Behringer AM100

very easy

i bought it to use it with my MOOG SYNTH as some form of alternative distortion / waveshaper, and found that it can sound quite nice to liven up synth arpeggios.

haven??t used behriger pedals for long enough, but they??re so cheap when you buy 2nd hand, so what the heck...

this rating is strictly as a fun device for distorting / altering analogue synth sounds, a technique brian eno is said to have used a sansamp for.
as such, i think i??ll keep it in my arsenal. if i want the sound of an acoustic guitar, i think i??d reach for the real thing.

i think the whole beauty of these behringers is that you can try weird pedals that you don??t REALLY need without having to break the bank.
some are actually quite good in a serviceable, workmanlike way, rarely breathtakingly good but still fun.

Pretty simple - the hardest part with any pedal is deciding what it is you actually want. I used it for 1st time last night on two particular songs. It took me 10 mins to get the sound that worked best for me. I used a Boss Chorus with it on one song(29 Palms) and a Boss DD3 delay just on the slide guitar part of the other song (Wish You Were Here)

Used last night with a Clapton Signature Strat into a Fender Hot Rod Deville 4 x 10. I have a Pedal Pad with Cry Baby Wah, Line 6 Distortion Modeler and Various Boss stuff. I set the Behringer up next to the pedal board at the end of the chain. It did the job I wanted it to do, very well indeed. OK - it ain't gonna make even your expensive electric sound like a good acoustic. But for a couple of songs in a gig situation it did the job better than I really expected.

During sound check, I messed around with it on some high gain settings and got some interesting and possibly usable sounds which was a bonus.

Ok it's plastic, but it looks like pretty solid plastic to me. If you don't actually jump on it there are unlikely to be problems.

By the way - Boss pedals may look rugged - but have you ever actually removed the battery compartment lid? It really is very lightweight and the switching mechanism underneath is all plastic. Funnily enough, the only pedal I have EVER actually broken was a Boss Pitch Shifter.

Only owned the pedal - my first of this make - for about 18 hours, so I have to pass on this one!

I play in a rock covers band. I have some decent gear and this pedal -a real cheapie didn't let the team down in any way at all. I was prepared to waste ??15 - use it as a paperweight maybe if it was terrible - but I'm actually very pleased with it. Having seen some reviews of the Boss equivalent pedal, I thought it well worth trying this one and I'm probably gonna use it quite a bit.

The instructions just explained the features, there were no setting ideas but it is easy enough to get a usable sound from it. I got this to eliminate taking an acoustic guitar to gigs since I rarely play anything acoustic.

I tried this with a single coil and a humbucker equipped guitar though a tube amp with a clean setting. I was able to get a usuable sound either way.

Why can't I give a zero here? This is where it deserves one. This is the second one of these pedals I've used and both make a very audible pop through the speaker when you use the footswitch, either to turn it on or off. This makes it useless in a live setting or pretty much any instance where you'd need to turn it off or on in a song. It'd probably blow tweeters through a loud P.A. About the only way around this is use an AB box, change the AB to where this pedal is out of the signal path, then turn it on/off. I powered this pedal with an adpater and a battery it did the same thing both ways. I know this is a cheap pedal, but this is B.S.
I'm giving it a 1 here since I can't give a zero.

Not even going to mess with them.

I figured the 1st one I tried was a fluke, so I went for a 2nd one.
Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me!

There won't be a third one, or any more Behringer products in this household.

Buyer beware!!!

The AM100 is quite easy to use: 3 knobs and a 4 way switch; it isn't that hard to figure out how it works. The manual is quite small, but it isn't necessary to write a whole book about this thing, so they just threw an A5 piece of paper with the technical details in the plastic box.
Overall this thing is really VERY easy, so that explains the good rating.

My amp is a crate GT1200 if you are wondering, and my guitar is a Washburn X50 Pro FE so it has active EMG elements. This thing gives one hell of an acoustic sound! It really amazed my that a box that only costs 23euros gives such great sound!
The box isn't quite noisy, but there is a slight hiss though.
But when you're playing live the crowd listens to the guitar, not the hiss, so it can be easily neglected.

It's plastic.
Which means that if you're a black metal player with metal boots that have a 2 ton weight and you'd like to stomp around on this box, you won't be quite satisfied.
For me it's quite reliable. The plastic itself seems quite solid and I've been tapping on it a lot, without any sort of problem.

I don't need to contact behringer (yet)

I play lots of styles including jazz, rock, ... This thing is great. I'm very pleased with it. I've been playing for 4 years now, and I've seen lots of multieffects and stompboxes, and I'm very pleased with this one. If it were broken I would definately replace it, for the price it costed it isn't that hard to replace :)
I use this thing live, and I doubted between this thing and buying a real electro-acoust. Now that I own the Behringer AM100 I can just wait and save my money for a very decent guitar, and meanwhile still get a very thick and warm acoustic sound!
Love it!

It is easy to turn the knobs but to get a good sound.....mwah. The manual is not helping you. The battery change and the placing of the insert for power supply are stupidly designed.

The sound quality seems good at first glance. I also own the Boss Ac-3 and let me tell you this, you will look at it in an quit different way. I am not telling you off but even bindfolded the difference is for anyone with no musical background evident. Just throw it in the bin or use it for practise. People who say that it sounds just like a ac 3 lie thier eyes out because they don't tell the truth. Every value to the money. It is cheap, sounds cheap but does the job for cheap musicians.

It will last plastic is very sturdy. I don't know about the jacks and wiring.

never dealt with them

I'll play for 30 years now (10 years as a pro). I am glad Bheringer gives poor people a chance to own Boss like stompboxes. Do get the idear that they are the same. Good sound starts with good gear and skill as an artist. For 19 euro a piece you can experiment and then buy a real one and be amazed. I use an Peavey amp, Fender Tele custom.

Really simple layout and easy to use controls. Come on guys, if you can't replace the battery - who changes your bulbs at home?

If you play a synth you don't play a grand piano. If you play through an acoustic simulator you don't play an acoustic guitar. Facts! This box does an equal job to what the Boss AC box does, at a quarter of the price. If you complain about lacking brightness or muffled sounds - get rid of your humbucker guitar and take a beginners course at any sound engineering school. As some other reviewers have pointed out, the amp and the guitar, the settings on any of the two as well as the mics of course mould your sound much more than any filtering effect box ever will.

Sure can and do! Other stomp boxes are usually made out of cast aluminium. Stomp (in the real meaning of the word) them and they crack. Stomp this one and it gets disformed or cracks. I mean - do you stomp your cars' pedals? Any serious player gigging without some kind of backup is a fool. The show must go on and all that. However, the AM100 is not the most likely to break link in the chain of a serious stage setup. I DO use it at all gigs (approximately 40 per year) and I have yet to see any troubles coming up.

Haven't had to deal with them. Great Internet site gives you the information you need.

I play and sing all tempo Rock-n-roll music from the 50's to today and I have been doing so for more than 20 years both professionally and semi professionally. When playing semi professionally I make my main living by working as an Electronics and Mechanics Design Engineer consultant for a few internationally established companies.

The AM100 provides me the ability to play intros and passages with an acoustic sound without changing from my Strats or Teles. Once again: you will not achieve anything close to acoustic sounds using humbuckers or even P90's or P100's with any stomp box of this kind.

I and the band use and own Behringer amps, valve preamps, mixers, speakers and even a Behringer guitar. Let's say it's Japanese quality or higher at clearly lower prices and with a more serious engineering approach. My guitars are Fenders, Epiphones, Godins and Martins, my song mics are Shure, Audix and ADK, my drums are Pearl Export and my main mixer a Mackie. I also use Peavey and Danelectro amps. In comparison to my Boss, Proco (RAT), Ibanez, Line6 and Zoom effect boxes there is nothing negative to say about the AM100.

Yes, I will buy a new one when/if this one is stolen or hit by a meteorite.

Pretty explanitory, works grate with my peavey Srat Predator

Excellent I tend to use it on the full sound and there is a greta difference in quality. I figure the one who posted earlier who saw no difference did not have a good configuration

I do not have much problems with Behringer stuff, just remember that though it says Stomp Box do not Stomp on it. I have not known too many pedal products that could withstand too many major stomps!

Pretty good about getting back via e-mail

At that price I'll buy another as a backup

It's fairly easy to use, but the turning of the knobs is pretty useless since the effect is barely noticable.

However, the way to open up the battery compartment is pretty inconvenient: use the tip of a ballpoint to tear off the top... yeah right, I always carry ballpoints around when performing, NOT.

Furthermore I find the socket for the adapter on the righthand side not so usefull with my PEDALTRAIN setup. I would prefer it at the top!

With this pedal you get your money's worth: IT SUCKS! I used a Gibson Les Paul and tries all settings possible, but the effect as said is barely noticable. Surely this doesn't sound anything close to an accoustic guitar, unlike the BOSS pedal which does the job so much better.

Okay I gues. This plastic isn't very bad, just don't force it or drop it from a building.

Never dealt with them.

Useless. Don't buy it, it's a total waiste of money, luckily not much.

Easy to use. Choose the kind of guitar You want and You will get a sound something in that area. IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AMP!
Tweak it for different amps.

Well.. I thinck this pedal responds well with a good amp (or directly into the PA mixer) I tried it some time ago with my Strat and a Behringer gmx212 and kicked it into a corner. Not a good expirience! Didn't sound anything like an acoustic guitar.
Today I went back to the corner and picked it up and tried it with my strat and a Peavey Valveking 112. What a difference! Playing Beatles "Blackbird" sounded crisp and clear and allmost like the real thing.
No doubt a real acoustic is better, but this would be ok at a gig.

Rating: With a gmx212: 2. With a Peavey valveking: 8
Now lets see 2+8 divided by 2 is 5!

Oh! Plastic case, cheap jack sockets Dosn't turn me on.
Using at a gig? Well at the price they can be bought for I'd buy another one as backup.

No comment

Actually it's an Ok pedal when used with the right amp. I don't like the plastic thou.

NOt sure of all the parameters - but there a few choices so just turn the knobs
Manual? is limited just fiddle with it

I have tried it with a line 6 amd and a fender solid state
There seems to be a click when switching it off but not sure if this can be avoided yet
Guitars - Strat Plus, Yamaha Nylon, Godin Mandolin
Given the price it creates a good simulated acoustic on my electric - When using Mando or Nylon it actually gives a convincing acoustic sound right through a guitar amp EVEN when the amp has a bit of overdrive - Not like miking or an acoustic amp but when I want to just use an electric amp I want the option to get the acoustic sound, switch it off and then add whatever effects

It is plastic but it seems to hold up well - I FIND the battery compartment a little annoying - I like to just be able to get it open and stick a battery in - this is a little clunky and you need to poke both sides -LIVE I patch it into the board
TOo soon to know if reliable

Not relevant

I play Rock/blues/fusion/mid-eastern/ americana for over 25 years - I did not want to buy the Boss (an acoustic amp is a better value) So far I would buy it again - I like to play Mando and switch between acoustic sound and Hendrix wailing - so far this sounds great BUT THE VOLUME/Level may need to be pumped and you should search for the best sound depending on the configuration I use AM - Digitech Synth Wah - Vol. - Wah - Sansamps - TS9 - Delay -
Tried it for OVER THE HILLS OPENING and it sounds great! For $20 - Let's see if it lasts - If you are using one amp for electric, it makes a great way of playing Nylon, Mandolin through that amp