of a 2-channel amp in an all-tube, handwired, simple, 2-knob package.To further expand its range of tones, the Special 6 also features a High/Low power switch that enhances low-volume tones with extra-smooth richness (when in half-power mode). It's a great feature for recording, or for low-volume "bedroom" players.In high-power mode, it's one of the few amps in its class that is loud enough to compete with a strong drummer.The Special 6 combo is outfitted with a special high sensitivity 10" VHT Special Design speaker.
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)Although I heard this is a copy of a vox ac30 I think it is more like a mini colossal.3 wattage setting options with the built in attenuator.8 inch speaker actually sounds fine in a bedroom.I don't think upgrading the 8" speaker will have much of an impact on the sound.However I'm interested in hearing this through a 10" speaker.
The reverb is nice.Its a big difference between the other low cost/low watt tube amp options.
The amp has a lot of headroom so there is no reason to go with a 12au7 as a pre-amp tube.However to get heavy distortion will require a stomp box to push it.
Maybe a set of jj tubes in replacement of the rebadged sovtek tubes that bugera uses.But that too isn't high on the to-do list.
The amp itself looks and feels well made and the handle feels plush.
I can see this becoming a favorite in the after market mod kit scene given the reverb option.
Wish I could say that this is a locally made amp but they are made in China.10 years ago I don't see this price would have been possible.
Dressed in classic two-tone vinyl, running on one power and one preamp valve and featuring bone-simple controls, the BUGERA V5 looks like a carefully constructed nostalgia trip. In fact, in many ways, it is! But plug into this beautiful little amp and you'll not only find a sound that's caked in real vintage raunch, but also modern features that take this sound to places it couldn't go-until now.
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. (Translation: it's a pain in the ass!) 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.
Little Wonder
With the V5 in your home or studio, your tonal woes are over. It bears the true sound of an antique 5W valve amp, it's built to survive abuse, and its price tag is tons lighter than the ones you' ll find tied to its elders. Adopt a V5 today and get ready to pack 60 years of sonic inspiration into your recording or practice sessions.
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
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)This 10" cab is better matched to the Little Giant 5watt head, and gives the same boomey lows with much punchier mids and highs. I went with 2 of these to make a mini fullstack that will rattle my doors and windows. I highly recommend this cab- especially over the 12" version. Eminence drivers are better than ever and are easy to change/swap if you want different tailored sounds.
Product Description: Blackheart Engineering? instruments are all tube, old-school amplifiers that are built like tanks and sound as good as amps costing multiple times the price. They look cool, they exude attitude and they don't EVER compromise tone
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)Although I love this cabinet for its price tag and its excellent construction, the speaker is a bit harsh sounding. I understand that part of this has to do with the cab being closed, but I wish it sounded a bit sweeter, and I know it could with the right speaker. That said, for the price, you can't complain, since you can afford a speaker swap with all the money you save on the cab. One more thing, this cabinet is pretty much the exact same size as the Epiphone Valve Junior Extension Cabinet, 1x12, the Epiphone might be a couple millimeters larger. That's great because both are inexpensive (but well made) 16-ohm cabs loaded with Eminence speakers, but the Epiphone is an open cabinet. They can form a mini stack or sit side by side and play nice with each other. As for how they sound, I think the Epiphone sounds better with the stock speaker, but find that the construction of the Blackheart is superior, so it would make a great choice for speaker upgrades.
Product Description: Blackheart Engineering? instruments are all tube, old-school amplifiers that are built like tanks and sound as good as amps costing multiple times the price. They look cool, they exude attitude and they don't EVER compromise tone
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)This little amp rocks! I have the bh5h stack and i love it so much i think i will upgrade to the full stack when i get the dough. It is really warm, but i suggest if you want sweet overdrive tones, you should get an overdrive pedal. (unless you can crank it.) Overall, this is a really great amp that is worth as much as amps 3x as much.
Product Description: Blackheart Engineering? instruments are all tube, old-school amplifiers that are built like tanks and sound as good as amps costing multiple times the price. They look cool, they exude attitude and they don't EVER compromise tone
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)At first, when i saw it at the store, i was skeptical about it, but when i plugged in the mexican telecaster they had on display, ifell in love. The tone, the volume, the looks. Great amp, great price.
A must. I was amazed by the sound quality of this amp.
Product Description: A fun and affordable tribute to a rare and historic Fender amp. Our new Champion 600 is a 5-watt tube amp with a 6" speaker and 1950 "two-tone" looks. We added a higher-gain preamp circuit to let the overdriven tone exceed that of the original, and we added a choice of high- or low-gain inputs. Internal speaker jack enables use of a larger speaker cabinet.
Average Reviews: (More customer reviews)I purchased this amp at Guitar Center locally for the same price listed here.. $159.I can say that I do not regret my choice over a Marshall or Peavey.Don't let the lack of knobs and buttons fool you.If you play with the gain and overdrive, you can pull out anything from John Mellencamp to Queen to Metallica.The on board FX are spot on and sound beautiful and professional.It is very easy to produce a nice, full range acoustic sound as well. I was a little hesitant with my choice at first, but after playing with the amp for a few days, I wouldn't give it up for anything.Volume is what is expected for a practice amp.For general playing, I never put it over 2 or 3.I did put it up to 5 once, and I do not see why you could not keep up with drums at that level.I don't see this amp gigging, maybe a very small club or lounge, but it does what it was intended to do.. and it does it well.
I really wish this model was foot switch compatible, but I knew it wasn't when I purchased it.I suppose most people use pedals anyway.But the quality of sound and effects from this amp is awesome.
Product Description: The first thing you notice about Orange Crush amplifiers is their cool looks. Just like their bigger brothers, they have the legendary Orange basket weave tolex, woven speaker grille, beading and legendary hyroglyphs (PiX) and of course the Orange signature "picture frame" edging. But it's not just cool looks. Plug into any of these great little amps and you'll soon realise they are Orange through and through!
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