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Bugera Veyron Head

jeffbass

jeffbass

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Dec 4, 2005
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#1
I picked one of these up in a local trade after hearing a wedding band bassist use one recently. His tone and presence were good, I asked what it was and the answer floored me.... "a Bugera".

To be honest, I've had a few pieces of Behringer gear. It's usually functional and sounds decent. But the components and build quality seem flimsy. But I have to sing this thing's praises.... the Veyron M is the most robust, well made inexpensive piece of gear I've owned. It impresses the hell outta me!

Anybody have gig experience with it? Love it? Hate it?
 
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Well since you did ask, I owned one for exactly 44 days and gigged with it many times in that time frame. I hated it. The build and aesthetics were really nice and it is definitely one loud sucker, but I found it too thin and lacking in low end for my tastes. Plus the compressor acted more like a limiter to me than a compressor.

There will probably be some who will come on here and say that I am wrong and that is cool since we are all different, but again you asked "Love it? Hate it?" I hated it.
 
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I'm firmly in the love it camp. I have the MOSFET version. I've had it for a little over a year. Weekly loud rehearsing through a pair of Avatar 2x10 neos. However only about a dozen gigs so far. 2 were outdoors though, provided plenty of clean power. I don't use onboard compressors however. I prefer an uncolored amp sound and this suits my needs. I've retired a Peavey T-Max, Hartke 3500 MOSFET, and SWR 550x because of my love for this Veyron.

For what it's worth, I use fully active EMG equipped basses and prefer a modern, hi-fi, scooped slapper type sound.
 
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jeffbass said:
thanks GTM. my eq curve is usually in that shape, and I have an onboard pre that slays.
mine's the MOSFET too, and I let soundmen control the compression out front. for me, comps are dynamics killers up close (too close to my amp on a small stage).
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Great minds think alike! I tend to use the bass boost button on the amp as it seems to have a natural boost to both the lows and a little bit of the highs creating a very usable scoop without completely ditching useful mids. I use a Dunlop MXR Bass Compressor as a peak limiter only. The sound I try to achieve is that of a clean, hi-fi PA system. Basically a studio monitor type of sound. I like to believe that the Veyron along with everything in my setup help me to achieve that. My onboard active EQ and the Veyron EQ stay pretty flat for the most part. Maybe just rolling off a little highs here and there.

Thanks Talkbass for teaching me things and convincing me to go on spending sprees to chase "the tone in my head" that I always seem to find, yet I convince myself otherwise to justify more GAS!:roflmao::hyper:
 
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I've had mine for about 8 months. I love it. I started with the T, but had a little tube difficulties early, so I got the M. No tubes = no tube problems. This head is dope. I guess people are most frowning on the claimed power rating than actually listening to the amp. I read a few threads where the reps and agents are actually talking to people about the wattage of this amp. One guy emailed Music Group for the rms rating. He got sent back 500w @ 4ohm. I dont know man, that just doesn't make sense. I have a 600w rms @ 4ohm ampeg 610. It has a peak power of 1200w. I can't go half way up this head without risk of exploding my cabinet. EQ flat. W/o the ultra low engaged. And, it's clean. Clean and articulate as all hell. People are dumb. These things rock. Only thing I wish, handle a 2ohm load. Everything else, perfect.
 
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Artman said:
My Hartke 3500 is getting to be pretty old now. Thinking a Veyron M might be a good way to modernize and downsize without losing any of the clean headroom or punch.
Old 3500 could become a backup head.
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I actually sold my Hartke 3500 after using this amp for a little while now. The Veyron M is a wonderful machine. Clean, transparent power with plenty of punch. I'm most definitely a believer.
 
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GlassToMouth said:
I actually sold my Hartke 3500 after using this amp for a little while now. The Veyron M is a wonderful machine. Clean, transparent power with plenty of punch. I'm most definitely a believer.
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Transparent for sure. I don't really notice any major differences in tone compared to my DI box. Well, except when I start EQing it up.
 
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