Behringer V-Amp 2

Once you have read the manual, it is reasonable easy to use. But it is hard to see the secondary labels on the controls unless the light is bright. Manual is fair, could be more complete, but it was easy to get started.

Used with 2 les pauls and a hollowbody Ibanez. The guitars all sound different and do retain their character. The V-amp2 is noisy on high gain settings, just like most amps actually. The chorus and delay are quite good effects, as is the reverb. As others have mentioned, the clean amp sims are really good (twin, small combo). I often use the V-amp to play through headphones along with using the line in for backing tracks, and for the price and versatility this thing is a great value. But still, using the V-amp2 direct as an amp substitute does leave a bit of harshness to the sound that good tube amps don't have. When I plug the V-amp2 into my fender pro reverb (clean channel), then the sound quality and warmth really blossom. Used in front of a clean warm-sounding amplifier, this unit really does give great access to lots of classic sounds with minimal expense and tweaking. I have classic Marshall, Fender, and Boogie amps also, and the models for these amps are very close. The California Drive model really does sound like my Mark II Boogie, and since I can compare them directly to each other, it is obvious they spent time doing their homework. In fact, the clean modeled boogie sounds just like a boogie clean channel. The Marshall sims are good too, and the fender sims really are great. Unlike when using the real amps, I can play without disturbing the neighbors--the real amps need to be pretty loud to sound good. I don't like the "modern" models, nor do I really like the actual amplifiers they are based on.

No problems with it, but it is not really designed to be used on stage or on road.

Never dealt with them, but: for the value Behringer gives to all of us, (I have a few other Behringer accessories) they deserve a 10. Would you rather have the V-amp2 priced at twice what it is (still cheaper than POD) and have Behringer use the money to man phone lines? I'll take the extra money myself and not worry about support.

I like this thing better than the POD 2.0 I had and sold. It is less expensive, and to me the sounds are at least as good or better. A bit less easy to use than the POD, and of cheaper construction, but what an amazing value and a very versatile piece of equipment.

The features available from knobs and buttons are easy to work with, however, you really need the editing software to be able to get access to the full flexibility of the thing. For instance, you can't get Compressor+Chorus+Delay, without the software. This would be hopeless in band practice (unless you have a computer nearby), or live if you need to make some changes.

I loved it at first and spent a lot of time playing through headphones and a small practice amp, trying out different sounds. However, then I made the misake of plugin into my Peavey Classic 30 just to get a reference to a real tube amp.

What a difference! After that, no matter how I turned the knobs, the V-Amp sounded crap. Ok, I know digital modelling can never be the "real thing", but it was surpising just how big the difference were. I made an immediate promise never to use digital amp modelling ever again (if I can avoid it).

As soon as you go from clean to mild overdrive and crunch, the low end looses all definition and the sound muddies away to an undefined fuzz with no dynamics at all.

The Blackface model is good, since it doesn't really go into overdrive. It gives you some of that sweet tube-like compression. The custom hi-gain is also a really good sustain-rich EVH-type sound.

One of the knobs broke off when I dropped the bag it was in. I managed to glue it back with some epoxy and it has stayed on since. It's a low budget piece and not really intended for serious live-duty, so be really careful with it.

I've been playing for some 15 years, but I don't play regularly in a band nowadays. I have the occacional one-off gig which can be virtually any kind of music from Black Sabbath to Andrew Lloyd Webber to Jazz. I wanted a simple piece to take to the occacional gig but mainly to play at home.

As long as you promise yourself never to go anywhere near a real tube amp, the V-Amp can probably be adequate. However, since I already got one, I'm a lost case. I'm even considering building my own low-watt tube amp just to get someting "real" to play with at home.

I bought this because i needed an effects processer and at this price i didnt expect much but i was proved wrong!
After studying the manual for 20 minutes i started to get the hang of it but some things took longer to figure out, like the edit mode and the tap control.
The presets are very good and when i wanted to create my own presets i was stuck on which bank i should replace!

I use a squier strat and a marshall g50rcd with the v-amp and it makes my guitar sound a few hundred quid better!
Some amp models are a bit muddy and i havent figured out how to fix that yet.
The effects do exactly what it says on the tin and im very happy with them. The delay, flanger and phaser are outstanding! The only one i'm not entirely satisfied with is the autowah.
I can get the sounds of my favourite artists on the v-amp, theres even on board presets for ac/dc, EVH, Dire straits and many more!

The plastic case looks quite sturdy but i wouldnt want to drop it or gig with it. The foot pedal on the other hand is solid as a rock!
I think its sufficient for "bedroom" use or in the studio and very dependable

The customer service is brilliant. The folks at behringer are kind and helpful and even hang out in yahoo groups to answer questions from people like me in their spare time!

I play rock, punk, blues, metal and ska and this box covers all the genres and more!
If this was stolen or lost i would definitely get another one because its the best in its price range.
The effects are brilliant, and so are most of the amp simulations (they're a matter of taste)
The thing that bugs me is NO OFF SWITCH! Everytime i call it a day i have to pull the cable out the back and fumble round with it trying to get it back in the next morning.
Unless you want to spend +400 euros this is the one for you!

This Behringer V-amp 2 was purchased through zzounds.com as a B stock unit. It was 80 dollars plus 5 dollars shipping for the total unit with the foot pedal, adapter and case. All that was lacking was an owners manual. With no owners manual the unit is not really usable and I was in the dark for a while. I probably would not have purchased it at the regular price of 100 dollars which was down from the previous 140 dollar figure.

Digital effects are digital effects. I have a zoom 505-2 that sounds nice like the v-amp 2. It just takes more tweaking to get a good tone. Blindfolded I probably could not tell much of a difference between the two. The v-amp 2 is very impressive with all the accesories that it comes with. The zoom pedals may come with an adapter and thats about it as far as accesories go. A good understanding of the manual is need to make sense of everything. I have a crate V58 5 watt tube amp that does not sound that great. I hook up my V-amp 2 to the crate amp and it transforms it into a nice sounding amp that I enjoy.

hummm......well it's plastic, it looks like it's better suited for home use and in the studio

Amazing that the Behringer techs actually hang out in Yahoogroups answering dumb questions on their own free time. That's dedication.

That 80 dollar price at zzounds was to good to pass up. I had owned a couple Behringer amps that I was happy with also. I can make this unit go crazy, just run piezo pickups through it. My Behringer GMX110 also goes crazy with piezo equipped guitars. Overall it's much more impressive than any other modeling device under 100 dollars which is why I bought it. I'm not into mixing computers and music which is what many owners of the v-amp 2 seem to be into. I just think the unit is ultra-cool and better by far than any other amp modeler in it's current price range.

It's fairly easy to use. One problem I have, like it seems with a lot of these amp modeling setups (e.g. Line 6 Spider which is my main amp) is the adjusment of effects. The tap button is used to affect one parameter of each effect but it takes some time to figure out what exactly it is i.e., if you're tweaking the speed or depth of the flanger. Accessing different amps is a piece of cake. Getting to the cab models is maybe one step too many but gets easy after a while.

I think it sounds phenomenal. I'm not an amp snob, nor have I played throught 50 different amps (I've used a Fender Deluxe 85, Line 6 Spider 212, a Bogner the model of which I can't remember, an old Vox, the obligatory Marshall stack and a couple others). But I know when something sounds good and these sound great. The cleans are clean and the heavies are heavy. The heaviest settings have enough bite/chunk to do Pantera/Slayer type stuff but have a touch of tube warmth that fills out the sound nicely. The full spectrum of sounds is certainly available. The ability to run the amps through 15 different cab types is outstanding. Again, I'm not a pro on cab sounds but it's nice to get different type ambience through the same amp setting. The effects are very high quality. Again, you don't have a TON of wiggle room on how they sound but enough to tweak them to your liking. The reverbs are a strong, strong aspect of this little thing. The Ultra setting lets you get crazy for that spacey canyon echo sound while the other settings give you a wide range of ambient feels. The auto wah is also nice. I don't have the foot controller but a nice hidden feature is that you can emulate a variety of different wah types. It's not that straightforward how to get to a specific type, though, but messing around with it is half the fun. The factory presets are a nice touch, too.

I have no plans of ever using this for a gig. I play mostly through headphones these days so as not to wake my kids so for that purpose it's fine. I've seen written that it's plastic, therefore flimsy. It's actually hard PVC and seems sturdy (though I've yet to drop it!) I wouldn't gig with it, though. But for a little home thing it's phenomenal.

I've never dealt with them so I have no opinion.

For my purposes, I'd give it a 8.5, maybe 9. It sounds great, isn't extremely difficult to use and gives me everything I need at my fingertips. I play a lot of metal, hard rock and older rock and it's got everything I need. I can get Pantera heavy, tripped out spacey and everything in between. For guys who just want a little cheap unit to mess around with and make some nice guitar sounds I'd highly advise it. Especially when you consider the price.

I have this effect now for 6 months and it is great, price and quality are different as usually...with this product the quality is great and price is low. Using is easy, that also means that there is less options than many other effects in little higher price than this. Manuals are made that anyone can understand it and working with patches and setups are very easy.

Sound quality is good or even great in amp modeling. couple things are not so good,clean and some lead sounds are hard to edit. I want sometimes harder lead sound than this can give me...more distortion / overdrive is wanted,compsound is great with this at my setups.

I use Jackson DK2 guitar with it and original duncan designed pickups and it sounds great. I have also tryed it with some harley benton and maison strato copys and it can give nice sound of those too...so this works for anyone.

havent need any support so far!!

I started play guitar 14 years ago and now i'm 26 years old. I Play metal music and actually i compose melodic/powermetal at my home and this product works great for me. I had before BOSS GT-3 effect prosessor and it was 3 times expensive than this and this is better for me so this cant be bad at all ;)

Setup is easy,some sounds are hard to get out of it but it doesn't bother me much. Volume and Master volume pots could be better with some other pots because i record in line and it is very important that volume is always same in output of "Vamp" and these pots moves so fast and easy that it sucks.

ON and OFF switch is must in all elecrtrical products and it is missed with this one.

OVERAL RATING: GREAT DEVICE FOR NOVISE OR EVEN PRO PLAYER!!!

I don't particularly care for things with lots of knobs, but if you take the time to read the manual, it's pretty straight-forward and easy to use. It's got so many features, I haven't had time (or the need) to try them all yet. The manual is good, brief and to the point.

Really amazing in this aspect. Like the last guy I'm getting to be an old geezer and like simplicity and basic guitar into a good tube amp. I don't use many of the effects very often, but they seem good to my ears. The Marshall, Fender and Vox amp simulations are just amazing to me. This thing somehow picks up all the nuances in style that I can throw at it. I use this for late-night practicing and it's real easy to completely lose track of time. One thing I will recommend if you use it as a headphone practice amp like I do; get some GOOD headphones. It makes a world of difference. This isn't a criticism of the V-AMP 2 at all. In fact, when you hear the sounds through good 'phones, it just reinforces how good it is (just like a good amp with a good speaker or speakers). I bought some Grado SR80 headphones and fell in love with this thing all over again. It's definitely made me a better player just by making me want to play all the time.

Been great so far (2 months) but it has an easy life with me. If I'm gigging I'm playing drums, so, no worries.

I've only done the online registration, so far. Very quick response to that. From what I've seen and read, it should be good.

Like almost everyone else says, incredible value. GREAT sounds, easy enough to operate. If lost or stolen, I'd definitely get another. I have no idea how they can sell them so cheap, I'm just happy they do. Also, like everyone else, put an ON/OFF switch on it and it's perfect.

I found the unit fairly easy to use. I did read the manual and it did help wuite a bit.

I mainly use my V-amp 2 as a late night headphone practice tool. It sounds good for the money. I am not real fond of how the cleaner and vintage models' volume drops some. I wish it was more consistent. But again it is a great practice tool for the money.

I has done fine for what i have asked of it. Again it is only a late night, company is over practice tool, and that is what i bought it for.

If you want a nice practice tool, or something to take on a trip with you, then this is great. I have not done recording with it, so i am not sure how it would sound on tape. From a price standpoint, it is a great deal over the POD series and i would consider buying the bass V-amp 2 also.

This little box got me playing guitar again. I went out to buy a little valve combo and came home with this. I am blown away. It comes loaded with pre-sets, (125 IIRC), many of them very silly, but good for recording applications perhaps. I have since learned to edit these using a PC. I now have the sounds reorganised into patterns that I can easily use from the foot switch. I even down loaded some settings from the web that I have been able to make sound just like my old pair of Marshall SuperLeads 100w (no poofy master volume) used to sound like turned up to 11. Except without the 3 days of ear ringing.

I have one bank of sounds set up for a Les Paul, and another for Strat. What I find amazing about this thing is the way it can simulate a valve amp just feathering into clip- (Jimmy Page, The Rain Song) that sound of a valve amp being driven hard, but with guitar tuned down so that your touch drives the amp into that glorious sound. I dunno how the setting work, I am not interesed in palying with chorus delays, flangers- although the sounds I use, and have modified, all make use of these effects. Just amazing stuff. I can get a pretty good sound out of a bad amp, and really good sounds out of a good amp like a Marshall or a Boogie. I will get myself a little Marshall of Laney combo when I get round to it, but the point is, I can turn up and with a guitar and this thing and just go to it.

If i was playing like I played years ago, Id get the rack mounted version. I hate the dinky design, but heh, If this thing f...s up, I'll buy another one, and restore my settings from the computer. Its built to a price, the smarts are inside, and so far, it fine. Needs an on/off swith tho.

I believe it is very good. No direct experience.

I am troglodyte, I admit it, I dislike concepts like "simulation" enormously. I like good old guitars and valve amps. But- this is the best coupla hundred bucks I have ever spent. Its great in the bedroom (arent we all), but the V-AMP cuts it live running into big iron amps too. I love the built in footswitcbable tuner, I love the fact that there is no break in my line through multiple boxes and pedals, i love the simplicity it offers (once you have it organised in a way that you can use it). It makes great great sounds and I get to shut up and play my guitar while everyone else is fiddling with the paraphanalia of guitars. I wish I had had this thing when I was playing music for a living- but now, playing for beers and grins, its just the cats meow.

Fitness for purpose Mr Behringer, this little box is a winner and has brought me much, much pleasure.

It is not very easy to use without reading the manual (I mean, it is not intuitive at all). The highest flexibility of this unit is in the modeler section. Effects are good, but not as flexible as many other units (Digitech, Zoom, etc.).

For $100 you will be extremely impressed. I have many other guitar effects (Boss, Zoom, Digitech and several Behringer), but this unit has excellent distortions and its capability to simulate amplifiers is really outstanding. The other effects provide enough seasoning to make this unit good enough to be used alone.The sound quality can be described as excellent.

I do not know. The box is made out of plastic and it does not seem quite strong. The pedals (which are the ones that you step on) are enclosed in a bullet proof metal case. I think again, Behringer are very smart guys and put the costs were they are needed.

I needed support from Behringer in the past for other of my products and they were diligent and provided good support.

Excellent piece of equipment. You can use it alone and still get excellent sound out of it. For the price and overall features I can say that you will never get anything similar to it in this price range. I think it is the best value for your money.