Behringer GMX212 V-Tone

Came with a dual foot switch, channel/effects/tuning. you wont use all the effects but its good to know they are there. every mult-effect proccesor i ever owned i never used more than a few on a regular basis anyways.
running a '86-'87 fernandes strat straight into the amp with my seymour duncan live wire (pickup)sounds good. foot switch very usefull, tuning by the tap of a pedal convenient. all the back panel connetion choices will have you passing out. and bugera "vintage guitar series" speakers (well the one i recieved)

Very easy dialing in what you need to start thrashing right away. like i mentioned, experimentation is the key here. effects loop/aux in is all you need to hook up your effects/pedals/whatnot.. all external effects work with this amp as long as you dont put them between you, the guitar and front panel input.

Its built solid and very straight forward and attractive, not at all over "plasticy" like its direct competition. the previous owner had 8 months to break it in for me, so im hoping for the best. and i dont see any craftmanship problems for lugging this thing around for gigs (has metal corner gurads ++) it is heavey, but what amp isnt? if its worth playing thru.. its built simillar to fenders bigger amps (but looks good in its own right)

Have not needed to, hopefully will not have any problems (fingers and butt cheeks crossed here on this one)

Best price in this range for power/features. paid $180 used a week ago from the original owners purchase date of 2/06 and a $299 guitar center price.

The features alone can create quite a stir in interest. the younger crowd im sure will go for the line 6 spider II counterpart due to the fact that the name sounds "cooler" than behringer, but they allways have been a lost generation (me being a part of that generation at one time like most)

Its worth its price for everything considired. im not going to say its "godly" and the best thing since sliced bread, but the tonal quality is there and its competetor falls very short. has all the power you need for a practice/small gig amp and its clean channel is not weak, once you know how to dial it in. every once in a while an "off" brand or lesser known company will come about with a little gem that fills in all the gaps for a very budget price, this seems to be an example.

Bought 2006 for ??160.

Play using Epi Les Paul standard with no modifications.

Hmmmm. Tricky one this. Clean channel too quiet, distortion stangely muffled and inflexible. Feedsback quite a bit too unless you have the drive right down but this eliminates any real sustain.

I play in a covers band playing punky stuff, pistols, greenday, kaiser chiefs. It works OK with this but I have never been totally happy with the tone though, just doesn't have enough flexibility with the distortion.

Never broken down, gigged with it a few times.

Probably a good amp for starting out, I think after a while you notice its limitations although you do get a loud amp with a ton for built in effects, some useful, some not, for your money.

Loads of features, creates ridiculous range of tone.
Models a number of amps, speakers, and even rooms. Yeah, somehow its has some weird reverby type effects which make the size of the room vary from a box to a field.

Two channels. Easy enough, 3 tone, gain, drive and volume for each. 100 Effects on each. Amp and speaker selct on each. Master presence and volume controls.

comes with pedal. apparently can get some hench midi pedal, never tried tho.

Every sound ive ever wanted ive managed to achieve. Loads of effects, can control them.

Comes in stereo, not noticeable really unless using stereo delay or other stereo effects.

Sounds awesome. Espec for price, i know its a rip off of Line 6, but seriously sounds the same.

As i said can get every type of sound i want out of it.

I agree wit others here that the low end when the tone controls are on flat could be deeper for some peoples tone. But seriously isnt hard to just turn the low end up and the mid and high down...

For sound quality im gonna have to give it a nine. Its not ten cos yeh, it isnt a valve amp, although you could be fooled. Id give very few things a ten.

Had for a few years. never broken down. or anything. very solid, alothough pretty heavy.

i did put a scratch in the sticker on one of the speaker cos i put the pedal in the back of the cab whilst carrying it. The pedal has a sharp corner and is made of steel and speakers are strong magnets. yeh. but thats just me being retarded.

Never had any contac.

Website helpful i guess with manuals and stuff. Although website could be clearer i guess.

Been playing for years.
Number of guitars into it and other pedals and stuff. Thing is with this you dont really need pedals unless you want alot of extra channels.

The sound produced is wicked, range of tones is brilliant. If it were lost or stolen i would buy it again fo sho. Compared with other amps of same price, they have nothing on it, none are as loud or as versatile. Amps similar to it are much more expensive. Only discernable difference between this and line 6 is 1. The badge 2. Line 6 slightly easier to use. If you have the manual its easy enough though.

The only thing its missing really is some old classic fuzz from it.

Easily rectified with a pedal.

Wicked amp. really didnt expect such high level of sound.

to many to list ...id suggest someone go to Berhingers homepage and read thru the features if considering this amp or not familiar with it..

end results im very pleased with the features and have no complaints at all

for the price of these amps i was shocked at the sound quality ..really was expecting budget digital sound ...but this amp sounds amazing...lush warm tones are endless ...great cleans...and the leads are awsome...

have owned many amps ... and this produces high dollar tones with ease
...anyone not pleased with the sound there getting out of one of these is most likely tone def and donot know what good tones are...

the biggest pay off is its not just one good tone your stuck with ...many tone capabilities that are endless.

been playing music for over 20 some years and i love this things sound...

mine is about 3 years old now and looks and works as new ...never have had a problem of any kind and its been used and abused on a daily basis.

at the cost i was worried in this erea ..but my worries are over atleast for the one i purchased ... its been dependable indeed.

i have never needed customer support for this item so i have no idea will leave the rating as no opinion to be fair..

been playing for over 20 years ...many gigs ...and many basment boogies ...own to much gear to list and have owned to much gear to list...

what do i love about this amp ... the price being #1 ...its a steal...
a hidden gem in my book ...many will snear there nose at this amp simply because of (brand) and the word cheap ...that happens often with good music equipment ...i remember when the ds1 and tubescreamers where at the bottom of the wanted lists a few years back just to give a few examples..

did i compare it with others yup many ...

First, sorry for my "English", I'm French ...

A lot of features. Much more than many amps ...

The clean channel is lower than od/drive channels but it sound very close to a good tube amp such as a Fender Tweed. An amazing clean channel ! My setting for clean usage is Tweed/clean/Uk

For a light crunch it's ok - just Ok ...

But for a good drive, Wouah !! A lot of punch and definition with also a tube like sound. Very good for playing Rammstein, NIN, Metal in general ...

Until today, no problem.

This amp really sound great ! Better than the old Behringer amps ...
It's sound like very close to a good tube amp.
It's a big surprise from Behringer, this amp is amazing. You can play all with it from clean ballad and blues to a very very heavy Metal.
I love this amp. If I have to change, that will be only for the Vox AD120VT or a Hiwatt custom 100. Because between those two amps and the Behringer, no other amp can justify the changing for me.
And when you look at the price ...

All of this has been covered more than plenty thoroughly already...I need no go into it.

Here's where I wanted to pitch in my 2 cents. I just played a used one of these at a guitar store. I'd never played one...never seen one...nothing until today so I thought I'd get on here and see what people have to say about it. I've never seen such mixed reviews of an amp so I thought I'd add to it. I LOVED it. The clean channel could have sounded better (but I didn't play with it much...I was too busy BASKING IN THE GLORY of the distortion channel!) and the way the effects are layed out is a little bizarre, but it's no big deal. They sound pretty good which is all that matters and are easy enough to use as long as you have the owner's manual (I would have been lost if I hadn't found the owner's manual in the back of it).

What I LOVE about this amp was the distortion. Oh my GOD it was great. I was playing a Ernie Ball Sub through it, had the gain all the way up (don't remember all the specific channel settings), EQ set up with the highs and lows around 7 or 8 and the mids at about 4. I can see what people mean about the thing lacking "pressure"...that's just a really odd way of saying it lacks bottom end...I guess...(*shrug*)...that's what I thought about it. I thought it sounded great but it could use a little bit more low end...nothing a eq pedal couldn't remedy if it bothered me enough.

All in all...if you play in the style of Killswitch Engage (this amp mimics their sound VERY closely), Shadow's Fall, Avenged Sevenfold, etc, this would be an amp worth looking into. I would have LOVED to play my custom Ibanez S-Series or my Parker through the thing.

...and, to top it all off, it was only $185...helluva deal...

Dunno...don't have one...

Dunno...don't have one...

GO PLAY ONE!!! If YOU like it, BUY IT! lol That's one thing about the reviews I find on here that I just DON'T get. People say how much they hate this that or the other thing...I'd love to ask them one question...WHY'D YOU BUY IT, THEN!?

If you like it, buy it. I liked it. I want one. If you play bluegrass, you probably won't like it...if you don't like it...don't buy one...lol

I own a Behringer V-Amp2 and am pleased with the modeling sounds, so I was curious about this amp. Found a lightly used one at a local music store. The only problem with the amp was a loose input jack. The store tried to fix it, but to no avail. They suggested I contact Behringer for a replacement part. Since I am experienced in electronic repair, I asked them what they would sell it to me for as is. I took this amp home for $125...and man, it was well worth it...since it retails for $349 and it generally goes for about $250 at most music stores.

I don't have to go into all the features, since its been well described already. I don't understand some of the gripes about this amp having "no pressure". If you take the time to experiment with the settings, you'll get plenty of growl. My favorites are the British in either Hi Gain or Hot with UK speaker setting and the Tweed clean with US speaker setting. Its got very nice clean and dirty tone and is way loud enough.

Effects are OK. I'm not much into them, but there are decent sounding delays, reverbs, chorus, flanging, phasing, pitch, etc. I could live without some of them though (auto wah, magic drive(yuk!)

If I could wish for one thing more on this amp, it would be that you could have an extra switch on the footswitch to switch between the mode settings (clean/hi-gain/hot) on each channel. That would be nice to get that extra bit of gain while soloing without having to run back to the amp to switch it.

I play in a band that does everything from Merle Haggard to ZZ Top and this amp can cover all the bases well.

I use both humbucking(bill lawrence, dimarzio) and single coil(Fender noiseless)pickups with the amp. It goes from clean to ripping fairly well. I'd say that the distortion tone compares very favorably with my Marshall JCM900. My ear goes for more of a classic rock distortion tone and this amp does a great job. The clean sound sure does sound very Fender-like and works great for country and mellow rock stuff.

I haven't found it to be any noisier than other amps I've played. Of course, it depends on the situation (club's wiring, flourescent lights, etc.).

I'm taking this amp out to the Sturgis Rally this year for a 7 night engagement, so that will be the acid test. I do plan on taking my Marshall along as well, but would be taking a backup amp along anyway just to be safe. I plan on using both amps on stage.

The only problem I've had so far is the loose input jack and Behringer was super about it...(see "Customer Support").

The amp had a loose input jack when I bought it. I contacted Behringer and, at first, they wanted me to ship it in for repair. I emailed them back and told them that I wanted to fix the amp myself and just wanted a part number so I could order the input jack. They responded and said that the jack was mounted in a module and it would be easier to replace the whole thing. They said that even though I bought the amp used and it wasn't in warranty...they would send me an input jack module FREE OF CHARGE!

If that's not customer service, I don't know what is!

I've been playing guitar for over 25 years and, for my money, this amp holds its own with the big dogs at a fraction of the cost. If you're just starting out, or just want another amp to add to your arsenal, I would highly recommend the Behringer GMX-212. Its a fun little amp.

If it was stolen or lost, I'd get another one...or maybe figure out how to slave together a stack of Marshall Lead 12's....LOL

Seriously, overall this is a very nice rig. Way to go Behringer!!!

This is an update of the review I posted way back.

I think this actually roars like a JCM800, but doenst have the "pressure" in the sound.

Its a big thumping, spongy, bassy, very powerful amp.

Its more painful on your ears at high volumes than other amps.

If you have the money for THIS amp , get a marshall MG instead... frickin ace sound.


Plently of FX... they are shite. preset 97, the "british tube stack" is really painful on the ears. 98 doesnt suck so bad, gives you a big Metallica St Anger sound.

Very harsh sound. No pressure. Clean is good but ive heard better.

Distortion is not great if your a speed-metal head.

Itll do if you have a Boss ME50 or higher.

I run a DIgitech Whammy, MXR DIme Distortion, Boss F-2 Flanger and a ROcktron Metal Planet through this amp. I play a Superstrat homemade guitar. EVH style.

Still dont like the sound, even with these boxes infront of the amp

Its okay... hasnt crapped out on me yet.

Just dont hold the channel button down by accident when turning it on. you will lose all modified presets, and wont be able to save new ones. The channels will both be stuck on the same presets and you cant save preferences. just a warning.

Yeah behringer responded well to an email.

Seems they do care about their customers.

This is crap. Dont buy it. Get a Marshall MG or Line 6 or something. anything but this.

Youll go deaf playing at any volume past 1.7

This review is for the amp as an amp, not an amp in a specific price range, just in general. This amp was bought new in 2006 from MF. It is incredibly versatile. I play by myself, and with my youth group worship band, the 10:10 band. We play a lot of rock, hard rock, and our own little stuff here and there. I needed an amp that would deliver great cleans AND great distortions. This amp DELIVERS. There are 2 channels which are identical. You can set on up as clean, one as distorted. Both channels have a Drive knob, Low, mid, high, and level kobs, as well as three switches.
Switch 1: you're choice of Cali, Brit, and Tweed modeled amps with noticeable differences
Switch 2: Clean, hi gain, or hot mode
Switch 3: US, UK, or Flat speaker modeling

Then there is the Special effects part, and there are 2 knobs: Presets and FX. Presets is where you can choose from 99 simulations including delays, chorus, phasers, auto wah, etc. as well as some different amps, like a dirty cabinet, etc. All the effects seem very useful. For something like the delay, just pick the one you want, and use the FX knob to dial in how much you want it do be mixed in: how much it will continue to repeat. You cannot set the timing for delay, or wah, but the presets are really really fun to use. There is a separate midi pedal you can buy which allows you to change stuff and has a built in volume and wah pedal, but it's not worth it to me. The ONLY negative thing about this amp is that if, and ONLY if, you set up one channel to have one effect, and the other channel to have a different one, then when you switch channels it doesn't switch instantly. The sound does NOT cut out, it just doesn't happen right away, so it's basically a learning curve where you have to know when to hit the button just on time so that it switches when you want it to.
One thing that's really cool is that if you want to have channel 1 be dirty, and channel 2 clean, but you want another kind of distortion for later on, you can go through the effects and find something like a distorted cabinet model, and set it up as the effect for your clean channel (but leave it off) then when you're playing you have 2 distortions and a clean to use without having to change anything. Oh yeah, and the effects don't have to be on, the footpedal and the controls on the face determine if they're on or off. I will be using this amp live tomorrow (hopefully) but I've really pumped up the volume already and it's amazing. It is 120 watts mono, and it can also drive other speakers (it workes as a head if you want). On the back There are RCA inputs and outputs, headphone jack, external effects jack (in and out), auxilliary jack (with level control, I think so the amp becomes a cab), Line in (L&R), and external speaker jacks (L&R). It is Solid State, but that doesn't hinder me at all. It's pretty stinkin heavy too at about 60lbs. Holding in the channel switch button (either on the face, or the pedal) turns on a built in SILENT tuner, which works well.

I use an Oscar Schmidt OE30 semi hollow with HH, and a Washburn WI64 Idol solid body with coil tap. This thing can go from Fender cleans, to an overdriven chuck berry, to bone crushing Mesa-like all out distortion, and everything in between. It's plenty loud enough on it's own for a gig. There is some minor hum on some of the FX settings, but you can always turn them off when you're not playing. Sometimes with the wah, you can hear it "wah-ing" the slight hum when you're not playing, kinda funny actually. All the effects sound good, and function just like they should. The clean channel is interesting, because on my own preferred settings (Cali, clean, UK speaker) it is fairly quiet even with the level all the way up, but just turn the drive knob up a little and it's quite a boost, but still very clean, so that's great. Like I said, the distortion can do pretty any distortion I want, and the amp modeling is SUCH a plus! Also the FX are very useful, because not all of them are plain "special effects" some of them are models of other kinds of amps and distortions. you can get any clean or muddy or fuzzy distortion you want, but it's more geared away from fuzz. I'm taking off 1 point here for the very very slight annoyance of the effect's hum, but it's hardly anything, and unnoticeable while playing. But I'm reviewing this amp as an amp, not a "price range" amp, just an amp compared to any other amp.

It seem incredibly solid, and really heavy 60lbs. It's pretty new to me, and yes I would use it on a gig without a back up because it's the only amp I have, but at youth group there are some other amps I could use if need be, like the tech 21 I've been using. This baby puts it to shame. It has metal corners, very useful, and solid tolex (I assume) covering. It is open back, so that might bother some people.

I called both Musicians Friend and Behringer a few times to check with them about different features and options, and also to ask about the theoretical "effects pause". Both were extremely helpful and answered my questions accurately and correctly. I think the warranty is one year, and there is a local repair center.

I've been playing for a little over 3 years. I have a few guitars. If it was stolen I would be pissed, so I plan on keeping an eye on it. I love that it does everything I wanted to do and more. I researched for ages and this was apparantly the best amp for the job. I love it. Go behringer.

Made in 2005
It is sufficient for home use.

PLay with 8 different axes, every major pickup combo 1 coil 2 coil etc)
This thing sucks. When the at 50% volume on a hard edge effect, it just craps out. Buzzing, seems like it isn't tuned correctly (see: amplification vs. range).

Since I don't like it, hardly play it, therefore it is very reliable. I basically use it as a stand for my Line 6 2x12 amp.

Never called.

I just don't like it. Can never find a sweet spot.