Behringer GM108 V-Tone

My one is a 2004 model, i baught it as a starter.
I mostly do some blues styles

Despites from the clean channel, i do not like the others.
Even the clean one produces to much rushing noise.
The more gain, the worse it becomes.

no probs since 1 year

no experience so far

Back of the box is open, built from thin (12mm) material.
So the box itself starts vibrating heavily if played louder or with deep frequencies. The modeled Amps and speakers dont sound good,
no matter if compared to originals or not, its just awful noise no more no less.
It was cheap, ok. But even for a starter i would spent more money
to get something serious. I compared it to a MicroCube and
decided to get rid of this shit asp.

I got this amp brand new in Salonga Music Store in Raon. This 15 watt amp was made in 2004 & manufactured in China. The amp is versatile enough to cover different musical genres except for those super high gain modern metal tones. Amp is single channel. No effects loop. With headphone jack & CD input. No reverb. I mainly use the amp in my bedroom which is the reason I bought it in the first place. Power is ok for its size. The amp has 3 mode switches which makes it very versatile.

I mainly use superstrats w/ high output humbucking pick-ups. Sounds that come out of it are really awesome & excellent. The EQ & mode switches are very versatile & offers limitless tone variety. It can go from pristine clean to blistering high gain. This amp is good for those trying to emulate classic & 80's metal. Amp can also cover anything from blues, Brit pop, grunge, hard rock, & alternative tones. Clean channel doesn't get distorted at all. As with all practice combo amps, the amp moves around when you turn the volume to max.

This amp is mainly designed for the bedroom or living room & it is not advisable to use this amp in gigs. Construction quality is cheap since Behringer obviously cut corners to sell this amp at a low price. Potentiometers are made of plastic & I have a fear that they would break down after some years of use. You really have to take good care of this amp.

Never had to deal with them yet.

I've been playing for 14 years already & I'm really careful when buying equipment since they are an investment for me. I'm glad that this amp is one of those good purchases I've made. If this amp was lost or stolen, I'll definitely buy it again. I love the tones that you can get out of this amp. What I don't like is the cheap construction. Overall, this amp offers good value for your money. One of the best practice amps out there.

A 15 watt analog modeling pratice amp with 27 presets of amp, mode, and speaker altogether. 3 band EQ, a drive, and a master. 1 input for guitar, 1 input for CD (MD, etc) and a headphone output. Enough for a pratice, I would say.

Loud! for a small 15 watt amp. I usually turn it up on 2 for a decent level. The presets are quite perfect, great sounds (but it should have more gain into it). Nice low-end, which is perfect for my playing styles. (See overall rating)

*the day i bought this amp, i tried out many similiar ( as in watts) amps including Laney, Roland, and Kustom (this one sucks). None of these amps have any low-end. Laney is so flat, Roland is ok ok, but Kustom is totally flat, and produces so artificial distortion.

Well, so far so good. No problem with anything yet. The construction is strong, well built. But I would not use it on a gig, of course!!! Its a pratice amp! Unless i connect this monster to a power amp, haha!

Havent dealt with them yet.

I have been playing guitar for 6 years, Bass for 3 years and i play drums occasionally. And i've used wide range of amps. i love peavey heads and ashdown! But this micro monster do me well at my home studio. Sounds great, looks fine and great price ahah!

*I have Custom made Mocking Bird with a dimarzio Pro Paf on the neck and a custom made pu on the bridge. I also use effects from Zoom and Im going for many more products from digitech, behringer and rocktron.

*Hey for those who have this amp, try recording with it.

this amp could have reverb, but it is ony a practice amp. it has 3 amp settings, 3 gain and 3 speaker modes. it has a cd line out and it's 15w.

i use this amp with an epiphone les paul special 2. it has really good sound this is my first real guitar amp with features so i don't really know a lot about guitar amps but all i know is that this sounds goooooooooooooood.

seems pretty tough.

i got it used so i don't think there is any costumer support.

i've been playing 4 months i own an art and lutherie acoustic and an epiphone les paul special 2. i love its size because i had another 15w amp and it was like 2 time the weight and size. if it were stolen or lost i would definitly buy another one. i wish it had reverb. i think it's an excellent value.

I bought this as part of a Behringer guitar package (you know the one) as a Xmas present for my 11-yr old in 2004. I thought, "Cool, cheap guitar and cheap amp with headphone jack so I don't have to listen to him struggle with his first chords at top volume!" After I plugged one of my guitars into the GM108 to set it up for my son, I was completely surprised at how good this little sucker sounded! The amp/mode/cabinet switches are fun, this is a great little practice amp.

For an inexpensive practice amp, the GM108 is a wonderful little jewel. No little Peavey or Crate this size can make such musical tones. Sure, you could get a Tech 21 or a little Marshall or Fender, but not for this price, not even close. The clean sound is a little flat, but I was instantly sold by the British sounds. I'm an old band guy and the British/Clean/UK setting, along with a good amount of drive and a bit of volume hit the mark, no pun intended. It was eerie, this little box sounded soooo close to an old stock Marshall, a tone I have always loved. The higher-gain sounds are darn good too. I play through this amp at home all the time, and it's my kid's!

Definately couldn't use this as a gigging amp, not enough power, Captain. However, I might just bring this baby to band practice instead of hauling my rig across town.

Sure, the GM108 could use a few more features, such as reverb, XLR out, you could go on forever...but you know what, this is a fabulous amp for the price. I've been playing for 25 years or so and have owned many crappy-sounding practice amps over the years (Peavey, could you please stand up?? Oh, not here tonight? To accept the award, ladies and gentleman, Boss!) and the GM108, in my opinion, is the dirty little secret of practice amps; practical, sturdy, and of course toneful. Me like.

I have a 2004 model. The amp is very versatile and, thanks to amp modeling, can tackle anything from blue to nu-metal. There are 3 selectable amps, 3 selectable modes, and 3 selectable speakers. This amp is great for someone like me that lives in a condo because it still has great sound even when turned low. If that still isn't low ebough, I can fall back on the headphone jack.

I'm using an Epiphone LP Custom with this amp. It just has the factory humbuckers in it. This amp is great for someone who doesn't stay in the same area of music all of the time. Like I already said, it has modeling to provide for almost any style. The clean channel stays very clean through all volumes and the distortion depends on the amp model chosen. It can go from being very mild to insane just by switching the amp from "tweed" to "california". Another plus is that it nearly perfectly reproduces the qualities of a tube amp.

This is a very dependable amp for home use. I've never had any problems with it and I doubt that it requires much servicing. It would probably be cheaper to buy a new one that get it serviced, anyway!

No problems here!

I like the 3 switches (amp, mode, speaker) because you can get a lot of different core amp sounds out of this little guy. Keeps things fresh that way. I got this as a gift from my wife so I wouldn't have to lug my heavier amp from the garage to the living room just to noodle around on. The headphone jack is very useful as well because she goes to bed pretty early.

I was amazed at how good this amp sounds. A $60 practice amp should not sound this good. I especially love the Tweed/crunch/U.K. setting for good old rock and roll strumming. But I have been playing around with all of the amp combinations and I think they all sound pretty darn good too. The tubelike compression in this amp is what really impressed me.

Seems solid, but if it dies, it's only sixty friggin' dollars-get a new one.

Never dealt with them.

I've been palying for 17 years and mostly play country/rock and roll/pop music on a tele or LP Jr. I had thought about the Roland Micro Cube as well but this one is cheaper and I don't know how useful the battery operation option on the Roland would have been for me. Could be useful to some folks though. For a cheap, small practice amp, I couldn't ask for more personally.

Made in 2003. The features are covered pretty well in the prior reviews. For what it is designed for - a small bedroom/practice amp - it is a great little amp. Very versatile, great tone, pretty loud. I bought it for my daughter to have something to play her mini strat throughand to plug a mic into so that she can sing. She's 6 :+)

A few things to improve on:
1. A bigger speaker would make this an even better amp.
2. A speaker out jack so that the amp could run a cab.
3. the clean volume should be closer to the gain channel.

Other than that, a great amp.

I play everything from classical guitar to hard rock/metal. My daughter plays a LOT of open strings. But this amp will keep her from playing my UniValve. I tried my guitar - an ESP Viper w/ Dimarzio SD in the bridge and a Dimarzio HfH in the neck. Great variety of tones, but the SD would crunch up the clean channel, and the Mini strat - all single coil - sounde great as well. I figure this will last my daughter for a LONG time. Speaker does fart a bit when it is cranked.

I have had great luck with prior Behringer equipment, so I don't have any worries about this amp.

I have e-mailed Behringer about several things in the past and have always gotten a quick, courteous and USEFUL response. If it broke, it would be cheaper to just get another.

I have been playing on and off for the last 25 years...mostly off. If it wandered off, I'd get another one in a heartbeat. I looked at the entry level amps from Marshall, Vox, Crate and Fender and factoring the price, the Behringer won.

My daughter will get many years usage out of this.

For a practice amp this thing is loaded. I needed a quiet amp for at home and this had all the features(headphone jack/line out, cd in).You can even use the headphone jack to run it to a PA(board).From what I've heard the preamp section is so solid that it's sounds awesome when run that way.
The biggest thing that turned my attention it's way was the 27 sound types. Seemed cool but I figured the sound would be just O.K(you know ,sacrifice sound for features).

I play a bit of rock but mostly progressive metal/power metal and even a good bit of the heavier stuff.
I'm using a Yamaha Pacifica 1221 with a Dimarzio x2n. My main setup is an Ada Mp1 >Digitech legend 21 > Tubeworks mosvalve 962 > 2x12 cab.
It sounds awesome but is way too loud, so I began my search for a decent practice amp.
I had read alot of good stuff about Behringer as a company and about the entire v-tone series, so I figured for $120 Canadian I couldn't go wrong.
When I plugged this thing in I started with some clean tones which were really decent enough, you even get some cool beakup sounds on the clean channels making it feel like a tube amp. The distortion really blew me away. For a little practice amp this sounds unbelievable. The lighter tones are very vintage sounding, the british setting screams Marshall. Load on some gain, pick the cabinet type, tweak the eq's and you can get the closest thing I've heard to a JCM800 in a small amp. The californian setting is full and great for your heavier stuff(It's far from the heaviest distortion I've heard, but much heavier than I though it would/could be). My biggest fear was the amp would lack gain and sound wimpy and thin. IT DOESN'T!
To me it sounds better than amps 2-3x it's price.
Amp sounds are all subjective so what you like might be completely diffent than what I like, but I'd suggest at least trying one out, I'm sure you'll be surpised.

So far so good. It has a 1 year warranty and is put together well.

Haven't had to contact them.

I've been playing for 10 years and am very impressed with this amp.If lost or stolen I would replace it without though. I compared it to the Marshall MG series, Peavey Transtube series, a Crate, a Fender and this is the winner. For the price this amp is a STEAL. For all you folks at Behringer, keep up the good work.

Features as previously listed in other reviews.
I bought this as a littel practice amp as I live in an apartment and can't play my 100W head there.
I tried out a few practice amps in the store and this sounded as good as any of the other ones and also was more versatile in the different sounds you can get out of it.

Would have been good to have a footswitch to switch b/w clean and distorted but not sure how it would know which of the 27 simulation modes you would want to be switching to...
Reverb would be nice too but not that big a deal as I just use this as a practice amp in my apartment.
Also wish it had a separate lineout from the headphone out so I could record from the line out without muting the speaker (the speaker mutes when you plug into headphone socket).

Sounds great with both my Wolfgang and Maton EM325C acoustic/electric.
Distorted sounds are good on the bridge pickup for rock/metal as well as on the neck pickup for solos/bluesy stuff.
Clean sounds quite nice on the neck as well. A bit harsh on the bridge but that's more the guitar.
Acoustic sounds really nice too. Maybe a bit muddy - had to turn the bass down a bit but then it was fine
Much easier and quicker to just plug into this and star playing instead of unpacking, plugging in and setting up my rack gear and it sounds more than fine to practice or play along to CD's when working out songs.

I've got a few bits of behringer gear (rack compressor, mixer, headphones) and never had a problem with them.
Although I've also read some problems with quality control.
I tried this unit out in the store first though.

Never dealt with them

I was looking for a practice amp and was going to try and get a second hand one but for a little more than what I'd pay for a second hand I got this brand new with 12 month warrantee and it sounds great.
Nice and small and light (compared to my old 20W practice amp I used to have 15 years ago...).

If you want a cheap practice amp this is a nice choice.
If this were stolen I'd probably buy the same unit again. Maybe look for something with a separate line out and channel switching but for this proce you can't really complain. Behringer make other models with thee things but I didn't want something that big or that expensive for a practice amp