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Behringer GM110 Combo

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Price New Behringer GM110 Combo @ Musician's Friend
Manufacturer URL http://www.behringer.com/
Features 8.7 (83 responses)
Sound Quality 8.9 (88 responses)
Reliability 7.7 (53 responses)
Customer Support 6.8 (27 responses)
Overall Rating 9.0 (82 responses)
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Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 03/01/2009 at 05:48pm by Hans

Features : 8
2008, features are listed below somewhere. The amp sounds great for all kinds of metal, hard rock, blues, etc. Just about anything one could imagine. It has one channel that switches into 3 different amps, 3 different modes, and 3 different speaker simulations. Has an fx loop, a speaker out (for a speaker cabinet) and a headphone jack. Drive knob, 3 switches as stated above, and a low, mid, high, and volume knob. I am impressed with the sounds you can get out of this amp without anything added. A good clean tone and a great heavy tone. This amp pounds 30 watts through a 10 inch speaker. It gets very loud, very much what I wanted for jamming out alone in the house. The only reason I give it an 8 is because it lacked a reverb function, BUT this is a good thing in a way. I don't think a simple spring reverb would be that helpful. Just opt to buy the Behringer Digital Reverb pedal for about 25 bucks extra and make this amp come alive!

Sound Quality : 10
I used a Schecter C-1 with Seymour Duncan Designed Blackout pickups (active). The amp can possibly get ringy if left with the volume on, just like every other amp. It has a ton of variety, 27 setting options in total. The Tweed (Fender) amp sounds pretty good on the flat speaker mode which is no simulation, and on the gain channel with a bit of drive for a nice blues sound. The Cali (Mesa) setting on Hot and US speaker sounds incredible for Death, Doom, Black, or any kind of metal you are looking for. The British (Marshall) setting is pretty good for all kinds of rock and even thrash. The clean channel is very clean if the drive is kept down (duh). The Distortion is isn't a mega over the top Dimebag type gain or anything. It sounds good put on the clean channel and the Mesa amp with a distortion pedal for chunky gain like Dimebag and similar. Of course I like to have a nice controlled gain without a bunch of fuzz, and this amp gives just that. Plenty of balls. Sounds GREAT for a practice amp with the Behringer Digital Reverb DR100 pedal. Get that to go with this and you'll have a bunch of good tones to play around with and tweak. 10 considering the price. Too bad this amp is hard to find now since it has been discontinued. But maybe the GMX100 will be alright instead of this.

Reliability : 10
It seems pretty solid to me. But I don't plan on gigging with this, maybe taking to a friends house at most. But I don't kick my equipment around like some hothead or child. 10.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Haven't had to deal with them.

Overall Rating : 9
I've been playing for over 10 years and this is the best amp i've owned that was under 100 bucks. Great for any beginner (With a little knowledge of how to use gain properly) or anyone looking for an affordable practice amp to jam on. Like I said. Reverb would be nice, but it would be limited. Maybe a chorus or something, but that's asking a bit much for under 100.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 02/23/2008 at 04:53pm by lmacmil

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 8
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
The manual is on the website. That's all I've needed.

Overall Rating : 8
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: USD 80
Submitted 01/24/2008 at 02:11am by wblakesx

Features : 7
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...

Sound Quality : No Opinion
Yes

Reliability : No Opinion
errrrr (plasic shfts on pots... they break!)

Customer Support : No Opinion
no idea

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: Euros 100 USED
Submitted 08/23/2007 at 06:32pm by mestre
Email: mestratocaster at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : No Opinion
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.

Reliability : 10
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

Customer Support : No Opinion
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...

Overall Rating : 9
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)


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: EUR 130
Submitted 06/22/2007 at 12:51pm by BJD
Email: blatnicz<at>freemail dot hu

Features : No Opinion
N.A.

Sound Quality : 10
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!

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: USD 60
Submitted 05/03/2007 at 09:31am by AJB

Features : 7
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.

Sound Quality : 9
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 !

Reliability : 9
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
No opinion.

Overall Rating : 9
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".


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: GBP 50
Submitted 02/13/2007 at 06:51am by nig

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 9
I bought this used 5 days ago, it has clearly been well played and loved so I can only assume it is reliable

Customer Support : 9
good web site, never had to contact them for this or any other product of theirs that I have

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 12/01/2006 at 09:20am by Rob

Features : 3
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.

Sound Quality : 3
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.

Reliability : 7
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 : 8
Customer support is responsive, but the support options are limited.

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

Overall Rating : 5
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: USD 70
Submitted 11/03/2006 at 07:45am by Jay

Features : 9
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.)

Sound Quality : 9
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.)

Reliability : No Opinion
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!

Customer Support : No Opinion
No Opinion.

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: USD 69
Submitted 10/16/2006 at 08:51pm by Earle

Features : 7
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

Sound Quality : 10
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

Reliability : 7
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.............

Customer Support : No Opinion
N/A

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 09/29/2006 at 06:16pm by BJD
Email: blatnicz<at>freemail dot hu

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 10
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!

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
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!


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: USD 70
Submitted 09/17/2006 at 06:51am by Death

Features : 10
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 : 8
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 8
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 07/29/2006 at 10:15am by BJD
Email: blatnicz at freemail<dot>hu

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 07/22/2006 at 01:49am by TIM

Features : 8
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.

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : 8
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.

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

Overall Rating : 8
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.



Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 07/21/2006 at 02:28am by Hugh9

Features : No Opinion
Covered

Sound Quality : No Opinion
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.

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $69.99
Submitted 06/29/2006 at 02:46am by congoman

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : 10
behringer products are used by my band and me with never a problem in quality or reliability. octaleban these people do good work.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $69
Submitted 06/26/2006 at 07:50pm by Greg West

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : No Opinion
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 : 9
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never had to deal with them. It's made by a German company...that usually means quality and professionalism.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 32000 (HUF (80 EURO))
Submitted 05/29/2006 at 11:29am by BJD

Features : 9
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!

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : No Opinion
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Nice website - anyway: I nevr dealt with them. People say Behringer just replace broken down amps with a new one without a hiss ...

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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!


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 84 (#)
Submitted 05/09/2006 at 04:02pm by blaze
Email: cannablaz<at>aol dot com

Features : 10
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

Sound Quality : 10
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

Reliability : 10
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!

Customer Support : No Opinion
not have dealt with the company

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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



Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $268.00
Submitted 04/27/2006 at 02:52pm by rennie
Email: renwick_conolly<at>hotmail dot com

Features : 10
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!!

Sound Quality : 10
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!

Reliability : 9
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...

Customer Support : 10
N/A

Overall Rating : 10
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....


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 02/19/2006 at 06:35pm by J Ryde

Features : 10
2005. Drive, Amp model switch, Gain Level switch, Speaker switch and Bass, Mid, Treb, and Master. Pretty normal for a small amp. But...Effects Loop, Speaker Out, and Direct Out w/speaker compensation and Ground Lift.. No other amp at this price range comes close to the features. Which would not matter if it didn't sound good, but this one sounds very good in certain uses. Looks pretty good too. I cut the middle of the Behringer logo plate out and stuck it back together so now mine just says Beer.

Sound Quality : 8
A quick story... I got this just for the price and because I've always had some Behringer stuff around, and I know they build things well. I played this for a while and didn't really like the sound through the speaker, as the Flat setting (which is supposed to be used when using the speaker) didn't seem too lively or exciting. I mean it sounds good, but not crazy good. I hooked up the XLR Direct Out to my digital recorder, did some recording, got busy and forgot about it. A week later I put this amp on Ebay for $50 bucks. A week and a couple days later I was listening to some of my recordings and when I heard the Behringer recording I was like, "What the f-- was that!" Oh yeah, that little Behringer amp. Fortunately no one had bid, so I quick yanked it off Ebay because it's a direct recording monster. I have NEVER heard an amp that direct records as well as this thing. The speaker sound isn't great, but go direct and you've got a Mesa Rectifier, a Marshall JCM, and a passable clean sound. So, it's got a home after all. Oh yeah, the effects loop actually works, which is not always the case on small amps.

Reliability : 9
For $99, if it lasts for a while I'll be happy. But truthfully, I've never had a Behringer product break except for one volume pot on a little mixer. Their stuff is very well built, and this is no exception. In fact, I really don't know how they can build and ship this amp for $99 and still make a profit, but I guess that's their problem. So far, so good on this one. It doesn't look or feel like it would be less reliable than other brands, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with them, and probably wouldn't try if this thing fries.

Overall Rating : 10
For $99 bucks it's just beyond anything you can get. It sounds awesome when going direct, and if you hook it up to a different speaker that sounds good too. I have hooked this up to a Celestion Vintage 30 8 Ohm, and it sounds really good. However, I will not be using this amp live any time soon, because people would laugh at me. But... I will be using it in my studio for heavy distorted Mesa/Marshall type sounds because the same people who would laugh at this amp if they saw it, are awestruck by the recorded sounds it can produce. People can be stupid, as we all know. I hope this helps some of you make a decision on this amp. I've been playing for 25 years and have had a lot of amps.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 02/05/2006 at 01:59pm by Ethan Lewis
Email: eml<at>ethanlewis dot org

Features : 9
My GM110 was made in 2005 (if I understand the serial number). As a knock off of the Tech 21 Trademark 30 (something I've wanted for awhile but couldn't afford), it has all the features I was looking for. The amp is VERY versatile in a studio setting, as the active EQ works very well with the drive and speaker sim character switches to provide a wide range of usable tones, from sparkling cleans to very dynamic metal sounds.

Live, the amp is, technically, only one channel, which would seem to limit its usefulness. However it has several benefits. One: it is very touch sensitive. Dial in a crunchy lead tone, back off your guitar's volume knob, and voila, you have a two channel amp (like back in the old days)! More usefully, the amp has a nice effects loop. I looped in my Digitech RP-50 (a $50 multieffector), which lets me add in chorus, delay, reverb etc. to help flesh out the tone. The RP-50 is true bypass, so I can shut it off when I don't need it. The final step in my tone recipe is a Behringer GDI-21 (their knock-off of the Tech 21 SansAmp GT. I used to have a GT, and the Behringer sounds exactly the same to me. I put that in FRONT of the amp (it is also true bypass) and step on it for a volume boost, or dramatically different sound for leads. It works best if the amp is set cleaner, and the pedal gives the grind, but your mileage may vary. The amp is not super loud, but the GDI-21 gives a serious kick in the slats to the volume department.

The amp sounds awesome through headphones (it is the best headphone amp I've ever had), is loud enough for playing in the house or with friends, and for gigging it would be fine if miked, if the output was routed to the board, or if plugged into a speaker cabinet, or if the drummer wasn't Ginger Baker.

Sound Quality : 9
I use this with my 1989 American Standard Strat with Lace Sensors, my 2000 Carvin DC-127 with Carvin humbuckers, and with my Agile AL-3000 with P-90's. Each guitar sounds like itself, and each pickup combination sounds great. Unlike other amps, which sometimes take away the guitar's tone, the Behringer stuff (like the Tech 21 gear it is based on) only enhances your tone. I have fallen in love with my Strat again, thanks to this gear.

Some of the higher gain settings are rather noisy, but that is to be expected. It is only noticeable when you aren't playing. Also the RP-50 has a noise gate, which can help.

Reliability : No Opinion
This seems pretty sturdy, and the owner of the music store says he has sold lots, with no returns. I have to send the warranty card to Germany (yikes!), but I'm sure that if it broke it would either be fixed or replaced.

Customer Support : No Opinion
I have never dealt with the company. The warranty is one year.

Overall Rating : 9
I've been playing for 18 years or so, and this is part of my plan to scale down to smaller, lighter, less expensive gear. This amp, the Digitech pedal and the Behringer pedal (which fit in the back for carrying) weigh less than 30 pounds, and sound great. More significantly the total cost is less than $200 for a 1X10 30 watt amp. I am very happy with it, and am enjoying the process of playing with it, and finding my tones. There is a great site out there with settings for the Trademark 10 amp which seem to apply, but because the Tech 21 uses chicken head knobs with a center detent, and my amp uses 0-10 knobs it makes it a little hard to suss out the settings. But using my ears helps more than using my eyes, and I am very happy with this little guy.

Finally, I am very pleased with it on the cosmetic front. It is a black amp with Marshall style white piping around a black cloth grille. It came with a garish logo screwed onto the front that hawked the "analog modeling", but when I unscrewed it, you would never know it had been there. Now, it looks like a classy little blackface amp. Kudos to Behringer for their design.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 10/29/2005 at 09:52pm by Jared Jongeling
Email: siamesedream49 at hotmail<dot>com

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 10
I've owned this amp for about 3 years now. The only thing I have to say is that this amp loves humbuckers.

On the other hand it will take single coil guitars and eat them for lunch.

If you must get this amp, make sure you have a nice guitar with some warm, fat humbuckers, or else you will probably be severely disappointed. I've used this amp with a '57 Strat, a couple SGs, a Fender Toronado, and a Telecaster. This amp failed to deliver on single coil equipped guitars, but on the SGs and the Toronado it sounded beautiful.

I will say it again. Humbuckers are a must.

Reliability : No Opinion
Died on me once. Problem solved.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion
http://www.cdarmy.com/jaredjongeling


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 10/25/2005 at 07:16am by DJ

Features : 10
Not sure of the year but mine is one of the 'newer' looking ones with black grillcloth and 'regular' knobs instead of chicken-head knobs. Doesn't bother me because the sound is the same as the 'older' ones and that is what matters. The amp is very versitle. I can get tones that sound to me like other amps and tones off of records. Most importantly to me I can get MY sound of of this little puppy which has not been easy for me to do with any amp, transistor or tube. Once you play with the switches and understand what they do to the sound I think it is easy to tweak the amp to get any tone you want. Its no harder really than using a stompbox.

Sound Quality : 10
10! 10! 10! It may just be me, but I have trouble getting the tone I want out of a lot of amps. This amp and its companion the GDI21 have no problem delivering that tone in spades as well as a host of other great tones! I am a huge fan of the Edge, but I've never wanted to spring for a AC30, nor do I really think that amp would fit what I am doing. To my ears I can dial in a slightly overdriven clean tone on this amp no problem and then use my pedals to drive it harder. Did I mention that this thing reacts great with pedals? I keep wanting to think that I am missing something that this thing and the GDI21 don't sound as great as they do, but when I play I just can't deny the evidence. I began to think that perhaps any new transistor amp could sound this good until I bought a B-52 halfstack which had great reviews. The B-52 sounded good but it didn't have the tube-like mojo that this and the GDI21 have. Running the GDI21 into the front end on a clean setting made the amp sound better on every channel. In the end I ended up running the GDI21 into the poweramp section of the B-52 bypassing the preamp section of the B-52 all together so I could have a 200watt version of this amp. I think the B-52 probably would have sounded fine if I had not been spoiled by this analog modeling technology! I use a humbucker guitar BTW.

Reliability : No Opinion
I can't say just yet, sorry. I do own other Behringer products and so far no problems. Based on reviews of Behringer products I've read here I think they occasionally have quality control issues which means if you get a bad one it goes bad quickly and all you have to do is exchange it for another one. If you get a good one you should not have any trouble. It looks as solid as any other equipment I own.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Can't say. I like their website!

Overall Rating : 10
10! 10! 10! Sorry folks, I just love this amp too much, price not considered, and then when you factor in the price, oh boy! I do need to mention that this technology was developed by Tech 21. If you like the sound of this amp or the GDI21 then you should check them out as their products are probably more reliable (there are original sansamps still going strong!), they look cool, and they are the ones who pioneered this analog modeling stuff. Behringer has made this technology (and many others) very affordable. I am on a very tight budget but I need professional sound and performance. If I ever get to the point when I am making more money I will buy the Tech 21 stuff. In a way Behringer has turned me onto Tech 21 because I would have never believed that this solid state technology could sound so good, better than some tube amps I've played! And with the price of Tech 21 stuff I probably would have just bought some sort of tube amp instead. But now I am of the opinion that I may prefer this analog modeling to most tube amps. In the end I don't care if it doesn't sound like a tube amp, all I care is that it sounds good, and this thing sounds good!


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99.00
Submitted 08/05/2005 at 11:19pm by Donald
Email: bolinlamar<at>yahoo dot com

Features : 8
The Gm110 I bought new from ZZounds.com, it was made in July of 2004 according to the date code on the little sticker on the back of the amp. It is very versatile with all the features I need, except for reverb I use a Zoom GFX-707 in the effects loop, works very well for this. Only 1 channel but has switches for the diferent emulations, I may design and install my own footswitch just to switch between clean and high gain after the warranty expires, in case I short something out, but I shouldn't have a problem I'm an electronics tech. I have only used the amp so far for practice and it's loud enough to damage my hearing on all settings. It's a solid state amplifier but it emulates the tube sound very well.

Sound Quality : 10
I've used a Samick Telly copy with a Bill Lawrence Humbucker as the neck pickup and a stock Duncan Designed middle pickup and the stock Duncan single coil bridge pickup.
It suits my musical style perfectly which is a mix of vintage country,and vintage mild rock, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, Glen Campbell and I also play a little Santana, Hendrix, Moody Blues and Eagles early songs, my main style is rhythm guitar and backing myself singing, but I do like to take off occasionally and pick some lead fill in riffs.This amp can do it all from clean to dirty you name it and it can do it with just a little tweaking. You can get as much distortion as you want and get good crisp clean sound also.

Reliability : No Opinion
Since I've only had it a few days I can't give an opionion on releability yet.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Don't know , I hope I'll never need any. It only has a 1 year warranty.

Overall Rating : 10
I've been playing on and off for over 39 years and I've owned several different amps, Peavey Classic 50 that I had to repair several times because it had a tendency to burn resistors up in the tube power section, So I sold it and then owned a Crate 30 watt for several years and then sold it and bought a Peavey Bandit solid state amp and it was ok but I never liked the sound I got from it so I traded it for a Peavey Heritage VTX which I still have and just recently repaired the power supply and replaced most of the capacitors in it and it is sounding good again. But this little Behringer Amp sounds better than the Peavey and I'll probably run the XLR output thru the Peavey Heritage Power Amp if I ever go somewhere to play and need to damage someone's hearing. I've tried it already and it works great. Right now if the Behringer was stolen I'd file an insurance claim and try to get another one. I do wish it had a foot switch but like I said I may design my own down the road someday if I get to where I just have to have one. I've read some of the other reviews about problems with this Behringer amp especially the farting sound when the volume is turned way up, well I guess I've got a good one because mine hasn't done that but once and it was when I turned it up while I was feeding the XLR into my PC's Sound card and when I turned the master gain down just slightly it went away. This amp is loud enough to really damage your hearing on all the settings even the tweed, like I said I must have gotten a very good one, that was assembled on a Tuesday.This amp records very well and I still find myself wanting to look for the tubes in it though I know it doesn't have any it just sounds like a tube amp to me, I love the sound and my wife said that she liked the sound as compared to the Peavey Heritage. For the price I don't think it can be beat.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 170 (CAD) used
Submitted 03/28/2005 at 11:37am by Raphael
Email: Raphael__N at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 8
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : 10
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.


Customer Support : No Opinion
Never had to deal with them. So I can't really give an opinion on this matter.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $79+shipping
Submitted 03/23/2005 at 10:26am by Darrell Musick

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : No Opinion
Had it for only a few months.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
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!


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99.00
Submitted 02/24/2005 at 07:13pm by Anonymous

Features : 10
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...

Sound Quality : 10
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.


Reliability : No Opinion
Seems quite tough, and it's going out. We'll see.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Dunno.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $110
Submitted 02/22/2005 at 03:08pm by Megatron
Email: madmordigan<at>mail dot com

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : 10
Excellent people at Behringer. I recently was able to obtain a rebate check that was some how misprocessed and "lost".

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 89 (#)
Submitted 02/14/2005 at 09:08am by Tom
Email: thomas dot glenn<at>ntlworld dot com

Features : 8
the features have been described in detail in the other reviews

Sound Quality : 9
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

Reliability : 10
went off when i first got it, returned it to the shop, it was a fuse, no probs since

Customer Support : No Opinion
the shop where i bought it were great, never dealt direct with behringer

Overall Rating : 10
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


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: UK# (80)
Submitted 01/30/2005 at 12:45pm by Tom

Features : 7
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : 7
Never dealt with them regarding this amp, but I have communicated with Behringer in the past and they've been very helpful.

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $80
Submitted 01/14/2005 at 07:15am by Anonymous

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : No Opinion
I haven't really owned the amp long enough to talk about reliability. It seems built really well though.

Customer Support : No Opinion
I haven't had a chance to check out customer support.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 1000 (Swedish kronor) used
Submitted 10/04/2004 at 05:41am by Bosse Ostman

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : No Opinion
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.

Reliability : 10
No problems so far.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 85 (UK pounds)
Submitted 10/01/2004 at 09:43am by stevoj
Email: stevoj at yahoo<dot>com

Features : 8
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.

Sound Quality : 6
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).

Reliability : No Opinion
Reliable so far

Customer Support : No Opinion
Not yet needed to contact

Overall Rating : 7
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


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 09/01/2004 at 01:44pm by Steve

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 8
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.

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 8
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 120.00 (Euros)
Submitted 06/27/2004 at 02:00pm by Peter

Features : 9
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!)

Sound Quality : 8
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!!!

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion
Hope no need it

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


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $109
Submitted 06/25/2004 at 07:51pm by Anonymous

Features : 5
If Berihnger keeps this trend up. I want a T-shirt that says "Behringer Don't Suck Afterall!"

Sound Quality : 10
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

Reliability : No Opinion
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion
If anyone knows what causes the popping noise. Please post info about it here. Thanks.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $109.99 from ZZounds, free shipping
Submitted 06/21/2004 at 08:32am by John Craine
Email: j dot craine<at>att dot net

Features : 10
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : No Opinion
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
no idea at this point

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 140 (Euro)
Submitted 05/22/2004 at 10:13pm by Bob Honhoff

Features : 10
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..

Sound Quality : 10
With the most guitars it delivers a good tube sound, although single coils are preferred. I use a 1963 Hofner solidbody with tremelo.

Reliability : 9
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.

Customer Support : 9
Behringer has a top support. I delt once with them on an other item, within a week it came back perfectly repaired.

Overall Rating : 10
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...


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $109 (with shipping)
Submitted 05/13/2004 at 07:40pm by Mr. Jared.
Email: siamesedream49 at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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!





Reliability : 7
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
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!!


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: #100 (uk pounds)
Submitted 05/10/2004 at 08:46am by Anonymous

Features : 9
Identical speck to all others.Very versatile for practice or studio.But not gigging

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : 6
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

Customer Support : 9
Support from dealer good

Overall Rating : 9
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 05/06/2004 at 02:01am by Anonymous

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : No Opinion

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99.99
Submitted 04/22/2004 at 08:33am by Anonymous

Features : 7
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.

Sound Quality : No Opinion
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.

Reliability : 3
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.

Customer Support : 3
apparently they don't have any....it's cheaper to send out new amps than repair them when they're this cheap.

Overall Rating : 8
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99.00
Submitted 04/16/2004 at 04:51pm by JODY

Features : 10
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??

Sound Quality : 10
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...

Reliability : 10
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
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.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 110 euro
Submitted 03/19/2004 at 08:33am by Anonymous

Features : 8
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

Sound Quality : 8
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) !!!.

Reliability : 1
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.

Customer Support : 10
Send me another one. Very friendly and helpful

Overall Rating : 6
its a great silent amp ;if it works


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 03/08/2004 at 01:14pm by black_star (jared)

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : No Opinion

Reliability : 10
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!

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $99
Submitted 03/07/2004 at 05:39pm by Michael Allen Magliulo
Email: magliulo at usc<dot>edu

Features : 9
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.

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : 8
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.

Customer Support : No Opinion
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.

Overall Rating : 10
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: US $95.00
Submitted 02/25/2004 at 08:59pm by David

Features : 8
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.

Sound Quality : 9
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.

Reliability : 1
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!

Customer Support : No Opinion
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.

Overall Rating : 5
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.


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: 89 (pounds sterling)
Submitted 02/24/2004 at 03:39am by tom glenn
Email: thomas dot glenn<at>ntlworld dot com

Features : 7
bought new in november 2003,

Sound Quality : 9
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 !!!!

Reliability : No Opinion
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

Customer Support : 10
dealer was very good

Overall Rating : No Opinion
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


Product: Behringer GM110 Combo
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 02/23/2004 at 06:23am by Jose
Email: jose dot delasheras<at>virgin dot net

Features : No Opinion

Sound Quality : 10
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.

Reliability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion

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