Behringer BO100 Blues Overdrive

Simple. Volume, tone and drive level.

I love this box. Every other box I have ever used colors your sound. I suppose the idea is to take a crappy amp, and try to give it tone. I usually wind up getting rid of my ass-tone amps after I one day realize that they suck. so the amps that I keep, I really don't want to change the tone of when I stomp on the pedal. This is alot like a tube screamer, without the mid hump. It makes distortion without changing the amp tone. yea, it does some compression and distortion, but no color. really, really nice OD. Much better than my TS9 IMHO.
I use this thing in front of my Marshall, my V18, my Mig50H and my VJ head. Not noisy. Just OD that sounds pretty much like the amp your are playing it through. Not a boost, unless you want it to be. It's more like a boost, without raising the sound level of your amp output.

IDK

Have emailed behringer before. They replied within 24 hours with feeback based on testing the product I asked about. Nice of them, I would say.

I play my own stuff. Progressive rock, I suppose. (cop out genre) Been playing forever. Have a TS9, a vintage tube OD 999, a TO800 (sound just like my TS9), an EH big muff pi, etc. a bunch of pedals that I don't use a whole lot.
I've been looking for this OD for years. I love it.

I was on the verge of sending my TS9 to be modded to get it to sound more like this pedal. Glad I took a chance and bought this one.

It has the basic 3 knobs: Level (more or less output), Tone and Gain (the drive itself). Just mess around with the three and you can find a great variety of sounds for a so called blues pedal.

I have a SX SST62 strat, and also a Aria Pro II, but I use it mostly with the SX. My amp is a crappy 20w solid state, but i can't have anything louder by now or I'll start a war with my neighbors. The thing the impresses me the most is the wide variety of tones this pedal can get for a blues pedal. It goes from a bb king light-saturation tone to an unbelievable classic rock sounding with everything on max, passing trough peter green, clapton, SRV, etc. It really does. AWESOME.

Not that this is really crucial, but in a world where there are things like Boss, this one looks really fragile. But remember, this thing is so cheap that if it broke 3 months after you buy it, it would still worth the price.

I don't even know if there is one. Again, in case of trouble buying a new one seems to be much simpler.

I play the Blues, and sometimes classic and hard rock.

Guitar world is a weird one... Actually I went to the store to buy the highly acclaimed TO-800 Vintage Tube Overdrive... but then the seller suggested me to test this one... and I was AMAZINGLY SURPRISED! I tested it on several amps (all solid state, but i don't have a tube anyway) and I can't help but thinking this thing basically does everything TO800 does and FAR MORE. At lower gain levels, it's pretty much the same as TO800, as well as the Holy Grail (which I tested too). But when you put all the drive in, it gets a nice classic, hard rock distortion, even too heavy for playing blues. I think this pedal is awesome not just for blues, but classic rock as well. Wish i could run it trough a tube amp and see how better it could get.

Oh, almost forgotten: If it was stolen, guess I would by more 3, just in case. :)

Straight forward

The BO 100 is basicly a volume level pedal with not much crunch. I don't notice much breakup from the pedal it's self. I can use it to drive my tube amp harder and in essence cause my preamp tubes to break up sooner. However my compresser sustainer pedal also has a level adjustment and it will do the same thing. I just bought a slew of Behringer gear. 5 Pedals, V Amp Pro, and direct box's. The BO 100 has the least amount of drive and distortion of all my OD/Dist pedals. For the price it is definitely good enough for a beginner to intermediate player. People complain about Behringer pedals coloring there sound in stand by mode. If it's being tainted in standby mode I can't tell. I'm playing a Hamer Artist USA and Fender Strat USA through 7 pedals into a Peavey Classic 100W tube head and it sounds decent to me.

NA, It's a China product if it breaks through it away and buy another one.

Behringer has a web site with all there products. I think manuals are down loadable. However the manuals don't tell you anything the knobs don't already say.

The manual says it draws 30 mA. This pedal and all my other pedals draw less than 6 mA each. Except my digital delay and it draws 75 mA. I'm using an external power supply on all my pedals. My pedals are Ibanez Compressor/Sus, Behringer BO 100 Blues Overdrive, Behringer TO 100 Tube Overdrive, Behringer TO 800 Vintage Tube Overdrive, Behringer OD 100 Overdrive Distortion, DOD FX 68 Chorus, Behringer DD 400 Digital Delay. Pedals are not rocket science. Most are a simple OP Amp operation. The only thing I don't like is the plastic housing and the Made in China sticker. If you can get over that, my Behringer pedal line up is pretty decent!

Three knobs, level, tone and gain. On/off switch and a horrible system for changing batteries..

Well, this is best sounding overdrive, and yes, I do own tons off stuff included the holy grail. The level can be set that high that my Vintage tube Princeton sings at any level. With the tone knob at 7 o'clock it sings. with the gain low, half or full throttle it gets me any sound I want, and yes, a bit of prehistory metal can be made with the tone full open. With any guitar! I play mostly single coil, Tele, Strat, Dearmond 100k, Jaguar or Höfner, it sings.. Never had it better

I can depend on it, although it's a plastic case. No need for a backup..

Didn't have to deal with the support with this thing. My experience with Behringer is perfect..

I don't think there can be a better effect for an overdrive. The other Behringer overdrives are not that good. I own tons of gear, but this one is the best.
The price is not to believe.

3 knobs; output, tone and gain, very easy to use. Changing the batteries requieres a little attention though.

First off: It's a BLUES-driver and I use it for playing blues and rock. I use it on my Marshall VS100 pretube stack with my Gibson SG Special or Fender John Mayer Strat (hell of a difference, I know).

It's an overdrive, not a distiortion. It's great for adding a little extra to your sound, or cracking up your output level for bluesy solo's.

Don't expect a distortion, I prefer using my amp OD channel when playing power chords or so.

Be gentle with your gear, don't jump on it, don't throw with it. In case you do, go play drums (no offence). It's reliable, though not as solid as Boss stompboxes, works just fine in case you use it right. No backup needed.

Since I'm Dutch, and Behringer hasn't got offices in The Netherlands, I haven't used it. I haven't needed it yet though, and I will probably never need it. Manual is included though very basic.

Great for adding a little extra to your sound.

I often hear complaints about the quality of Behringer stompboxes, that's why I haven't bought them myself. This was a birthday present and I was very pleased by the sound. I used an Boss ME-50 before but prefer using stompboxes. Boss' BD stompbox (Blues-driver) is better, but not significantly. Behringer is a lot cheaper and has got a reasonable sound. Go check out by yourself!

very easy, three knobs: level, tone, gain

The sound quality depends on your amp and on your pickups. It works very much like a preamp, it is really sensible to the pickups you are using and your amp. For example, on my VOX Pathfinder 10 it pushes the clean channel into a very similar tone like the overdrive channel; on my VOX AD100VT, when using teh AC30 setting, it works similar to the gain control of the amp, so as a conclusion, it is very good if you have a good amp and want to drive it. If you don't like how your amp sounds when driven, look for another pedal, or an amp modeler...

Well, it's plastic, with a piece of metal at the bottom, but when playing live it might slip, or might crack if pushed really hard, but I don't know how many blues players act like crazy on stage... Anyway, I would recommend this pedal for home use, and mostly for players who want to experiment with a different sound, but don't necessarely want to gig with this. If you are really into blues, I think there are lots of pedals (boss, digitech, e.t.c.) you can buy for some additional money... So don't rush, wait till you buy the perfect thing for you!

Never dealt with them.

I play metal (not with this pedal), but I use this pedal to play some ocasional blues at home.
I play electric for 3.5 years, have an ESP-LTD EX-351 with EMG HZ H1 pickups, but I am using this pedal mostly with my Squier Strat, which is heavily modified: SSL4 and HotRails in the bridge and CoolRails and SSL1 in the neck, all Seymour Duncan, the guitar looks like a two humbucker guitar, but with four single coil sized pickups.

Easy.

I really like this pedal. I've had dozens of pedals, most of the ones I've kept have been higher end models that have been pro modded. This one is great for adding just a little smooth grit, ideal for blues or adding a little "extra" for fusion. Works quite well with single coils, transparent freq. response, no humps or cuts.

Why would you jump on a pedal? Do you drive your car into trees? This thing is made of pretty thick ABS plastic, same stuff they make cars out of. Come on..! Without intentional abuse I would expect this to last a reasonable length of time.

Great pedal for the price. I liked it enough that I bought a second one. Now they're hard to get, I expect they've been discontinued. Sounds better than a number of pricey "boutique" pedals I bought and then later sold.

3 KNOBS CAN YOU HANDEL IT.

Great for tube amps, Cheezy with some solid state amps. Its an overdrive not a distortion pedal. Its designed to juice up the input to your amp and adding an extra stage or overdring a tube preamp.
On a solid state box and it will cause nasty clipping in the preamp.
I garrantee you the bad reviews you read are from idiots using solid state amps. Suggest they get a Tube preamp like the cheap one Behringer sells, Run this overdrive into it and run the preamp into your amp. This will allow the tube to acieve saturation giving you the blues tone you wanted in the first place

I've owned a few of these Behringers for awhile. They are very sturdy for plastic. If you weigh 350 pounds and jump on it like an animal It may break. Chances are weighing that much you wont have anyone worthwile watching you play anyway, at least not any chicks.

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All of behringer stuff sounds great. I know what I'm buying and buy the right tool for the right job. Just buying a box that says Blues on it doesnt make you a blues player thank god. There are too many amatures out there with swolen heads. This box does a decent job as I described.

Very easy. Three knobs: Level, Tone and Gain. They do what you'd expect them to perfectly.

Yup, I like this one. I use this pedal to make my clean stuff sound a little dirty, with the Gain know almost set to zero, Tone halfway and level a bit over halfway. I never turn the Gain all the way, cause that doesn't sound very convincing.

Good sound for playing rock and blues licks, and grainy rythems on the more lofi and alternative side. It's also great combined with a Wah-pedal.

When you need a metal distortion, run to the store and buy a Metal Zone (That's what I use for the hard stuff).

Also, there is no noise. Just chain it correctly dudes! (Whammy and/or Wah first, then disto, then the rest)

Plastic, but I guess it's sturdy. Just don't drop it from a building.

Never dealt with them.

Good pedal, great value for money.

The only downside for me: the adapter-input is on the righthand side instead of at the top. also the battery compartment isn't very accesible (you have to use a ballpoint to take the lid off completely).

Getting a decent blues sound is fairly easy. Getting to the battery is a significant problem-you need a pen or something to release a spring loaded incredibly small button. This is one of the reasons I returned this pedal. It is possible to access but compared to other pedals out there this is lacking!

Im playing a modded washburn with gfs lil killers coil tapped on to get the stratish sound-through a vox 15w valvetronics amp using the clean botique setting (my favorite, especially when using pedals). This pedal sounded decent.

I was so skeptical about the reliability of this pedal that I went to ebay and found a guyatone od to replace it. I really liked the sound, but the workmanship, small design with low quality exterior parts resulted in a prompt return. If wrigleys can package their eclipse mints in a metal container for around a dollar, then Behringer could certainly upgrade their shell.

Back when I had my v-amp2 they responded to e-mail quickly and were helpful. Again the Vamp was traded due to the plastic factor. I am not totally opposed to plastic-danelectro did a great job with their fab series.

Decent sound-hopefully they will improve the shell and footswitch!