Behringer Teardown!

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

man i had their bass synth pedal for like a day. it had some intermittent power issues so i returned it, (dude fudged the returned and gave me more back then i paid for it!)

anyway, i was really impressed w/ the sounds u can dial out of that guy. it was much better than the boss and ibanez bass synth pedals that i've tried. really want to grab one again.

i also had their digital and analog delays. nuthin spectacular but def useable and worthwhile for the price.

[oldangelmidnight]

I've had a few and the only real problems were with the jacks.

[bronzetalon]

I one plus I found is for the Line 6 clones they could be daisy chained with out any noise...I the original Line 6 stuff wasn't grounded right when on a daisy chain cause of the whole tone core system and caused background noise, no such issue with the behringer stuff.

[Noise...]

I have to say - I'm genuinely surprised. The board doesn't look that bad, and some of the design aspects are actually pretty clever.

I'm also very surprised at the steel plate and ABS.

Nice teardown!

[bigchiefbc]

I've got the bass synth, the dimension chorus, and the sansamp BDDI clone. They've all been gigged, stomped on, and been on and off my board a bunch of times. Never had a single failure, and never had a problem with the tone. The only thing I worry about with them is the jacks, so I'm a little careful when plugging and unplugging. Other than that, they're great deals for the money. The bass synth eats the Boss's lunch.

[rfurtkamp]

I have their 'high end' of stuff, one of the V Amp Pro rackmount POD knockoffs. It's survived a couple years of abuse, was cheap, and I got it for a couple of the basic amp models just to have around. They're not particularly representative of the amps they claim to be, but I like a couple of the Fender models, some of the gain models, and the Vox that isn't a Vox but sounds pretty darn ok. SPDIF out works and was worth the $65 I paid for it right there, and the easily readable knobs (I do like their LED knobs for presets so you're not guessing) are a bonus for quick tweaking.

I would not want the thing as my only choice in life, but as a "I need this particular sound that's not in something else" it does just fine.

[behndy]

thanks for this McSpunkley!

i've never bothered to open up a Behringer pedal, and the only one i've owned is the Bass Synth, but that bugger quit on me after about 20 minutes of playing. it just wouldn't turn on. it's cool to see all the bits and all...... my concern is just that i wouldn't trust one not to fail on me during a show. by your breakdown it LOOKS like that's an unfounded concern, but playing out...... i still wouldn't risk it.

very cool thread though. thanks!

[Tigerbass]

Cool thread indeed!

[Mudfuzz]

I don't care if they don't totally suck. I refuse to learn how to say Behringer [ I say it like Bear-ringer] correctly!

[rfurtkamp]

I don't care if they don't totally suck. I refuse to learn how to say Behringer [ I say it like Bear-ringer] correctly!

I pronounce it "the ugly plastic piece of shit"

Both guys I jam with know what it is.

[Birthday Boy]

I have a TP300 Ultra Tremolo (PN-2 clone). Massive volume drop, at least at bedroom volumes. It also tremolos my Torns Peaker's noise when bypassed.

[Hacken]

i used the behringer bass overdrive on two weeks of touring a couple of year ago, it worked just fine after two weeks of touring squats and punk venues being drenched in beer and all that crap.

I had a Ibanez black noise (three knob metal distortion) in front of it running all knobs at 10 then 50% blend and lots of bass and gain on the behringer, got a really harsh bad-ass bass sound out of that.

[masked elwood]

very good read. thanks.

[Gearmond]

now if only the UV300 wasn't an ugly green

[McSpunckle]

now if only the UV300 wasn't an ugly green

Spray paint!

Also, if anyone has a Behringer that broke pretty quick, I'd love to take a look at it to find what the weak point is. For payment for your effort... when you get it back it'll work (probably).

Noise in digital pedals isn't something that's exclusive to Behringer, but I could totally see them skimping on the filtering. I want their Echo Park copy, but it's $50... rawr. That's 1/3 the price of the real thing, but still. Rawr.