Bugera T50 Infinium 50-Watt 2-Channel Class-A Tube Head

This sucker is heavy, inspiring confidence in a quality product. After getting it I immediately took the cage off to make sure all the tubes still had silvery barium on the getter spot, and all of them did, so I could get to playing. I plugged in the speaker, matched impedance, put it on class "A" (nice option to have if I need a bit more volume, but I don't think I'll ever have it on "AB") plugged in the included footswitch with its nice soft switches similar to the operation of a Boss pedal and turned it on. After 30 seconds of warming, I turned standby off and I gotta say, its clean channel sounds nigh-on identical to the amp it is not-so-secretly cloned after, the Vox NT50h. I love the infinium circuit that automatically adjusts bias, this means I can change my own tubes or, as I'm planning, swapping the EL34s for 6L6s. The dirty channel is somewhat disappointing as it sounds more fuzz than distortion- I almost think the engineers at Bugera put in a hard clipping circuit in front of the tubes for the dirty channel. The NT50H has a better dirt channel, but I have tons of distortion pedals I use that sound very natural through the clean channel that made up "my tone" for years anyway, so it's not a dealbreaker. Besides, as a fuzz it sounds fairly nice; I'll probably be using it soon. The thing I really, really, really like about the amp is that they copied the Vox Tone Cut circuit in the power section- most amps have a set "voice" in the power section but the Vox circuit allows one to fine tune the tone of the power section's tone to the cabinet one is using, which is useful for my very specific need in my two amp bass rig- one bass amp/cab handling the low end, one guitar amp/bass cab for the mids and highs. The reverb sounds nice and useful, the pedals in the effects loop get a volume boost and looking through the cage to the glowing EL34s is so cool in the dark. Overall, great product, just a bit let down by the dirty channel.*EDIT* I fixed the "fuzziness" by simply running a booster pedal in the effects loop! Not only that, it's a cheap one at that! First, I tried fixing it by switching the EL34s with 6L6s, but blew the fuse in like six femtoseconds after turning it on. A new fuse later, I tried everything with the EQ, but nothing worked. For whatever reason, I tried putting a cheap Donner booster pedal (pictured) in the effects loop and *boom,* fuzziness is gone! I run the tone at max, the one called "volume" at max and the "gain" at about 10%, but I noticed the clean channel sounds better when the switch is at "normal" and there is less fuzz on the gain channel when the switch is on "mid." I currently have the pedal velcroed to the back of the amp running first to it, then to the rest of the fx pedals, then back to the return.

I have been searching for the ultimate metal sound for over 45 years. The quest started when I heard Eddie Van Halen in 1978. After that, I knew what I wanted. I have seen literally a legion of people looking for this sound since then, swearing they "found it". They didn't. Hell, even Eddie couldn't find it after the four songs he did on VH 1, using the destroyer and who knows what else. He told so many fabrications that even he couldn't remember what he used to get the sound. Ha.ha. But he really never got it again. And no one has since then. Zakk is close, but no quite right.Here goes: Well I found it using this amp. I realized long ago the magic had to come from a hot tube amp. And it had to come from a clean channel. This amp has the cleanest channel I have ever heard. Yes a hiwatt can get an ungodly clean sound, but I value my fillings. Same for a rectifier. They are so loud, you can't hear what you are even playing after the first sound. It literally has to be a special occasion to get them out, and hope no one calls the law on you. And frankly, even those amps can't get the sound I found. This amp will let you get this magic sound at a medium and even low level volume. Not only did I get his sound on those four songs, but even better. It has all the high end emg type sound, but with the the meaty ballsy low end even EVH and Dimebag didn't have.How I did it is my secret, but if you start with this amp on the clean channel, and let it get fully hot(let the amp get so hot you can barely touch the top of it), and you are halfway there. And the longer it stays hot the nastier and better the sound will get through this amp. No modeller, solid state, or pedal board can do this. Period. You gotta have a fully hot super clean channel amp to do it.I will tell you this: you really need a sh-5 seymour duncan pickup to start with and I believe an ESP guitar(I use a flaming skull, shinigami god of death, and Anchang skull and bones guitar), and a compression/sustainer pedal. It was just a fluke, dumb luck, but i have never heard of any one else trying the other trick I am not disclosing, but it works. So don't give up. It's there. And now, at least you have something I never had. A good starting point.And please don't switch out the tubes. The bugeras need to be used. You will lose the bite from other tubes. The only problem you will soon have is these amps are getting hard to find and expensive, and the tubes impossible to find. I have enough of them now to last me a life time.Here is my final clue: With this amp, and it is the only one i have ever seen that can handle it, it is achievable. You'll know it when you get it. It's that obvious. I am thinking maybe Eddie channeled it to me somehow. Ha.ha. And no, it's not a variac, modified power, or other mumbo jumbo he claimed he used. He threw many people off with his wild goose chases, including me, for many years. But not anymore.I can now die easy.UPDATE: Just wanted to post an update after two years of using this amp. Thing is indestructible. No changes made, including tubes. The longer I leave it on, the more blistering the sound. I cut it on, leave it to get hot for a couple of hours, and then let it rip. Stays on for a couple of days, then off. Never a problem. When I bought the three I have, they were $250.00. Now $500.00. Quality always wins out in the end. This is high quality amp. This thing is even a monster at 1/3 volume on guitar; so nice to play metal that still has the crunch at so low an output from guitar. Kevin Bond Jackson sounds so mean like this. Distortion but but each note is very clear. I can play this for hours and not have my ears ringing when I'm done, and I know I'm not hurting my hearing. Something to think about. Free advice from an old metalhead. Haha. This is THE amp that will spoil you. Perfection.

The amp arrived damaged with the on/off toggle switch broken. I was able to turn the unit on and did give it a very limited test drive. The clean channel sounded great as did the higher gain channel. the included footswitch performed its tasks without issue. (channel switching and reverb on/off) but the broken toggle switch forced me to return the item for a refund from the seller Adorama. The packaging was not damaged in any way so I can only assume it was damaged when it was initially packed at the factory. Good value for the money and if the toggle switch wasn't broken I would probably still be playing it.

We all love the creamy tones of a tube amp, but Bugera created a gem with this unit! Lots of tone shaping flexibility, great build quality, and I like the fact that it can extend tube life to help keep usage costs down. I love size & that I can pair it with different speaker cabinets as needed.

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Este ampli, si las válvulas las cambias por 6l6 Sovtek y Ecc83s JJ no va ha envidiar a ninguno., las válvulas las cambias tu mismo con un trapo despacio hacia arriba y sin prisas. , yo estaba super nerviosopor 400 Euros en total tendras un Ampli de primer orden.

Ampli davvero bellissimo e versatile, molto potente e con un canale clean davvero cristallino. Consegna veloce ed affidabile come sempre!