Behringer AC112 Vintager 112 Combo

Same as other reviews. Channel switching delay is only snag. I have another tube preamp pedal i will have to use for gigs to switch during the song. Other than that, lots of features!

I play everything including lots of original. This amp is best for rock, especially vintage stuff. Killer for Beatles, and other jangle rock stuff. Good blues amp as well. Not meant for metal! Variety of tones is a little limited but that works for me just fine. The tones it gets are absolutely tops. Sounds like a much more expensive amp.

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At the price I paid from Musicians Friend, this was the steal of my music career. It wasn't even a blem. I just happened to grab the last one they had. This is the best soudning amp I have played through other than a Mesa Boogie I once had..including Marshalls, Fenders, Roland and many others.

Not sure when it was made...discontinued...mine was bought new in 2005...but not sure how long it had been sitting around...2 channels...clean and OD...plenty of stuff i never use...effects loops and such...the goofy octave stuff...the auto wah...

tube/trans technology with a 12AX7 as the preamp...solid state/digital output...

lots of on-board effects...plenty of power...

the only feature i wish it had was a QUICKER channel switch...only good between songs...not fast enough for in songs...

I play almost all single coils (69 Tele, Jazzmaster, Eastwood Stormbird, Harmony Rocket, Dano Hodad). Roots, pop, garage...this is a VERY versitile and great sounding amp...especially on the slightly overdriven CLEAN channel, where i can get Verlain/Lloyd Television tones quite easily. A LOT of great reverbs on the amp...a cool vintage tremolo...i use it just for the 60's/garage tones, which it does really well...

Blew a fuse the 2nd time i gigged with it, but the sound guy turned the power on and off and then on, so that could have happened with any amp...been fine since...

the website doesn't even list this amp anymore...

Been playing 20+ years...have a SANO (AMAZING amp)...Magnatone (ditto), and a couple of Fenders...this is my favorite non-tube amp ever (though, it's a tube pre-amp)...the clean channel and the effects are great. dirty channel's ok, but i use a pedal ofr the dirt, since the switching's so slow...

really amazing value.

Sound=8+
Value=10

2003 model I believe, with Jensen speaker. Paid 150.00 slightly used.
Fairly versatile,...still trying it out in different situations.
2 channels but I mostly use one, (the gain channel), because of the lag between switching. Some of the FX presets are pretty nice and I'm still experimenting with them. I use this amp for live purposes only and it has more than enough power. My ears are still ringing from a jam we had last night.

I use a G&L Legacy with Duncan Hot Rails,(bridge), Cool Rails,(center), and JB,(neck).
I play a Takamine G Series acoustic in a classic rock trio, the G&L in a punk trio, a classic rock, R&B, Metal, Quartet, and an Ambient electro Improv trio.
No unbearable noise so far, and when I get my VHT Valvulator back from the shop, it will be non-existant.
With some of the FX kicked in, it can make some unusual sounds, but most of them seem to stem from my volume and tone controls on the G&L.
Clean channel is clean and toneful at reasonably high volumes, but as I said, I'm working more with the Gain channel.
Distortion is not what I think of as brutal...more toneful, a la SRV.
When combined with my 2 Tech 21 Power Engines, it becomes Brutal and then some.

I hope I can depend on it as I have gigs coming up, but I will be also using my GNX2 as backup.
No problems as of yet, and after reading many of the reviews above, I will be treating it with kid-gloves to try and prevent them.

Haven't dealt with them and its out of warranty so I will bring it to a Tech friend if I have any problems.

I've been playing for Centuries and own a plethora of instruments. Mostly processors, keys, synth engines, etc.
For the price, I would get another if lost or stolen. (how do you lose an Amp?)
I compared it to Behringers modeling amp line, as well as Vox, Line 6, and Fender products, and for what I paid, this blew them all away in terms of power and tone. Sure, a Hot Rod Deluxe is sweet, but over $700.00??? You can keep it.
Wish that channel switching lag could be resolved.
I used it last night in a LOUD situation. The other guitarist was using a Line 6 Flextone head with a Mesa 4X12 cab whilst I used the Vintager with one line out to a Fender Duo-Verb with the volume up around 3. It cut through like a knife and retained all its tone in the process. Is that the phone? Hello?..Hello???

I don't know what's going on, but from what I've seen, suddenly this amp may not even be generally available in the US. I checked Behringers site, and when you try to find the price (listed by country) there is no listing for the USA.
Anyway, I bought one of these a few months ago, and have only used it on a couple of gigs, because I also bought a Roland VG88 setup, which was more convenient, and I could just plug into the PA.
I have to say, I keep thinking about the sound I was getting from the AC 112. That damned thing is loud! Also, it punches. It's a sound I've missed over the years from using solid state gear.

I play an old 52 Tele, stock everything. I play pretty much any style of music, but mostly classic rock, country, etc. This amp covers it all from what I can tell so far. I've never really said that about one amp.

The only problem I've seen so far with this amp is, the material that is glued to the wood frame as a cover tears extremely easily. I bumped it lightly with the vaccuum cleaner and was horrified to see it tore as if it had been bashed up against a metal pole or something. It wasn't a large tear, but it's still a telltale sign that the cover will rip easily. Not the kind of shredding some people have in mind. Well, I bumped it again, same vaccuum, a few weeks later. Tore in another spot. Holy Crack! So, I'll have to baby this thing. I'm thinking of building a box like cover to slide over the top and protect the knobs. That would be velvet lined or something. I carry it in a road case, but I really don't trust the plastic shafts of the pots. Hopefully the rest of the amp won't be so fragile.

I'll probably never bug them. Unless it explodes, tearing off my hands, then I would tend to call in anger.

I've been playing since 1969. I have several guitars, obviously, lots of pedals, etc. All that crap you get sick of lugging around.

I believe I would buy this amp again, but it makes me wonder why this survey seems to threaten that this amp will be stolen. All the reviews say the same thing. Is there some secret AC 112 theft ring flourishing? If so, I'm getting this thing out of my house, I don't want you jerks seeing all my other cool stuff and swiping it.
OK, I think the setting are pretty hard to use. If I go back to using this amp, which I think I will give a try at my next gigs, I think it would be a good idea to buy the Behringer FCB1010 midi pedal. It actually looks like a great pedal and Ilove the fact that it has 2 expression pedal, so.. you can have volume and wah, or whatever. And no patch cables. I think it would make this amp a good rig.

I am primarily a bass player and bought this amp looking for something I could use on stage at small gigs when occasionally playing guitar (regular and baritone) and to play at home. At the price I wanted to pay I wasn't expecting to find anything with more than one channel and definitely not built-in effects, so when this thing popped up in a store here in Denmark (on sale at about 40% off) my jaw dropped, if not all the way to my chest.
It's a 60W 1x12 combo with a single 12AX7 tube in the preamp, with digital effects based on a 99-preset system, each with three adjustable parameters. I don't know about the MIDI footswitch, but I know you're supposed to be able to do a lot of stuff when combining the amp with MIDI controllers.
It also has an effects loop, adjustable AUX in, line out and it even comes with a 2-channel footswitch for channel select (this has a sound delay/dropoff, making it almost useless! only one channel per song!) and effects on/off (no delay here, works just fine.)

My two guitars are a DeArmond M75 and a Gretsch Silvertone baritone (tuned a fifth below a regular guitar, ie ADGCEA), and I was looking for something to get nice, clean, sparkly tones out of those. This amp certainly delivers, and really I like the tones on the clean channel and they're definitely versatile enough to accomodate whatever needs I've had, with the two very different tonal ranges of my two guitars, both dual humbuckers, but the baritone is much bassier in nature although with slightly thinner sounding, cheaper pickups than the DeArmond.
The drive channel is pretty good too, being pretty dynamic due to the tube in the preamp, and I use it occasionally, usually with the gain swept back to about 3-4. The fact that I don't use it higher gain levels is just because I have very good outboard distortion and 3-band EQ pedals (swedish Gollmer handmade) so I don't need to. That 3-band EQ also aids in versatility, although the EQ on the amp is very good with a fairly wide range of operation.
The on-board effects are a mixed lot. I only use a few, namely reverbs, delays, tremolo (the trem is good enough that I've stopped using my Boss pedal) and a bit of chorus here and there, and the six amp and speaker emulations are nice if you need them. The other effects (like Pitch, Flanger, Magic Drive, Touch Wah etc.) are too far out for my needs though, but others might find them useful as they sound nice enough for what they are.
Most of my guitar work takes place in a mostly instrumental post-rock band which doesn't use all that much bass, and this amp is great for guitar chordwork, baritone melodies or whatever else I need to do there. I'd recommend it for that kind of work. I use my bass amp for metal sounds on the baritone though, as I use it in a grindcore band where I play bass and baritone as the only guitar instruments in the band. This amp doen't quite have what it takes for that.

I don't know much about the reliability, having only bought the amp a short while ago, but it seems reliable, and since it's German I'd assume it's a safe assumption. I'm using it without a backup and am fine with it.

Haven't dealt with Behringer, haven't had the need to.

I've been playing bass for 10 years, guitar (seriously) for about 6-8 years and have a big Ampeg solid state bass amp head and 1x15 speaker cab, so I also use the Behringer for playing bass at home and it does fine as a practise bass amp. I don't know if I'd buy another one as the non-sale price here in Denmark is over $550, so I'd probably look for something cheaper. If I had the money to spend I'd probably consider getting an identical one if it broke, but would probably look at other amps too.

60 Watt amp with two channels. built-in effects. Lots of ins and outs on the back for recording and other such stuff. 12AX7 pre-amp tube. I wish there was an easier way to change the 12AX7 tube though.

I use an Agile Les Paul, Agile SG, and an old ibanez GRX20L. I mostly play classic rock through hard rock music. I think in my opinion the clean is great but you have to learn to eq it to make it sound good. Same goes for the overdrive. I would've given it a 7 for sound but I later bought an Eminence V12 speaker and swapped it out for the stock jensen. What a world of difference that made. Once the Eminence V12 was broken in this thing was much fuller sounding and added way more bottom end. As for the channel switching I really only use the clean channel and run an MT-2 for dirty sounds. I know alot of people think the MT-2 is crap, I used to think that also. But for some reason with this amp is sounds awesome. It's also sounds great at recording using the line out.

The only real problem I've had with this amp is that sometimes it would buzz when playing kind of loud. So what I did was take some caulk and went around it on the inside and that solved the problem. I wish you could change the tube easier though. One time at a gig I had everything set up and I wasn't getting any sound from it. I was like you've got to be kidding me. I found out a few seconds later I was plugged into the headphones jack and not the input. Boy was that a relief. But she has held up for about 2 years now. I also added some casters on the bottom cause this thing is heavy

I don't even know If I have a warranty anymore cause mars music closed and that is where I bought it. If it breaks down I ain't shipping it anywhere cause it will be a fortune. If it breaks it breaks.

I've been playing for 2 years so I'm no veteran but for what I use this amp for it is perfect. It'll hold me over till I can get a JCM800. If it were lost or stolen I might try some other new amp cause you always got to try something new. I love that it was so cheap. I thought it would've sounded worse for how much I paid. I really wish though you could change the tube alot easier. This is a perfect begginer amp cause with all the effects built-in it gives the beginner a chance to experiment with what effects sound good so later they could go out and by seprate stompboxes. all in all I thought it was a good deal.

Good effects.65 watts.2 channel pedal(with your presets)Effects loop.

I WAS USING AN IBANEZ GAX AND A MEX FENDER.If it wasn't for the horrible rattling this amp would pass.Only two channels with included pedal aint great and the pause between the switch is unacceptable.OK for recording but by no means a redeeming quality.If youre a sound freak , the buzz will make you lose sleep.

Depend on it to rattle as good today as it did yesterday.

I've been playing as long as it takes 2 impress you.Try this amp in your shop's loud room(atleast up to 6)and see if it rattles.This was my first Behringer and I'm staying away.

A serious lush design behind this jem from Behringer:anything you could wish from a guitar ampli:clean+drive channel,each with its tone knobs,presence,effect loop beside its own very good effects,foot switch(for clean/overdrive switching and effects on/off),stereo lineout with cabinet simulator(great for direct recording),even a tube(12AX,but I think that such a project could worth at least two ).All in a vintage looking cabinet(20Kg.)

I play Blues-Rock with a Strato+Tele+LP.This ampli has the right sound : it's an authentic blues & bluesrock tone cabinet.
You may jump from clean (very good but not as warm as Fender classic gold standards) through a delicious crunch up to a "classic rock" overdrive.I like a lot the way the tone knobs make their job,colouring deeply but pleasantly the sound,so that you can shape the tone you're searching.The sound has a distinctive,warm tube character.

Seems strong.I fear it will be difficult to change the tube(no direct access neither dedicated window)

Hope I never need it

I own a Fender Deluxe Reverb which has a deeper and warmer sound,
but also is an all tube amp.The Vintager is the best 12" amp with tube and effects for the price,and gives you a lot of amusement with its tone shaping power:lovable!!!!!!!

It's a half-tube amp, like the end is a tube and the first part in amplifiing is made with transistor.
Everyone knows that German products are really good, like this too.Not a Mercedes.If Marshall is a Mercedes it must be a Daewoo(an asian middle-class car) or a Volkswagen.
Firstly it's less expensive and and good to get known with a tube sound but it's a bit small-60 Watts.

This is my first touch with tube-sound, and it was great. The effects(built-in) are good also, but not all of them only the reverbs and the sound sustainer, but that's a real good sound repairing, makes your guitar's sound so dynamic.Real strong volume, you'll like it!

This is what I'm sorry about.After 2 months I happened to tear a potmeter down, unfortunately, but you know they should not make them with such a light and thin plastic.

I haven't got dealt with them.

It's really hard to controll on stage!!!!Yes friends, you have to buy an other part of the amp, and it's his own programmed footswitch, and it makes the price higher.When you stomp on the pedal, which is included in the whole set, the previous effect resets itself, which is bad, and the sound cracks a bit when stomping.That's why, you have to buy it's special big sized footswitch to work out these problems.

Purchased slightly used on Ebay for $200. If this is all you can afford and want a very nice sounding amp with a efx module, you won't go wrong. Plenty of volume, decent tone range, very tubey sound. If the only amp I could have was the AC112, I wouldn't feel slighted, as it is a great all-around amp, suitable for live, recording, etc. But I ended up selling it because my Vox AD120VT can do everything the AC112 can do and sounds much better (but of course it would for $1000). I was actually looking for a small 1-12" combo, and believe it or not, settled on a Bearsville Thug (a real undiscovered gem) for $100 used.

Overall sounds were good (amp sounds). The effects module I really don't like at all (I also had a Behringer Virtualizer which I didn't like either). To slow to figure out how to control, presets aren't my game, and to start programming the amp with my own sounds to switch to is not what I want. Like my Vox AD120VT which I can use in "manual" mode, I can dynamically set the effects controls for each efx bank, then switch on/off with the footpedal. But that doesn't take away from the Vintager's value for $200. I like the sound of the amp overall but I've heard better -- much better. But it's still a great value for $200.

Assumption is good reliability, I didn't have it long enough to offer a real opinion.

Unknown.

Only have $200 and want a loud amp with good tone and built-in effects. You are going to get a great deal and a lot of amp if you purchase the AC112 Vintager. Great value, decent tone, lots of volume, pretty versatile. Not my favorite amp but if I was stranded on a desert island (with AC power) and only had this amp I'd not go that crazy......