Behringer GMX110 Combo

This is a new GMX110 V-Tone produced in July of 2004. It features an analog modeling channel that is more than reminiscent of the Tech 21 Trademark 10 (more on that later), a clean channel, switchable digital effects, 30 watts, a 10" Jensen speaker, MDF cabinet covered with black tolex-like plastic with plastic corner guards, a footswitch (switches the digital effects on and off and the clean/modeled channel), and effects loop and a tuner. It's a very versatile little amp as long as the sounds you are after fall into the Fender/Marshall/Mesa catagory, although other amps can be modeled by playing with the active tone controls. I don't intend to use the digital effects other than reverb (I wish it had the spring reverb like the Tech21, but this is pretty good digital reverb). The amp has a speaker out and headphone out that both silence the amp's speaker...I don't like that. My intention is to use this amp in conjunction with my Tech 21 Power Engine 60. Fortunately, there is an effects loop, so I can direct the send to the PE60 (no reverb, but I can live with that) without silencing the amp speaker.

I own three guitars....a mid 80's Japan made Squier Stratocaster (my baby) currently loaded with American Series pickups, a new Squier Standard Telecaster (These are really good Teles, if you can find a good one!), and a 2003 Ibanez Artcore AFS75T (thinline hollowbody with two humbuckers and a Bigsby). My buddy picked up a Tech 21 Trademark 10 and I just fell in love with the little amp, went to check out a used one at the GC and it was broken, so I passed. Then I happened to spot this amp and remembered that there was some discussion on the 'net about the Behringer Analog Modeling amps being a direct rip-off of the Tech21 Trademarks. So I tried it and I heard the same wonderful sounds, so I took her home. Saved some serious cash over a new Trademark 10. ;-) Anyways, I took it over to my buddy's house and we basically A/B'd the two amps. We set them to exactly the same settings and let me tell you without reservation....these are the same fucking amps! The primary differences is the bigger cabinet and bigger 10" speaker spell more bass. Otherwise...the amp has the same great touch sensitivy, responsiveness, and sound as the Tech 21. These amps (Both Tech 21 and the Behringer) are dynamite amps! You'd swear there were tubes in these little stinkers! I don't know what other reviewers have been smoking, but I can honestly say these amps are just great. Period.

This is where I wonder the most about this amp. Behringer had to cut some corners to produce this amp so cheaply, and I'm guessing this happened in two areas: Cosmetics - while the Tech21 looks like a vintage high quality piece of equipment, the Behringer looks like a cheap Crate solid state amp (not that all Crates are cheap junk). That's too bad because so many players are going to dismiss this amp based on appearance..I know I would have! I also believe that the Behringer's knobs are probably mounted directly on the PCB, so I have to be careful with those. Tech21's knobs could be mounted the same way also, but the knobs are more safely out of the way. The other area I suspect that Behringer might have stretched a bit on was internal components, although I have no idea if they did. The transformer is HUGE on this thing, where on the Tech21 you can't even find it. Maybe it will be ok, maybe it won't. We'll see.

Haven't used it. I'm scared of the Germans. Just kidding.

I have been playing for 24 years. My other amps are an old Gibson Skylark GA-5 that is now for sale, and a Tech 21 Power Engine 60 that I used to amplify my Johnson J-Station (which will now be relagated to recording duty only). I wish it had the XLR and 1/4" outputs like the Tech21. Bottom line...don't let the children who wrote the other reviews for this amp fool you. If you're a tube purist who hates dealing with cranky old tube amps, this amp, or the more expensive Tech21, might be right up your alley.

Bought this as a practice amp for rehearsing with my rock/blues band. Needed something small, inexpensive, and liked the modelling and effects. Beringer advertises Jensen speakers (they are), but they are not the vintage alnico 10 inch Jensens that are used by Fender, Mesa and Victoria.

I play mainly Tele's and found the modelling channel good and versitile, but this amp really lacked bottom end, and the sound overall was a little muddy. Effects were good too, but the effects and modelling were like good icing on a bad cake to this Telemeister.

Can't say.

Same.

I took it back to GC after fooling with it for 2 weeks. Last straw was playing through my Mesa Rocket 440 for the first time since buying the Beringer (I fell in love with my Mesa again). Will look for a used small Fender or Mesa tube amp for practice.

This amp has more than enough features for practicing in my bedroom at home. Actually bought it for my son who is just beginning to play, but find myself playing with it for hours as it has lots of very useful features. I've been playing for so longer than I care to admit (30 years) and have bought, sold and demoed TONS of gear, so I'm think I have a vague idea what works and what doesn't. This footswitch-selectable two channel amp can create a huge palette of tones and has a three band EQ section that is very effective. A bank of 99 non-user settable effects presets have a least a few interesting and useful functions. The reverbs are decent (for a $150 amp) and the pitch shifting effects are quite good. Stereo RCA input and output jacks are provided, which I have not used as of yet, as well as a convenient headphone jack. The channel/effects footswitch (provided) is very rugged. Its feather weight makes it a perfect practice amp IMHO.

Let me say that the tone through headphones is almost better than the amplified tone through the speaker. You could easily record tracks from the headphone jack. Not the Jensen speaker is not bad sounding. If anything, it seems to have a fairly flat, uncolored response. I get the impression that Beringher essentially wrapped a power amp and speaker cab around the V-AMP and, VOILA, V-Tone. The V-Tone must have built-in noise suppression because it is very quiet when you aren't playing and it doesn't kill your tone when you are. The clean tones are fairly dull. On the distortion/OD channel, you can get tones ranging from smokey tweed, through overdriven blackface Fender and early Marshall, into high-gain territory and beyond. Amazing tonal pallette for an amp in this price range. I concur with previous posts stating that the midrange has to be goosed to get the volume of the amp up, at which point the amp tends to sound a bit boxey. For bedroom use, this problem is easily worked around.

Not sure yet about reliability. The effect jack nut fell off within two weeks (probably vibrated off). No major problems yet.

Never dealt with them.

Great bang for the buck. Great set of features and tonal options in its price range. Light weight. Hopefully low maintenance (solid-state). Very pleased with this purchase.

As listed in prior reviews, there are 99 effects including many reverb
sounds. It has more features than I generally use but I'll take them

I use the amp mainly at home which is why I bought it.
It can be moved around to different rooms or taken on vacation
very easily.
I like the size, weight and control layout very much.
The cabinet work is good but like most amps in this range
one must be careful of the fragile pots. It is good these
are somewhat protected by the cabinet edges.

The double footswitch is easy to use and all steel.

All my other amps are older Fender tube amps, I was hoping to
emulate them decently on the GX110.

Used with 2 Fender Telecasters and 1 Fender Stratocaster.
It works fine for all styles played - blues, rock, R&B, soul,
country, funky jazz, etc. I don't use much distortion (gain)
but set that channel for a bit (gain = 2-3). That gets a decent
early '70s British amp type sound.
The clean and boost channels are very good once the controls
were dialed in. It took me about 15-20 minutes of knob turning!
I have to run the mid range at 9-10 for both channels.

I found this to be important in not only getting a good full tone
but also to get the amp output up. The speaker also seems at it's
best with this. I have not had any unwanted distortion problems
but have not really opened it up all the way as it is fairly
load for 30 watts RMS SS.

Settings used are master 10, treble 7-8, bass 8-9, vol 8 clean,
9 boost channel. I vary these settings a little between guitars.
but mostly just treble and base controls a bit.
(All 3 guitars used have single coil pickups)
The only noise I found was slight when using delay or anything
that combines with it. It is only noticeable when not playing.
Otherwise it is very quiet.
The variety of reverbs, low compression and slow tremolo
are very good.
The other effects like rotating speaker are also but I
rarely turn them on.

Like mentioned all my other amps are older Fender tube amps, I
was hoping to emulate a SFDR or SFVR decently on the GX110.
I got closer to the Vibrolux and probably because of the 10"
speaker. Actually it is more like a recorded tube amp sound
coming through studio monitors.
The clean channel is used mainly and other for boost
and a bit of grit. The amp has some tube like compression.

So far after 6 months only one odd occurance.
After running the amp for ~ 3 hours the sound output
dropped off drastically. I turned it off. The next day it
was fine. the problem has not returned but I haven't
used it beyond 2 hours since.
I did contact Behringer by email to ask about it.
They said I could return it if the problem continued.
Their reply was prompt. I have a 2 year warranty.

The CS support as mentioned was friendly and prompt.
I have a 2 year warranty. The second year was added
from American Musical Supply whom I purchased from.

I would probably buy another one if stolen or destroyed.
It's really a fine amp for the price and has a lot of
features I like. Probably a better grade speaker would
improve the sound but the stock Jensen is not bad considering
the price of the amp.

This is a review of the new Behringer GMX110 amp. It looks like a real nice practice amp, maybe you could gig with it if the stock speaker was scraped. It has 2 channels with a footswitch included. The footswitch has two pedals one to control the channels and the other to buzz through the 99 effects in the amp. It's a solid state amp. It has lots of new modern features that the older amps don't have. It's equiped with a Jensen speaker, it looks like one of their economy "Mod" models. If your interested in playing at loud volumes or want a better sounding tone I think the Jensen speaker should be replaced. I really don't see how this cheap Jensen speaker could compete soundwise with a higher quality speaker like a celestion or a weber.

This is a very versatle amp especially for the money you pay for it. If you are a serious pro guitarist I don't think this would be the ultimate end-all amp for you. It's great as a practice amp it weighs only 25 pounds and the amp won't make you go deaf trying to get a decent tone. The amp has some cool reverb functions but they can't really match a high quality spring reverb unit. If your looking for a 60's surf drip sound do not buy this amp, get an amp with a high quality spring reverb installed. The effects are all nice even though I have no real use for them. They seem to be of better quality and sound better than the effects on those ZOOM multi effects boxes. The amp has the 3 modeling switches which are the same as on my 15 watt GM 108 V-tone. I can't really notice any difference in the sounds that the modeling switches produce between the 2 amps. Very versatle soundwise of course with all the effects and amp modeling features.

I hope I got a good one. I'm sure it will last a while. I'm keeping all the knobs at zero when I power up to be on the safe side.

One year warranty from Behringer. Of course the amp would cost more with that 5 year stuff Marshall and Fender offer. Musicians friend offer me an extra year warranty for something like 11 bucks, good deal considering it's a behringer amp which have reputations for breaking down.

I'm not to sure why I purchased this amp because I don't need it. I guess I'm more of a collector of sort and less of a player. I also have a Marshall AVT20 amp. The Marshall has a better tone, a better speaker, is much louder and sounds less boxey than the Behringer GMX110. The Marshall weighs 32 pounds which is too much for a practice amp. It's also to loud to use as a bedroom amp. My Marshall has collected a lot of dust the 3 years I have had it. The Behringer is a better practice amp for me because of it's lighter weighter and lower volume. The Marshall has a better reverb than the Behringer and has that Marshall mystique being made in Britan and all. The Behringer is a rice box and doen't have the great history of Marshall amps. I guess my Marshall is more of a relic so to speak. I purchased this at musicians friend for 149.99. The price had gone up to 170 dollars but they gave me a break because the catalog price was different. The Behringer is an excellent amp for the money. Behringer seems to be the champ of amp makers as far as bang for buck. I think the amps a great buy, go get one.

The Behringer GMX210 is the brand new model and is the repacement of the GX210. It has 2 channels and it is a real modelling amplifier. I use this amp at home. Tis because it has all the features I want.

I used this amp with a Gibson SG. My first impression was very good. But when i turned up the master and drive. Played a open chord the sound is cracking. I contacted my dealer and he contacted Behringer, and yes there seems to be a BUG in this new amplifier related to this cracking.

Behringer has always used good parts in there amplifiers. And are loved by many guitarplayers. My amp and many others are back to Behringer because of the bug. I think this amplifier was released to soon.

The contacts with Behringer are very good. But they could not help me at short terms because of the bug. The advised me to switch the amplifier with one of the others in the Behringer range like the older GX210 and GX212 wich are perfect guitaramplifiers with many good features.

My overall rating is not so good. When you release a new amplifier at least the sound must be good. I hope they will solve this problem at very short time. Then it can be one of the best modelling amplifiers at this moment.

Behringer, GMX 110 Combo amp,30 watts.1 10 inch Jensen spk,analog Modeling on one channel,99 fx presets,tuner,headphone jack,cd/tape in/out,effectloop,ex spk jack. 3clasic amp models,3 spk simulations,3 gain modes,Just like tech 21 tradmark 10.Active tone controls.This amp just came out Feb-9-2004

I am useing a Yamaha SGV with p 90 style pickups,Gretsch 6120 hollow body.The clean channel sounds very good with plenty of low end punch good mids not as scooped out as a fender but fatter sounding.The modeling side lets you choose Fender,British.or Cali amp models, and all sound excellent, This is not Digital Modeling it is analog and what a diference it makes. It has a very rich sound at any setting none of that high pitch sound of Fender/ Marshall solid state amps. The effects sound very good with no noise. A little noise comes through with the master set at 6 and higher. It handles the hummbuckers great with a ton of low end if you like that sound. I would have to say it is a solid 30 watts rms it gets pretty loud. You can get any distortion sound from mild overdrive to all out metal. All so the built in tuner works very well,activates with included footswitch,sound is muted when useing tuner.I play Surf,Country, Fingerstyle,It sounds great for all of them. I thought i would miss the spring reverb tank,but they have 15 great sounding reverbs to select from,with 2 spring selections that sound excellent.

It seams like a well built unit, i would gig with it without a backup. Only had this a week no problems.

Have not had to deal with the company yet,The waranty is one year parts and labor.

I have been playing for 30 years.I gave up a tradmark 10 amp for this a very popular amp. But this is the amp Tech 21 should have made,larger spk more pwr, channel switching,99 fx to choose from ,handles Hollow body guitars much better, over all tone is better,at half the price.Much louder. This amp was purchased from Musicians Friend,great company to deal with,never have had a problem with the people.I would like to say i have owned,Yamaha,Line 6, johnson and crate modeling amps and none of these sound as warm as this Behringer amp. Very rich sounding.