Behringer GX 112 Blue Devil

The features of this amp are great, and for the price they are incredible.Behringer says the amp has 99 differnet effects, really its only around 20 different effects.I purchased the MIDI board and the effects are unbelievable, it truly lets me do what I need to do.
I play mostly heavy music e.g., Slayer Megadeth.I do recommend a distortion pedal, I bought a Hughes&Kettner Warp7 and it makes this baby scream.I am rating the features an 8, but for the price once again they are a ten.

I play a Dean Baby Z custom with seymour duncan mayhems, have a few others but this is my fav.Its sounds very good through the GX112, on clean and distortion, the distortion for this amp is subpar for me so a pedal is a MUST.I am rating it a 7 for the pussy distortion.

I only had this amp for 2 weeks, which I bought as a returned item from musiians friend.It worked excellent, then it stopped everything.No sound ,no humm, no nothing.I called musicaians friend and they would only give me a refund.I called Behringer and explained to the warranty dept. my issues.They handled everything greatly.I sent my amp, which they paid for the shipping, and was sent a brand new amp within 2 weeks.Hopefully, this amp will be more reliable.

I explained the problems I had in the reliabilty section, but for the customer service I would have to give them a 10.I always got responses quickly and they fixed my issue as soon as I sent the amp in to them.Behringer is truly committed to great customer service.

overall this amp is a great practice/recording amp.It is definitely not loud enough for big stages but it does its job well for a 60 watt amp.The effects are great(buy a MIDI board).If heavy music is your style, geta hughes and kettner warp 7 pedal and she will SCREAM.
Giving this amp a 7 overall for the problems I had, so far the new one is a great amp for the price.

Brand new amp, purchased off an online auction site (Trademe). Two channels - Heaven (Clean) and Hell (Drive). It has channel switching through use of a cheap and nasty footpedal which came with it. It has a great amount of other features, including an effects loop and a headphone jack, among others, which will come in handy if I ever use it in the studio. I use it for rehearsals and for small-scale gigs, and I also use it to amplify my acoustic guitars. It's not particularly powerful for it's rated wattage. My friend has a Fender Frontman 65R (which I don't particularly like) that can get much louder. The Blue Devil often gets lost in the mix and doesn't have enough grunt to compete with the lead guitarist's 100 Watt Marshall MGDFX. The Heaven channel is versatile, and I suppose that some of the low-gain settings on the Hell channel would be alright for blues, but to my ears the drive seems best suited to eighties hair metal (like old Bon Jovi) when pushed past the midway point. I play classic, hard rock, and for this purpose, it doesn't work. I have a BOSS GT-6 now and I get much more suitable drive tones out of that. There aren't really any features I'd add to it - I can't say I use all of the effects, since some of them are pretty crummy. The reverbs are beautiful, but the auto wah sounds like someone shaking a piece of cardboard.

I'm using a Tokai Les Paul Custom, with the two stock humbucker pickups (PAF-style: not bad, but nothing flash). The amplifier's clean sounds are absolutely beautiful - warm, sparkling and clear. Put a little reverb on there, and you can see why they call it the Heaven channel. However, as I said, the Hell channel just doesn't do it for me. It's a very distinct, unusual overdrive, which I find hard to classify. I would say it almost resembles distortion more than overdrive. It can get quite brutal, but not enough to satisfy nu-metallers. It's not noticeably noisy. For solid-state, and the clean alone, it's good. With the GT-6 running through it, it's excellent value for money, but it lacks power.

So far I've had no problems with the reliability of the amp, so I cannot comment. I can't afford to have a 'backup', at least not at the minute. It's treated me well so far, and I have done the same to it.

I haven't dealt with the company, so I can't really say. I've never had to get it repaired or whatnot, but I assume I'd just take it down to the local instrument shop, since they stock this brand.

I've been playing seriously for about a year now - I've played guitar for my own entertainment for about three years, but it's only recently that I've got into gigging. I own a BOSS GT-6, as I mentioned, which provides the meat of my tone, and I run this through the beautiful clean of the Blue Devil, which makes it sound particularly good. I can't say I would buy this amp again if stolen or lost, despite the value for money. If it was my first amp, for my style, I'd probably go with one of the Marshall MGDFX series, perhaps the 50 Watt one or up. At the moment, I'm on the lookout for a Marshall Jubilee 2555 or 2550, and will be upgrading to tube to get the sound I'm looking for. I love the Heaven channel on the Blue Devil, but hate the Hell. I compared it to a few entry-level amplifiers, including the Marshalls and the Fenders, and went with this. However, this is because I knew I was getting a GT-6, and wanted a nice clean sound to run it through (the GT-6 sounds like shit through an MGDFX). If you're not going to be using modelling sounds, though, go with a Marshall for your dirty sound. All in all, not bad for the cash, and with my GT-6 I get a nice tone. If you happen to be in a hair metal band, this could well be the perfect solid state amp for you.

Mine's from 2004, somebody had returned it 'cause they didn't like it. (I made sure it wasn't defective.) Features already discussed.
I got this because I didn't want to lug my Roland JC-60 to the rehearsal studio every week. I don't leave the Roland anywhere, it's too hard to replace.
I agree with those who say it's not that loud - I have to turn it up almost full to keep up with even 20-watt tube amps. However, I like the basic sounds it gives.

It has an Aux In for practicing to CD's, but I find it's somewhat muffled and hard to hear, at least with my CD Walkman plugged in.

I'm using it for classic rock and blues, mostly thru Teles, but I also use a Schecter C-1+ and it's OK too. I don't care for the distortion on the Hell channel that much, but I tried plugging an old DOD FX-55B Overdrive Plus into the clean channel, and I like the sounds I get that way. I use the Hell channel set at almost minimum distortion, and a couple of notches higher in volume than the clean channel, and I have pretty good rhythm and lead sounds thru the DOD pedal.

I don't use the effects much, I usually leave the selector on 1 to add some reverb.

It's nowhere near as well-built as my Roland. I'm sure if it got banged around a lot, something would break. That said, I've had it almost 2 years and it's never had a problem. As others have already said, "pretty good for what it costs."

The input jack feels awfully cheap when you plug a cable in, and I believe it's attached directly to the PCB, so I'd guess that's a common point of failure. But, I'm pretty good with electronics, and I could probably put in a better jack if I had to.

Never dealt with Behringer.

I like it, and it works well for me. I wouldn't depend on it as a gigging amp. Try running a bass-heavy dirt pedal ( Boss OD-3, DOD FX-55, etc) thru the clean channel if you don't like the distortion.
As long as you don't expect it to be the equivalent of a hand-built tube amp, it's a pretty good deal.

This amp is more versitale than your standard two channel solid state amp, however it is probably best suited for blues and rock. Others have stated the features so I won't be redundant. I wish that you could run the seperately from the other effects. Most of the effects are useable, however, the auto wah is too strange to use. I havn't used this amp on stage with a group yet, so at this point all evaluations are at practice level volumes. As others have stated, if you are playing anywhere other than a small room you may need a more powerful amp. It cranks, but not THAT loud. Considering the price, the features are pretty amazing. Price disregaurded, it is about a 6.

I run my epiphone LP standard with PRS McCarty humbuckers straight into the amp. The clean channel is pretty good. Nothing amazing like an AC30, but not bad in any way either. The gain channel is supprisingly non-solid state sounding. I wouldn't call it tube-like because the sound is too canned and synthetic sounding to deserve that title, however, it is not the standard wall of static that you hear out of crates either. The range of gain is pretty limited on this channel though. It really only covers from blues to classic rock. You would have to run an external unit to get into the range of gian in metal and most modern music. The two channels share the same eq wich kind of sucks. I think that two or three of the preset effects are eq, so you could run that, but you couldn't run any of the other effects while running that. This is a concern because the gain channel has some serious low end. I really like that, however, this makes it hard for me to hold the low end back while obtaining a clean tone with enough bass. This may be more of an issue for guitarists that use humbucker equipt guitars. I havn't tried a strat through it yet, but I would guess that this problem would be reduced. Most of the effects are decent, but not great. For instance, the chourouses sound good, but the range of depth and time controll is pretty limited. I really like this effect that they call magic drive. I think that it is really a phaser or something, but it sounds really cool. The delays are sweet too. Everything sounds better if you run it in stereo through another amp. Good stuff for the price. My main concern is that the amp does not like distortion pedals. I have an Ibanez Tube King overdrive pedal that uses a 12AX7 that sounds really good through other amps, but this amp does not like to be overdriven naturally at all. The pedal in front of the clean channel sounds less tube like than the built in gain of the amp. Thoguly dissapointing in this aspect. Overall, the amp deserves about a 9 for the price, but price asside I'll give it a 5.

I havn't giged with it but I'd trust it.

Havn't had to deal with them yet.

I've been playing just over five and a half years and have had the privlage of giging my friend's nice gear. This includes Amaerican series Fenders, a Marshall TSL throught a celestion loaded 1960B cab, a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier half stack, and others. I'm certantly not a maser of guitar, but I'm no noob either and I have a good ear for what sounds good. This amp is perfect for a serious beginer or others strapped for cash, like myself. Lots of fun features and it has some power. The price is the best part by far throgh. $130 for a 60 watt 1x12 with a Jensen speaker AND built in stereo effects, a series and paralell effects loop, and the included footswitch? That's insane my friend! For the price you can't do better and it deserves a solid 10. In conparison to other amps with no regaurd to price, I'll give it a 6.

I think this amp was made in 2001 but i am not sure. It has the jensen speaker and now the website advertises a shark speaker so i dont know???? I play Blues, rock, jazz, folk. I like all styles of music exept rap and metal. no offence. This amp works great for what i play. you know the features by now. it has plenty of power for me. i ieed to get any louder i will mic it.

i play mostly humbucking guitars and i have several semi-hollow models(although i am looking to get a satin strat soon). i play through a dunlop wah, boss ds-1, and a digitec overdrive. I think this amp sounds pretty good. I like to keep it clean but i dont hesitate to turn on the crunch. I dont use any other effects much but the ones on the amp sound ok. I have been keeping it on the compression preset and i am pretty happy with that. As for the other effects, they sound ok. nothing great, but remember i am not a big fan of them anyway. I will probaly use the delay some but other that that. One thing i dont like is the way the effect are set up. you can turn on only one at a time. some of the presets have mor than one on them but you cant pick. So, i ran a alesis nanoverb through the effects loop, and it sounds nice. I also hooked up by behringer v-amp to the stereo aux in and use a a-b selector at the end of my effects chain to change over. i really liek the way both sound. now i can get a bunh of tone from it. But back to the blue devil, it sounds great and you are not going to get anything that comes close for the price. the overdrive channel sounds good to. it is a true overdrive sound though. i go through a lot of these reviews all of the time and see these metal kids dogging out different distortion effects. if you have to add that much distortion to get a decent sound from your guitar, maybe you need some more practice.

Seems to be built very well(all of my other behringer products are very well made). i would depend on it for a gig and probaly will.

i own many behringer products and have never had to contact them.

i have been playing for about 9 years. i have played through many many amps and this one is nice. the price is unbelievable. it should cost hundreds more. i would replace it if it was stolen but lets hope that doesnt happen. i mainly like to play through my v-amp but i really like this amp. go with what you like. dont let some of these old schoolers tell you just because it doesnt say fender or marshall it is not any good. I would recomend this amp for any guitar player, who like me, is on a budget. very nice!! dude, look at the price. it is either this or a 15 watt crate. not a hard decision.

Manufactured in Oct 2002. This is one of the ones with the Jensen Speaker. They are supposed to be better than the ones with the Shark Speakers. I can't tell the difference tho. I bought this from Musicians Friend to replace a GX212 that arrived D.O.A. I am really glad I got it so far. The features are great and the sound is nice. While reading the reviews for most any amp, I have noticed that getting a good one is a lot of luck and whether it is a good one is based a lot on personal subjectivness, or choice. I think I ended up with a good one here. I have spent the first few days just playing with it and experimenting. So far I am really happy

Great. The only thing is it is made more for clean sounds. It gets a little fuzzy with a lot of distortion. The classic amp sound are the best through this baby.

So far so good. Well built and no problems so far. Only a few days old though. The knobs do feel cheap though, they could have used better plastic or metal on those.

I sent a email to Behgringer asking about amp covers. Even though they couldn't help me, they did answer within 24 hours. That was nice. No other needs to contact them.

I have been playing this time for a short while after many years of not. I use a Kona KE-1, and Oscar Schmidt OE30. Both sound great through the amp. We have also played a Fender Mustang, a old Harmony Tele copy and a couple other guitars through the amp. It made them all sound pretty good. If it were lost or stolen I would get a new one. It is the best bang for the buck going right now for a "modeling amp". None of the others can come close when weighing features, build and price. It's a keeper

you know the deal, it has some effects that are useable. the controls arent to hard to figure out, but can be a pain to switch effects on the fly.

i was using a hollowbody telecaster style guitar, with a single coil at the neck and a hb at the bridge, and an epiphone dot. the overall sound quality of this amp was just lacking. it sounded like i was playing through a pillow... the effects were useable, but the sound to start off with was just not well enough defined. i hate to rant about it but it was enough to make me buy a new amp.

it was built like a tank, i cant see any problems that would make it easy to break, exceptl that the knobs seem like they woould break off very easily, the shaft that holds the knob on is plastic..not metal like most.

never dealt with them but the manual is written in a somewhat confusing manner.

overall, it is a god enough amp if you want something loud with a lot of effects that dosent cost too much... if tone is something you really care about though you should seriously consider a vox valvetronix amp. a brand new blue devil costs about the same as a brand new vox ad30 and the tone dosent even compare.

A fairly versitile, 2 channel, DFX on board, footswitch included, 1x12 guitar combo amp. Behringer have jam packed features in this amp, but not with the kind of desirable quality that we would expect from a #219 amp. The amp is 60 Watt - enough power to play alone in bedroom, jam with mates, play in a band, and play in a fairly small gig.

I use an epiphone les paul gothic, through a boss MD-2 pedal (and sometimes a Boss SP-202 sampler). This amp has a good clean tone, especially with the reverb on. However, distortion is another matter! I feel that you really need to tweak the amp to perfection before you can get a mediocre distortion sound through it. (Maybe this is because i can't tweak settings well, but i think i can!!)This is why i have resorted to my MD-2 throught the clean channel for distortion (MD-2 is an amazing pedal, consider it!!!!!!!). At low volumes all the sound is ok - at very high levels, it does not carry the same quality as a Marshall or Fender (or even Peavey) amp.

It has never broken down. It is 100% dependable. It has a solid case.

I havent - because i didnt need to!

I have been playing for about 3 years. I dont think i would get another GX-112 because i havent connected to it in the same way as i have with my other gear. Behringer have put too much effort into feature, and not enough into quality. A great amp for everything up to small gigs, but nothing more. To get good distortion, an external pedal is a MUST.

The amp was manufactured in 2004. I won't go over the features since this has been discussed in great depth in previous posts. It is 60 watts and provides close to 60 watts of actual power. It plays small club venues well enough, but if I were to get another amp, it would be 2x12 120watts. (I would probably be saying I would need a 4x12 300watts if I had that!)

I play mostly Gibson style pair o' humbucker guitars but I do have one strat. Cheap humbuckers will lean to the bass side and sound muddy in the hell setting unless the overdrive is set low. Guitars with good humbuckers (dimarzio, SD) sound awesome in this amp. Strat style sounds very bright and clean no matter what channel used. There is little background noise with most instrument and cable combos, and when I bought one of those Fender california cables, my background noise ended, completely, finito! This amp can be used for about every style of play, taking into account its max of 60 watts. It suits my 60's, 70's, and 80's style of Rock along with the punk that I play. Distortion in the hell setting above 5 is raunchier than a bangkok madame unless used with strat/tele style pickups.

I would never gig without a backup. To do so is asking for failure. However, this amp has been used extensively and has never failed me. I will address this in the customer service section.

Here is the rub. I bought this amp from American Music Supply as a non-factory sealed unit (BIG MISTAKE!) I have since concluded that they simply resell returned units at a discounted price so that the customers will deal with the manufacturers warranty. I bought the amp and didn't have a chance to play it much because I am in the Marines and had to go someplace really crappy. After playing it for an hour, it got more and more silent. After a good cool down, it would play again, only to weaken again! I contacted the customer service at AMS, and since I had had it for over 45 days, I was told to deal with the manufacturer, whose contact information they provided. Behringer was forthright and gave me a return authorization and I sent the amp in for repair to a warranty service center (subcontractor). It was returned within a few weeks with a "failure to duplicate discrepancy", however, I got it to fail quickly enough. I sent it in again, and the warranty people were able to get it to fail. They explained that it was a cold solder joint, and they repaired it and sent it back. This time, it took me 6 hours, yet It failed again. I called behringer, and they told me to wait for a UPS prepaid sticker, box it up, and send it back to them free of charge, and they would send me a new one! I got the new one 6 months ago and I have been 100% happy with it. That is what I call customer service! Considering that no manufacturer makes perfect units all of the time, and the repair place said that they deal with every manufacturers goods, the company bent over backwards to make me a satisfied customer. I will buy from them again.

I have been strumming guitars since 1967. I have had nearly all brands of descent guitar and many of them are ones that I made myself. I would buy this unit again if my use remained the same since it fills this niche perfectly, however, my son is starting to gig so it may be a stack, then a couple of stacks! I like the many sounds that it produces, the power to size ratio, and the price. It simply does what it is designed to do cheaper than the other amps in its class. I am not saying that it is better, just provides a good bang to buck ratio. Behringer STANDS BY THEIR PRODUCTS. That is worth money in itself.

This one was made in 2004. Very versatile amp, has got a digital multieffects processor with 24 bit 46KHz sampling rate. Delay and echo effects are very real-like, and the other effects are also very good. The effects are: (digitally simulated) spring reverb, delay, tremolo, phaser, flanger, auto wah, LFO (Low Frequiency Oscillator) wah, chorus, rotary speaker, magic drive, pitch shifter, compressor, expander, guitar combo and speaker cabinet simulating. The effects are fixed and mixed into 99 factory presets, and can be edited in three parameters each, unfortunatelly it's not possible to change the order or combine the effects freely. Some effects are stereo (tremolo, delay, spring reverb and other reverbs, pitch shifter) but you can only enjoy the stereo effects fully, if you use headphones or use a stereo power amp. Has got two channels with independent effects and volume control, the EQ is unfortunatelly common on each of the two channels. Channels are: Heaven (clean) and Hell (distortion).

Heaven channel sounds very clean and nice, I love this amp. I have a korean stratocaster copy with 3 single coils, but this amp made my guitar sounds like a high-price, high quality instrument.
A play mostly classical rock 'n' roll (Bill Haley & The comets, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Danny & The Juniors, Dick Dale, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Platters....etc.). I use the Hell channel to get overdrive sounds, but I don't really use the distortion of this channel: I set the Hell channel's volume pot to maximum, and the gain is on zero, or very low, and I also use a self-made tube overdrive preamp through the effects loop, and this combination makes the amp souns like if I was in 1958. on a secondary school ball.
The amp hasn't got any noise or hum.
The speaker is a heavy-duty 12" Jensen JCH12/70.
The 60 Watts power of the amp is more than enough to manage small club concerts.

I have got this amp for a week, so I don't know if it's reliable or not, but I think it will last for a long time.

I didn't have to make contact with the company.

Very versatile amp. Mostly suitable for intermediate players 'cause of the really nice sound, the low price, the high power and the lots of effects.