Behringer BX600

Features are pretty good wide variety of sounds

It sounds ok except on lowend. When you turn up the volume with the bass up it sounds like you are using a guitar amp. The 12 inch speaker sucks.

It has been dropped kicked over and still looks new.

The speaker was the wrong one and it took 5 phone calls and 3 months delivery time to get the new one.

If it got stolen it would give me an excuse to buy a better one no more 12 inch speakers for me. When I played with a drummer I could have it cranked and I could barely hear it.

It can get pretty loud, its pretty heavy

At first when I bought the amp it sounded fine, mainly because it was my first amp. But the quality of the sound really detereorated after a year of having it. The sound is way too flat, it has no distinction.

I can rely on it to not sound good. When im playing with my friends i borrow theirs instead. A few times when i played with it I couldnt hear myself over my friends with their 30-watt amps.

I would not suggest this for any bass player looking for a quality bass amp. I guess it would be good for someone making a step up from the begginer 10-watt, but the 30 watt would probably be better. I would not buy another Behringer ever.

Just like the others here. Enough for lots of different sounds

Nice punch. I play slap a lot and this thing produces nice clean sounds for that. Buzzes and distorts on higher volumes (see Customer support part for reason)

I've had it only two weeks but it feels very robust

One review here mentioned that some of the BX600's had a wrong speaker inside (50W). Well, funny enough, mine has a 70W speaker! I emailed Behringer about it but the guy who answered was not interested at all about this problem. I have written them a new email and I hope they will send the 100W speaker that it should have like it says in the BX600 spec sheet.

been playing 22 years I use a Rickenbacker 4003 and a hand made 51' precision bass copy. Bought this amp based on these reviews.

I have been using this as a practice amp for about 6 months now, and it does the job really well. The shape knob makes the amp a bit more flexible, and using that along with the 4-band EQ means that you can get most tones you need. Other standard features like passive and active inputs, RCA in, line-out etc.

One thing I don't like is that if any of the EQ bands are hiked to far, the amp gets pretty noisy.

Good output as a practice amp, and could probably be used for smaller gigs. As mentioned earlier, the tones available from this amp are pretty varied. The amp can be noisy at times, which only gets amplified at high volumes. Not bad for the price, but not brilliant.

I've never had a problem with this amp at all. Six months on, it performs as well as it did the day I bought it. I know a lot of people blast Behringer in terms of quality, but I don't believe any of it. Just try to test the actual unit you are going to buy before you buy it to make sure you don't get a lemon.

Never had to use their support, so I can't say.

Great piece of gear for the price point. I probably wouldn't replace it if I got lost, but then again, I'm itching for an excuse to upgrade my practice rig :) . Definately a worthwhile purchase.

I have an early BX600, i bought a few months after they were introduced into the US. The amp has a good about of features for such a cheap amp. The eq is great and the little shape knob works great as a shortcut. For the price it you get alot to work with.

I use a fender geddy lee jazz bass. The sound of this amp is very distinct and different from alot of the other equipment that is out there, in my opinion. Out of the box the amp lacks the tightness, punch and growl on low notes you find in most of today's products. If this is the tone you really need to nail, you might consider a compressor(or a more expensive amp). It is capable of handling a wide range of styles with good accuracy. What i've found useful about this amp, even after i've moved on to better equipment, is that it provides a great gentle, mellow, smooth tone with you just can't get with alot of gear. Because of the tuned cabinet, you can get notes to linger for a little while creating a very pleasing effect not unlike a very short reverb. Great for vintage rock, jazz, blues, etc.

Before i upgraded to an ampeg half stack, i put this thing through the mill. It really isn't suitable for gigging per se, but if you're just starting out and its your first amp at least this thing gets really loud. I used it several times a week in rehearsal and for lame shows for almost 2 years continuously when i started out, keeping the volume up all the way the whole time. It was able to take alot of abuse, especially for the price and never failed once. Some of the tolex got pretty messed up.. but that was my fault. I've read that some of these have a misrated speaker, but i never had that problem. It will break up and give you some awful sounding distortion if you turn it up and supply too much gain (i had this problem when using a compressor)

never dealt with behringer.

I've been playing for 6 years now, and i own an ampeg half stack for actual work. If this were stolen or lost, i probably wouldn't replace it because im cheap and have a reliable better quality amp. As i stated earlier, i really like some of the tones that this thing can produce, it was a pleasant suprise for what it cost.

Basically if you're looking for a solid first amp this is a great option. You get an amp that can handle alot of styles reasonably, can take a good amount of abuse and most importantly doesn't cost a whole lot. If you're just starting out, maybe the most important thing is that this amp will be loud enough to cover you for rehearsal and light gigs (provided you don't have 2 guitarists with full marshall stacks or some other guitar bullshit like that..) and the tone is good enough to work in almost any beginning situation (who really cares about tone anyway its fucking bass)

-Built in May 05
-Great amp with huge power for 60 watts
-U can get amazing amounts of different sounds through the shape feature!
-Tape In is a really good feature i thought because u can listen to mp3 player and cd player etc. But u can't use any of the dials on the amp
-I use the amp for performing and rehearing (shake the china)
-No built in effects though - but u get wat u pay for!

I use a Monterey MSB-1 and the amp sound awsome with it. there isn't any distortion at high volumes - sounds good all the way
It has 2 entries Passive & Active - i cant really tell the difference between them though.

Reckon i could depend on it all the time - takes a few seconds to get some sound but thats pretty much normal.

Never had to deal with them

i only own a little Silvertone 10watt amp and this was my first big spend - regret nothing.
i love everything about it - but again its a shame no built in effects.
i wish it was a bit lighter but its really solid which is also reasuring because it doesn't feel as though it will fall apart after a few knocks
it aint to big either!
Great amp - recomend it to anyone

Made in '03. Fairly versitile. I've played funk, country, reggae, hip hop, blues, and rock with it, and it seems to cover all the 'bases' well. Single channel, no effects loop (dang it), good headphone jack, but don't record from it, I always got background noise. Powerful enough for practice, and good on stage if used with a direct box, or mic'ed.

I use a Yamaha bass, and it sounds good with it. It suits my various musical styles well enough.

Here's where it sucks. I've been through 2 of these amps now, and will never buy it again. The first one got a 12 inch crack in the tolex from doing nothing but sitting in a nice, shaded, cool room with one smaller lightweight amp sitting on top of it. I traded it in under warranty for the second one. Now this one just recently blew it's amplifier from pretty normal use. It's no longer under warranty, so I'm up a creek.

I never dealt with Behringer myself. The salesman at my local shop was great though (thanks Al).

I've played for nearly 10 years, and owned 2 or 3 bass amps. The last one I owned was a SWR Workingman's 15. That was a great amp. It was powerful, clear, and packed with features. It was also 4 times as expensive as the bx600, so I guess you get what you pay for.

I'll never buy this amp again, and though I'm tempted by the price of the bx1200, I don't think I'll buy another Behringer bass amp.

Bought it new in December, 2004. Nice set of features for what it is. It is, as the other reviewer said, very loud for a 60 watt combo amp. Nice 12" woofer installed. I bought it for a practice/church amp, and I have to say that it's about 5 pounds heavier than it probably should be for that purpose. Nice set of features for the price, and nice tone with the "shape" feature. You can not run an extension cab (it's a 60 watt amp). It does have a direct line out (post EQ) that works well for the PA input; however, be advised that the signal is not completely noise free.

Sound is actually great for its category. The 4 band-EQ or Shape function can dial in a number of tones easily. It's loud for it's size. It costs 150 dollars. What more do you want?

It's been reliable for me, but I'm giving it an 8 because five times, for no reason, the volume level has "dropped" inexplicably for me. It's always been rectified by turning the amp off and then back on, but it's puzzling nonetheless.

I have no idea.

Good practice/small venue combo amp. I've been playing for 20 years (out), and if you want to use this in a church setting, I'd advise either using it as your stage monitor (and put your sound through the PA). Where this would REALLY shine would be in small clubs at a jazz/blues gig with a guitar/bass/drum trap set trio. That would ROCK!

4 band active EQ, built in limiter, shape function is useful. Just make sure you get one that's equipped with a 100 watt speaker - some reviews said they wound up getting a 50 watt speaker that buzzes.

I have a stingray 4 string and a crappy squire jazz bass. They both sound decent thru this amp. I got it so I could have an amp just to pluck around in my living room with but it seems like you could use it to jam with too. I don't think you could do a rock gig with it unless it was at a coffee shop or something. But remember, this thing is dirt cheap! I plugged into an LA series 12 inch SWR that cost a $100 more and my mind was made up in about 10 seconds - I went with the Behringer.

No idea.

I hear they're OK

I'll give it a 9 beacuse it's $150. You simply can't beat it for the price!!! Hands down, the best cheap practice amp.

Great for the money
Passive and Active inputs
4 Band EQ
Shape Feature
Tape Input
Line Out
Effects Loop
Headphone jack
This amp works fine for small gigs. Louder than 100w amps by other companies. This amp is REALLY loud for 60 watts. For louder gigs we go line out to board and put bass in mix.

Have played a Fender Deluxe Jazz (active) and a 6 string Alvarez bass (passive) through it and it sounds great. No buzz or hiss of any kind. This amp can be very loud and clean at high volumes.

BUT, apparently Behringer made a bunch in which they put the wrong speaker. Just like others here, mine had the 50 watt speaker in it instead of the 100 watt speaker so it started to buzz on certain notes after a while.

The GOOD NEWS is that if you call Behringer and tell them they will send you the 100 watt speaker for free. Remove 4 screws take out 50 watt speaker and put in 100 watt and you've got a KILLER amp for the money!

Very reliable once it has the 100 watt speaker in it.

Excellent. All you have to do is tell them the speaker buzzes and that you looked at it and it says 50 watts instead of 100 watts and they will send you a new 100 watt speaker. I did this well after my warranty expired, (although I didn't tell them that)

I think they are aware of the situation so they don't push real hard on the warranty issue, they didn't even ask me to send a dated receipt.