Behringer GMX110 Combo

Behringer GMX110 30watt Analog Modeling amp. In case you don't know it's features, here they are:
(My GMX110 is dated March 2008)
10" Bugera speaker
2 channels
27 modeled sounds
24-bit effects processor with chorus, flanging, phasing, rotary, auto-wah, echo, delay, compressor, and combinations
FXT function
Dynamizer signal enhancement circuitry
Tuner
MIDI control
Includes footswitch
Anyway, I bought this particular Behringer to use as an additional practice amp at home. Lots of cool features in a an affordable package.

I play a CIJ Fender Jaguar and a Schecter Ultra with an array of individual effects pedals. Lots of Chorus, Delay and Reverb, but I'm fond of using various Fuzz effects as well. My style of music ranges from Post-Punk, Indie-Rock, Shoegaze, Dreampop and anything that fits my mood. This amp fits the bill for jamming at home. The amp isn't noisy at all and it's clean channel is clear and bright. It can get plenty loud without any buzzing which is important to me. The built in effects can be accessed by cycling through the pre-sets which give you lots of effect options to choose from plus a choice of several modelled amps. Distortion sounds decent on this amp, nothing to write home about, but it's not bad either. I don't care for heavy metal music, so I really haven't tested how brutal the distortion can get and to be honest, I mostly use the effects on my pedalboard through the amp's clean channel.

Well, that's just the thing. One hears good and bad things about Behringer stuff, but this amp delivers. I take care of my gear, so perhaps this is why I've never had a problem with my GMX110. As such, I'd expect it to work fine. It's a 30 watt amp, so I'm not going to gig with it. Using it for home use/practice is what this amp is intended for. So far, it's given me no problems whatsoever. Take care of your gear and you shouldn't have any problems.

I've never had to deal with the company, so I have no opinion on their customer support.

For the price, the Behringer GMX110 is definitely a bang for the buck amp. It comes loaded with features that will keep novices and intermediate players busy for hours, plus it has a nice clean channel to play through. Yes, there are better 30 watt amps out there, but for $150 bucks you won't find one with the same features as this one.

I'll skip the specs as you probably know them already if you've done your research. Great features for a little amp! The clean channel is fine sounding (not as good as a Fender), but very close. I tested it with a Strat and it sounded real good - this is important. We all know the modeling distortions and FX sounds are great and state-of-the art by now on most of these amps. It may not be the best looking amp, but I've seen and played much worse. The digital displays kinda make it look cool!

This amp can get real loud and has a tight sound due to it's small cabinet. That's good. The clean channel punchs it way quite well and all the distortions will cut thru loud and clear. Great sounding effects - very quiet with flexible combinations. Plenty of effects to play around with which makes practicing fun. This amp is really meant for practice but it could hold it's own for jams.

Yes, Behringer produces these things cheaply and quickly. The designs are great and I guess you have to get a good one. I've had the V-Amp for four years and no problems. I also have various Behringer studio rack processors and never had a problem. I got this amp used and it looks like it was played quite a bit, so I'm hoping if it lasted this long, it should last a long time.

Yes. forget it.

For the money, this is great amp. I've tried lots of small combos and it's hard to find ones that have a good sounding clean channel along with good distortions. They all seem to have channel switching, but lack a balance. I also have the Behringer modeling pedal which has the same three modeling combos which they don't make anymore. You'll lots of fun exporing all the effects and distortions which is what playing is all about!

I bought the Behringer as a practice amp. I was pleased with some of the other Behringer gear I had purchased and was pleased initially with this model. It was versatile, inexpensive, portable, and it sounded very good for the price range. Read on.

Good sounding at both low and mid-to-high volumes. The range of effects is impressive and they can be tweaked and saved. I was pleasantly surprised that an amp could deliver these features at that price point. Read on.

The GMX110 crapped out after less than 20 hours of use. I couldn't send it back because by that time I had owned it for more than three months. It had been used in a temperature controlled environment and had not been on the road at all. In fact, it had hardly been physically moved around. Anyway, I plugged it up one day while watching TV and all I got was static and hum on the effects channel and very low gain (about 10 percent of the signal)on the clean channel. Switched the cable, tried different instruments, checked the speaker connections, etc. To no avail. The thing just gave up.

I have owned many Behringer devices -- amps, mixers, pre-amps. Had considered buying a 2-12 combo. No more. This was my last Behringer purchase.

Been playing 40+ years. During that time I've owned enough equipment to fill an 18-wheeler and I've seen amp manufacturers come and go. My quest for a good, dependable practice amp got side tracked with the Behringer, but I found a dandy little Traynor to fill the need. There is no excuse for a piece of equipment to fail after 20 hours of playing time. Maybe I should have put more hours on it during the warranty period to see if it would hold up. Anyway, from this experience, Behringer has lost me as a customer as well as most of my music-playing associates. Cheers.

Behringer gives you alot for the money. However, it falls short in the tone dept. I will explain in detail below. The amp comes with load of FX and 2 distortion preamps with 3 different gain level selection and 3 diff cab models which really are 3 preset EQs IMO. Mine came with Bugera speakers instead of Jensen and was made in Aug 2004. They even throw in a 2 button footpedal, which is worth probably about 30-40 bucks alone. I would give it 10 in features, but these days, there are so many major amp makers who are coming closer to behringer's features with less wattage but better tone.

I play all kinds from acoustic, rock, blues, and metal. Here is where the amp falls seriously short. Just like many modelers, the tone does not cut through and the harmonics and color and depth are lost. If you don't know what all that means, go listen to Vox's Valvetronix or any good tube amp. I am not a tube head, but unless you've heard tube amps, you won't understand what i mean. It's also very hard to get that breaking distortion tone and the tone gets worse when the volume is fading as you hold the note. It even falls short of a good solid state amp. It always feels like there is a thin blanket or film over the tone, and when you try to clear it up with upping the high EQ, it only makes it sound thinner and your still left with a film. One thing where the film might actually be usefull is to duplicate an acoustic tone. But that's about all it's good for. It's not good for blues, it might do ok for rock, and it sure cannot handle heavy metal or any metal for that matter.

I just got it so i don't know. The make seems ok.

No service call yet.

20 yrs off and on. If it were stolen, i wouldn't miss it. I'll prolly try to end up selling it later. If you crank up the volume, it sounds a lil better but not by much. This amp really does not inspire me to play . I'm only giving this a 5 rating cuz the price is the cheapest for this wattage and features.

Just great, try and find another amp in this price range and having 30 watts RMS with this many features. Even a footswitch has been included.

I think - again in regard of the price - that it will be hard for all those other manufacturers to beat Behringer in sense of bang-for-the-buck.

This little monster sounds really good, as well the clean channel as those overdriven models. Maybe ab bit flat in the clean area, but nevertheless good. Distortion sounds cool, you just have to find you "personal" setting, which suits you best.

Seems to be well built - no Problem so far.
No crackling pots or anything alike. Very sturdy chassis.

Not needed so far.

Have been making music more than 20 years, playing various instruments like piano, drums and saxophone. Have been working as an audio engineer in Germany for 5 years now. Been playing guitar for a couple of years now (3 i think).

If stolen, i would probably buy another GMX110 or maybe a Roland Cube30... like them both.

Compared it to the small Fender and Marshall Amps as well as the Roland Cubes. Liked the Cube best, directly followed by the Behringer (which was less expensive and more versatile). After this came the Marshall, which performed o.k. and last (and least) the Fender Frontman, which i did?t like much (crappy crunch!).

Summa summarum: This little Box does ist all, sounds great for the money and seems to be loud enough for smaller gigs at moderate volumes. Get one yourself I?d say!

A versatile amp but there is a drawback.

Sounds pretty good, but there is a drawback

Here is the drawback.

I am on my 3rd GMX110 and my 4th GMX212. They have all failed. The GMX110 had problems with no or low outputs in the tape/rec out and the GMX212 fails to switch channels and produces incredibly large amounts of hum when I use my telecaster.

My dealer is so racked off with these Behringer amps he has now stopped stocking them due to the returns he is getting. We both agree it is a crying shame because these amps do sound so good.

I tried 7 !!!! Behringer amps and none worked, I think it is time I threw the towel in :(

Throughout my problems and those of many others, the key word was always swapout. It would have been good if Behringer looked at why these amps fail so much and modifed the product to work.

Poor

Feature wise, its got everything. 2 channels, effects processor, tuner, spkr. out, tape ins & outs, midi control. Behringer gives you mass bang for the buck here- this amp is perfect for a first amp or anyone need ing a great sounding practice amp.

worked well with my strats & sg & fernandes. the basic amp sounds are all great. I think the key to its good sound may be its analog. the thing sounds amaziingly tube like. You can get real fendery cleans to boogie sustain and marshall crunch. its pretty loud and thru my marshall 4x12 it was loud enough for a gig. The effects only has one adjust unless you use midi, then you can adjust three parameters. kind of a bummer but with 99 fx presets you can usually find something that will work. most of the fx sound great too, i really liked the chorus & rotary spkr. I wish this amp was available when I started and at 170.00(street) is a bargain. they even include a sturdy footswitch to select channel, fx on/off. Wow!

no problem

dont know

been playing 15 years and would recommend highly. I tried fender practice amp with fx(sucked) line 6(distortions sounded cheap & buzzy) roland microcube which sounded great unless you turned it past 3 and this one is way better. Forget the big names and overhyped digital amps. this analog amp puts them to shame in this price catagory. i guess they must try harder. did i mention they include the footswitch?

I've played acoustic guitar for years and just bought an electric. Played a lot of amps and got confused about what I wanted, except it had to under $150 and give me as much flexibility as I could get to explore the different sounds I could get. I initially bought a 15w Crate at Guitar Center, mainly because it had a built-in tuner, an overdrive, and 16 preset effects. It was OK but had no output to feed my mixer, so I traded it in for this GMX110. Wow, it's got the kitchen sink built-in. I can plug in my drum machine, has tape, speaker, and headphone outs. Has a tuner, 27 amp models, and 99 effects that can be adjusted, plus a dual pedal. Amp modeling only works with channel on. I've enjoyed it now for 3 months just for learning all the different sounds you can get from an electric guitar. Also I think having a built-in tuner is a VERY convenient time saver.

I use this with a Schecter w humbukers and a single coil tap. It's my first amp, but it sounds great to me, especially with headphones. I have taken both the tape out and headphone out to a mixer for both recording and to a PA and it sounds very nice. I'm amazed at the flexibility and the different sounds you can get from this amp. I know it sounds better than the $150 15w Crate I originally bought.

Well, the first one I bought, the tape out did not work, but Guitar Center gladly replaced it 2 weeks after I bought it. As others have suggested, test everything and make sure everything works within the first few weeks so that you can return it if need be. For all that you get for the price, some corners must have been cut. Hey, what do you want, it's only $170.

All I know is Guitar Center has a 30 day return, beyond that....? Hopefully I won't need to deal with Behringer on a return.

Great starter amp or second amp with great flexibility, effects, etc.. Today, if stolen, I would replace. As I get more experience I will undoubtedly upgrade in the future as I determine what specific sounds I like (dam, I like 'em all). Don't regret my purchase yet.

This is an update from my previous review. My first GMX110 had a crackly master volume knob. My second GMX110 had no signal through the tape outputs, so back to Guitar Center it went. At that point I had had enough so decided to look around some more, and wound up blowing some serious money on a Fender Hot Rod Deville. HA! My advice if you plan to purchase this amp is to do so through a dealer that will have a generous return policy and play the hell out of it for that period. It's a good sounding amp (although it pales in comparison to the Hot Rod, but at that price difference it should).

This is a follow-up to my previous entry.

Sounds great, but like all modeling units I've used, it can get screechy on the highs and fart out on the lows. Get the EQ just right for your guitar and it's all good from there, but every once in a while there's that goddamn fart/screech.

Sadly, this is where you are going to have problems with this line of products. I just returned my second unit (the first had a scratchy master volume pot, this latest having nothing except a hum coming from the line/headphone out and tape out)

Guitar center took both amps back with no problems.

Unfortunately, these amp just don't have the quality components that their Tech21 brethren possess. They sound great once the EQ is just right. I wound up spending quite a bit more money on a Fender Hot Rod Deville 4X10...it does't fart out on the lows and get screechy on the highs like all of the modeling stuff seems to do, and gets the tone of the gods...although it's not as flexible as the GMX110.