Behringer AC112 Vintager 112 Combo

I originally had the smaller Behringer tube AC108 and loved it! (Note it has virtually doubled in price since 2006) Thus I was keen to get the next Behringer's Vintager combo but it was hard to find. I managed to get it on ebay cheaply and it has been fantastic! It has lots of effects but I just keep it simple with reverb on the overdrive channel and chorus & reverb on the clean. (I'll let my effects units do the other stuff). It is incredibly powerful like a 4X4 vehicle you know could be used for dragging cars out of swamps. I suppose if I am to be critical, I used it had three channels but now I'm being picky.

When I first played it I thought it was very bassy (as if there was a component missing or something) but now I've used it for concerts it does the job of a head and a cab giving a great booming sound. In terms of quality, the clean channel is very musical (no matter what guitar you use) and the overdrive has clarity and is not just a fuzzy mess.

It is very heavy and perhaps should have two handles on the side. However I used to use a head and a cab and this does the job just as well. Better as it takes up less room on stage

No idea

It came without a manual being second hand and maybe that's why I haven't explored the effects very much. However, I'm not too bothered. It sounds great no matter what style I play: rock n roll, sixties, punk, eighties power rock etc. I use this amp alone with a Behringer tube overdrive pedal (for solos) and a Behringer multieffects pedal (no, I don't work for Behringer! It's just that their products are cheap!) and I have everything I need. If you get one and don't play it it will take up a lot of room in your home. If you do play it, you might not use any other amp again. I haven't for the last year after ten years on being exclusively a Laney man.

Basicly it's a beginner's thing! Don't forget!
What you get out from this amp is not what you should have forever, but something quite good enough, to start up your first experiences with loud strumming.
The whole "system" is digital, sings through a tube, the amp is a hybrid anyway, the tube gives a bit of warmness only, but it's hard to tell.
You get a footswich to it in the package, with which you can change from clean channel to overdrive, there's an unfortunatel quite long drop out when you stomp on it to start up a solo, quite pity and obvious to the audience. It's got a gain knob, and a master to the OD channel, as the clean channel has a master too, and the whole amp a main master knob.

It used to be kind of a modern issue in it's time, back in 2003 when I bought it, midi(never used it), headphone out, stereo line out, line in (for cd player to rehease...) so you can have it at home on the headphones, not disturbing the neighbourhood, and with a good portable case, you can take it with you, it's way much lighter than an "adult's combo", if you can consider a Fender Twin, or so...
Easily affordable for one man to carry.

The EQ is not a real standard, you've got to rehearse a lot with it, until you get the sound out of it that you like, not sure that you would ever find it actually. Better to say, as time passes by, you will find out what misses from the sound. A real characteristic tubesound is missing from this amp, quite unreal, bit "low-cost digital age" sound. No problem with digital technic, but this thing is way too cheaply made to sound nice.
Treble, mid, bass to each channel and presence with the main-master, that feels like it works sometimes, other times it doesn't sound to control too much, I keep it on 9 out of 10 since i've got it.

The effects are a nice try from these guys at Behringer, but it's useless if you don't buy the expensive upgraded footswitch that can control it, otherwise with the single-package-switch you can only control one effect on/off, that you select manually on the amp with knobs. As digital effects, there is a bit of drop out when you switch from one effect to an other.
I only use the compressor effect, that is not really a compressor , but gives some sustain to a single coil guitar. With my humbucking pickups it even overdrives a bit on the clean channel sometimes, so there ican't use compressing with this amp generally.
Noise is what i mostly hear only with the OD channel, as usual with single coil, but you know, single-coil-noise can be smooth or disturbing. This is the disturbing kind.
The OD channel is not bad, but it has a peak leve that it can't fly above, it's hard to descibe, but it's again this realness problem, it's good for an out busting solo, but it's still not a real tube OD channel sound.

Sorry guys, but here my opinion is the worst.
In the first week of buying it one of the treble knobs broke down, so i can't control treble over the OD channel anymore, which I fortunately never had to, if I'd turn it above 10 out of 10, it would sound miserable, but i hate this soft-plastic built solution.
The effect display cracked in the 2 month of having the amp, mistically while travelling with it in a psofessional, custom made case, which I think if I wouldn't have had made soon, the amp would have had it's first birthday in the trash.

On the other hand, it's really important to tell, that it still works, I played over 500 really heavy gigs with it, travelled around thousands of miles and also made the hardest job perfectly: playing for a month, everyday on a boat between Sweden and Finland, where the waves are the most unkind in the world, and the playtimes are 6 hours (yes that's true!) per day. Thank God, it's still working, I had no prblem during the journey, and ever since then...I knock on wood...!

Haven't dealt with them.

Extreme cons:
The features are not bad, but the sound that you get with them is under "OK".
Soft-plastic has been used as a main material while building it, and it makes it losing its price too fast, casts you away from some features.
Without the extended footcontrol board, that's half the price of the amp itself, you can forget about using the effects.
After I bought it, and i got to professional circles of musicians soon, they started poking me with "Hey, You play Behringer, he?What about buying a guitaramp?!", out of the cheap quality, it even sounds cheap.

Extreme PROs:
Pro kind of point of view, that I used not to keep in mind while i was young: it's not heavy at all compared to its 60 watts that sing loud enough to fill up the stage, not to being a lost peep on a loud stage.
I had my first big gigs with this amp, and it's been a real good thought to play through a tube for this price in those times, today I bless that it really never left me alone on the stage, it works after 4 years of intensive usage, but with a bit more mature ear I shout for a Fender Twin.

-60 Watts Solid State with a Tube Power Amp
-99 Presets, all slightly customizable
-2 Channels, Clean and Overdrive

The sheer number of effects here is outstanding. I'm not sure what it is, probably close to 30.

Let's just say it has a solid amount of features to keep you busy.

This is truly where this amp shines. I'm not being biased, but this amp is easy on the ears in every way. I play Technical Death and Black Metal through a Keeley Modded Metal Zone and Ibanez RG570. Alone this amp doesn't cut it for those genres, but the tone it gets through a good distortion pedal with a boost from its overdrive channel is smooth. It almost sounds all tube at times. That's probably its only downfall, it isn't all tube, but for the price you pay it blows its competition out of the water.

At high volumes theres a bit of unwanted hissing with high gain. Virtually none on the clean channel. No more than most other amps.

To be honest it feels a bit flimsy at times. It will probably break one day, and they aren't made anymore so I couldn't replace it with another. And I wouldn't do any important gigs without a backup. The amp itself has never failed me, however the cheap Channel Selector pedal it came with stopped working rather quickly and for seemingly no reason.

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I've been playing guitar for 4 years now, this is my only amp, but i've used many others. I also own a Yamaha Classical and Acoustic as well as a cheap Samick Superstrat. If this amp were stolen i'd cry then save up for a Mesa/Boogie Mark IV combo.

I must say when I first received this amp I didn't like it. I couldn't quickly obtain a nice tone (Mostly due to my inexperience and lack of better distortion) and I knew Behringer was a 'budget company'. But when I found the right mixture of distortion with the amps beautiful Reverb and Delay I was in love. Puts many tube amps to shame.

I do wish this amp could save effects, but it doesn't take long to learn how to quickly achieve your favorite tones, and if you ever wanted to seriously gig and record with it you could buy the seperate Behringer pedal to do so.

Behringer has surprised me. Keep up the good work!

Most of the other reviews date this amp to about '02-'04 so that's close enough for me. I have been so thrilled with this amp as I'm a keyboard guy who is now being allowed to play the guitar by his band mates (no they're not ogres) and I'm finally able to find the tones I've been looking for. It's a simple 2 channel amp with the DSP effects onboard. It does have a tube preamp which warms up the tone significantly without all the noise that a tube amp will give you. I've played in enough bands and with enough guitar players to know how much noise is too much and what is acceptable and this bad boy doesn't have the hiss. My only (and I stress "only") minor complaint is that you can't seem to stack up too many effects, but for a simple rhythm man like myself, that's pretty minor.

After playing though pre-amp pedals from Digitech (yes the RP series), this amp is so nice on the ears. The gain channel can go from very moist, thick overdrive to a nice heavy distortion with just the turn of the gain knob. It doesn't have that over-the-top psycho distortion, so it's probably not for metal guys (and girls...sorry), but my style ranges from (and we're a Christian band) Journey through to Night Ranger and on to Survivor (remember I'm the piano player), so it does exactly what I need it to do.

I love the question "Would you gig with it without a backup?" My friends NEVER gig without a backup! I'm pretty sure, however, that this little tank (it's got some weight) is no fading daisy. I haven't had to get it serviced so I can't really answer that question adequately. If I have to, I'll post another review.

Never dealt with Behringer (but they have a nice website...very user friendly).

After 10 years of trying to get better on the guitar (laugh if you will), I think I'm starting to make some headway and this amp was sort of a present to myself for making some strides. My guitars aren't anything to write home about, but they get the job done (Oscar Schmidt Delta King, and Lotus Strat copy with Floyd Rose trem).
I think Behringer has discontinued this model (but not sure), got mine used, but if you're looking for a warm tube-y kinda tone with some extras, and you can get a good price I'd say go for it, it won't dissapoint

Most of the commenters suggested the amp was made around 2002-03.
The amp comes with two channels, built in digital effects, effect loops, head phone jack, foot switch, midi in/out line out, etc. The amp is 60 watts, tube pre-amp, solid state amp. I've had the amp for less than a year to replace a Marshall AVT 100 combo that I lost. I have not use the amp for giging just for home practice. The amp's sound and price is what prompted me to buy it. In my opinion it is very versatile in sound for the bucks I paid.

Now my style of playing range from Jazz, R&B, Classic Rock, and Alternative. So what kind of sounds do I get from this amp? Excellent clean sounds come through the clean channel once you've dialed in your EQ (Treble, Mid, Bass), and tweak a any of the reverb to your liking. This distortion can crank deliver a good tone for an amp in this price range. You've got to tweak, and tweak, and experiment to find the sound you want. In other words "I'll make it do what it do". The Jensen speaker on this amp is wonderful! I played the amp two or three times in the store before I came back months later to buy it. I have three guitars I use this amp with; a Schecter C1 Classic, natural quilted maple top, w/satin gold hardware, grover tuners, Tone-Pro bridge, and Seymour duncans pick ups (JB in the bridge, '57 in the neck); a Epiphone Emperor II, Joe Pazz model, tobacco sunburst, w/gold hardware, (stock pickups for now); a Epiphone Les Paul Custom, alpine white, w/gold hardware, (stock pickups for now). The Schecter is an absolute joy to play through this amp! The Duncans just makes this amp sound all the much better! The Emperor is does a good job with stock pick ups through the amp, after tweaking the knobs I can produce some good jazz tones. I have not played the Les Paul Custom through the amp yet.

Like the reviewers before me stated, respect the amp and take care of it and it will take care of you. I say this because I broke the input jack by accident. It was clearly my fault because while I was plugged in I tilted the amp forwards towards me (as I was sitting down), so I could see the effects module. The amp slipped from my clumsy hand and fell on it's face, yanking the guitar jack cable hard enough to break the guitar input. The metal ring around the input jack is screwed to a plastic insert, the plastic insert broke. But the damn thing still played!! Not even a scratchy, shorting, popping sound ever came from the result of this mishap!! Until I fixed it (so the guitar jack cable could be stable in the input again), I just ran the cable under amp's carrying handle so I wouldn't yank the input around. This amp was even stolen from me from a home break in while I was at work! Detectives found it in a local pawn shop and returned it to me. She fired right up with no problem. The amp is no creampuff, but it isn't a tank either so use common sense and take care of it.

Never had to deal with them so far. I've bought other products from this company and haven't had a problem yet. Good sign.

I've been playing for 30 years, both guitar and bass. I've owned a lot of equipment over the years as well as guitars. My main pedals have always been Boss, I now have a Boss GT8 mulit effect floor box which I love and suits my needs!! (My Boss GT6 was never recovered from the break in.) By the way when I gave my opinion of the sound of the amp I did so without the use of pedals or any other external effects. I love the amp and was upset that it was stolen. I'm glad I got it back because I know it is discontinued and would be hard to find in stores again. (I don't do used gear, not everyone takes good care of their stuff, not so much is a scratch or ding on my guitar.) Plus I got it at the "discontinued" price for $225! I feel confident I can use this amp gigging, reason I'm not doing it now is that I'm not playing with anyone at this time. This a fantastic amp to own in this price range. The built in effects are great even though I prefer my Boss GT8.

I believe this amp was made in 2003. I play rock, funk, jazz, country, blues, and combinations of all of these styles. I perform in venues ranging from small clubs to arenas. The 60 watts is enough power for me, as I mic the amp if I need PA reinforcement. I have found this amp to be adequate in meeting 90% of my needs. Having only two channels is limiting, in terms of gain variety, but I get the "in between" sounds by rolling my volume back when using the distorted channel. I use the Behringer FCB 1010 midi foot controller with this amp which provides a considerable amount of control. I had to program all of my presets from square one, but I tend to do that with any product I purchase. Behringer provides plenty of features with the midi capability, stereo effects loop, headphone jack, lines out, and included footswitch. I don't like the "drop out" that occurs when changing presets, but for the money I'll deal with it. Seamless switching is great, and maybe Behringer will figur that out in the future. I will admit that many people are shocked when they find out I'm playing through a Behringer amp. However, I am of the mind set that your sound is ultimately in your hands, not the gear you use.

This amp has decent clean and dirty sounds. It doesn't have extreme distortion, but it's plenty for me. I set the mid to 10, the treble to 8, and the bass to 5. This may seem odd to some, but I've spent a lot of time messing with this amp, and this is how it sounds best to me. In fact it reminds of the way you have to set a Fender Deluxe Reverb to get the best sound. I have no problem keeping the clean channel "clean", even at high volumes. The loudest I tend to run this amp is with master on 8. The distorted channel is a bit "hissy" when the master is cranked up, but not unacceptably so. I did start to get a nasty low end rattle at one point with this amp. I checked all the screws on the top panel and found some had loosened up. After I retightened them, the rattle was gone. I now check them periodically to make sure they are tight. The 24 bit effects sound very clean. I get pretty heavily into tweaking them and have had many compliments on the quality of my sound. The only problem I have is with a slight loss of signal when using certain effects. I remedied this by reprogramming the volumes of each preset to match the lowest output preset.

I have had two problems with this amp: 1)A rattle that I was able to fix after finding loose screws, 2)On a handful of occasions I have lost all signal. After turning the amp off and on again, it reset itself - most likely a glitch in the digital processing section of the amp.

I went to college to study music. I've been playing for 24 years. I own a boutique amp hand made by Bruce Egnater, a pre CBS Fender Deluxe Reverb, and a Guild Thunder I. I often tell people that the Vintager 112 is the best $150 dollars I've ever spent on a piece of music gear. I've done at least 250 gigs with this amp in the last three years and it's still rockin'. I know it's not made anymore, so I'd probably be out of luck if I needed a new one.

My Behringer was made in 2002 and i also purchased it then as well...
Well all i have for this amp nothing but PRAISE and i will tell you why shortly...
The build quality is great "made in Germany" what needs to be said from here-Built to last...
Plastic pots well you have build it to a price i suppose but having said this if you respect the amp well it will respect you back ten fold...
I play blues SRV, Albert King, BB KIng etc....as stated by others previously this amp sounds great when cranked...
I dont use the OD channel as i dont require that type of crunch in my playing, but having said that you can get some lovely old tones from bands like Cream, Bad Company you know those vintage rock sounds...

I use a Stratocaster & Telecaster these are Project guitars all custom built...The Srat uses Fender shop 1969 Re-issues and Tele uses overwound Seymour Duncan in the bridge position...Pretty Standard...
I have never heard this amp rattle or buzz... I play 2-3 times a week and this amp has never failed me in the 4 years...I want to tell people how i get a beautiful SRV blues sound out of this amp... In addition i also a Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive TO-800 which is a replica of a Ibanez tube screamer TS-808...I also Behringer EQ pedal-EQ700 model and a Behringer HellBabe Wah-HB-01... Now what doesa that say for behringer products....Now my settings on the clean channel of this amp are as follows... Volume-8 Bass-5 Mid-4 Treble-10 M/Volume-6maybe7... This is the basis of the sound now the guitar master volume should be on about 6-7 for ongoing playing then juiced to 10 for lead soloing... i set the amp to Effect 21 and adjust effect1 knob up to 15 and pull back effect2 knob back to 5....Sounds confusing but it's not trust me....Now to get that fender Glassy Tone that SRV was famous for just tweak EQ with more high's and leave the rest of EQ fairly standard please adjust levels on EQ a little if needed to suit your own guitar's charcteristics but please leave the treble frequency up high for that sharpness...The fantastic features of this amps design is that although the amp as a whole looks quite digital the channels are actually based on old analog wiring....What does this mean- Well the clean sound breaks up beautifully into the loveliest overdrive all by itself, allowing the amp to do the work it was designed to do.... I use the overdrive pedal so as not to change the characteristics of my tone but giving me that dirtier bite i need for SRV type solo's...Hellbabe Wah pedal just for JIMI feel... You know what i mean people....
Man i have played at shows where people have checked out type of equiptment i use to create that sound...The fact that Behringer Amps and Pedals are not that prolific in Australia...People would laugh if i told them what this stuff cost's.... Way to go Behringer...

As i said earlier it has never let me down in 4 years and probably wont ever.... I have total faith in this amp, i also have a 100watt fender FM 212 which is again a solid state amp which i keep as a spare for shows, this belongs to a friend of mine who to this day cant understand why i would use A Behringer as apposed to his Fender, it's a fender for goodness sakes-well truth be known - although the Fender FM 212 has a lovely ultra clean sound, the problem is that it doesn't breakup as volumed is applied, adding pedals then changes the tone and then me become very unhappy man....PS the reverb on the Fender is a little soft....

Never had an issue with this amp yet...Have e-mailed Behringer on some accessories once for itl, although they didnt have any were still quick in answering my enquiries...

The only thing i would like to have on this amp is perhaps another 12" Speaker, only to put some height into this lovely amp as i need to place it on a box for gigs...When you tweak this baby up for clean bluesy tones and drive it hard man how good is that 12" Jensen vintager spk....
This amp is the THE BOMB....

PS i do not work for Behringer....
Wouldn't mind though?????

This Amp is Great as it is,it would be perfect though with just a reverb,2x12 speakers and 2 tubes for the same price.

I play a jackson dxmg with emg humbuckers,and it sounds like an old strat.Who ever said this is not an amp for metal is largely mistaken.I use an analog distortion pedal to get my metal sound and I'm really happy with it.

Just got it

I hated it at first but two days later i found my sound and just can't go back to any amp I used to play.
I wish they build the same amp only stronger 2x12 speakers with 2 stages tubes no dsp for the same buck.
THIS WOULD BE PERFECT!

Couple of years old, I think. Comes with a footswitch that feels a bit "spongy" and doesn't give a distinct "switching click".
It would be nice if the the footswitch had indicator lights for clean/overdrive channel and effect on/off.
It would also be nice with higher output, like 100 Watts.
If Behringer could make an all tube amp with similar EFX and 2 x 12" speakers at "Behringer price", I would be interested.

I have played a Squier Standard Fat Tele through it. Sounds good with the single coil as well as the hummer.
Suits my music style well (60s rock and Shadows type instrumentals).
I mostly use clean sound with or without delay and slight overdrive with and without delay. This amp can produce these sounds to my liking.
The clean channel doesn't seem to be as loud as the overdrive channel.
The EFX largely seem OK. I have mostly used the delay.

Seems dependable.
I have used it on a gig and it came through OK.
Would need more Watts to play in a big place, though.

Played for some 40 years.
Bought this amp recently for my daughter.
If it were lost, we might get another one, or some other Behringer model.

This is the second amp with built in EFX for us. My daughter had a Roland Microcube before. Before we bought the AC112, she tried a Vox AD30VT. However, we think that the AC112 gives better bang for the buck!

I bought this new in 2005 from Musician's Friend in the warehouse boneyard. It had a broken pot knob that was easily epoxied on. Found it to rattle, so I took it back and bought another one in the box. No rattle, just good clean sounds and an amazing value. Plenty of effects and volume. I've got several vintage amps; Fender, Gretsch, Princeton and Valco. This one has replaced them all as my gig amp. The 1010 Foot Controller is a must but it cost more then the amp!

I use several different guitars; Gretsch Anniversary, Strat and a Tele. The Telecaster is custom made and just screams with this amp. We play mostly R&B, Blues and Classic Rock and it suits them just fine. 99 different sounds and most are useable. I had to try a few different settings at first but I found this amp to fit my needs rather well.

No problems at all. I haven't ever brought a back up amp.

No need to contact any support or service.

I've had it in regular use for over six months without incident. I will buy another. It is the most versatile, best sounding and absolutely the greatest value I've found in quite some time.

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.

Don't know yet.

don't know yet

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......

I placed a review about a year and a half ago stating that you really can't get a metal sound out of this amp (as did a lot of people)...I was wrong. I don't personally play metal. The other day a more experienced guitarist I know told me that I was using the volumes (preamp and master) incorrectly. According to what I understood from the manual, I put the preamp volumes for each channel around 10 (8 for OD channel) and adujusted overall volume with the master...this is wrong. Instead you should have the preamp and master (poweramp) volumes pretty even (the preamp should be a little lower actually).
So for bedroom volume:
Clean: preamp volume = 4
master volume = 6
OD: preamp volume = 3
master volume = 4 (I think)

For a metal sound:

Lows: 9
Mids: 3 (or lower)
Highs: 9

preamp volume: low (1-3)
master volume: higher (5-10)
-Adjust the volumes to accomodate overall volume level and desired distortion.
gain: 10

Just mess around with this. You'll get a much warmer cleaner sound on the clean channel if you have a higher master than preamp. With this you can get a great warm clean sound on the clean channel at low volumes and a raunchy, crunchy distortion on the OD channel at low volumes.

The other reviewers have them listed. You can download the manual at the Behringer website and get everything in detail.

Dislikes:
(1) Plastic knob shafts---definitely the Achilles' heel of this amp. I cut a plywood plate with a carry-handle cut-out and I lay that on the top of the amp before I put the (Peavey) amp cover over it.

(2) Behringer doesn't sell covers for its amps.

(3) The two-piece amp chassis---probably the only one in Behringer guitar amps (I own 3 other Behringer models). THIS IS A SOURCE OF BUZZ AT LOUD VOLUMES. Easily remedied: Remove the chassis (remove the power cord, remove top screws first, trun the amp upside-down, remove the side screws, slide it out). Then, run a strip of electrical tape along the mating edges of the two parts of the chassis and the outside edges of the whole chassis. I wrote to Behringer about this. Time involved: 15-30 for the first time. You'll learn what you need to do to eventually change the pre-amp tube.

(4) Chassis has to be removed to change preamp tube but no more difficult than on my old Marshall valvestates. Someone else wrote that you have to remove knobs, etc. to change the tube---not so.

(5) The top panel controls give the amp a cool look but, on a titled amp stand, are definitely not as convenient as front panel knobs---but this is something that you choose up front when you buy this type of amp.

(6) No patch-change table for the effects section---coordinating your POD/GNX/V-AMP settings with the internal settings won't happen easily. Effect ettings and changes can be stored (and even changed on-the-fly) via a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller (an amazing bargain in its own right).

(7) No Ext. Speaker jack. No big deal---it's an open-back cabinet. I cut the speaker wire and spliced in 1/4-in connectors.

(8) MIDI implementation includes effects/patches/controllers, channel switching, effects on/off, but does not include preamp/EQ settings (not unusual).

(9) No contour/morphing knob on the overdrive channel (Marshalls, other Behringers have this).


Likes:

(1) Rear-panel connections---Behringer is hard to beat. Routing options are outrageous---how about serial or parallel effects loops to start with. I run a modeling pedal (usually GNX2, but also tried POD and V-AMP) into the stereo aux inputs and use a Whirlwind active A/B/A+B box. I can run modeler only, Vinager only, or modeler+vintager blended.

(2) Aux level control. Presence control works realy well and is in the master section, not just on one channel.

(3) Channel controls work well and are flexible. For electrics, I usually use a Fender Power Strat, Gibson LP Custom with Dual-Sounds, and a Line6 Variax. All sound really sweet through this amp. EQ is really easy to adjust for each guitar (even the Variax).

(4) Sweet bluesy sound with great speaker overload at loud volumes. At high volumes, you would swear this is an all tube amp, even if you bypass the front panel and just use the aux circuit with a modeler.

(5) Does decent duty as an acoustic amp with EQ tweaking. It does great duty as an acoustic amp if you couple it the rear panel inputs with a small mixer. The Drive control and all volume controls work well in tandem to let you tweak clean/overdrive volume settings.

(6) The effects are definitely usable. Adjustable as you play ("Learn Mode") with a Behringer FCB1010 foot controller. The amp modeling patches give the amp a whole new voicing---like having a GM110 built into the Vinager (these patches are also in all of my other Behringer amps).

(7) Not overweight, like other Behringer units.

(8) Using the aux inputs: A great, inexpensive amp to use with GNX2/POD/V-AMP without tweaking from your PA/recording settings/patches.

(9) The stailess steel part of the chassis does look sharp!

For electrics, I usually use a Fender Power Strat, Gibson LP Custom with DiMarzio Dual-Sounds, and a Line6 Variax. When I work with a MIDI trio, anything could get called (sure, all that Kareoke keyboard player does is locate the disk and off HE goes . . .). Stage volume is not at the Marshall stack level but is usually visceral. The amp has great-sounding (stereo) line-outs (normalized) for the PA. The amp sounds really tubey when cranked. The separate EQ for each channel will definitely let you get a favorite clean and distortion pair of settings. Not a Creed amp at Creed levels---Jeez, it's a 1-12 combo. It's worked well on stage, it's versatile, but it's never made me breakfast.

No problems so far (4 months with this unit).

I have received parts/repair info from Behringer in the past. They never acknowledged suggestions/criticisms that I sent them but they did answer questions.

Been playing electric over 40 years.

I'd buy another to replace it (and if I decide to sell my Blue Devil, might end up owning two Vintagers).

Compared to a Marshal "valvestate", this amp gets the old-timey amp sound, effects, MIDI, versatility and connectivity at an unbelievably low price. It's not perfect but I do enjoy playing through it every time. I don't want the maintenance expense and hassle of an all-tube amp. This thing is what I thought a Marshall valvestate was supposed to do, only better, more flexible, and less expensive.

Just a few random gripes and comments...
1. The chassis is an IC board with all the pots soldered into the board. The pots shafts are plastic, and one of mine broke, I don't know how, but this amp literally has not left the bedroom and has been well protected. Since the amp is under warranty, I called Behringer and was told I had to talk to the RMA guy. He was not easy to reach. I was told I had to ship the amp to their repair facility in Minnesota and they would repair the pot. I decided the shipping and time wasn't worth it and expoxied the shaft back on. Plastic pot shafts...?
2. To me, the overdrive is harsh, they use a Sovtek 12AX7. I was told if I substituted another tube I would void the warranty. But the worst part is that the tube is INSIDE the chassis. The entire amp has to be removed from the cabinet, all the knobs must be removed (you'll probably break a pot shaft), and the chrome cover removed all just to get at the tube. This is bad engineering.
3. There is no external speaker provision.
4. The line outputs are stereo only, 2 separate left and right channels. Normally, the left channel is mono, but not the Behringer, you'll have to "Y" the outputs together for mono.
5. As others have mentioned, you can only modify existing presets, not create new ones.

You get what you pay for; this is an O.K. sounding amp, I like the styling, it's a nice heavy cabinet, and it has a decent speaker, but the weaknesses as noted above rule it out to me as a professional-quality amp. I would not gig it. It's O.K. for home or studio, but be careful. I would not buy another one.

Manufactured 08/2002
60 watts RMS w/ Jensen speaker
2 channels - clean & OD, switchable via included footswitch
3 band full range EQ on both
All the usual ins and outs
FX section can be toggled via footswitch
99 presets, all the usuals - chorus, reverb, delay, flange, wah, trem, pith shift, phase...

Using a standard Strat, variety of styles.
I've only had it for a few days, so I'm still getting to know it, but seems to be a good all around combo.
Not noisy, epsecially compared to some amps, good noise floor.
The clean channel seems pretty..well - clean. But I haven't had it cranked much as I don't need to get kicked out of my apartment.
They say that the headphone out is frequency compensated, and I'd have to agree, good definition throughout all notes, and that's through a pair of $2 cheapo headphones.
As for the distortion.. well it's either your thing or it isn't. I'm not a big metal head anyway, so I typically have the gain turned down to 1 or 2 just to introduce some with heavier attacks. It sounds workable, but some may find it a bit muddy and lacking crunch. One of the other posts here mentioned adding a tube screamer or something and not worrying about it's onboard distortion, I'm inclined to agree.
The FX sound pretty good for the most part, nice reverb.

Well the first one I brought home started doing that thing on the OD channel that someone else mentioned where it'd cut out and make a fartin noise and the display would flutter. I figured out that it'd do it after being on for about an hour and a half and even with nothing plugged into it, so maybe heat related, component out of spec. And the only way to get it back would be to cycle the channels or the power. So I took it back to the store and got it exchanged, took the new one and left it plugged in and on for 10 hours, no problems. So maybe a quality control issue.
Would I use it on a gig without a backup? Ask me again in a year when it's had a chance to re-earn my trust.

Haven't dealt with 'em, just my store.

If it were stolen or lost, and I had the same amount of money to spend, I'd probably get it again. Slap in a good distortion pedal and you've got a pretty good basic setup.
I was actually in the market for something a bit better than a 15 watt practice amp, and if you compare the AC112 to the other big names (Fender, Crate, Peavey, etc..)from a price/feature standpoint, you're really getting a lot for your money. Just be sure that whomever you get it from has a good exchange policy in case you get a flaky one.
I do wish the controls were on the front, as opposed to the top, but a minor annoyance.

Features as described by many others. Absolutely saddisfying for me.
My wish is: Could the knobs be on the front side? This would be
more comfortable I think.

I-m playing a tex mex strat, & some fender strat copies of good
quality. The AC112 is not noisy, definitly not. I compared it with
The Zoom 30, which is very noisy. The Zoom has a noise reduction
Electronic, but it never works well enough. I sold my Zoom because
of that. The behringer is wonderful in comparison to the Zoom.
The variety is Great, it has a own character, this amp can sing
and swing & rock. Sounds best with my Fender Original Strat. I would
definitly buy it again. The price ist very very low for such a good
and strong amp. I mostly use the clean sounds, the distorted ones
have a very good tuby characteristique. Its MY Amp.

Its built like a tank.

Seems to be good.

A Topp Amp. A Topp Price. Worth every Cent. Would buy it again, if
it was lost.