Behringer GM110 Combo

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!

1 channel
3 amp models, 3 distortion modes and 3 cabinet models
Controls- Gain, 3 band EQ and volume
30 watts RMS @ 4 Ohms
10 inch Jensen speaker..MOD model
Black face speaker cloth
Black face control panel
Effects loop, XLR output, headphones out, speaker out
Ground lift switch
Vintage style jewel power light
Black Tolex covering, chrome corners, heavy duty vintage style handle

Sound quality is impressive, especially for being a small combo marketed as an entry level amp. It may as well be a tube amp from 30-40 years ago. Response is great even without a pedal to overdrive it. The sustain decay is really smooth and the midrange gives that nice vocal honking sound. Bass is nice and ballsy and it will cover every style and most any tone you desire. Metal, blues, rock, country etc.etc.etc.

Cleans are really good but it's easy to drive it into clipping, even without a pedal pushing your signal.

The modeling selection is what sets this amp apart from others within it's league/specs. You get basically Mesa, Marshall or Fender amp and cab models as well as 3 modes of distortion. Set them however you like because you really can't go wrong.

The treble EQ could be a little better though, it jumps frequency at about 7 and up. It's adds a nice treble punch and sparkle but it could be a bit better if set at 10 Khz all the way up the dial. The Jensens are also a darker toned speaker. Their overall tone is gutteral and bassy. Just a dark tone but I guess that's a nice change at times.
A different speaker and stable treble control would jump this amp to perfection.

I use it as it is and also to drive a custom built 4x10 cabinet which is does pretty well. The 4x10 cab is loaded with 2 Jensen MOD's and 2 subs. The volume isn't deafening but certainly close enough and easily loud enough to gig. Just playing it as it is explains why hard rock players 30 years ago used smaller amps for recording.

The only MAJOR flaw I can point out is when you kill the volume on your intrument, it can give a little electrical spattering distortion it otherwise doesn't when receiving a signal. It's probably picking it up from other devices in my room.

There's a few of these in my family and the oldest ones survived a few years now without a single issue and has been carted around plenty(by a teenager).
It weighs a ton for such a small amp. All the V-Tone series amps do. It's geared as an entry level practice amp but really should handle the abuse of the road and gigging.
German engineered, manufactured in Asia..really it's just a clone of the American Tech21's Sansamp circuits.

I've either owned or played it all. This is probably the best small combo you can buy, especially at this price. It's loud, versatile and most importantly, it responds and sounds great. Unless you guy high end tube which generally means the best of everything is being used, it can't be beat. This is probably THE most critical review I've ever written.

The first series looked nicer and a bit more vintage with the silver face cosmetics, chicken head knobs and high luster chrome paneling but considering that you can now pick it up at about half the cost and it's the exact same guts inside, I guess it's not a major issue.

A brighter speaker and treble control would perfect it but it's damn close already. I don't care for the factory speakers dark/dismal overtone. A lot of gear nowa days is pretty top notch or just needs a lil work or mods to make it so and price can mean nothing or everything. All a good player should care about is performance, reliability and sound quality anyway and this covers all 3. OUt of the entire V-Tone line including the head model, I think this is by far the best. The other models have major volume issues, NO WAY are they pushing anywhere near the wattage clamed. I'm more than willing to believe this is cranking 30 watts RMS though. The big brother models..probably about 60-65 regardless of what's claimed.

I've pushed this amp on beginners, I've pushed this amp on seasoned pros. No matter what level or type of player, you just can't go wrong.

It's a follow up review of my previously written thoughts. I still like this little amp. The three band EQ is just great! These three knobs (bass, mid, high) shapes a lot of the basic sounds. Sometimes I feel that it gives some punch to even the amount of the distortion/gain. Any ciond of tones are available here! I just imagine what the bigger GMX 212 can do with two chanels and separate FX presets!
This GM 110 is a single-chanel amp, but reacts very good to the tweaking of the volume pot of the guitar, so I can play either almost clean, dirty and lead tones with the same amp, mode, and cabinet settings, in the same pickup position.

I am very happy I have this little amp. I made gigs with it, and someone just came to me and said: "I don't know: so little luggage and sounds just that big! I seriously got thinking about this."

That's enough for me. Good rep. for me.

I have had this amp for about 2 weeks. Normally I would wait longer to do a review on a product but I think this amp is gonna be discontinued. So I wanted to give some advice to the Frugal minded beginners out there. I feel this amp would normally be priced at about 150 or so. Now it is on sale for $69. SO consider it for your next or first amp. I dare anyone to compare this amp to any amp that costs under $120.

I assume this amp was made in 2005 or 2006 cuz I just bought it. Then clean lacks a LOT of volume. The distortion has plenty of volume. With 3 amp models, British being my favorite w/Dist. and Tweed in clean. There is a headphone jack, effects loop, but no channel switching. I wish it had channel switching, this is probably the reason for the low volume on the clean settings. I don't gig and very rarely do I jam with friends but for bedroom play this thing rocks.

30 watts, 10" Jensen Speaker Nice Distortion Models.
Very good EQ.

Great distortions. I get a great Metallica sound using the Brit setting and the Gain on high, the EQ set to High on 10, Low on 10, and Mid on 1. Amazingly this with a Mexi-Strat with single coils Pups.

As I said earlier, the clean is very very weak. You can make up for this a little bit by increasing the amps gain, but it effects how clean the tone is, so there is a trade off there.

The EQ is very effective. You can change almost any setting by one degree and the difference is audible, besides the price this is my biggest surprise with this amp.

This amp is a little noisy and pops when you change the amp models. The noise isn't bad but the pops can get a little annoying; definitely not a deal breaker though. I always wondered what people were talking about when they said Strats hum. Cuz mine never did. Well with this amp it does. LOL.

I haven't had this thing cranked up too high, about 4 or 5. But at that levels its plenty loud enough for me.

Well its built like a brick house. I feel that it is solid. Although I would recommend not putting pressure on the knobs, as they are probably not re-enforced with bolts. I found this out with my crate, it has the knob/pots using the solder only with no re-enforced bolts. This lead to my distortion channel on my Crate being damaged. I have read that more expensive amps have this but I cannot verify it. WIll it last, I have no idea. For $69 bucks at musiciansfriend.com I can risk it.

No idea about Customer Support. Hopefully I will never know. More than likely if it breaks, I will fix it.

As I said before, this rating is to get Frugal and beginner guitarist to check out this amp. I feel that it is the deal of the century for Gtar amps. Amps with this much power and speaker size just do not come along every day for under 70 bucks. I have only played this amp a few times in the 2 week period and will be playing it alot in the future and will review it again at a later date.

I have a 94 Mexi-Strat. Danelectro Fab Distortion, Crate GX-30M amp.

If lost or stolen, I would probably save my money and get a more expensive amp or a Line 6 Pod to go with my Crate. Afterall, this amp does not have my ideal tone but it does have some great tones and the price is Maddening.

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This is the closest yet to a tube amp sound. Not only that, but to be able to get so many sounds out of one amp is astonishing. Generally, a tube amp is still better. But - this will make a great sound at very low volume for an absurd price. Tube amps don't sound good worked below a certain level. In the store when I first tried it, I looked in the back as I was doubtful it was solid state.

For 100 euros this is the best value amp possible. I chose this over a Fender Blues junior as it is one sixth of the price yet sounds 90% as good and will make loads of other sounds as well. For home playing even the Blues Junior is too loud. This amp will make a brilliant sound at talking level.

unit made in 2003, looks like china and this thing has many features i would never expected to see on a amp at this price. plus ext. loop, xlr out and cab speaker out 4 ohm and a headphone out [note speaker out snuffs out cab speaker]. it's a 30 watt solid status unit that can really power up a 2/12 cab with no problem.also it has, as other reviews stated, analog simulations that can sound as good [and note boys and girls i said sound as good as tubes] it is a single ch.with no rev.or b.s. effects.just a great practice amp for studio,bedroom,garage,patio.built like brick s.h. with a cabinet that looks like it was handmade in italy. and i may take it out for some small jobs and auditions. truly one smokin amp.

i've played this using a tele ,strat and a martin with a s.d. pickup.sound is awesome, just great. what i was looking for was a simple in bedroom amp that i would'nt keep blowin away my family and neighbors with.i was thinkin and looked at the small fenders s.s. and tube and for the price features and reviews took a look at the gm110,and never looked back.i've been playin for over 40 big ones and the sound and features on this amp rival my fenders my rivera and line 6 .i can load up the front end with my pedal board and achieve tones that i can only get with my amps pushin full speed.workin the unit clean is really nice or filthy,just create your settings. and tone is the game .this is what we look for [is this the grail?]i do jazz runs with this to, country,rock and da blues srv, mann--i it can't say enough about this beast.

i've been an electronic tech and heavy equipment mechanic for a long time and i know design and manufacturing quality and this pup has it all!God bless the guys who build these things ,cause i see a lot of pride and love here [ok tuck in your shirts]i'll step down.and i would take this in the with me on a job as a primary or backup.

behringer products are used by my band and me with never a problem in quality or reliability. octaleban these people do good work.

if this unit was ever takin away ,i would replace asap.it keeps me happy and that's my story and i'm stickin to it.

Well there's 85 reviews on this little amp, but I think I've got some observations that will help someone along the way trying to make a purchasing decision...

The features are well-described here. I'm a guitar teacher and I see lots of crummy, little practice amps. I wanted a cheap amp to keep at my studio at an arts center for lessons. I play acoustic, solidbody electric, and an archtop. I needed something that had a decent tone, not too loud, and could handle a good clean tone for jazz and a good overdrive tone for my solidbody guitar. This filled the bill perfectly.

This thing costs $69.00 at Musician's Friend. They shipped it for $7.95 and it got to me in two days.

The amp is solidly built. The knobs and controls don't feel cheap like a lot of practice amps do. The controls have a lot of tonal flexibility. Someone described the handle as cheap, but it seems solid enough to me. It's way lighter than a tube amp and less fragile. It looks nice, too...a nice vintage looking design. I like the way the knobs are on top; they're easy to read, easy to access, and the little "Fender-y" red gem light is a classy touch. I'm also impressed with the back panel, effects loop, and the XLR output with the ground lift switch. That's incredibly useful. I hadn't planned on gigging with the amp, but I'm impressed enough with it that I'd consider it.

My "primary" tone is clean/archtop guitar. This little amp nails that clean tube tone for straight jazz. The EQ is functional enough to control feedback. I was pleasantly surprised that the amp had enough "poop" to have feedback be a concern. My main amp for this style is a small PA system, which is super clean. Most guitar amps are voiced with too much bass nowadays, which makes for problems on an archtop. The lack of reverb isn't a huge problem for this style. I'm very pleased that it maintains the character of the archtop's voice.

I have cranked it up with my Alvarez strat clone. I was surprised at how loud the amp is. I didn't experience the "rumbling" that some guys mentioned. That may be an issue if you're doing the downtuning and over-the-top distortion that is so common in current music. I could get anything from a good "Gimme Three Steps" sound to a singing "Santana" tone using the simple, easy-to-use controls. There's a surprisingly good Vox-like sound on one of the settings that inspired me to play "Day Tripper" and some other old Beatles tunes. Overall, the amp was pretty quiet.

Reliability: seems sturdy enough to take the usual amount of abuse. I haven't had any need for service yet. If it broke, I'd just go buy another one.

Never had to deal with them. It's made by a German company...that usually means quality and professionalism.

Overall rating: I've been playing for over 30 years. I've owned Marshalls, Fenders, and have pretty much lost interest in most modern amps. I don't like a lot of bells and whistles. I have a rack with effects for any fancy stuff. I just want an amp that is clean and doesn't color the tone too much. The little Behringer fills the bill perfectly. The speaker emulations are useful and I appreciate having the flat setting as an option. The gain stages and amp models are useful and don't require programming. I don't need channel switching or anything fancy.

All in all, I wanted the simplicity of a vintage amp without bells and whistles. I wanted something cheap, so I could leave it in a relatively public place and not worry about it. I wanted a range of tones that I could use for a lesson studio environment. I'd recommend the amp to any guitar teacher for his or her studio. Most of all, I'm in disbelief that this thing only cost me $69! It sounds as good as amps that cost three times as much.

This is a small combo amp, made in Korea I think in this year (2006). A small, but good amp for the price - someone might say. I say it's not good for the price, but it is agood as it is! - soundwise! This is for rock music, but has nice clean tones too. The distortions of it are just very great!!! I use tu listen to Internet blues radio stations, and Wow - I hear those great guitar tones, what my little amp produces here in my room! That's enough!
This amp has anly one chanel - this is a bit of a backdraw. I mean I wish it had a separated clean chanel - footswitchable. But it has a nice back panel: DI otu for feeding ingto any PA system, an FX send/return for external units (I use a ZOOM 504 acoustic pedal wich has ext. pedal in jack - so I can play nice bluesy and rock stuff with WAH control!) This amp has also headphone out, and est. speaker out. All the outs are frequency corrected (except, the eszt. speaker of course). This little brother should have a reverb in built - it should be a good idea!
The amp can produse 27 basic sounds: 3 amp types + 3 gain setting + 3 kind of cabinets. Plus you have a gain, bass, middle and high control potmeters and a master volume! (This is worth the price already!), wich shape the tone in a very wide range!

I give a 9 Becouse of tha missing independent clean channel and reverb. Anyway it"'s a very good sounding, nive lokking, and very cheap amp!

I use a crappy, badly assambled Squier stratocaster with this small amp. Sounds fantastic - anyway it has bad, very noisy pickups. I've fund some good blues tones!! I don't know if this amp is weather noisy or not, 'couse my guitar makes loud noise alone. But I trhink there won't be any problems of this kinds!
You cak easily feel the difference between the basic sounds. I am not shure this is for the most black and todeath metal stile, but I think, that with a kittle tweaking it can take care of the most kind of musical tastes.
The clean is nice, but a little bit weak volumewise. So I use on tweed+high gain position, kept the gain knob low.

I know, bBehronger has a bad reputation, but opther sai: no problem. I try to depend on it. Built lik a brick, feels heavy enough, solidely assembled. I have it for two weaks, and playd just a few hours, so we'll se, what comes.

Nice website - anyway: I nevr dealt with them. People say Behringer just replace broken down amps with a new one without a hiss ...

I like the size! I wanted a little amp with this kind of 30 Watts power, but in a compact, movable size, and good sound. This delievers it. So I say: it is a good amp!

1.Do you know what year the amp was made in?
-2004.

2.Is the amp versatile enough for you and the styles of music you play? What are those styles?
-yes is very versatile, I play metal, industrial an psychodelic.

3.How many channels? Does it have channel switching? Effects loops? Headphone jack?
-1 chanel, 1 effects loops, and 1 headphone jack.

4.Where do you use this amp? Does it have enough power for you?
- in home studio and small gigs

1.What guitar and pickup styles are you using it with?
-yamaha rgx520fz and ibanez sz520qm with humbackers.

2.How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)?
-great, my styl is industrial metal.

3.Is it noisy?
- no

4.What kind of sounds can the amp make? How much variety?
-like tube amp

5.How brutal is the distortion?
-is fantastic

1.Can you depend on it? Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
-yes!

2.Has the amp ever broken down? Because of neglect of
regular servicing (as in tubes), or just plain neglect?
-no!

not have dealt with the company

1.How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
- 17 years, I have plenty of gear.

2.If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?
-yes!

3.what do you love about it? What do you hate?
- I love all about it. except one chanet, should be switched !

4.Did you compare it to other products? Why did you choose this one?
-I chose therefore this because sound has the prettiest and was inexpensive

Made in 2004

Versatile..Amazingly so!

Single imput...2 channel?..It has a footswitch that allows you to switch from the "clean" to "dirty" channel

It has more than enough features..and more than some who cost much more! See all the reviews above for features.

Practising ..and gigging...Just go and buy this amp!!..for the price..YOU CANT GO WRONG!!

This thing sounds good with ALL my guitars!!...single coils,humbuckers, P-90s...piezo accoustics...this is the bomb!

I play American roots music, reggae and other Caribbean sounds, country, blues, Hendrix...you cam always find a sound from this little marvel that will suffice and make you shake your head in amazement!

I really love the clean setting/channel..I am a fan of the strat single coils sound...STP READING AND GO SHOPPING!

No problems so far...practise and gigging...only thing is, when switched on ..you get a disconcerting "frump!" through the speaker..even with the volumes "off"...but it has'nt caused any problems so far...

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I have been playing close to 30 years..I own or have owned mainly peavy stuff (Bravo, classic tube, studio pro 112, line 6 POD ll..(another good value for money tool!)..and many many guitars...mainly single coils of various makes..but also humbuckers..Heritage and Washburn HD 30(excellent value too!)Finally...STOP WASTING TIME..BUY ONE OF THESE..at the price that this thing is offered..they need the volume to keep making these things..OH!..i like it better than their 50/60? watt offering of the same line..i've tried one but...well.. this lil fella did the trick...just add a good mike for live sounds..or use the tape out to the house or recording console....