Bugera BV10001M Veyron MOSFET 2,000W Bass Amplifier Head

Right out of the box, I suspected I had something special. Very small, a 5th of the width is the handle (very useful, btw)! Plugged it in to my 1970's Peavey cab with an 18" BW and two 10" Scorpions. On my 1st test run, I was able to dial in a pretty good sound very quickly. With more adjustments, got a very good tone. Added in my modeling pedal (with minimal settings and Ta Da! There was MY sound. I tried out a few class D bass amp heads before this one. This Bugera beats them all. Most of the more expensive models sounded horrible, others (from legendary manufacturers) had poor build quality. One complaint for Guitar Center; they had very few amp heads for me to try out. Had to order this one over the website based on specs, alone. Pro: Good tone, very Versatile. Con: It's sound is not quite as good as the old school big heavy heads. Pro: It's only 6.6 lbs! Con, it looks a little funny sitting on my BIG speaker cab. Pro: lots of good features, including a D.I. out. Con: Mono, only, can't wait for a good stereo class D, so I can Bi-amp. Pro: LOUD!!! Being old school, it blows my mind that this little thing can hit like a hammer. Con: The advertisements and the box say it's 2000 watts, but that's peak. I didn't find actual program or RMS ratings, anywhere, but 500 watts is plenty if you have good cabs. Pro: it really does have an elegant design, looks cool. OVERALL: I haven't tried a large number of class D amps, but this one sounds great and the price is RIGHT!

I am quickly becoming a Bugera fan. I have the 6260 guitar combo, and now this bass head. I'll be using this head for everything now though, so I'll sell the 6260. There are people who only want to play through tubes, and I get it. There is a sound you can only get from tubes that has warm overtones and harmonics. Personally, I like using pedals. Tubes add so much color that you tend to lose a lot of what the pedals are supposed to do. If you play tubes for that glassy sound, stick to the tube for color and use pedals for effects. If you play with pedals to color your sound, think about going solid state. Solid state can push sound out in a very flat way. For pedals, that is better. You get the sound of the pedal as it was meant to sound. That is especially important for amp modeling. This bass head showed me just how much that is all true. I'll explain what that means for my guitar after I talk about the bass. My bass is so clean sounding through this amp. Not much growl when overdriven, but I can do that with pedals if I want to. The head has great compression, and you can dial in a really nice range of sounds. I got warm and ultra-deep lows, and bright highs with a good attack for popping. It gets up really loud too. We all know that the 2000-watt rating is misleading. It seems that must be peak handling. That makes me guess RMS is near 500. It is louder than I will need, and it has a direct out. Now about my guitar. This head has an Aux in that bypasses the preamp. It reproduces whatever sound you are running into it without changing it. My guitar has a midi pickup that interfaces with a VG-88 modeling pedal. I ran the phones out from the pedal to the Aux in on the bass head. The sound from my guitar was more pure than I have ever heard it without headphones. There was no hum or buzz at all at very high volume. I'm selling my tube amp, and letting my pedal do all the work through this setup. I can model tube amps, and get a great sound with dynamic overtones.