The 5 Best 5 Watt Tube heads (2023 reviews)

Not everyone likes to purchase head for their regular usage, but the bugera 5 watt tube head would be an anomoly. The Phat switch is a built in tube driving type of overdrive, so this head is ready to enjoy. It breaks up musically and it has three power settings (el84) to be replaced. It has an LED to indicate when the power tube (el84) needs to be replaced. It is really quiet going into a 4 ohm 12 inch weber.

Adding to its impressive list of tone-shaping options, the t5’s high-definition reverb puts the perfect finishing touch to your signature sound. It is great for recording those vintage tones. The ability to switch from 5 watts down to.1 watts is very nice, and the single point extension cable port supports anything from 4 ohms to 16 ohms.

Why We Like This:

Lots of control and sounds great
Packs quite a punch on 5 watts
Very low on wanted noise levels and the power attenuator is great to have

Best Runner up: Hotone 5 Watt Tube Head

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The hotone 5 watt tube head is capable of outshining several other head featured in this list in overall features. The Nano Legacy amps work great connected directly to a mixer through the line out. It's not the vox ac but for a tiny solid state, you get some fun tones to play with. It comes with an external power supply and cord. The channel is not super gainy or heavy but too dirty to use your regular distortion pedals.

It is not much of a clean tone at any volume but it’s got a lovely crunch tone and with the gain and volume up its loud enough for a jam session. The FX loop is also a really nice touch to play around with. It is loud enough for band rehearsal and has a sparkle when clean and an assertive growl when the gain is pushed up.

Why We Like This:

Great for home studios and small practice spaces
Versatility is perfect too, with its 1/4" out-in jacks for an effects loop
Great authentic "liverpool" sound-very vox amp tuned

Best sounding Head: Laney 5 Watt Tube Head

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Not everyone likes to purchase head for their daily usage, but the laney 5 watt tube head would be an anomoly. This head works great with the laney lt112 or other quality speaker cabinet. It comes with everything you need (cables, covers and switch to change in between drive and reverb) you will need to get the cabinet. The clean channel is superb and sounds like the best Fender while the drive channel is so flexible that produces Marshall-Vox liked tones.

This little amp does it all and it is very loud at 5 watts and perfect for home or studio at 0.5 watts. The outs on the back of the head make it the ultimate home recording and practice amp and the tone through headphones is wonderful. It takes pedals well too to add to that it is designed to be used with usa voltages.

Why We Like This:

Supplied with a stylish lionheart cover and fs2 footswitch
Works across any platform whether it’s pc/mac/ipad/android
Bright switch and global tone control

Best Little Amp: Peavey 5 Watt Tube Head

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Best part: peavey 5 watt tube head costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. It gives a wonderful range of tonality. Plugging in the included footswitch gives you the ability to attenuate the volume for rhythm and then turn the attenuation off to access the full 20 watts. It has a volume range from a practice level (1W and 5W) to a gig level at 20 W. It's light, has an effects loop, direct out, 5 watt option, and it even has tube indicators that let you know if you have a tube issue.

The Wide range of tones and many many features make this a stand out mini head. This amp is super flexible.

Why We Like This:

Very good sounding and flexible amp
Very versatile and surprisingly great little amp, but
Very quiet amp with great tone

Best versatility: Bugera totally sweet Amp

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The bugera totally sweet amp is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily usage. The Watt V22hd infinium guitar head exudes vintage tone and style, and possesses modern features that will launch your sound into the sonic stratosphere. It provides everything from sweetly-purring blues to mind. Adjustable via the dedicated control on the front panel, you can achieve any sound you desire, from a subtle touch. The boost switch is a locking switch.

The dirty channel is equally nice with good blues and rock tones. The amp will work with 4, 8, or 16 ohms, so it should be fine with your speaker cabinets as long as the ohms match up.

Why We Like This:

Allowing your focus to remain on your performance
Can cover small venues without any problems
Very nice crunchy tone so far with a decent amount of variation
Great tone and enough punch to push a 4x12 cab