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MGR/John Reid « Behringer Vintager AC112 »
Published on 01/16/03 at 15:00I live in Ireland, so I bought directly from Germany via internet mail order from www.thomann.de because I had tried the smaller GM110 in a shop and loved the solid-state valve emulation -- I couldn't stop playing, and figured that if Behringer can do this in a practice amp, then I really want to see their stage amps! I paid a ridiculous 269 Euros, or about US$250.
The sound, plain and simple. There's a 12AX7 preamp, a 60W solid-state power amp and a 12" Jensen speaker. This amp is LOUD, in the region of VALVE loud! Dual channels can go from vintage Fender sparkly clean to creamy valve-o-rama with a tap on the (included!) sturdy metal footswitch. The icing on the cake is the 24-bit MIDI-controllable digital effects section that comes out in STEREO on two 1/4 inch line outs at the back. Oh -- and there's the look of the amp: cool, vintage black and chrome, think Harley-Davidson. This is not a send up. It really does cost just around 250 US bucks. Forget what you've heard/read about solid-state, they've cracked it: as the Behringer logo says, "just listen!".
The one big thing you need to know before you even try this amp: keep the master volume at or above 5. If you don't, it'll suck all the tone out of your sound. Everything else is so near a perfect 10, I can't believe they made this one awful mistake; no biggy, however, but you really do need to KNOW about it. Simply regulate your volume with the channel controls -- and yes, you can still play Santana-style at bedroom levels! OK, I confess ... my 20-year-old Yamaha SG2000 (yes, Crusty here, I bought it when I was 22) straight into this amp with only reverb added, absolutely nails Santana's "Europa" tone from Moonflower ....
Looks great, built to last, oozes class and will be the envy of your friends. If it was a woman, I'd marry it. Black vinyl covered, highly polished chrome chassis set towards the back, MDF cabinet, strong, not too heavy. The main criticism would be the pots, set directly on the PCB and might not take too hard a hit, but on the other hand, they're recessed, so a good quality cover (not included) or a flight case will solve that problem. The only change I've made so far is to fit castors, but that's only because I'm getting lazy in my old age.
I never write reviews on websites, but I'm so frustrated that even though my guitarist pals have seen and heard this amp, they are still hesitating because they can't believe there isn't a catch .... OK, bottom line: for everything except the most extreme shred metal, if you play electric guitar you simply owe it to yourself to play into this amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The sound, plain and simple. There's a 12AX7 preamp, a 60W solid-state power amp and a 12" Jensen speaker. This amp is LOUD, in the region of VALVE loud! Dual channels can go from vintage Fender sparkly clean to creamy valve-o-rama with a tap on the (included!) sturdy metal footswitch. The icing on the cake is the 24-bit MIDI-controllable digital effects section that comes out in STEREO on two 1/4 inch line outs at the back. Oh -- and there's the look of the amp: cool, vintage black and chrome, think Harley-Davidson. This is not a send up. It really does cost just around 250 US bucks. Forget what you've heard/read about solid-state, they've cracked it: as the Behringer logo says, "just listen!".
The one big thing you need to know before you even try this amp: keep the master volume at or above 5. If you don't, it'll suck all the tone out of your sound. Everything else is so near a perfect 10, I can't believe they made this one awful mistake; no biggy, however, but you really do need to KNOW about it. Simply regulate your volume with the channel controls -- and yes, you can still play Santana-style at bedroom levels! OK, I confess ... my 20-year-old Yamaha SG2000 (yes, Crusty here, I bought it when I was 22) straight into this amp with only reverb added, absolutely nails Santana's "Europa" tone from Moonflower ....
Looks great, built to last, oozes class and will be the envy of your friends. If it was a woman, I'd marry it. Black vinyl covered, highly polished chrome chassis set towards the back, MDF cabinet, strong, not too heavy. The main criticism would be the pots, set directly on the PCB and might not take too hard a hit, but on the other hand, they're recessed, so a good quality cover (not included) or a flight case will solve that problem. The only change I've made so far is to fit castors, but that's only because I'm getting lazy in my old age.
I never write reviews on websites, but I'm so frustrated that even though my guitarist pals have seen and heard this amp, they are still hesitating because they can't believe there isn't a catch .... OK, bottom line: for everything except the most extreme shred metal, if you play electric guitar you simply owe it to yourself to play into this amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com