PG contributor Tom Butwin explores the Henriksen Bud SIX, a compact 9″×9″ amplifier that delivers 120 watts of clean, full-range sound. Weighing just 13 pounds, this U.S.-built amp is designed for working musicians who need reliable tone, real power, and maximum flexibility in a small footprint.
Each of its two channels features XLR and ¼″ combo inputs, phantom power, a five-band EQ, reverb, and presence control. Independent effects loops allow for detailed signal routing whether you're playing acoustic or electric, singing, or using backing tracks through wireless or aux input. The Bud SIX also includes a post-EQ and post-reverb XLR line out, a headphone jack for silent monitoring, an extension speaker output, and a tweeter defeat switch. It comes with a tilt-back wedge and a padded gig bag to make setup and transport easy. Whether you're a jazz guitarist, a solo performer, or running a pedalboard-heavy rig, the Henriksen Bud SIX is a powerful and clear solution that adapts to almost any stage or studio environment.
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The Bud SIX
Do you want to have an amplifier the size of a toaster that gives you the quality of tone for BOTH electric and acoustic instruments that you’d expect from a studio situation with enough volume to cover almost any gig? Of course you do. That’s why if you play guitar, or any stringed instrument with a pickup for that matter, you need a Bud. The Bud has every feature you need and more than enough volume to get your bandmates or club manager to ask you to turn down, and coupled with the extension cabinet you can keep up with the heaviest-handed drummer with no problem. The amp and cabinet are naturally feedback resistant which limits the need for artificial notch filtering and other suppression technologies that negatively effect your tone.
But it’s not all about size and volume, there are lots of tiny, loud amplifiers on the market. You’ve tried them. You know what they sound like. The Bud is different. Henriksen Amplifiers is all about tone first, the incredibly portable size and feature set of The Bud were developed around the sound, not the other way around and you can definitely hear the difference. Our pre-amp, from input to output, is designed using the highest grade audio components. We offer a 5-band EQ with carefully chosen center frequencies which were fine-tuned by ear to meet the demands of different playing environments using the widest possible array of musical instruments. We give you two identical pre-amps, each with independent EQ and reverb and actual 48 volt phantom power, and an auxiliary input on each channel so that whatever you are using it for can be EQ’d separately from your instrument signal.
