SeriesBehringer V-Tone

It's analog. The difference is important compared to digital modelers (see below). Editing is made with markers on paper (not bad with 3B). 100% bug-free. Drive, treble, bass, presence, blend (direct sound and pedal mix), volume. Battery or PSU operation. Battery operation is disastrous, you'd better go with a PSU (a sturdy one). USE Before kindergarten there's the BD121. SOUND QUALITY Okay, there's the matter of the power supply. Don't expect a decent sound with a 9V battery. The amperage is too low, sound has no dynamics and it's lifeless. You need to use 9 V 0.5 A minimum or even more. And then it transforms and it delivers bass and treble, and even mids, with a very good output level. It sounds very big with the blend all the way up, with fat lows that need to be tamed and excellent dynamics, even too dynamic. Even my 8040s have a hard time with it. I tested it with an Epiphone Viola, passive bass with two humbuckers, a Studiomaster P7 console and a TwinQ. It's useful to connect it to a ballsy setup that can take anything. The drive is really nice, the Viola makes it sing, even at full blast. The difference with digital modelers is that the dynamic response and timbre of an instrument are well-respected. There's no comparison. With a tube compressor inserted (Fatman), I don't need anything else. The sound is solid as an egg, punchy, powerful, rich in harmonics. OVERALL OPINION If you made a blind test with more prestigious models, I think more than one would be surprised. On the other hand, the V-amp modeling from the same manufacturer has no soul, no life, no musicality. The cons: - Unusable with a 9V battery - You need to connect it to a ballsy setup that can handle it and doesn't alter what comes out (console, preamp...), disappointing with a Berhinger console. - Awful look, - Behringer is behind it - We'll see how it turns out in terms of reliability... - Obscene price The pros: - Fat sound if used with a high amperage PSU - Nice drive - Definitive and maybe even pro takes are possible - The sound adapts well to any effects, especially dynamics processors Edit from April 8, 2010 I decided to order the Sans amp VT bass. Here are my impressions, compared to the BD 121: - With clean sounds, the VT bass has a wider sound, fuller, it's more precise, too, but there's not a big difference compared to the Behringer. The VT bass has more gain and a better signal-to-noise ratio, too. - It surprised me most when increasing the drive. To my ears, the BD121 takes the lead with a more reedy, more musical crunch and overdrive, and it handles harmonics better. The VT bass remains rough with the "character" control, which emphasizes the mids and high mids with a striking overall tone. With distortion, the VT bass has a more modern sound, even if you can reduce that coloring with the controls. The Behringer is more vintage. Bottom line: For clean sounds, jazz, blues, rock, the VT bass is the way to go. For crunch/overdrive, I choose the BD121

had this for some time and it wasn't until yesterday tht I learned I was suppose to get a footswitch with it and didn't, attempted to find a source to purchase one from behringer only to be told they don't come with the footswitch now, and the footswitch is discontinued so I asked for a schem to see if I could use a different vendors switch and was told no because I am not a certified repair partener. this would have been the end of it except the behringer employee got snotty when asking why I waited 2 years and as I had already told him I wasn't even aware it was suppose to have came with one till I looked at the manual yesterday. i have repaired this amp myself a total of 8 times since buying it new because right after the warranty expired it started failing, well last night i went ahead and cracked her open to do a complete and thorough inspection and find a whole slew of problems ranging from missing 100pf capacitors on the footswitch board to a blob of solder UNDER a couple of the electrolytic caps ( which i have never replaced). in a nutshell the quality is substandard as is the apparent lack of QC at the factory, after removing the solder from under the caps ( and by under i mean on top of circuit board underneath the caps NOT the solder pads)it satrated to work better than it ever has, i also bought a footswitch today from a local pawn shop for 10.00 and the switch doesn't work on the amp but causes the channel selection and effects to go wonky and not work when plugged in. after spending all day looking i found the old randall footswitch is correctly wired, functioning and SHOULD work with the GMX212, however there are 2 x 100pf surface mount caps shown on the schematic which locates them on the tiny circuit board where the footswitch plugs in yet the actual tiny circuit board is MISSING these 2 caps, so i ordered them in hopes that it fixes the footswitch. to be honest i would advise against this amp or any other behringer product based on poor customer service ( actually lack thereof) and look for something else. while at it avoid anything from any sister companies or close partners of behringer to include Bugerra. there are far better amps with better quality than this one.

The GMX 112 is a 60 watt analog modelling amp with a Bugera speaker. It has all of the effects that a typical guitarist could hope to use along with 3 amp models and different gain types. Visually, it is a pleasant amp to look at. I has a "vintage" look to it and color coded led lights for reference in low lighting. The knobs and decal on the front look cheap but I never had a problem with them breaking. On the front panel there are two sets of knob controls for drive, EQ (low, mid, high), and level for each of the 2 channels. To the right of these are controls for selecting and editing effects. UTILIZATION It is difficult to get what I would truly call a "good sound" out of this amp. The amp seems to be an all-in-one solution for a hobby guitarist on a budget wanting a variety of effects. I purchased it as a practice amp years ago when I was more inexperienced with guitar effects. It is very much fun to experiment with the different settings, though looking back I think options such as the Digitech RP series would have been better for its hands-on knob tweaking. The GMX gets the job done however, and is so easy to operate that I never needed the manual for what I was using it for. SOUNDS I've used this amp most with a Paul Reed Smith solid body electric guitar. I really feel that this amp is a compromise in sound, and effects. You get many options but none are particularly amazing. That said I do enjoy the Chorus and Rotary speaker effects, they offer a decent emulation and are fun to play with. Every effect sounds as it should, but most are lacking in one way or the other as far as depth goes. This amp neither excels at distorted and heavy sounds or acoustic and twangy. I always find I'm wanting more out of it, especially the amp models. The distorted sounds are pretty bad at higher volumes, and at the lower volumes they sound distant and withheld. I think this is in part because the amp models have a greater affect on the EQ than they should. I often have had problems where the gain doesn't seem to increase consistently, it will jump from one level to the next at certain intervals on the knob. I ended up pairing a Danelectro EQ fish and chips pedal with this amp because I didn't feel like it had enough control over the frequencies. OVERALL OPINION I like how much you get for the price. It really is a good amp for a young guitarist who wants to play with effects and different sounds, or maybe in a lessons studio where a student may want to try something they heard on the radio just once. But I would never point a professional guitarist to this amp for performance or recording. If you can even find this amp anymore, you can probably find it cheap. It uses the V-Tone sounds so any of Behringer's V-AMP series will have similar features for a similar price. I wouldn't pay more than $100 USD for one today. If you are a guitarist who just wants lots of sounds to play with, you should be aware that there are many software that offer nearly limitless sound design potential at a pro quality for much less than most multi-effects units today. Try Natvie Instrument's Guitar Rig or a similar program. There are likely even demos to find one you like. Like I said the GMX is by no means a bad purchase, but there are better options out there for what it does, such as Line 6 spider series and Digitech's RP.

Ive been playing for 2 years and i like slipknot music I got it at a local shop for $200 I didn't like much of it because each one looks different. Each one of these guitars look different. The cord was rubbish, it broke in 2 days so did the cheap straps.The picks were not very good.THe amp cannot give a good sound.The distortion sounded crap . The only good thing was the clean channel. the quality wasn't very good especially with the electric guitar. I think that this pack wasn't good at all. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I got this guitar amp with my first guitar pack the Behringer V-Tone GM108 guitar pack. It cost my dad $210 australian for the pack. We purchased it at a music shop called KC's Rock shop, Boronia in Victoria. I just love the fact that it has the amp, style and speaker settings to get different amp sounds which is great for beginers. It also features gain, high, low and mid controls +master (volume) If there is one thing i dont like about it is that the gain control does not have a wide distortion range compared to peavey and marshall. Even a 10watt marshall amp has more distortion that this. Well made. In the car boot it will topple over tons and still be in miint condition. Well made for a cheap amp. Proves that behringer are doing a great job. This is the PERFECT amp for the beginner. 15watts means your not gunna go on live with it but its not made for that either. Its made for the beginner to jam with a friend and practise because it has a LOT of options. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought the Amp at a local music store for $114. A good friend had one and said it was a nice amp. Nice tones are available. It has the Behringer modeling tone setup: 3-amp(tweed, british & California), 3-gain(clean, overdrive & hot), 3-speaker(flat, 4-12 & 2-12). There is a gain control for input, a master volume and well-done three-pot tone control. Changes in instrument volume cause tube-like changes in amp tone and volume. The "Dynamizer" modeling is very nice. 30 watts are handy for practice, recording and some country gigs. You can mike it or send a signal to a PA for bigger gigs. I like the back of the unit; It has headphone out, external speaker out, preamp out and return. It is simple, light-weight and convenient. The price is nice. I've played and owned Marshall, Peavey and Fender amps. The Behringer Vintager 110 can sound believably like a tube amp at even low volume. I like it and would buy it again. What's not to like? However, it would be nice if Behringer made a 50 watt 1X12 with a clean-hot footswitch. It's well made and looks nice. German engineering- ja! Der grossen klang! Great tones,low price, great value, reliable, light weight and convenient. You can get about any sound you want with a Tele, Strat, SG or Les Paul. It's a good little amp. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com