NAD: Bugera Veyron 1001M

[Marvin]

Due to my other amp dying I had to get an amp for last night's gig.

 

I got the Bugera delivered on Thursday, so no time to try it out with the band. Set it up at the pub we played at, Sire V7 with a Fender 210 cab. 

 

All 4 of us in the band just went "that sounds good". Great clean tone with barely any adjustments. So easy to use out of the box.

 

It's light and feels very well put together. The sockets feel firm, especially the speaker cable connection. On my Peavey the speaker socket was always a bit awkward to get the connector to twist. The control knobs feel a little less robust, but not awful. It doesn't come with a carry bag, but for an amp that costs just £230 it's really no problem. I've commandeered a laptop bag. 

 

The onboard dual band compressor sounds better than my cheap pedal. There are plenty of tonal options with the eq section. I especially like the midrange selector. The DI seems really good. FX loop connection. Headphone and aux in.

 

Very impressed.

[Al Krow]

Cracking little amp! Holds its own against many costing several times as much. Congrats.

 

 

Edited August 30 by Al Krow

[Newfoundfreedom]

My main gigging amp for about the past 6 years. 

 

Cheap. Well built. More power than you're ever likely to need, and sounds sublime. 

 

What's not to like?

 

Except of course unless you listen with your eyes and you're a real brand snob which sadly so many are. 

 

 

[King Tut]

Good choice, great amps. And if you do a gig with an SVT supplied, the controls will all look rather familiar!

[Marvin]

I've just been playing around with my pedal board with the Veyron. I've a preamp pedal and a compressor pedal on it. I used to use them to for tone shaping. Absolutely redundant now (bar the tuner pedal).

The Veyron sounds better without the pedals. I don't even have to adjust the tone controls on the amp either. 

Anyone want a pedalboard? 🤣🤣

[Mudpup]

I picked one up a few months back and it's bloody brilliant. I just wanted something for noodling around at home with an aux in and headphones out and a less neutral sound than the GR Bass 800 that i had at the time. Seriously impressed with it at home levels - can't get a bad sound out of it.

[Newfoundfreedom]

I use mine with both the ultra high and ultra low buttons engaged and it's the punchiest amp I've ever heard. 

[Hellzero]

If this amp was fanless, it would be perfect.

[Al Krow]

Oh, it has many fans! Me included 😅

[Elfrasho]

I nearly bought one of these. Sounds like i missed out!

[Mudpup]

41 minutes ago, Elfrasho said:

I nearly bought one of these. Sounds like i missed out!

They're still easily available for £230 

[Elfrasho]

3 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

They're still easily available for £230 

 

Yep. I ended up buying an old Trace Elliot combo instead fot that particular project. If i ever need an amp for something more than the odd gig, I might very well do pick one of these up!