Product: Behringer BO100 Blues Overdrive
Price Paid: 15 (pounds UK)
Submitted
09/19/2005
at
06:04am
by
GRS
Ease of Use
:
10
Easy as anything, its an effects pedal so it dosent get any simpler. If youve used a Boss or Digitech, same thing really
Sound Quality
:
9
I backed to backed this with the Boss Blues driver (#69) and the Digitech Screamin blues (#47) and frankly I couldnt tell the difference, and given the price of these pedals (#15) thats just amazing. When off sound was clean, turned on you got the whole spectrum of blues drive.
Reliability
:
7
Underneath the plastic case its very solid but the case will break eventually , especially if you jump on it like a nutter, but a this price who cares!! buy another brand new one, and again and again, and its still costing you less than the Boss!!!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No dealings with Behringer, although they are easy to get in the UK, lots of stockists.
Overall Rating
:
10
At this price you cant go wrong, not much more than a decent set of strings or two. Sound is way above expectation, I would have no hesitation using one live or recording. Impossible to fault really.
Product: Behringer BO100 Blues Overdrive
Price Paid: US $15 a piece
Submitted
08/21/2005
at
06:31pm
by
Travis
Ease of Use
:
10
It's a Boss BD-2 copy, so if you can adjust three knobs, more power to you, as that's as easy as this pedal is to use. No manual for it, because it's just completely uncalled for.
Sound Quality
:
10
It's can do everything from a clean boost (With a fair amount of gain at that too) with is pedal as well as a really awesome sounding clean ovedrive, just like a tube amp, and a really really great sounding 'soaring' type overdrive. When I was playing a tele and had it going through a crate powerblock direct into a PA via the XLR output, I thought I was John Frusciante from the Live at Slane Castle DVD. I bought two of these pedals, one for a less gainy, cleaner blues type overdrive and the second one was set with a hgiher gain setting. For $20-$30, it's gonna be hard to beat these pedals, until boss sues them. They can really sell themselves. I also tried out the TO100 overdrive, but it was a little fuzzy for me and lacked the definition of the Blues Overdrive and the versatility of the Blues, in my opinion.
Reliability
:
7
It is a plastic enclosure, so it WILL break, but the thing is that they're so bloody cheap, you can just buy a new one, but even if they are plastic, they seem relatively tough considering they're beaten on every night.
Customer Support
:
7
I've met the Northwestern Behringer Rep and he is a very nice guy. I've never had anyone complain about Behringers service, only that the products break, but they're cheap anyways, what do you expect?
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
I really like them, they sound great, they're inexpensive and they really deliver. I hate plastic enclosures, but you know, what do you expect for like $30 a pedal?
