Behringer GM110 Combo

A very simple yet versatile amp. It really delivers a lot for its size. The amp gives you a total of 27 different sounds, although that's really a load of crap in my opinion. I use all the amp models and gain modes but really only the UK speaker is usable. 30 watt solid-state combo and a great "bang for your buck" amp. 2 channels would be better but hey it's as great as it can get for the price. 3-Band EQ, Level (volume) and drive knob. It even features an effects loop which comes in really handy. And a headphone jack good for practicing. XLR out, speaker out. This amp really gives a lot of versatility for its price. Although there isn't too much difference in turning the drive around. The one-channel thing is still a disappointment for me.

FIRST OF ALL, I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE NEWBS THAT GIVE 10 JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK AN AMP IS BLINDLY AMAZING AND ARE TONE DEAF. READ THIS THROUGH CAREFULLY, EVEN THOSE OF YOU WHO ALREADY OWN THIS AMP. AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I am using a Granada Les Paul copy. Probably the only guitar of its kind around the world lol. Haven't found any info on it on the web. Stock pickups were obviously changed and replaced with Mighty Mite Motherbuckers. Don't let the name scare you, they are the best pickups you can get for the price. Very high gain pickups. Around 17.98k for neck and 21.6k for bridge output I think. I lowered the rhythmn pickup to be able to produce a clean sound and it turned out to give a nice tubey sound too, quite amazing things. And when combined with this amp it really shines.

There are a lot of hidden sounds in this amp that need tweaking around with to find. Metal is an obvious Cali, Hot and UK.Max drive. No mids, and full treble and bass. There's the thing I should point out. The best speaker simulation hands out is UK. The US is just terrible. This amp has a "muffled" sound. And the flat is just too thin and lifeless to me. This amp really is muffled. US makes it a lot worse is all. Trust me, when you play along with other people you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. The sound always gets covered up. I really hate that, but hey it's a practise amp. I have tried gigging with it. Warning: do NOT and i repeat do NOT try it. Unless you hook it up to a pa. volumes past halfway are killer, and I mean that in a bad way. It's painful. But that's the case with most solid states. e.g. Marshall MG and Fender Reverbs. So that's not a bad thing here. But it's a really nice amp. I definitely love it hands down. And as for the muffled sound, it's because the amp doesn't have enough presence. In other words treble. Maybe a 7-band EQ will help. And behringer is coming out with stomp boxes soon with a 7-band EQ for really cheap so that might be a great addition to it to help with the muffled sound.

All in all the sounds are really great from this amp. If you want that secret tube tone out of a solid state, especially this baby because it's given the best tube-like sound I've heard from a solid state besides the Fender Priceton Chorus.

Put all your switches in the middle. By this I mean, British, Hi Gain and UK. Max your mid. Yes MAX it. And put your bass and treble at 3/4. Set the drive at max, trust me it won't give crappy distortion. The drive makes little difference when in this setting unless you totally turn it down. You need the drive at max to get smooth sustain since this is a tube setting. It won't give crappy distortion. And as for your guitar, put it on the neck pickup. This will give you an AMAZING sound. I'm not joking. If you know tube tone, you will hear it. Of course it's not going to sound exactly like a tube tone or anything close to a good one. But the sustain and warmth is absolutely amazing. Very few other amps can produce this sound. As for clean, it is quite usable actually. And not as totally quite as some people put it. Use the UK speaker setting as always, and use the Tweed and Clean settings. I know about the volume usually but trust me try this out. Put your drive to about 1/3. So not at halfway that's bad, but less. but a bit more than 1/4. So once again 1/3. And use your desired volume on the level knob. And you'll see the volume isn't too bad anymore.

If you're still not convinced, try EQing this thing. The EQ does wonders and makes a big difference. Another mediocre setting you might wanna try that works with a lot of styles in rock is 2/3 bass, almost 1/2 mid, just about. And full treble. Treble is important to stay near full since this amp has no presence at all. And British, Hi Gain, or Hot. Cali also works. And of course drive at whatever you like.

I can definitely depend on it. I do not plan on doing any more gigs with this unless I'm in a terrible situation and have no other alternative. It simply isn't loud enough and only has one channel. But it is an EXCELLENT amp. I wouldn't get any other to start off. I highly recommend this to EVERYONE that's looking for a practice amp, or something to do for small gigs. And for the price it's the best thing you can get. I really think so and I'm sure you will be convinced if you try the tube setting I recommended. Of course I wasn't very good at this stuff, and my friend Nick found the wonderful sounds in this amp. Oh and word of warning. Max bass will make you want to hurl. Unless you like shaking up the room. I do that sometimes for run with all switches on top and cut mids and maxed bass and treble. But it is dangerous to use unless you want everyone to hate your guitar playing and think you absolutely suck. Never use US speaker setting period. I still wish the speaker wouldn't rattle so much on high volumes/bass.

Never had to deal with them. So I can't really give an opinion on this matter.

Don't be taken in by what other people say. Screw brand names. You're getting a practice amp. And when you're ready to move on to something big, take a look at a Peavey Classic 50. Another bang for your buck amp and it's a top of the line amp. At the height of Marshalls top end amps and beyond any Fender Twin in my opinion. OD pedal is nice to have though. Anyways this is about a Behringer GM110. And I would definitely repurchase if stolen or lost. It's a nice sidekick to have and I will never sell it. Remember one thing though, handle will fall off, so be prepared to use two hands.

Buy it! You will not be disappointed. Don't think just buy. And if you end up getting a bug don't give this amp a bad rap. Just try out another one. Defects do turn out sometimes.

Also I realize that this amp is not worth 170 CAD, especially when it's used. But I was new in the market when I bought this and I still do not regret it. It's worth every penny and a lot more.

If you need any other input on this, just email me. There's two underscores in my email btw.

Read prior reviews for details.
No effects, no reverb, and an anemic volume with the tweed setting. However, this inexpensive little amp really can morph your sound. Controls can dial in a very wide range of tones. Impressive!!!! That's the most important feature an amp can have. For the other stuff, simply use your pedal/s.

As a fifty-five-year-old roots rocker, I stick pretty much to the tweed sound. Tube, shmube! This setting sounds wonderfully warm, especially with my Dano 59 DC. Cool for practicing and recording but no way for the stage unless your in a very small room and the drummer is using brushes. Fun to play around with the other options.

Had it for only a few months.

Playing mainly pop and rock and soul/R&B for nearly forty years. I love Fender stuff--a '72 Tele Custom, two Strats (one a Jimmy V. with THE perfect maple neck for me) and '68 Super and Princeton reverb amps and lots of other stuff. I don't need this amp but I had to try it because of the ridiculously low cost and the rave reviews here. Glad I did. It is great on a number of levels--for practice, recording, and also as a toy and a conversation piece, etc. Despite its limitations, what a very good sound for the money. You probably don't need this amp either unless you're a beginner or would like a decent practice amp that doesn't wear out your tubes--great on these scores. And for the $ . . . ? Behringer is the price/quality champ!

Here are the features, as stated at Musician's Friend (the other reviews have them pretty well covered also):

30W RMS amp
Original Jensen? 35W 10" speaker
3 amp models
3 speaker simulations
3 gain modes, individually selectable and purely analog
Wide-range drive control for super-fat sounds with any pickups
Extensive master section with powerful 3-band EQ and master level control
Balanced XLR DI out delivers full preamplified sound
Serial effects loop allows integration of outboard gear
Additional 8-ohm speaker out with automatic internal speaker mute
14-1/2"W x 15"H x 9-1/2"D
28 lbs.

I'd say it has more features than you could shake a stick at. All of these would be irrelevant if the thing sounded awful. But...good heavens! This little giant is the absolute bomb! IMHO, it can waaay cut any amp under $500.00. I love my Delta Blues, but the Vintager cops the Fender chime in a way the the DB will never be able to.

It should be noted, upfront, that I HATED the Vampire, and devoted a certain amount of venom to it on these pages. More...

I purchased this, essentially, as a jobbing amp which could yield a little in volume and features. I had not tested it, and I bought it on the basis of price and favorable reviews. I wasn't expecting much.

Well, it does scads of things well, but for my personal purposes, it is nearly perfect. To wit:
-Handy size. Wonderful.
-Volume. I concur with another reviewer that the thing is absolutely capable of loud/clean. Try tweed/high gain or hot/flat. Wide open on Master. 2-3 on gain. Wide open on guitar. If this isn't a freaking loud-enough clean, get thee to an audiologist post-haste. You are certifiably deaf. Playing at the Rx above will cause hearing loss in two minutes.
-Sound. With the EQ and amp/cab formula, I am able to get pristine, expressive sounds from any of my guitars. Tele is my preference, and jones, what fun. The thing is wonderfully jangly, bluesy, and whatever else. If a little more bottom is to your taste, go to the US cab. Very nice as well, but I think 'flat' sounds a little more authentic.

I frankly don't care that much about the Marshall and Mesa options, but there may come a time when I do.

Footnote to 'sound': the acid test for me was running my Wurlitzer EP through the Vintager. I am a keyboardist primarily, and I like to run my Wurlie through guitar amps. Oh man -- hog heaven. Punchy, with more than enough horsepower. If I actually need more, I tweek the drive and the the dirt/Wurlie combo is absolutely delicious. I've been using an old Lex 'verb in the effects loop, and this amp is a living, breathing force of nature.

The Vintager is a bit noisy full bore, but that's what the volume nob on your geetar can take care of in between tunes. And I am well familiar w/ the chassis rattle, but thanks to previous entries, I can tend to that.

Seems quite tough, and it's going out. We'll see.

Dunno.

I am a pro keyboardist of twenty-nine years, and double on guitar, bass, harp, and a few other things. I make my $ exclusively from music. I own more gear than I have belly to list.

This amp is one of those rare, useful, inexpensive, wonderful deals that come around once in a blue moon. I will probably buy another.

3 amp type voicings
3 gain levels to choose
3 cabinet simulations.
...Basically Mesa/Boogie, Marshall and Fender. The gain level switch just allows the overdrive control to give a different response.

Vintage style cabinet and looks. Even the chicken head knobs. The control plate is an amazingly brilliant chrome.

Bass, Mid and Treble tone controls, Drive control and Volume. Effects loop and a nice variety of outputs including an XLR output for going straight to the board.

10 Jensen Mock Greenbackinch speaker and MAN is it built WELL. One of the most solid modern amps I have ever come across. It is not only vintage looks but vintage construction with a weight like this.

The sound is a HUGE kick in the nuts to $400-$500 tube amps! This thing sounds like it has 6 tubes stuffed in it!

I played through it again over this last weekend with my nephews 60's style strat and could actually SHRED even with the moddest amount of gain this amp yields. It simply responded and carried like a tube amp.
And also keep in mind this was a 3 single coil guitar.

These sounds were incredible. It gets imensely loud, has very potent bass, mids and treble all while being very smooth.
This amp actually blows away the same model lines 2x12 combo model.
It's got this mock Celestion Greenback made by Jensen that just sings with such rich tube honk.....

The little fckin thing is just incredible.

So far it's been used as a young teens learning amp so it's been carted aroud quite a bit and most certainly abused by friends.
So far it is in tip top shape.

Excellent people at Behringer. I recently was able to obtain a rebate check that was some how misprocessed and "lost".

This is the best deal I have ever seen. This thing SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS 6 TUBES IN IT!

I mean normally you'd need a pealp ppwithp an amp that only gives the gain this one does but it responds and carries so well, you get a pretty clean lead tone that will let you hit sweeps, trills, taps and all the alternate picking in the world with plenty of carry and richness to every note.

Best of all, it has the XLR output and other outs for direct recording....that XLR is really the way to go though and run it through a mixer before your PC or whatever it is you use.

ANYWAY, this thing is going to take a while to get famous, but eventually it will be. Guitarists are going to get used to seeing them in pro studios, home studios and peoples basements and bedrooms.

I'm planning on ordering mine very soon. My nephew took my advice and now has an amp worthy of a pro that will also last him a lifetime with some decent care.
Most of all he got what others spend $500 on, for $110.

the features have been described in detail in the other reviews

this is a second review, i bought the amp 18 months ago and its still going strong, well, sounds !, nothing short of fantastic (if you take this amp for what it is, a practice and recording amp).
I have gigged it twice, in a sort of industrial metal band (we are called ergopipe)and through the pa, it blew my friends away, they couldnt beleive the sound, they even said it was better than our other guitarists marshall 2000, better ?, i dont know, but great sounding,yes !!!. i use the calif setting and the british speaker setting and the amp setting on clean with the gain full up, at quiet volumes not a lot of gain, but turned up through the pa, plenty, ive heard guitarists using to much gain, with loads of noise, but this amp rocks, yea, a bit of noise on the higher gain settings, but for me, its perfect. the marshall and tweed settings are also good,and, for recording, i use the clean on this amp over my guitarport (which is great). If anyone wants any sound samples, email me and ill make some mp3's for ya

went off when i first got it, returned it to the shop, it was a fuse, no probs since

the shop where i bought it were great, never dealt direct with behringer

basically, you tube snobs, get real, yea, tube amps are brill, but this amp sounds good cos it modeled on tube amps, it comes close, for recording and live, close enogh that most people wont notice, and lets be honest, most people dont care, just us guitarists. So, for a great bargain and a good sound, try one of these, it might surprise you. oh, and it sounds better than the tech 21 amps, i know, ive had them, sorry tech 21, but until you stop overcharging for your products, people will buy these type of products

The features have been listed enough already, but I shall add that I use it set to Brit - Clean - UK, with Drive at about 9 o'clock, and the eq at Bass 2 o'clock, Mid 2 o'clock, High 3 o'clock.

It's a simple amp, but it does what it does very well.

I bought one about three months ago because my amp died and I needed something half-decent really quick and really cheap. Having only tried one in a shop for about 10 minutes once and not really concentrating at the time, I ordered one from a certain large German music shop for #80.

I was and still am absolutely blown away by the quality of this amp. Eighty pounds?! It gives a creamy, warm distortion that sounds like it ought to cost a lot more than that. I was going to use this amp as a stopgap until I had enough money to buy something nicer, but I am yet to play anything solid-state to match it's crunchy, distorted tone. The clean sounds are not loud enough to use, but if you back off your guitar volume on the Brit setting, you can get it almost clean, which is gorgeous.

I also never would have thought that one 10" speaker with a mere 30 watts through it would cope live. However, thanks to the XLR out on the back panel, hooking it up to the PA couldn't be easier, and it feeds a sound engineer a speaker-simulated tone that sounds fantastic. Sat on a combo-stand, this amp is plenty loud enough for me on stage.

I've gigged it without backup and will continue to do so. I've had none of the reliability issues reported by some here, and it seems well made. The fact that the circuitry is a direct rip-off of the Tech21 TM10 suggests it's a good design, and should last. I've had this amp for six months and it's worked perfecly from day one.

Never dealt with them regarding this amp, but I have communicated with Behringer in the past and they've been very helpful.

Overall, a superb budget buy and one that will hold it's own against much pricier gear. I wish I could footswitch to a second channel, but the amps higher up the range can do this, so I may well end up getting one. Alternatively, at this price I could afford to get two and switch between them!

Having compared it to a number of other amps since, most recently my bandmate's Marshall AVT150, I can comfortably say that this is a great sounding amp. It also repsonds well to pedals and outboard effects, I use a Behringer DSP2024 in the effects loop, and Boss GE-7 and SD-1 in front of it.

As a recording amp, this is probably the best deal out there. The balanced XLR output allows you to get some great tones into your recording medium of choice and then add effects later. As a practice amp, you can get some really great tones at relatively low volumes. As a gigging amp, it might work out. Since the effects loop is wired before the XLR out, you could use it as a stage monitor and feed the direct out straight to the mixing board.

I've played this with my ES-335 copy and Strat and it handles both very well. I play mostly blues and (unlike some previous postings), I really like the tweed channel. You can get a great clean sound with plenty of volume if you put the settings on Tweed-Medium Gain and keep the drive low. I played with a Peavey Classic 30 tube amp for a long time, and the tube character of the Behringer is just as good if not better at low to medium volume. I would suspect that it would stand up fairly well to some of the smaller Fender tube amps as well. I'm not a big fan of a lot of crunch, but the Marshall and Mesa models sound pretty believable as well.

I haven't really owned the amp long enough to talk about reliability. It seems built really well though.

I haven't had a chance to check out customer support.

The big story here is on value. This is easily the best amp that you can pick up for around $100. If you are really trying to get bang for the buck, you can't go wrong with this one.

I played guitar for more than 25 years. I had Vox AC 30, Marshalls, Fender, Peavey and Musicman tube amps. I also owned several solidstate amps as Peavey, Roland and Yamaha. I been using Strats, teles, Jazzmasters, Ibanez, Yamaha, ESP whith many different setups.
With this as a reference, this is a great little amp. You just have to understand that it's not a substitute for a 100 W tube amp on stage or when you playing with the band. We all knew that a hard driven tube amp sound great but LOUD! This amp is for practice, recording and rehersal with musicans that prefer low volume. This amp gives great sounds at LOW Volume and you must understand how the controlls work.

Remember that some times roll off the freq. you don't want works better than add the ones you want. The clean sound is not loud. No 30w solid state amp with a 10" speaker is loud. But i love the clean sound that i produce. I think Behringer captured the "feeling" of many tube amps at low volume. As soon as the amp starts to deliver distortion of it self, and not a "model" of an overdriven/clean amp it starts to sound bad.

No problems so far.

There are many amps out there that is far better than this little baby. But for this purpuse, and the fact that it's almost for free, it can't be beaten.

Single channel analog modeling amp. Drive, Low-Mid-High EQ, Master Volume.
3x Amp switch (Fender, Marshall, MesaBoogie), 3x Mode (gain) switch (Clean, Hi Gain, Hot), 3x Speaker switch (US=2x12open, UK=4x12closed, Flat). FX send/return sockets, 4ohm speaker out, Headphones socket, XLR DI out with Gnd lift button.

I'm using with a PRS SE soapbar and old Squire strat.

Think of the 3 mode switch as a high range gain control, eg, in 'clean' mode, this would be a conventional gain control on 0-5, 'Hi-Gain' setting would be 6-8, and 'Hot' would be 8-10, so there's no real mystique to this. The Amp modes offer quite redical tone changes - the Tweed (Fender) setting is sort of scooped in tone with prominent bass and treble and no mids, the British (Marshall) setting is really prominent in the high mids with plenty of balls too, and the Calif (Mesa) mode is wide range, loads of gain. There are subtle differences between the UK and US speaker modes, the UK sounds tighter, though the Flat speaker mode is really boxy (not neccesarily bad, quite Thin Lizzy-ish).

This amp really excels at full on high gain distortion, to the extent that it's really difficult to find any other tone, especially at medium-high volume. If you push the gain too hard, things start getting a bit buzzy or fizzy, but some people may find this usable.

Don't bother with this amp if you are interested in any clean sounds, it's impossible to find one, except at really low volume. My son's cheap Marshall practice amp has a far better range of clean sounds than the Behringer (although it can't do distortion, so...). You know when you set up a nice clean sound at high volume, then gently pluck the strings or run the plectrum lightly across for a really shimmering sound - well, no way can this amp shimmer at all. Some of the reviews describe the sound as like having a blanket muffling the speaker - I know what they mean with the clean sound attempt, but it still sounds great if distortion is your thing.

So, it would suit most forms of high gain rock, but litle else. Some reviews have said it would be OK for blues, but I disagree, as you can't turn it up loud without geting loads of distortion. Completely uesless for anything else (country, funk, jazz, anything really).

Reliable so far

Not yet needed to contact

I probably wouldn't get another if lost, as too limited a sound, though what it does, it does really well.

Still, for #85, a bargain

Great little amp. Even better once you find the cause of the rattle that others have mentioned. The rattle comes from 2 pieces of metal vibrating against each other. On the back of the amp section you will see that there are only 3 screws holding the pieces of sheet metal together. I took the amp apart and used some Dynamatt to couple the 2 pieces together to eliminate the rattling. Dynamatt is used in car stereo installations to damp vibrations and noise. You can probably get the same results by shooting 2 extra screws into the metal to hold things together tighter. Once you've done this you'll be even happier with this little amp. I haven't experienced any of the popping that others have had.

The Tweed setting is pretty much useless. It's just TOO low in level. The California (Mesa) and British (Marshall) settings are GREAT. This has to be one of THE best "bang for the buck" amps around. Check one out.

3 modeled amps+3 gain modes+3 cabinet models bring you 27 different sounds,but using the drive knob and EQ (very effective!) knobs,you obtain many more different sounds.
10" Jensen speaker and a nice vintage look+phones+line out+effect loop.You miss only inside effects(I think Behringer could introduce at least a digital spring reverb!)

Please don't tell me this Amp sounds just like a real tube!It hasn't that smoothness in breaking up and the typical touch response of the real thing.Nonetheless it sounds very good and keeps a nice "tube character"(I used this afternoon the Yamaha "magic stomp" with spring reverb preset linked to the effect loops and sounded amazing:it's a pity there's not at least a reverb inside!).Its sound is thick and mature with deep basses and a great tone shaping capability
(be carefull with the bass knob:you can damage the speaker at high volume or "booming" when miking).You need to become familiar with EQ/Drive/Amps/Cabinets interactions,then recording it through a good mic gives great amusement and satisfactions.The amp model I feel more similar to the original is the British,but even the two others(more or less realistic compared to the real things,I don't care)give very interesting and useful sounds.This little bastard is the absolute king in its price range!!!

Hope no need it

The best Q/P ratio for a 10" transistor!!!

If Berihnger keeps this trend up. I want a T-shirt that says "Behringer Don't Suck Afterall!"

This amp does the best Marshall tone of all the other modeling amps I have tried. In fact, it does Marshall better than the Tech21 Trademark 10 that it is copying. The Mesa and Fender tones are usable. As others have said, the cleans are lacking in volume. And this thing also makes a popping noise at random times. But I dont care. I can't get enough of the sweet tone this thing puts out with no tubes to warm up. Just a flick of the switch and go. Instant AC/DC

The only thing that concerns me is the pop syndrome. I hear they all do this. If that is the case, I would like to know if I could fix it myself. It's worth fixing. It's awesome and well worth the trouble. I can not believe this thing cost a buck O nine.

If anyone knows what causes the popping noise. Please post info about it here. Thanks.

Before I say anything I have to say that THIS AMP KICKS BUTT!!!
Purchased new from Zzounds. Has gain, master volume, 3 band eq and 3 amp settings (tweed, british, california), 3 gain settings, and 3 speaker emulations, effects loop, headphone out, xlr preamp out, 10" Jensen speaker, 30 watts. I give this a 10 because this is an unbelievable amp for the money. This amp would be even better with reverb and a footswitch for clean / dirty or boost.

I reiterate. THIS AMP KICKS BUTT!!! The distortions are really, really, really good. I love my Trademark 60, but this amp's distortions simply sound better. The Tweed setting offers a nice clean sound that can be dirtied up with a twist of the gain knob or a flick of the gain switch. It cleans up nicely when you back off the guitar's volume control too. The British and California settings add a lot more gain / dirt (and volume) with different eq profiles. The eq controls (low, mid, hi) all effectively contour the sound. The speaker emulations also offer different preset eq contours. All in all, this amp is capable of many different and interesting sounds. The 10" Jensen speaker has a nice tight, crisp sound.

So far I have only 2 complaints. First, I wish it had more clean headroom. If you need a truly clean sound, you won't get gigable volume with it. Second, with the master volume cranked past 3/4 the amp will occaisionally emit a "fart" as if there is some sort of transient spike momentarily overloading the circuit.

It's new so no issues yet, but based on what others have said, I'm prepared for anything. The cabinet has a rattle when you hit a low B, but that can be fixed.

no idea at this point

This is one smokin' little amp. It's way more than a practice amp because it sounds so good and has enough juice to gig. It's also a nice looking piece and incredibly portable. I've been playing guitar since about 1970 and continue to play semi-professionally a few times a month.

This is a simple to use, light to bear, solid state amp. It got the looks if ye remove the HUGE behringer logo. One channel, no reverb all possible connections...
I use almost only the tweed sound, I play alternative blues, country, rock&roll and NO METAL.

The 30 watts are enough for most stages without PA..

With the most guitars it delivers a good tube sound, although single coils are preferred. I use a 1963 Hofner solidbody with tremelo.

I played it over a year an a half on a hundred gigs, the little speaker magnet was so hot that I replaced the Jensen with a 10" McKenzie. It sounded better and became perfect reliable even played a bass guitar on it.

Behringer has a top support. I delt once with them on an other item, within a week it came back perfectly repaired.

Well, I use a ton of gear, play semi-professional, but this amp is unbeatable. The price is incredible. Just love it or leave it. The trebly sounds are real tube alike, all controls work splendid, the volumecontrol is a perfect control in all ranges...

just like what all the other reviews say...

3x Amp models (Fender, Marshall, Mesa/Boogie)
3x Gain modes (Clean, Hot, and Hi-Gain)
3x Speaker Sims (Flat, 2x10, 4x10)

3 Band EQ (Low, Mid, High)
Drive Control (self explanatory)

D.I. Out
Speaker Out
Headphone Out
FX Loop In
FX Loop Out
Ground Lift Switch
Guitar Input

On/Off Button.



More features than most amps at this price offer. No Reverb, but who cares? Buy a cheap little Danelectro Slap Echo, you knucklehead! I do wish it had a foot-controller to switch the amp models and gain modes though.

I use this amp with a fender stratocaster, modded with vintage pickups, put through a variety of effects pedals...you know the drill...yada yada a few Boss pedals, Electro Harmonix, Ibanez Echo, DOD, some cheap Arion stuff, blah blah blah.

This set up really doesn't make a difference in how this amp performs anyways, so why bother? This amp sounds pretty good at bedroom levels though. I must admit, this thing has a lot of raw power, but only for a short while. If you're using the stock speaker and not running it through a PA or other device, it will sound shrill and have some digital clipping and midrange honk if the level knob is turned above 10 o'clock on heavy gain. If you turn it up past 3 o' clock, you'll get this "popping" sound from the speaker...really annoying.

However -- There IS hope!!!

Running this baby through a P.A. with the Speaker Out or the D.I. Out gives this thing a brand new perspective! The Amp models and Gain modes are naturally good, it's just the speaker -- it stinks!! When I ran this through a good Carvin P.A. at the church just for kicks, I thought I was dreaming. I had NAILED an EVH-like tone, and would have never thought such tone could come from an amp like that.

Bone-crushing gain and palm muted chords and muted picking was just amazing. I unplugged it from the P.A., played through the stock speaker -- same old ordinary sound. So it's all about the preamp guys, if you make a move to purchase this amp, make sure that you have a good P.A. system to back it up. Otherwise, you'll be somewhat disappointed in not being able to turn it up above late-night bedroom levels.

Right now I use this through a so-so set-up (yamaha mixer, Nady power amp, Nady PA) when I rehearse with my drummer and record demos. My main setting is as follows :

Model : Mesa/Boogie
Mode : Hot
Spkr : 2x12

Low at 2 o clock
Mid at 9 o clock
High at 2 o clock

Drive at about 2-3 o clock.

The only problem I find with this set up (lower-grade than the Carvin PA) is that if you turn up the volume on the mixer, it gets rather shrill sounding. That could be the mixer and the PA though.

So overall, lots of sounds, lots of versatility...you can go from a Fender clean to a Mesa Grind and still have room for more. Like I said, no foot-switch, but for $99? you gotta be kidding me!

Well, she died on me once. Replaced the capacitor and walla, she's good as new.

Friends, if your Behringer GM110 does not want to start up or the light does not want to come on, chances are it's the fuse. You can pick up a regular fuse at your local parts/supply/warehouse store or local Radioshack for 25 cents a pop. A heck of a lot cheaper than paying for labor fees and shipping costs just to ship your amp over to Behringer for them to replace a fuse that costs them a mere 25 cents to replace.

I do worry about this unit though.

I've been playing for around 2 years, and I believe I specified my gear above.

This amp rocks!! If it were stolen, I'd have to find the guy and laugh in his face, because an amp at this cheap of price shouldn't even be worth stealing!! Sure I'd buy another one!!

The only cons about this amp is that it gets really nasty sounding at medium to high volumes. Like I said earlier, unless you are using it with a high-grade P.A. system, I would skip this if you're looking for a gig-able amp or even an amp to mic up. The speaker is just too hokey.

I've used this amp at P&W (Praise and Worship) nights quite a bit and it has never failed me. It just doesn't like those loud volumes, and can't compete with the other guitarists, pianists, drummers, and even vocalists! It gets drowned out too easily!

Reverb WOULD be cool, but I'm not complaining. I don't use reverb too much anyways, I get my REVERB from GIGANTIC ROCK ARENAS!!!jk

A foot-switch would be extremely convenient, but oh well. for 99 smacks what do you expect?!

A great amp, great price, absolutely outstanding for running through a P.A. and quiet recording/bedroom practice.

Behringer has done an outstanding job on this particular unit. Too bad it's been discontinued!!

Identical speck to all others.Very versatile for practice or studio.But not gigging

I tried my first Gm110 out of curiosity and was knocked over by the flexibilty of the tone controls.You dont get any of that horrible buzzy tranny fizz like you do with some Practice amps(for example the Marshall MG series).The only time the amp will sound really horrible is if you pile too much gain and volume on....you will then get digital like clipping.
Make no mistake this amp does sound very valve like at low to mid volumes.Even the tone/eq controls behave like a tube amp.On most tranny amps when you turn down the treble on gain it still sounds fizzy/buzzy and horrible.....not with this baby.

I had to try 3 of these to find the best one......because at first i thought the solid state clipping at high volumes was a fault(some are worse than others).Apart from this......so far so good.But do try as many as possible as quality control with behringer stuff does seem to be in question

Support from dealer good

I cant believe that some people rate the awful sounding marshall MG series amps as being better that these.Ive been playing 20 years have a host of gear.......and i'm very happy with my new purchase.

There are a whole host of outputs on this amp: speaker output, onboard speaker output, FX send, headphones. First things first, regardless of what the manual says they all have the same basic tone coming thru them. I have checked the speaker outputs with a load box and confirmed this. The basic tone from the preamp is a speaker simulated sound, there is no way to defeat the cab emulation as its inherit to the preamp circuit.

Remember that is a clone of a Tech21 product: All Tech21 products use custom made flat response, full range speakers in their amps (eg, similar to hi-fi speakers in frequency), not guitar speakers. So why the hell did Behringer put a guitar speaker in there?!?

If you don't understand about cab-sims and the difference between mid voiced guitar speakers and flat response speakers then I'll summarise; Behringer the tone of this amp sounds like there's a blanket over the cab - or else your listening to the amp from the other side of a door or something! It is so dull and boomy I cant believe no one picked up on this at Behringer. The only explanation I can think of is they deliberately put a guitar speaker in there to get round Tech21's copywrite?

The output from the preamp is very good for a speaker sim'd output. I would say its just marginally better that the POD or other similar units. I prefer the GM110 DI as it has more treble than other units do (eg. POD when used DI with cab sim). Also the unit has very good dynamics and responds noticably better than all digital preamps I've tried.

I took the amp to a local music shop and plugged the speaker output into some guitar cabs; sounded the same. Then I plugged the speaker output into a full range PA cab and there was the sound you'd expect that everyone raves about Tech21 for!

I then started experimenting with different speakers. I tried:

H&H Invader, sounded same dullness as stock speaker.
Another higher spec Jensen, sounded same dullness as stock speaker.
A no-name aluminium cone full range speaker (up to 10Khz). The tone was starting to get there, some treble started coming thru but the tone with the speaker was far to abrasive, it gave me a headache!
A no-name full-range 8" speaker with hi-freq whizzer cone (up to 15Khz). The best so far. Its got a decent amount of treble (still not quite up to the brightness of any other amp) but the amp sounds distant and has little power. However it is usable like this and for a cheapo practice amp sounds fine. The Tech21 preamp in this thing deserves much better!

I guess the only way to get this amp working as it should is to contact Eminence (who make Tech21's speakers) and get a 10" speaker that has the same freqency characteristics as the 8 or 12 inch speakers they supply to Tech21. Else get a PowerEngine and run the combo thru that.

I sent the first amp back as it sounded so dull I thought there must have been a problem with it. When the second arrived the same I started to realise what was going on with Behringers incorrect choice of speaker as per above.

The amp looks a very impressive solid construction. The only gripe I have is the speaker terminations are soldered onto the speaker rather than Behringer fitting sockets to the speaker cable.

I have been playing guitar over 10 years, teach, owned tons of gear (Marshall heads and combos, Laney, GT-6, Digitech, Zoom, Line6 amps and FX etc.).

The amp itself is unusable for me on its own unless you can find a speaker to match. I've made it usable compared to the stock speaker, but its still not very good.

But it does sound good for recording or running thru a PA. I guess what your getting is a Sansamp GT2 pedal, but in a combo format for half price (#85). Such a shame Behringer didnt pop another #15 on the asking price and put a custom voiced speaker in there to match the preamp output.

If you play Jazz and want a warm (dull) sound then I guess you'll love this amp. If you want a modern rock sound with any kind of h

Purchased mine a few months ago. I'm using it for harp and basically set it for as clean a sound as possible since it distorts even at that setting when running a mic and harp through it.

At my gigs I can usually crank the level all the way up and put the drive at about 9 o'clock before it begins to feed back on me. I put the amp in front of me angled upward so I'm basically using it like an onstage monitor for my harp. It would not be loud enough to mic properly but since it has the LXR direct out it works great for my purposes.

Well....it's a Behringer so after 3 gigs it went kaput! No power...no sound...no nothing. I couldn't find the fuse on this thing but one of the other reviewers explains how to access it in the AC port. I like the good ol' days when you could actually FIND the fuse in an amp. Since I bought it from Musicians Friend I just contacted them and they sent a FedEx label via email and I shipped it back and got a new one in about one week. The replacement has worked fine for about 2 months now. Behringer seems to be very "hit and miss" with their amps...you either get a good one that'll work for a long time or you get the "lemon special". The fact that this amp only costs $100 makes the risk worth it in my opinion.

apparently they don't have any....it's cheaper to send out new amps than repair them when they're this cheap.

If I get a year or two out of this amp then it was probably worth the cost. If you have the money then you should probably get the Trademark 10 from Tech21 and have a bit more reliability to fall back on. I think everyone has to admit that the price of this amp along with the direct out feature are what is driving folks to buy it. It's a breakthrough for sure in that area. I definitely buy another if it was stolen etc. You just have to be prepared for a possible shipback and not stress over it.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS GM110 NOT HAVING REVERB. BUT THEN I USE A YAMAHA DG STOMP PEDAL WITH ALL THE EFFECTS I WANT. THE AMP IS SO SWEET/CLEAN/RICH SOUNDING AS WELL AS GOOD DISTORTION,ADN THAT WONDERFUL OVERDRIVE SOUND I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BECOME ADDICTED TO AT THE EXPENSE OF MY HEARING. THIS AMP DOES THAT SOUND,AT LOW VOLUME,HOW DO THEY DO IT??

I USE A 59 JAZZMASTER,A YAMAHA AES 800 , A GIBSON 330 WITH P-90'S, A COUPLE EPIPHONES, AND A STRAT WITH THE STANDARD PICKUPS FOR 1988. MY GIBSON 330 CAN MAKE THE SPEAKER POP ONCE IN A WHILE,BUT IT MAY BE THE PREAMP I USE ON DISTORTION SOUND? THE SPEAKER MAY NOT BE UP TO WHAT THE AMP CAN PUT OUT,ESPECIALLY USING A PREAMP TO PUSH THINGS A BIT.
THE BEHRINGER GM 110 IS QUIET. MY CRATE DX 212 I JUST GOT RID OF WAS NOT QUIET. IT HISSED LIKE A PISSED OFF SNAKE ON MOST SETTINGS.
I HAD OLD FENDER SUPER REVERBS, THAT JUST SAT,BECAUSE I DONT PLAY OUT ANYMORE(GOT TIRED OF GETTING IN AT 4AM SMELLING LIKE AN ASHTRAY) SO I WAS LOOKING FOR AN AMP THAT DID IT ALL AT LOW VOLUME FOR HOME USE ONLY. I BOUGHT A CRATE DX212 DIGITAL AMP THAT HAD MANY EFFECTS/AND 2 12" SPEAKERS. BUT I FOUND MYSELF MISSING THAT FENDER SUPER REVERB SOUND AT HIGH VOLUME. I PREFER 10" SPEAKERS FOR THAT CUTTING CRISP SOUND,AND THE CRATE FOR ALL ITS BELLS AND WHISTLES, IT DIDNT HAVE THE HIGHS. SO I DID SOME READING,AND DECIDED TO BUY A TECH 21 TRADEMARK 10. I CALLED THE LOCAL PLACE TO BUY MUSIC STORE AND ASKED IF THEY HAD A TECH 21. THE GUY AT THE STORE SAID,"WE CAN GET YOU ONE,BUT WE STOPPED STOCKING THE TRADEMARK 10 BECAUSE OF THE BEHRINGER GM110,WHICH IS A SHAMELESS COPY OF THE TECH 21,BUT WITH A LARGER SPEAKER AND MORE WATTS FOR $99 INSTEAD OF $249 FOR THE TECH 21. SO I STOPPED INTO THE STORE THAT NIGHT,TRIED IT,AND I LIKED IT. I BOUGHT ONE ON THE SPOT. I GOT IT HOME TRIED IT FOR A WHILE,IT WAS GOOD,GOOD ENOUGH. BUT I LATER PLUGGED IN MY YAMAHA DG STOMP PREAMP AND ADDED SOME DELAY,REVERB,DIFFERENT CAB MODELS,CHORUS, AND I WAS,AND AM STILL FLABBERGASTED. I CANT BELIEVE THE SOUND THIS THING KICKS OUT. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE A FENDER SUPER TURNED UP BUT,WITHOUT HURTING MY EARS(MY EARS RING ALL THE TIME FROM ME BLASTING MY EARS OFF ALL THOSE YEARS. THE RINGING SUCKS,ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM TRYING TO SLEEP WHEN IT IS REALLY QUIET,. DONT DO THAT TO YOUR HEARING) THIS AMP GETS ALL THE DISTORTED/GRUNGE/CLEAN(I DONT DO CLEAN) / AND THIS AMP HAS FULL MEATY LOW RICH TONE AS WELL AS CUTTING CRISP RICH SOUND THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET FROM 10" SPEAKERS. I SOLD THE CRATE WITH ALL THE DIGITAL GIZMO'S AND ITS 2'12" SPEAKERS. THIS BEHRINGER GM110 IS MORE THAN ENOUGH AMP FOR ME. I USE IT WITH MY ROLAND GR-1 SYNTH AND WHAT CAN I SAY. I LOVE THIS THING. I PLAY MUCH LONGER THAN I USE TO. I JUST COULDNT GET INTO IT BEFORE WHEN I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE "BOTHERING" THE NEIGHBORS,SO I DIDNT PLAY,AT ALL USUALLY BEFORE I GOT THIS BEHRINGER GM110. HEADPHONES ARE OK,BUT I PREFER TO HEAR THAT SPEAKER WORKING HARD. I THINK IT WILL TAKE MONTHS TO LEARN ALL THE DIFFERENT SOUNDS THIS AMP IS CAPABLE OF. THE RANGE SO SOUNDS IS WIDER THAN ANY OF THE AMPS I EVER HAD,AND THE FENDERS HAD THE BEST SOUND OF ALL THE AMPS I HAD,TILL NOW.
THE MUSIC STYLES I LIKE -HUMMMM--- STEVE VAI- JOE SATRIANI - YINGWIE- PAGE - EDDIE VAN HALEN - OLD CREAM/CLAPTON SOUND - HENDRIX,NEVER HEARD ANYONE DO HENDRIX WELL AND I DONT TRY EITHER,I JUST ENJOY LISTENING TO THE ORIGINAL- USUALLY WITH MY MOUTH OPENED. ALL THOSE LITTLE IN BETWEEN LICKS HE HAD- THEY JUST FLOWED...

I HAVE READ THAT SOME BEHRINGER GM 110'S AND OTHER BEHRINGER STUFF HAS CRAPPY CONTROL SHAFTS THAT CAN BREAK EASILY,AND A COUPLE GUYS BOUGHT AMPS THAT DIDNT EVEN WORK WHEN THEY GOT THEM HOME. BUT, I DO KNOW FROM PAST EXP,THAT AMPS WITH THE CONTROLS ON THE TOP OF THE AMP,OR EVEN OF THE FRONT,CAN GET BUMPED. LIKE CARS, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO TAKE CARE OF OR TREAT STUFF. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY GM110 BUT I DONT TAKE IT OUT,AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 3 MONTHS TO DATE.

DONT KNOW NEVER NEEDED THEM
EVEN IF THE AMP BLOWS UP AFTER JUST A YEAR, SO WHAT, I WOULD JUST BUY ANOTHER ONE AT THIS PRICE.

BEEN PLAYING SINCE 64. I HAVE HAD LOTS OF AMPS,FENDER SUPERS,DELUXE,BANDMASTER, A BLONDE BASSMAN(THAT I SOLD FOR $100.IN PERFECT CONDITION,BECAUSE IT DIDNT HAVE REVERB)VIBROLUX REVERB, AMPEG SUPER REVERB, HARMONY,CRATES,VOX,GIBSON,ACOUSTIC,TRAYNOR,MAGNATONE, THATS ALL I CAN REMEMBER OF THE AMPS. BUT OF THEM ALL,THIS AMP IS THE EQUAL ON TONES,AND SOUNDS IF NOT VOLUMES FOR ME AT THIS TIME. LOTS OF GREAT SOUND,WITHOUT ALL THE HARMFUL LOUDNESS. MY OLDER AMPS NEEDED TO BE PUSHED TO GET THEM TO GET TO THE SWEET SOUNDING DISTORTIONS. THE BEHRINGER IS FANTASTIC,YOU GOTTA HAVE ONE.

Thomann 110 euro
i'm a student from germany, so please excuse any faults !!
Best value for money. A lot of features and nice sounds. Very Versatile but not noisy enough to jam with it.No seperate footswitch jack. If you want to change the sounds without using the knobs on the amp, you will have to buy the v-amp plus the FCB pedal; together 300 euro

sounds great but it's not loud enough to jam with. I use this amp with a fat strat copy. No chance to cope with drums.A friend of mine uses a shitty peavey rage 158, but its as loud as this Behringer-amp although it has only 15 watt (8 watt sinus) !!!.

i played with it about two weeks and it broke down.
i gave it back to Thomann; and again, after one week!!! it broke down !!!
it's a nice amp but you can't depend on it.

Send me another one. Very friendly and helpful

its a great silent amp ;if it works

okay, okay, okay. here's my THIRD review to follow up on the one i posted about four or five reviews down.

turns out the problem was the capacitor. for those who have a gm110 that has died on you, listen up. check in the back where the powercord feeds into (the plug-in cord for lamens terms). now carefully with either your fingernail or a flathead screwdriver, pry open that little compartment that is right above the three prong input on your amp. once you have that open, take out the fuse. Is it cloudy inside? if so, then your fuse is blown. take the blown fuse down to your local electronics store or music store, and ask them if they have another one of "these" (give the fuse to the assistant) and if not, have it ordered. I was told that a "slow-blow" fuse works to absorb the shock, but if you put a slow-blow in an amp, the power surge will go directly from your amp into your equipment. NOT GOOD. Just get a regular fuse for your amp, which costs anywhere from twenty five cents to a dollar.

I replaced the fuse in mine, and I'd like to say that my amp is working perfectly as the day I bought it.

I hope I helped somebody out with this review! God Bless!

This is a fairly new model, as far as I know. When I heard about it, I just had to get it. A 30-watt analog modeling amp at $99? It sounded too good to be true. But, it wasn't, and I couldn't be happier with my purchase. The settings are all very useful. 3 amp settings (California, British, Tweed), drive settings (Hot, Hi-Gain, Clean) and Speaker settings (US, UK, Flat). Everything else is pretty simple - Drive, Volume, 3-Band EQ. It does have a Direct Out with GroundLift for recording, and a really nice tube-type compression, as well as an effects loop. Equipped with a Jensen vintage-type speaker. It works really well for everything I had in mind. However, no real channel switching - but it's not a problem for me.

I run a SX Strat with Rio Grande pickups into this amp, and I'm very happy with the sounds. The California setting is very full, the British is very biting, but retains some fullness, and the Tweed...well the Tweed is just awesome. It is very accurate in the respect that it dirties up when you push more volume into it. The Jensen speaker works well, though I'd consider putting a Celestion in there. The 30 watts is plenty loud for what I use it for, and it has a DI connection if I have to use it with a PA. This amp works really well for anything, considering its modeling capabilities, but I tend to use the tweed the most just because it sounds so damn good. The clean channel is pretty good, although my Rio Grandes push the hell out of it. The amp is a little noisy, not as much as Crate amps, but not Fender-quiet. But my building does have a really annoying 60-cycle thing going on, so that's probably the problem. I'd say in a different environment this amp would perform better. However, like I said, I couldn't be happier with the sound as of now. a lush sounding clean channel, and fat, dirty distortion as driven as you would ever need it to be.

I would say that this amp is pretty durable. The handle is thick, it has nice and useful chrome corners, and it is freakin' heavy, leading me to believe it is plywood. It seems durable enough for normal gig use, but probably not a lot of road abouse. The controls are plastic, after all. I have a qualm with the cord coming out the top, too...I tend to like it coming out of the front better - it doesn't break as easily. I'd use it without backup, though. Although I probably wouldn't crank it for fear of overloading the fuse. But if it breaks, it's cheap enough to get another one easy.

Heven't dealt with the company yet. Not sure if it has a warranty. Probably won't need it anyway. It might cost more to have it fixed than to just get another.

I am very happy with this amp. If it were stolen, I'd just get another one, it's so cheap. I could get two for the cost of a search-and-rescue campaign. For the price, the sound is truly awesome. No complaints here.

Dec 2003 production model. Clone of Tech 21 Trademark amp. It's basically a Tech 21 / Sansamp in a 30 watt amp. Great little amp with some killer sounds. Very useful tones.

As said above, very useful tones. Clean to hard overdrive, along with tone controls, you should be able to dial in most anything you can imagine in the overdrive/distortion realm.

Here's the problem. Only had it a week, and it already is crapping out. I read about this beforehand, took my chances, and I lost. Started with a headphone jack problem, then the distortions started going away, and now it only has clean tones and is running at about 1/4 volume that it used to run at. It's going back to where it came from. Behringer obviously needs to work out the bugs on this one. I'm not the first one this has happened to. Read the other reviews below! BEWARE!

Don't know....not going to even bother. I've only had it a week, it's the dealers problem. They will probably have better luck at a dealer getting some results out of Behringer.

Great idea.....poor quality control. I know it's a cheap amp, and yes the old saying is true, you get what you pay for. Too bad Behringer can't put more quality control into their products. I only give it a 5 here, because of poor quality control...the amp and idea of the amp itself is stellar...a grand ripoff of Tech 21.
Oh well, you buy a Le Car, hoping for a Cadillac, welll...you know how that tale ends.

bought new in november 2003,

this is a second review of this amp, love it to bits, found new sounds and spent a lot of tweaking to get my sound, i honestly believe this amp will be a future classic !!!!

well, after 2 weeks ownership, the sound went off, lights were on but no sound, took it back to the dealer (sound control, newcastle, england) and they did not have another, so sent it off for repair, came back 2 weeks later and havn't had a problem, i use it 2 hours a day everyday, used it for few practices and recording in the studio, and it has been great

dealer was very good

apart from the fault which is now fixed, it has been great, great sound and portable, ive used it in to my guitarport, with the speaker simm switched off and the amp on the guitarport switched off and use the cab sims on the guitarport, got great results. an almost perfect little amp

I already posted a review for this amp a few months back, when I bought it. This is just an update to mention that it's the best #80 I've spent in music gear.
I recently used it in a jam (drummer, bass, other guitars), and it held its own alright volume-wise, although running probably at 80-90%.
At the end someone asked "so what is that amp, is it valve?".
Yes, sure, there are better sounding amps out there. I know. Like the lovely Laney LC30. But long may last the Vintager... I don't think I'll feel the need of getting another amp for a long while. Small enough, light enough, loud enough for most purposes. And... you miss the reverb like I do? Then get a cheap Zoom 505 off eBay and put it on the FX loop. The pedal even fits inside the cabinet so you could attach it there permanently.
Excellent amp.