Behringer pedals.

[ItsAFugazzi]

Before the tirades begin, I am aware that they are a low class company that makes what are mostly sub-par products.

Okay. Now that is said. Has anybody here ever tried any of their stomp boxes? I ask this purely because they are a third of the price of their competition and I am not exactly rolling in money currently.

I am specifically interested if anybody has tried any of their delays, echo's or choruses?

 

[TheDriller]

I own the behringer eq pedal and some of the distortion boxes, and i've a few friends who have had various behringer distortion boxes over the years.

my experience is that all of the distortion/overdrive units suck.
nasty, nasty tone.

the EQ is ok, though it is very noisey.

there is a reason why they are so cheap.

 

[006]

My friend bought the NS-2 ripoff and it works pretty well at gating the sound except... it has a little bit of noise that it gives out on it's own

 

[kung]

The TO800 is a tubescreamer for $15

 

[Metal Overload]

The noises are probably due the case being made of cheap plastic, you could change it or have it isolated.

 

[16S]

i have also read many reviews that TO800 tubescreamer is pretty good. i was thinking of getting one over a second hand SD1

 

[BrettT]

i have also read many reviews that TO800 tubescreamer is pretty good. i was thinking of getting one over a second hand SD1

If you're going for a cheap Tubescreamer knockoff, I HIGHLY recommend the Digitech Bad Monkey. It's pure win for $35 and has separate bass and treble controls instead of just one tone knob. The only thing by Digitech that I like, and I like it quite a bit.

 

[nwright]

I had the TO800 for a bit. Seemed OK, IMO it may have thinned the tone a bit more than a traditional TS style pedal. It's been a while so I don't remember too much about it. I think I paid 20 bucks, though...For that much, it did it's job well.

 

[Razorjack]

The BDI21 is a great Sansamp copy and for the studio I don't see a need to spend 5 times more for the real thing.

 

[visceral]

come on guys...why buy an imitation tubescreamer when you can get a TS7 for so cheap? I just bought a used one on ebay for $25.

 

[mick thompson]

you know i wouldn't mind buying some behringer pedals and stuff but i'd never be seen using them. pending if they were good or not i would crack open the cases and mount the circuitry into a custom made rack unit and write "custom electronics" on the thing. people are going to think what the fuck is this dude doing - walking on stage with a 2500 quid amp, a 1600 quid guitar (euro's im talking about) and then a rake of behringer stomp boxes - never

rack em - even if every single behringer pedal was simply amazing i would still hide them because little timmy out in the audience who owns a squire guitar and a 10 watt combo also owns a rake of behringer pedals and lets put it simply being a musician myself image is fucking everything

 

[Harry Hughes]

I had the Behringer Hellbabe wah wah pedal for about 2 and a half years, my first wah pedal.
I bought it figuring, what the hey it's only 70 AUD, which cheap as fuck for a wah, but fuck the thing actually stood up to a fair bit of abuse.
Had beer spill on it numerous times, was dropped on hard concrete by accident many times, and the thing keep on fucking working , I couldn't believe a 70 dollar wah wah pedal would just keep on rockin. Once you learnt how to modify for it for a better sweep range (the factory sweep range is somewhat limited) it's honestly quite amazing for 70 dollars.
Like 006, I had their Boss NS-2 clone too. Not a bad pedal at all, but I ultimately sold it in the end.

 

[Torniojaws]

My friend bought the NS-2 ripoff and it works pretty well at gating the sound except... it has a little bit of noise that it gives out on it's own

Noise/Gate

If you're going for a cheap Tubescreamer knockoff, I HIGHLY recommend the Digitech Bad Monkey. It's pure win for $35 and has separate bass and treble controls instead of just one tone knob. The only thing by Digitech that I like, and I like it quite a bit.

I've had two and both have broken within 1,5 years from purchase. The first one simply stopped working, and the second one will not power on with anything (mains power, battery, nor mains->battery connector psu) uke:

 

[Full_Tilt]

I bought a load when they were going for £15 each ,one or two of them are a bit noisy but the main reason I chose them was because I wanted to experiment with different things and this was a cheap way to do so ,If you try first in the shop you can usually tell if its a total no no but you can only tell so much about a product on the spot . The other reason was if they get lost or stolen after a show no body worries .
I highly recommend the BOD100 bass overdrive ,it has high an low EQ cut boost, Level ,gain and a dry-OD balance good for dialing in a husky bass tone.
Another one that I was surprised about was the UD100 Ultra Distortion ,good for a really tight distorted sounds + it has 2 Ultra settings .
I didn't like their EQ pedals though ,too noisy and the sliders dont seem to be center dented at 0dB total garbage !

 

[Metaltastic]

come on guys...why buy an imitation tubescreamer when you can get a TS7 for so cheap? I just bought a used one on ebay for $25.

A very valid question!

 

[ze kink]

The BDI21 is a great Sansamp copy and for the studio I don't see a need to spend 5 times more for the real thing.

+1, I use mine a lot. Sounds very good to my ears, especially considering the price.

I've had the Behringer EQ and have tried some other pedals. IMO, they just suck. With a bit more money, you can get far better stuff, such as the Danelectro Cool Cat stuff.