NUX ’59 Bassguy | Turn your amp into a ‘59 Bassman for $50! In-depth Review & Demo

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This is the NUX ’59 Bassguy: an affordable analogue overdrive pedal based on the legendary 1959 Fender Bassman amplifier!

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Leo Fender’s ’59 Bassman is one of the most iconic tube amps in music history. Used by countless incredible guitarists to define their musical genres over the decades, this 45-watt combo – which features four 10” speakers – also became the circuit basis for the equally revered Marshall JTM45.

No surprises, then, that plenty of pedal companies make their own take on a Bassman Amp In A Box. NUX’s ’59 Bassguy is the latest and, coming in at around $49/€49, it’s also one of the most affordable.

The pedal – which NUX have dressed up in an appropriate tweed design complete with chickenhead knobs – has four main controls. You get Gain, Master and Tone knobs, plus a Jump switch. The original ’59 Bassman had two channels – Normal and Bright – with two inputs each. Using a short second cable, players could “jumper” between the two channels to blend them into new and tasty tones.

That’s kind of what the Jump switch on the ’59 Bassguy does. In the down position, you’re just on a single channel, which offers vintage Fender-y tones and some lovely transparent overdrive sounds. Flick the switch up, and you get a big jump in gain, brighter tone and more top end.

The ’59 Bassguy comes in a metal chassis, and you can power it via a 9-volt power supply or a 9-volt battery (the pedal even comes with a battery!).

But, how good does it actually sound? Can this budget overdrive pedal turn your amplifier into a ’59 Bassman? Time to find out! In the video, I put the ’59 Bassguy through its paces in as many different musical styles as possible – from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, blues, punk, metal and more – to see how it handles my riffs. I use my Fender Telecaster for single coil tones, and my Epiphone Les Paul for humbucking sounds. There’s even a couple of loops where we really twist the knobs of the pedal to see just how versatile it truly is.

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:13 Introduction to the 59 Bassguy and the Bassman
01:37 Pedal controls and features
02:53 Today’s rig and plan

Pushed Clean Tones
03:42 Clean tone reference chords and turning on the ’59 Bassguy
04:33 Classic funky clean riff
04:42 Poppy arpeggios
05:00 Grungey droning chords
05:18 Country ballad arpeggios
05:31 Country lead sound
05:43 Blues progression
06:06 Funk rhythms
06:19 Ascending droning indie chords
06:32 Atmospheric arpeggios

Light and Medium Overdrive Sounds
06:50 Droning alt rock octaves
07:12 Garage rock riff
07:28 Jangly indie riff
07:59 Thick indie rock rhythm chords
08:29 Indie octave chords
08:58 Kings Of Leon inspired riff
09:10 Upbeat indie barre chords
09:34 Art rock riff

09:48 Classic rock riff
10:00 Hendrix inspired riff
10:17 Airbourne inspired riff
10:39 Driving rock riff
10:53 Quacky rock riff
11:02 AC/DC inspired riff
11:19 Groovy classic rock riff

Heavy Overdrive Sounds
11:45 Glam rock riff
12:00 Van Halen inspired riff
12:18 NWOBHM riff
12:38 80s rock riff
12:56 Alternative rock riff
13:19 Pop punk riff
13:43 Pop punk melodic lead riff
13:59 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
14:25 Thrash metal riff
14:35 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
14:51 Modern rock palm-muted chords (Drop D)
15:15 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D)

Heavy Distortion Sounds (all in Drop D)
15:32 Metal chugging riff
15:48 Heavy metal lead sound
16:02 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
16:15 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
16:39 Hardcore punk riff

16:50 ‘59 Bassguy as a boost into an overdriven amp

17:40 Fender Telecaster indie rock loop
21:31 Epiphone Les Paul classic rock loop

25:51 My thoughts
26:36 Things I like: sounds and versatility
28:46 Price, build quality, looks
29:35 Things I don’t like
30:10 What other similar Fender In A Box pedals are out there?
31:53 My conclusions on the 59 Bassguy and why you should buy it

My setup was as follows: I ran the pedal straight into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head. That went from the amp’s Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Oh, and I used my Boss RC-10R to play the loops.

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