Behringer

[Steve]

I have just been to Behringer.com They have a huge array of stomp boxes for guitar and Bass. Anybody ever used them? The prices seem to be very reasonable indeed. Having been more than a little disapointed with my Boss GT5. I was wondering whether to go back to seperate stomp boxes!

[john]

Hey Steve

I have a couple of behringer rack mounts, but not stomp boxes. They seem to be very good value for money, and I've not had a problem with any of my behringer gear which is all about 7 years old.

Cheers

John

[Steve]

I must say,I've nt come across too many people with Behringer gear, but those I know that do have it, swear by it! I bought my small mixer quite cheaply and its been great! No problems at all.

[chckn8r]

I have just been to Behringer.com They have a huge array of stomp boxes for guitar and Bass. Anybody ever used them? The prices seem to be very reasonable indeed. Having been more than a little disapointed with my Boss GT5. I was wondering whether to go back to seperate stomp boxes!

I don't have any stomp boxes, but I have the V-Amp Pro. Although it hasn't given me any problems, I hardly turn it on anymore. I like the Line6 tones and interface a bit better - I have the TonePort and PodXT.

Behringer, from what I understand, has improved in quality (own a dedicated factory in China now) over the last year or so, but unfortunately that's going to be a bit of an uphill battle for them to shake the bad quality back in the late nineties and early 2000's...

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[Rudi]

Whats up with the GT5 Steve? Ive been gigging mine for years.

[Steve]

Whats up with the GT5 Steve? Ive been gigging mine for years.

I think it's crap. And that's just the good points! I have buggered about with it on and off for years, but I've yet to get more than 3 decent sounds out of it. I've never gigged mine so maybe it's OK live, but for recording D.I. it's useless!

[Rudi]

I think it's crap. And that's just the good points! I have buggered about with it on and off for years, but I've yet to get more than 3 decent sounds out of it. I've never gigged mine so maybe it's OK live, but for recording D.I. it's useless!

Is that Direct Input? I have about 6 patches that I made for stage work. If you ever want to try any, let me know. Though you have humbucker pickups on your guitar, so that cant help.

Is there a user forum for Behringer gear? Might be worth checking. Or what about Danelectro boxes?

Edited April 30, 2007 by Rudi

[FinnArild]

In general, I think Behringer delivers quality stuff to reasonable prices. I've only owned a mixer and tried out some of their PA solutions, but in general I get a good impression.

I can warmly reccommend the Digitech GNX series for guitar, though - most of Serendipity is recorded with this one.

[Steve]

Is that Direct Input? I have about 6 patches that I made for stage work. If you ever want to try any, let me know. Though you have humbucker pickups on your guitar, so that cant help.

Is there a user forum for Behringer gear? Might be worth checking. Or what about Danelectro boxes?

I also have a strat copy which does sound better. But I'm still not happy with it!

[JimL]

No, no Behringer forums (Makes you wonder why? Plus they never seems to show up in the guitar player's buying guide!). Having said that, I've got a B X-Vamp pedal and it's got some really cool sounds (and in stereo too!) for less than $100.0 (but it's got a plastic case...;>(

I also have a Spider 3 combo amp and a Digitech RP150 pedal and overall, the 'different' sounds are the same. All good, but you'll never find a tube amp in there...

If you compare the B's pedal catalog to Boss, you'll be surprised at the similarity. Both have a vast (& similar) selection.

[sparkotronic]

I've got a GUITAR LINK UCG102.

I bought it to use on a laptop, it works great with my Ibanez Roadstar, but it doesn't like my Sustainiac guitar at all.

I run my guitars through a DMX 6fire on my desktop with no problems.

I'm now looking for a USB soundcard for the lappy, but thats another topic.

[Alistair]

I have a Behringer V-Amp 96 effect stomp box. It's extremely complicated and I am getting fed up with it. It's too clever by half.

I am going to go back to my Marshall Guv'nor blues pedal for now.

[thelevellers]

Have you tried harmony central for reviews? I usually find what I'm looking for on there...

As for Danelectro - avoid the uber cheap ones like the plague! I hear TERRIBLE things about them... I think it's the FAB range or something... Their other stuff however, I quite like from what I've seen... I own a BackTalk Reverse Delay pedal, which it great fun - the most annoying sounds on the planet can be generated with this pedal! You can also get good sounds if you try more than 11 on each setting

I also bought a Honeytone Mini amp for use over the summer and here in halls when I wanna crank it up with headphones :S It's brilliant! It;s got a really nice kinda vintage sound to it, makes me play White Stripes and Kyuss mostly! However offspring and the like don't ound so good, I'm thinking of gtting a mini marshall to do that...

Good luck with the new pedal hunt I love 'em myself, apart from the over whelming urge to spend, spend, spend!

Rohan