Behringer GMX210 V-Tone

Made in 2005,this amp nails the tones of the following artists 85% -90%accurately(you just need to add a bbe sonic maximizer and have a tuned ear!)Van Halen,Rhoads,Wylde,Blackmore,Hendrix,possibly more youll dial up on your own.For being a somewhat underrated amp,this thing LAYS WASTE sonically to all the Marshall Mg's,AVT's,Lower Line 6 shoeboxes with speakers in them,Vox Valve-hooked-on-phonix,and muddy Crates that have no crunch or definition.I traded a Crate 130 with Wilder speakers for this baby and am a happier man at the moment.

im using a Gibson 84 Flying V and a lefty Les paul special with this amp at the moment.It's only noisy if u have it plugged into a power strip with 20 other things going on.Ah,the distortion...US is a cross between the Peavey 5150 and the Mesa Recto or you can dial either of the models in with ease.Brit with the UK speaker setting is EXACTLY a JCM 800 or 900 NO BULL$%^&! Tweed is EXACTLY a Fender clean.I don't know how the hell they did it,but they finally did it.
Your not going to get a "Dime" distortion out of this thing,but who wants to sound like an Arion Metal Master anyways?

Reliable.Period.

Not Yet..........

My name is Rob Lindbeck,i've been playing for over 15 years,previous bands include Slave Labor,Caution,Cloud 9,Rock planet,i play guitar left handed strung righthanded and have a Marshall Solo award,i have also won many other awards in the past.For the money your not going to find a better amp than this one.Jump on it!

ALL OPINIONS STATED ARE EXPRESSED WHILE KEEPING THE PRICE IN MIND:
Brand New- very versatile, easy setup, quiet, and cheap!

The 2 channels can be set up any way (clean/dirty, dirty/dirty, etc.), and each one has plenty of adjustment on their respective controls:
Gain,
3 amp models (Tweed, Brit or Calif.)
3 gain modes (clean, high gain, hot),
3 cab settings (Flat=straight to speakers, 4x12, 2x12) and
Very ACTIVE Lo, Mid and Hi controls.
Channel One has a level control, and
the master volume is for both.

The chromatic tuner and 99 effects programs are very easy to use/program, and I LOVE the tuner's ability to be adjustably muted, or not- it's up to the player. It can also be calibrated to a pretty wide avriance of pitch (something like +/-15 cents? It's also easy to see and read the tuner from the end of the outstretched footswitch cable.

Decent footswitch, semi-silent operation, considering the close proximity.
The effects are mostly very good, there's some un-useable ones, of course. The bread 'n butter ones are definitely good enough, and then some!. I set it up to be like an amp first, and the fx are extra toys. Too many connecting options on the back to be mentioned, more than enough for me.

It has a stereo power amp with 30 watts per side into the 10-inch Jensens. Plenty of volume, with 40 lbs. of weight-it's MDF. Metal corners, big rubber feet, nice textured black finish material.

I mostly use home-built or heavily modded strats and teles, exceptions being a Gretsch Pro Jet sometimes, or a modded Jay Turser resonator rewired in stereo. For my 3-4 gigs a week of blues/folk/rock/ roadhouse bar duo/trio, it will have to do the mid-gain semi-clean class A responsiveness thing pretty well.

I started with clean sounds and got progressively dirtier.

The Tweed model passed the test first, with the plate reverb effect. Excellent vintage Keifish/Pagey tones! OK, I just played my cheapest maple board strat clone on it for awhile with the Calif. model on hot setting, and it really had that Eric Johnson violin tone goin' (but I sure can't play like him, of course!)
The Cali model clean is very Boogie Quad Preamp sounding. And with the larger plate reverb added to high gain setting, it's very early Ed-wardian!
I really haven't dialed in the British model yet, but since it only has two channels, I'm cool with it. I fooled around for a minute to get decent Vox-y sounds, or maybe Bluesbreaker combo, but didn't really try for the Plexi or JCM800 type sound since it's not a stack.
I like to think it will do a good copy my '86 JCM800 50 watt 1x12 or 2x12 combos.

I do like it best with the Flat output setting, going straight out to speakers.
It gets sweeter and smoother with the master volume on 5, but that might be too loud for at home. Would cut through with my favorite mid-sized rock drummer and bassist on stage or in studio.

I tested it at my gig volume tonight, and starting tomorrow night, will play it at future gigs until something else catches my eyes/ears!

It sounds really good, but I'm curious what it will souind like with my new Celestion Vintage 10's in it! It really sounds too good to mess with for now.

I reasonably compared it to the favorites in my vintage and modern amp collection that I expected it to replace at gigs, and then rated how the Behringer did:

I hope so. It won't be moved much, unless I lose the gig. This will help us sound better, I do believe.
My V-Amp pro still works, our PA works well. They're Behringer.
No coincidence.

Seems like the users might have that covered more, as far as useability issues. Don't know.

Started electric guitar in April 1985, and it took. Had played many other instruments prior to then, and still do, but guitar makes the most sense to me. In that time I've collected, gigged on, tried out, destroyed/modded bought/sold hundrds of pieces of gear, most of it the really good stuff. Some interesting cheapos.

I recently got into the lower price ranges of gear more seriously, as a way to not take the rare or expensive stuff into a dangerous, stinky environment like a bar full of drunks, the Gulf Coast, New Orleans, or a cold, wet parking lot in those places. Also, My Twin smells like fried catfish and oyster po-boys now! Someone tumbles down at almost every gig, so the boo-teeky amps are out.
And I'm too busy gigging to work on all the old tube amps anymore, So the Behringer 210 is it for now. If it went out or got ripped off or burnt down, I'd get something.

I really like what it is/has for the price.

Tried a Valveronix 50 watt 1x12 (very good!), among others. The VR30 came close, but is for pratice. I like the 2 Jensen 10s, like in my favorite Vibrolux. I really like the price!

2005 amp, all the clean and distortion you can ever use. Has plenty of power, enough to gig with, yeah.

Use a OS Delta King, Strat S/S/H, Telecaster and a Les Paul.
I like Blues and Rock, does both very well. Can go clean and plenty of distortion channels. Power supply HUMMM is not good.

I think the amp will hold up good, provided you don't get shafted, (See next chapter)

Purchased the amp 10/25/05 from Guitar Center. Have it in my office at work, placed it on amp stand next to a dark wall. All was fine until I moved it in January 2006 in front of a white wall. Immediately saw light thru the amp grill, (which is odd) and looked behind amp to find a hole in one of the Jensen speakers right next to where the speaker hold down screw is. Obviously someone shipped this one past QC...photographed problem and wanted to e-mail photos to Behringer, but they did not care.
Called Guitar Center to get a thorough "run around" from their store Manager. Did not want to help me at all, told me to contact Behringer, I contacted them and they said to take it back where I bought it for evaluation. Store Manager at Guitar Center said he did not want it back, as he did not "sell that brand anymore". Think I will ever buy anything else from Guitar Center..Ripoff artists, might as well have purchased it from "Estaban". Or as is case now a-days, "SERVICE IS THE THING OF GRANDADDS DAY! Everybody wants your money and then you are the one who gets laid.
Found a new Jensen 10" at Woodwinds and Brass (A real Guitar Store)
and cost me $45.00, 3 month old amp with a hole in it and no one seems to give a damn.
I like the amp a lot, Guitar Center and Behringer are part of the "shift the blame" crowd everyone runs into now a-days.

Been playing a long time.
If lost or stolen I would purchase another (From Woodwinds)

made in 2004, i got it last december so i have had plenty of time with this thing. i play rock music, from metal to classic and this amp can handle it all. has plenty of features and the effects are great. it has everything i would need in an amp and sounds better than anyone would expect.

i use a charvel journeyman guitar and have used every pickup from l500xl's to paf's. sounds great with all of them. i would like to comment on the amp channels. there is no dedicated overdrive, clean channel. they can both be set up for either, which is great because i run the gain on 5 and boost it with an overdrive pedal(this amp takes them very well). i just roll back on the volume knob on my guitar to get clean sounds. now for the amp sounds

1. the amp types are california- think mesa or peavey to my ears. brittish-this thing does a really good marshall type sound and is my favorite setting. and tweed-your basic fender sounds and does them really well.
2. preamp modes are clean-clean on the tweed but you will get slight breakup on the calif. and brittish settings, also depends on the gain setting on the channe. hi gain-good medium to hot sounds here and sounds good with an overdrive pedal to give it a push for some sustain. hot-really saturated gain with the treble up a bit from the hi gain mode.
3. speaker modes are flat-just the 2-10 inch jensens. u.k. which is a 4x12 cabinet that has some good mids and sounds better than the marshall 4x10 cabinet that i use to own. u.s. which is supposed to be a open back 2x12 cabinet, sounds like a rectifier cabinet to me.

the main thing with this amp is it is analog, and the switches do change the amps sound and character so i give i 10 for that.

the effects are good, i only use the stereo delays and a chorus but all of them sound really good and don't need much tweaking to get a great sound out of it.

i haven't used this amp live but it sounds really good turned up and i don't need the overdrive pedal to help it out at louder volumes. this amp will do the hard rock/metal thing really well.

had it for nearly a year and no problems.

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i have been playing for 15 years and had a bunch of equipment, this thing is just great. i haven't even thought about getting another amp(unless i wanted one with more power the gmx212) so that says alot for me as being satisfied. to my ears is sounds better than the marshall avt50 head and marshall 4x10 cabinet i got rid of.

Made in China,designed in Germany.
Amp is versatile enough for me. I play rock and metal and rock ballads.
2 channel.Comes with Free midi footswitch.A lot of inputs except for speakers out for this model.
I wish this that this amp can store more preset channels.
I use it mainly at home though thinkin of setting up a jamming studio.I believe this amp has enough power to compete against the drums and the bass.

I use a dean 79 original dean pickups and ibanez s series with dimarzio pickups.Amp has humming noise when I stop playin.I guess this matter can be resolved if i change the power plug to a 3 pin plug to ground the amp.Havent tried it yet though.
Handles metal to rock ballads pretty well,sounds warmer and better than the previous line 6 spider II 112 i bought.It is even louder than my spider even though it is 15 watts lesser than my previous line6.Clean is shimmering clean and distortion is totally brutal.

Just bought the amp.

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I played the guitar abt 10 years.I will probably get the bigger version of the amp if it were stolen. the gmx212.The only bugbear is it has a humming sound when i stop playing. But shld be able to fix it using a 3 pin plug.I love this amp, coz it has nice cleans and brutal distortions.I wish it can store more preset channels though.( yea i know it is not a digital amp ). I also wish that the preset channels does not have that few seconds of delay when u change presets.

Made in 2005, a lot of features: 2 independent channels, footswitch included, fx processor and tuner included, analog amp simulation, two JENSEN stereo 10' speakers, effects loop, a lot of conexions in/out/midi/slave in/aux in/ etc etc... a LOT OF FEATURES FOR VERY LOW PRICE. It has 2x30 watts, much more than i need at home and sufficient to gig.

I use a Ibanez RG-370 DX, it's such a beauty!! And it sounds great even with the stock pickups. A lot of variety of sounds. The cleans are just normal, nothing of special. But distortion.... wow, it emulates very closely the much more cheaper mesa boogie rectifiers, although this behringer hasn't any tube... just u-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e at this price. Kicks ass!!! Lots of power on distortion. Cleans are weak, but i use it mainly distorted, which is AWESOME. It's seems tubey... :) Trust me! 10 for the relation price-quality. Unbeatable. I have had Kustom and Fame speakers and their distortions suck compared with this monster!!

Almost useless effects... compared with my old BOSS ME-30. But i don't use them, so i don't care. The reverb is good, indeed.

I really recommend this for anyone. Great sound, few bucks, lot of features, what would you want more??? I'ts just GREAT.

Seems very reliable, although its constrution quality it's not 100%. It's engineered in germany which is great (deutche technologie) but made in china... But i hope it's reliable enough.

The company it's great, but i've never talked directly with them, so i can't speak about it.

Gear: Ibanez RG370 DX, Boss ME-30, i've had other amps and guitars, played on others also... this GMX 210 it's GREAT, i would buy another one right now if mine was stolen. I love the distortion. Kicks ass! I wish it had real tubes and not "tube emulation circuitry" for a more pure tone and feel, but at this price i just can't ask anything more!!

I got this amp 2 months ago, from my local music shop. It cost a mere #170. I am so pleased. It is plenty versatile enough, and it is packed with great effects. It has 2 channels, identical, and it also models amps. Though I wish it had a few more amp models, it's definitely right for me and it's loud enough to gig with, in small/medium venues. I use it for gigs without a backup, and it serves me well.

I'm using it with an Epiphone Goth G400 extreme with floyd rose, mainly playing indie style music (yeah, surprising). The sound is phenomenal with regards to the price, and it is very, very versatile. The distortion isn't great, but it's more than most guitarist would need. As I said before, it is more than loud enough to gig with. I never put it up past 3 in my room, as I value my house staying upright!

I would, and have, used it on a gig without a backup. Although I have only had it a couple of months, it's built like a boulder and it seems very, very reliable. It has never broken down.

Well I phoned up the company to see about about a footswitch, and I couldn't get through. However, the website seems helpful enough.

Overall, this is a great amp for the money. It is very versatile. If it was stolen, I would certainly buy another one, as there is no amp in this price range that can perform anywhere near it. I love the amp in general, though I can't help thinking a better distortion could've perfected it. I compared this to a marshall 50dfx, though I found this one to be louder and more versatile. Thumbs up for Behringer.

* It was made in 2005
* This amp does everything I need it to do....and some things I didn't expect it to do....like some of the effects I didn't know it had.
* 2 Channels, effects loops, midi controller (use the FCB1010 from Behringer), has a head phone jack
* Has all the features I need
* I play at church and this is more than loud enough to scare the demons

* I use ut with a ESP/LTD M100 with a DiMarzio Tone Zone in the bridge, my other guitar is a Chandler (custom) with a Duncan SH6.
* Suits my style perfact
* All amps are noisy to a certain extent...that is why they make noise gates...which I have one...cuts it out
* The clean channel is nice. I use a Accoustic Simulator (Boss) and it is nice and rich.
* The distortion is so brutal, it might just rip your face off. I am still messing with settings to get the tone I want....I am a tone snob!

I own a V-Amp Pro and it hasn't let me down at all. I think the GMX210 will be the same.

I would wouldn't gig without GMX210 unless I had my Vamp as a backup.

Haven't had it long enough for it to break

Haven't had a need for them....besides, this is the 21st century....use the internet. I have found that USERS are better than the company itself when trying to get answers.

But if I needed them....I would call

I have been playing 23 years. I have had a Lab Series amp, Randall and a modified Marshall JCM800 and a Crate....this is the best sounding amp of all those....with exception of the Marshall...which only sounds good at "11"...and at church....ain't going to happen.

I own a VAmp Pro and a Digitech DSP256e. I like all them.

If it was lost or stolen I would probably buy the GMX212 instead...not because I am not happy with this one, but it was only $40 more and had a few more things on back that I would use (i.e. hooking up an external cabinet)....and more power.

What I love about this amp is the tone and the versatility.

What I hate about this amp.....uh, it is black......LOLOL

I tried the Line 6 Spider II (30 watt) for the same price. I tried the Crates and Peavey and Alesis and VOX Valvtronix and for the price and functions....this by far the best of the bunch. Like I said, I am a tone SNOB and compared to the Line 6 (the only other one I was interested in), this thing kicks it's booty!

The only thing I wish it had (which is minor) is a back that covers the speaker. When I play at church, I lean it so I can hear it (they mic it into the PA), it makes it tricky to get it to balance....but I can always get a amp stand

This stereo 2x10" analog "modelling" amp was made in 2004.Two channels, each with input drive , three band EQ and 27 sounds(three pre-amp types x three gain levels x three simulated "speaker" sounds makes 27 on my planet) covering most requirements. From these 27 options it's probably best to select one per channel for live use. Channel One has its own level control to enable it to be balanced with Channel Two for rhythm/solo use. There is also a master volume which has to be set quite high as, don't forget, this is only 30 watts per channel.The 99 easily tweakable (edits can be stored) Digital Effects are generally superb, especially at the price. Most requirements are met, including trem, chorus, phase, flange, pitch shift, compression, and others, and a favourite effect can either be set per channel, changing automatically when changing pre-amp channels (the amp remembers the last effect you used on each channel without you doing anything) or, by enabling midi control, you can have the same effect staying on regardless of channel, in which case you can connect a midi foot controller in addition to the supplied dual channel/FX on/off footswitch (I use a simple Rolls midi- buddy because Behringer's pedal board, cheap though it is, is rocket science). You can then tap dance through the presets to any of the 99 effects, or ,if your midi controller can be programmed, choose a bank of the best FX from the amp's menu and store them to easy positions on your midi pedalboard. If even that's not enough there are various ways to hook up external effects via the back panel, where you will also find a mono serial FX insert loop, stereo preamp outs, power amp ins and a stereo aux in. No speaker outs on this one , probably because the amp is aimed at the small gig situation where portability is the main requirement.If you want more power on the odd occasion, you'll need to add a slave power amp to drive any extra speakers. With a rock covers duo using a drum machine the amp is easily powerful enough, and of course in bigger rooms you can hook up to the board in stereo for a huge sound .

I have a PRS Hollowbody II with the regular pickups, but I have also used the amp with other, cheaper instruments with success. I can get any sound I like and the sound is very satisfying. It is especially good at big, nicely textured, responsive rock lead sounds at acceptable levels of volume, which means it is worth its weight in gold to a pro player who has grown out of deafening audiences. To get louder clean sounds, forget any misconception that Tweed means Clean. It doesn't. Also, use higher tone settings for more volume- if all your tones are at zero there is no sound at all.

I have found the amp totally reliable over several months of use, and have never taken a spare amp to a gig in almost forty years of gigging. I look after my gear and take care when setting it up. I don't lose picks, break strings, or neglect anything I rely on. If it was going to let me down, I would know when checking my stuff before the gig, and I would take my other Behringer amp( a 1x12" V-ampire combo).

When I had owned the amp for about 3 months, I checked on Behringer's website and saw that the amp was advertized as having 4-ohm speakers. As mine had 8-ohm Jensens, I queried this with their customer support. They promptly sent a replacement amp to my local dealer, who contacted me on it's arrival and swapped it without question. The speakers were identical to the ones I already had so nothing was gained, except a new amp for me and a good reputation for Behringer. I still don't know if 4-ohm speakers are OK to use with the amp, but if they are, you could expect more sound so I might pursue this further if the speakers ever need replacing.

I was going to sell this amp when I got my V-ampire, but I've changed my mind as I like to have an amp at home to play on without unpacking my gigging amp from its case. The V-ampire has the edge because I can store dozens of sounds on it, and it has a 2-second delay with a Tap-tempo button. In many ways though I prefer the GMX210, so I'm happy to use either on a gig. I like small versatile combo amps and these are the best I've used. The price of Behringer amps is a miracle, and that's why so many "reviewers" (usually Anonymous) slag them off.

Listed below. Does not have external speaker out. Speaker wires are soldered to terminals. Speakers have tiny 10 ounch magnets and are rated at 4 ohms each. 27 amp models? no, just 6. You must memorize 99 presets, the amp does not come with a cheat sheet. There is a horrible 'pop' when you change effects and a one second delay when changing channels. has several volume controls, not sure why, it's not a tube amp so why 4 volume controls?

I use an Am fat strat. I play clean mostly. This amp has one good clean sound. Tweed/Clean/US. Distortions are too noisy. The power transformer is not shielded and will generate a HUGE amount of 60-cycle hum, dispite the fact that all my pups are noiseless. Sitting about 6 feet way will help, but is inconvenient. Not much variety in the sounds. Clean is set drive = 10 level = 10 master = 7 and not very loud. When you turn it to 10, it hisses horribly. Buzzes and rattles with master above 5, even on clean settings.

Based on past experience with Behringer, they ate the Yugo of amps.

I never could get ahold of anybody.

Been playing 20 years. I have a Marshall tube combo and was looking for a good clean amp with lots of variety. This one has too many flaws and buzzes too much. Back it goes...