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Published on 01/07/03 at 15:00Hi, I bought the amp from the guitar store in Glasgow. I paid £269. for it. I though it was a 'steal' at that price.
I play a strat plus most of the time, sometimes an Epiphone 335. I used to have a Fender Ultra Chorus which I sold for £250 and bought the gx212. The clean sound without any of the built-in effects or with my Korg ax 1000 on bypass is phenomenal. It has much more bite than the Fender and the guitars sound ten times better. I like the amount of effects in the amp, they are pretty much well varied with lots of parameter options although I'm still getting to know them. It seems to me that Behringer have put a hell of a lot into the amp for the price they are asking.
I have still to convince myself that the MORPHING knob is a good idea, I don't really think it is needed especially with all the effects that are on board. I would like to have seen some sort of protective metal or tough plastic grill over the opening at the rear of the amp just to protect the speakers from impact damage.I also am dissapointed that it will cost me another £100 or so so purchase the optional footswitch. It is a footswitch cleary designed to make the amp more user friendly and it really should be part of the package, although I realise it does add to the cost. I just think that when things are marketed as optional 'add ons', it does make you think you may be getting conned a little.
The construction appears to be typical for amps of this size and type. It semms to be as robust as is required. It should maybe have been supplied with a cover though, to protect it when it is not in use. Just a simple drop over plastic cover like the old H&H 100 watt combo's had.
Great piece of kit, I have had it for three months and it grows on me every time I use it. I have begun to scrutinise Behringer products more closly now that I did before after buying this cool little amp.
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I play a strat plus most of the time, sometimes an Epiphone 335. I used to have a Fender Ultra Chorus which I sold for £250 and bought the gx212. The clean sound without any of the built-in effects or with my Korg ax 1000 on bypass is phenomenal. It has much more bite than the Fender and the guitars sound ten times better. I like the amount of effects in the amp, they are pretty much well varied with lots of parameter options although I'm still getting to know them. It seems to me that Behringer have put a hell of a lot into the amp for the price they are asking.
I have still to convince myself that the MORPHING knob is a good idea, I don't really think it is needed especially with all the effects that are on board. I would like to have seen some sort of protective metal or tough plastic grill over the opening at the rear of the amp just to protect the speakers from impact damage.I also am dissapointed that it will cost me another £100 or so so purchase the optional footswitch. It is a footswitch cleary designed to make the amp more user friendly and it really should be part of the package, although I realise it does add to the cost. I just think that when things are marketed as optional 'add ons', it does make you think you may be getting conned a little.
The construction appears to be typical for amps of this size and type. It semms to be as robust as is required. It should maybe have been supplied with a cover though, to protect it when it is not in use. Just a simple drop over plastic cover like the old H&H 100 watt combo's had.
Great piece of kit, I have had it for three months and it grows on me every time I use it. I have begun to scrutinise Behringer products more closly now that I did before after buying this cool little amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com