Behringer

I needed a practice bass amp. I went to the major local retailer here in Los Angeles, The Guitar Center, and tried out three: Fender, Crate and Behringer.

All had the same list price of $199.99.

The Fender and Crate amps were a joke. I was totally blown away by the quality of the Behringer so I bought it.

What a great little amp! I've used it to learn songs using the input and headphone jacks. Played live in a friends living room with a full drum kit and the little amp held it's own. No clipping or distortion even when I had the volume cranked almost to the max. There's a special circuit this amp has that prevents clipping even at high volumes.

I have heard that Behringer, being a German company, is pretty well respected in Europe. I had never heard of them till I checked the Guitar Centers website prior to my going there and seeing Behringer listed as one of the bass amp manufacturers they sell.

Does anyone else here have any experience with this product?

Goose, the thing that shocked me was that all three of the amps I played sold for the same price. The Fender and Crate models are way overpriced. I'd say the price for the Behringer was reasonable considering it's exceptional quality.

I ran into this same situation about 10 years ago when I needed a new practice guitar amp. I tried a Fender and a Peavy.

Again, the Fender was a joke. The Peavey was a much better value for the money and sounded much, much better.

All you aspiring musicians out there take note. Do not buy a product based on the famous name alone. Do some research and try out at least 3 or 4 different brands before handing your money over.

/rant

seabre wrote: Ewwwww...if that's the Behringer amp I think you're talking about... I had to use one of those for Jazz band practice one time due to an emergency..It was a horrible experience...

It's the BX300: http://www.behringer.com/BX300/index.cfm?lang=ENG

30 watts, no more no less. I like it. But as far as it sounding like something John Wetton would have used ... nope. The only gig I would use this for is in somebody's living room.

Is this the one you had a bad experience with?

No, it was a 100 watt amp I think.

My really nice bass sounded really tinny through it.

It could've just been the amp..but be careful anyway..heh.

My amp is aBehringer GMX212 (2x60)watt V-Tone amp. I bought this thing, somewhat in a hurry. My band had our first show and the amp that I had at the time, was still the amp that came with my beginner guitar, a Yamaha something-or-other 15-watt. Luckily, this amp was cheap, I mean cheap and more than pays for itself, I think.

There are 99-effects (Why didn't they go with 100!? I don't know!) with full control of how each one sounds. The amp even came with a chromatic tuner that I find somewhat nifty at times.

Behringer has good quality equipment, they even have a beginner pack with a V-Tone 15-watt amp with it and headphones. That package is almost double my Yamaha pack for less!

My band's guitarist uses a Behringer GMX 210, it is really a great-sounding amp.  With line out jacks, it's really excellent for recording (line in to the mixer and an SM57 on a speaker, and just a hint of reverb = sonic mojo!).  And the singer's lazy brother has a Behringer bass amp with a 12-inch speaker that I use for my synth, that's a very nice amp too. 

where I live the clubs have ALL Behringer P.A.'s and they're all pretty good, at least for the money. They have a whole line of stuff and I've never heard a negative comment on them...I just wonder how the hell do they contain costs?!?!

porter wrote: where I live the clubs have ALL Behringer P.A.'s and they're all pretty good, at least for the money. They have a whole line of stuff and I've never heard a negative comment on them...I just wonder how the hell do they contain costs?!?!

They pay kids to write their documentation. That's the only downside to behringer products- they can be downright hard to get useful information out the booklets- I still don't know what all the buttons do on the feedback destroyers I have and I have been using them for over a year