Behringer GM110 Combo

The usual tone controls plus the 3 amp models, 3 gain levels and 3 speaker simulations. Headphone, XLR & speaker out on the rear plus effects loop. Pretty good for a practice amp. I bought it because I needed something with a headphone jack. It seems quite loud and I think it could keep with a reasonable drummer in a casual jamming (basement or garage) situation.

I play a G&L ASAT and Hamer Special with P90s. There are lots of usable sounds if you play around a little. The clean is pretty nice but not real loud compared to the higher gain sounds. For me the best sounds are on the clean setting with the gain control turned up or the hi-gain setting with the gain turned down then dial in what you want with the tone controls. There is very little difference between the hi-gain and hot settings. My favorites are the tweed clean and the British hi-gain. The "Calif"ornia setting also has some cool sounds.

I replaced the Jensen Mod speaker with an Eminence Legend. Didn't affect the distorted sounds much but the clean is better. The Jensen is pretty inefficient so the speaker swap probably had the same effect as doubling the power.

If I put on my "tube snob" hat, it doesn't sound that great. If I put in my "I appreciate a versatile amp" hat, it sounds just fine. I have not tried any other modeling or multi-sound amps (Vox Valvetronix, Fender Cyber or DSP, etc.) so I can't say how it compares to those.

Bought used 4 months ago. It's 4 years old and everything works so I assume it pretty reliable. Haven't taken it out of my basement since I got it.

The manual is on the website. That's all I've needed.

I currently own 3 tube amps and have sold 4 others. The blackface Fender sound is my favorite sound. I play mostly for my own amusement but used to jam frequently with others. Wish I had this little guy back when I was lugging my 45# Fender to other people's houses.

For what it is, it's a great little amp. It doesn't really sound like a tube amp (at least not like my tube amps) but so what? If you are playing with others or jamming with your CDs or MP3s, it will be just fine. It might even be gig-worthy in a small club, especially if you plugged it into a larger speaker cab.

It keeps aming me. I tried another speaker today. After the 50s Jensens and celestion greenbacks 25s. Damn that little 10" Jensen sounds fine! Really close to the Jensens. I started playing a set neck 'Les Paul" with a P90 neck and a Marzio 13,6? ohm static and I can see that mixing ande matching guitars, pickups, speakers and amps... tonestacks, is going to be interesting. My other amps are Fender Twin '68. Fender Deluxe '85(Great amp, esp for SRV), but I really love this Behr. I want a bunch more...

Yes

errrrr (plasic shfts on pots... they break!)

no idea

Long

Hello everybody... as there are so much reviews about this little beast, I??ve decided to put a different kind of post here :-)

If you wanna hear about detailed features, just take a look at the other reviews... this one will mainly talk about tweaking it!!!

(By the way, my first post here was about how to modify a Laney TF-700 or any Valvestate-type / real tube amp. That was basically that you can replace almost any ECCxx preamplifier tube with almost any other type of ECCxx. Each one gives its own gain factor/sound character... so play with pre tube types/brands and you??ll surely find "your" sound!)

It is a clear copy of a Tech 21 amp (based on their previous SANS-AMP three-channel preamplifier), you know that Behringer uses to "take some inspiration" on other brand??s products... :-P

It has got three switches and some pots :-), if you wanna know what do they do... once again, take a look below! I just want to share with you a cool trick which I discovered by pure casuality! Just keep on reading:

As I bought it used, I soon realized that the BASS tone control was broken... but not exactly out of use, it simply was able to do 360?? turns (do you already get the idea? :-D). This is the bad/good thing about the pots used by Behringer... why??? keep on reading! It still worked, and when you adjusted it on its "unoperating" position it simply got disconnected from the circuitry. Then the sound was almost free of low-end, but not just this... just a different character, more "vintage-like". I found it funny and never replaced it, simply used this new feature as another available sound choice. After two years using the amp that way, yesterday I decided to do the same to the MID and TREBLE pots... call me crazy, but it works! If you make them turn beyond its operating limits (CAREFULLY!), they??ll do a little "crack" sound and it is done, you??ve got a modified amp with very few efforts :-D. It can feel a bit scratchy, so simply make some more 360?? turns and it will be completely done. Anyway, I??m sure this little "bulk" left inside the pot will disappear with some hours of use... so let time do its work!

By the way, I guess it won??t compromise its normal operation/durability, as tone circuits simply process the sound signal... so there isn??t any danger of overloads, overheating, etc.

When you disconnect one of the controls you should expect to make disappear its own frequencies range... but not only this, it also changes a bit the overall sound. So now you??ve got three more "switches" added to an already complete, versatile machine... a lotta more combinations to go mad with it!

I won??t encourage anybody to do the same with GAIN and LEVEL controls... But if you try it, tell me!!! :-D (I guess it wouldn??t be a good idea)

So that??s all about modifications... except the way I??m using it! just keep on reading.

Well, I NEVER had the chance to get connected to a real Mesa Boogie, nor a tube Marshall/Fender... so I won??t make any comparison to the "real things"!!! I??ll simply say that it sounds nice in almost any setting you choose, and they??re quite more than a few... EQ controls really work over the sound, a fact that just don??t always happen with any amp.

Quite decent clean tones (specially on TWEED mode), and truely working distortions. There are a lot of switch combinations available, so it would be difficult not to focus its sound quite close to what you??ve got in mind!

A friend of mine told me that it is one of the coolest, closest-to-tube small amps he had heard, but anyway he also told me that it keeps the solid state "plastic" character, you know what I mean... I own some humble, obscure brand, small tube amps and I noticed it, too. So compared to a good tube amp it should surely fall in some kinda shame. Hey, but it sounds ok... specially for the price paid!!!

By the way, I recorded a few guitar licks directly to an ISIS PC sound module and it sounded quite real and warm. So it could be a cool tool for home recording (you can avoid the mic and all its usual troubles, although it??ll surely sound lotta better using it!). I guess that connection straight to a PA system won??t work badly, too.

I??ve frequently used this thing since three years ago, when I bought it USED... so I believe it passed the durability test wery well!!!

The box seems to be a real tank (it is heavy, at least!), but I took the circuitry out of it to use it as a head for my 4x12" while practicing with my r??n??r band :-D. So it hasn??t suffered too much kicks, falls etc...

The circuitry chassis should be quite hard, as I HAVEN??T put it into any box by now! :-D I mean, I??ve always used it as an amplifier head but simply "as it is" without any packaging... I simply pulled off the built-in spk lead, as you can connect any cabinet to the "aux spk" output (I swear I??ll make a home-made box some day, as it is quite a crappy way for making use of it!!!) It has the input transformer placed on its basis, but it isn??t a big trouble as I simply use one of its plain sides as its actual basis. Not too much safe to use that way, I know, but it works quite well placed onto any speaker cabinet! You just have to take some care with the guitar lead, as if you pull it the amp can jump out of its place... by the way, it suffered some falls and it still works nicely. So a round 10 for this.

Although user manual says you should use only 8 ohm speakers, or you may damage the output stage, I??m using it connected to a 8", 4 ohm, vintage AlNiCo recycled speaker (this one put into a convenient open-back box!!! :-D) and it works really nice. Maybe I??m lucky and other units could burn out, but I??m doing it since some months ago, during more than three hours a session, and nothing bad happened. Actually, as you low spk impedance down to a half it sounds even louder and wilder :-) So take note good of this if you wanna get some more watts from this tank! So I??ll give it just a 20 for this :-D

Never dealt with Behringer but although its products reputation (mentioned on other reviews), it seems to be a serious company and some of their products are quite cool for the prices. But as I never dealt with them, just look at the other reviews for this...

Really happy for this buy... It is the 1.1 version, so it is a collectable piece in some way! :-P

If you find one of them, give it a try,,, if you don??t own a pile of tube amps it will be a nice piece of gear. As I told you, a cool machine for tweaking it and/or trying crazy inventions!

That??s all, folks! Have a nice lifetime with music (and DIY/tweaking! :-D)

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This is a small follow up review. I have this amp for over two years, but I was afraid of trying it out pushing a bit harder due to this is a Behringer wich brand has sometimes bad reputation (I don't know, but some people are allways saying that.) Now I put all the switches up to the highest position, and all the pots up to 10. (The overall volume was set to 6). And I must say I was really amaized! I allways knew, that this amp is a good sounding one, but I did not know I have such a good sounding amp! It's not about how loud this can be! I am talking about the tone it pushes out! It sounds great on low volume, moderate settings, but if you push it a little more, it sounds unbelievable: singing shiny, bueatufull. Pushes out some solo tones I used to hear from Steve Vai. I was just standing there listening to my amp, and listening to a Marshall MG100 DFX at the same time, and I think this little amp has nothing to worry about beside those big brothers, like a MG 100! And this amp was just 130 EUR!!! It's loud on the distorsion positions, and sounds very nice, and costs that little! I am so glad I have this! This amp is Highly Recommended!!! After two years of using it this can surprise me again and again! I almost don't believe I have it! But wow, I do really have it.
Ok It's not a full tube amp, but it worth several times what it costs! Try to find this value for this little money! I doubt you can!

For a $60 amp, the features are fine. The amp provides the tone flavours, YOU provide everything else. The dial layout is good - full-range EQ, Gain ("Drive") and Volume. Also the three V-Tone switches, for amp mode, gain mode, and speaker compensation. No on-board reverb or other effects exist - hence, the price discount. However, there's an FX loop that works fine for plugging in whatever you want - chorus, delay, reverb, etc. The amp is SMALL and LIGHT - but, make no mistake ... it plays well. This amp makes me a believer in modeling amp's. My hat is off to Behringer for being the "Common Man's Electronics Company" ... low price with BIG performance.

This little amp is a TONE MONSTER. One of my favorite techniques with it is to set to "Tweed / Clean", and boost the incoming signal with an EQ pedal plus an OD like my DC Womanizer. This baby will absolutely SCREAM...and beautifully too. The other amp model settings are excellent as well....they're very strong and LOUD, with excellent tonal quality. Smooth blues, AC/DC, Gary Moore, Robben Ford, '80's metal ... they're all on-tap, either directly, or with some subtle help from your effects chain. I play a Strat, Les Paul Custom, and Semi-HB with Hum's through this baby, and all of them play great. I've gone full-circle over the years with amp's .... i currently have all-tube, hybrid and SS amp's, as well as modelling SS's, and my favorite amp is a good modeller. THIS AMP IS A GOOD MODELLER....and costs less than most stomp's !

Behringer has dis-continued / replaced this model with its new small-end V-Tone, which i'm sure is very good. I picked my GM110 up right after it was dis-continued, and got a discount on it to boot, on top of its low price. The replacement model, i believe, has a scaled-down effects circuit, which is nice to have, but of course raises the price. Still, it's hard to beat this Behringer V-Tone technology at the price. The amp design is simple and easy to use, yet very effective. I've cranked this baby UP way loud, MANY times, and even dropped it down a flight of steps (accidently i assure you), and i just can't kill it! It's the Toyota Corolla of amp's.

No opinion.

Excellent price, excellent performance ... a grand slam for the guitar warrior. You won't rock a statium, but you'll rock your walls....guaranteed. Save the big rig's for when they're required ... for small-to-moderate play, i recommend V-Tone. "Nuf Said".

the modeling combinations give lots of possibilities. Spring reverb or even any reverb would have been nice but would have bumped the price up so cant complain really. Fx send and return means I can add my own reverb unit which I do for gigs. Good amount of features for blues and rock.

only an 8 with the stock speaker. The magnet is very light and almost laughable compared to the Celestion vintage 10 that I put in. Having said that the stock sound coming out of such a crap speaker was good. The celestion replacement colours the sound, as you might expect from celestion, but definitely to my tastes. I now use the clean for most stuff with a little gain and the celestion to colour it. beautifull. Sound quality is also helped by a well made cabinet. Proper nuts holding the speaker in place, over engineered heavily chromed corner protectors, extra glues wedges instide for rigidity, very practicle leather strap, it goes on. Built like a tank.

I bought this used 5 days ago, it has clearly been well played and loved so I can only assume it is reliable

good web site, never had to contact them for this or any other product of theirs that I have

Ideal amp for me. I play blues and some rock & roll in pubs and clubs. 30w is loud enough. Would use DI out if more volume needed at gigs -ground lift on this feature is a nice addition in case of mains hum. Behringer have thought of everything here and kept the price down bt including a passable speaker. Trade up to a better speaker and you've got yourself an excellent gigging combo thats as cheap as chips.

This is a 'current' 2006 offering from Behringer, but may now be discontinued, according to e-tailers web sites. After obtaining a used model(loaner) for evaluation, I have tried to order this amp from several e-tailers, and this amp appears to be no longer available in the United States (maybe discontinued or taken off the market) as of December 2006.

The Amp sounds good at low home practice volumes, if you like 'dry' tone.' No channel switching or 'vox-like' attenuator, nor are there any tubes in the amp. All solid-state.

What is missing is a spring reverb tank like the Tech-21 or Orange Crush 15/30R have. That makes a big difference for 'vintage' players playing old-school rock, country, rock-a-billy, jazz.

I have to give this amp a 3, because I think I will get either the Tech-21 or Orange analog modeling amp with a real spring reverb tank.

As a standard of reference, Tech-21 and Orange have really, good cleans and easy to dial in mild tube-like overdrive/crunch. And their reverb tanks make the amps very, very nice sounding for all styles of music.

The GM110, by comparison is a bit harder to dial in the mild tube distortion, and the cleans are not quite as clear and articulate. The tone is acceptable, however, if you don't need vintage reverb to go with the vintage amp.

Because the GM110 lacks a vintage spring reverb tank, I found it less desirable to play for long periods of time. Sometimes I like to play w/out reverb, but most of the time I simply want to dial it way down vs. turn it completely off/dry.

Again without reverb, and because the cleans and mild distortions are not quite at the 'reference standard' I have to rate this amp a 3.

Behringer is known for their very low prices, and with a one year warranty, you should be fine. I have experienced good reliability with my other Behringer products.

Some of the parts are plastic, high-volume, lower cost components. That's not necessarily bad, if you take care of the unit and don't kick it around.

However, at a very low price the GM110 may fit your needs for practice, as long as you don't need that spring reverb tank. I know a few folks with jazz hollowbody guitars (which have their own resonance) that never use reverb and would find the tone of this amp acceptable.

Customer support is responsive, but the support options are limited.

The 1 year warranty is good enough for the lower priced Behringer products.

I own fender (and other) tube amps and the Behringer V-amp modeling combo (LX-210). I like them all, but I am still shopping for a more portable 'vintage' combo for travel and home practice / recording. Right now the Tech-21 and Orange 30R are on my short list.

The GM110 would be on my short list if it had an analog spring reverb tank like the others.

The GM110 would move up on my short list if it had a 12" speaker as well.

A GM112R with a 12" speaker, analog spring reverb, and keeping or improving 'vintage' cosmetics (chicken-head knobs, silver grill cloth, or tweed cover / brown grill cloth) would put the amp back on the top of my short list. Behringer could build one of these at higher volume and deliver it at a better cost than many others, and gain quite a loyal following from the 'vintage' seasoned musicians.

Overall, since I like other Behringer products, and have had good results with the other products, I would rate the GM110 (as is) a 5.

If you can still get one for the $60.00 price tag, and can live without reverb, then you may want to view an overall rating of 6 to 7 as more appropriate.

I simply will not use a small combo that doesn't have an authentic vintage reverb tank.

For a "practice" amp, this is a great buy. It's portable and functional. The Volume/Drive combo gives a wide range of distortion possibilities. The 3-dial EQ works well. The Amp / Mode / Speaker switches are great and work well to sculpt tones ... not just for 'show', or a selling point. My Strat sounds really good through this baby. I can get any degree of clean-to-distorted overdrive i need in order to fit into a practice/play-along mix. I bought this version over the "108" model primarily because of the larger speaker, not really because of the higher wattage. 15 vs. 30 watts is not much of an issue when considering a practice amp ... this baby can get LOUD, to be sure, and i'm sure the the "smaller" model can too. When i'm "gigging" to Albert King, i've got more than enough loudness. (Hint: no on-board reverb, but don't be put off ... the TONE will carry you through.)

IMO, this amp has excellent sound....especially considering the size & price. My Strat has great tonal range through this box. I can play totally clean, through all manner of crunch-to-flat out distorted wailing. And, i can maintain the Strat's characteristic sounds, which is great to me, since the Strat is one of THE most beautiful-sounding guitars known to mankind. I can always find a tone that fits in well with my practice/play-along venues. (BTW ... my 1976 LP Custom sounds good TOO!) It's clearly no "rig" (and certainly not meant to be); at $70, there's pretty much no beating this baby. At the same price, with vastly more features and a larger speaker, it puts that 8" Marshall box to shame! REMEMBER - this is a PRACTICE amp ... don't let your expectations run away. With a level head, you'll see that $70 buys much more than you ever thought possible. (It's not fair to compare apples to oranges, per se ... BUT ... just consider that last stomp you bought for $150, then realize that you can own an entire amp for lesss than half the price, with GREATER tonal range to boot.)

Haven't had any problems (yet). I like Behringer's approach to product development ... if their QC matches their ambitions, then i've got a winner!

No Opinion.

Said it all above. $70 buys you a great package. If you're looking for a highly functional & portable amp that can actually sound GOOD, look no further....you've FOUND it.

New 2006 Model with a Bugera 10" Speaker
Play light jazz and Country
Wish it had a seperate channel for a mic.
Use it for small gigs and the 30 watts is ample.
Sounds very TUBIE

As you can see it has lots of emulations already reviewed
I am playing it thru an L5 Gibson and a Songbird Deluxe with fishman
It handles them both nicely
Clean right thru both pickups range

Too soon to tell but it is built VERY Rugged............. workmanship looks pretty German no mater where they had it built its a 1st class cabinet with stunning looks.............

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I have played for 25 years and own Fender amps in the past.
I would run to the phone if it where stolen and order another
As far as I know there is NO amp made that can hold a candle to this little amp for this money and very very few at three times this money . It has high dollar sound and quality for a 10amp tinhorn price tag . These have to be the extreame buy in an Amplifier at the moment.

This is my third coming up for this amp! Now I had it for four months, and I am absolutely blown away! I have several gigs behind with this small amp, and sometimes I just stand there and think: how can this litle box sound so good? Tonight I played with the band, and this was the second time I told to myself: this little amp sounds better than a Marshall MG100DFX, which costs four times as much! The sound is shiny, and is living! I cant find words to describe how good it sounds, and this is not becouse I am not an english speaking guy.
I am very, very happy with this amp. I use a bad squier with this (that has a very nice neck!!!) and after I shielded, and potted the stock single coils, it sounds fantastic. I use only an adjustable volume pedal, so I get a little dirty, and great lead tone at once. No clicking, stepping, and tweaking around the whole stuff! I just plug in, and play! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
In a few week I will get a new Ibanez SAS 36, and I am sure that after I plug it in this small Behringer, my jaws will just hit the ground! But anyway, this happens nowadays every time I play on this amp!

Just use the Di out of this amp, or place a good mic in front of the speaker, and go into a PA system, and all of your audience's jaws will surely hit the ground! Unbelievable sound is coming out of this amp. Unbelievable!
I've played guitar for over 20 years. I had Hohner, and Peavey amps, and played on Marshalls, and Hiwatts, Kustoms, Rozz etc, other people had - I am shure that they ar very, very good amps, but I just do not need non of those big brands! I am not dreaming of a several thousand dollars' BIG, FAMOUS amp, or stack: the sound of my dreams is right now at my feet! OK, may be this opinion will be changed some years after, but now this is the case!
If it was lost, or stolen I will buy this again, or, the bigger brother: the GMX 212. Or both!