Behringer GX108 Firebird Combo

Bought in 2002, see previous reviews for features. All ratings are given in the context of a $70 amp with an 8-inch speaker.

First, this is a tiny practice amp - why compare it to a regular rig? I've played by Am. Strat and Carvin through this thing, and my friend plays his Gibson ES135 though it. Hey, for what it is, it sounds great. I think that for semi-dirty to raw, crunchy distortion this amp puts out surprisingly good tone. We jam with it all the time, and I'm constantly amazed with what's coming from it. Again - for what it is, it sounds great. Don't expect earth-shaking bass, and yes, overall it's midrangey, but what do you expect from an 8inch speaker? Nice for chording and soloing, both.

don't know - had it 6 months, no problems.

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Nice tones for a small price, if you don't mind a raw, raunchy rock sound. Nicely dynamic, too. I've been playing for about 20 yrs and have other guitars/amps/etc. I wouldn't use this as my main amp, but as a small "leave it at the rehearsal space" amp, this is great. Plenty of volume, too - we sometimes play with a (quiet) drummer (didn't know they made those!), and it keeps up fine. There are plenty of crappy, small practice amps. This one gets some good, useable tones, and is versatile enough to do the basic job. If you want to compare a $70 amp against your main rig, this thing doesn't stand a chance, but take it for what it is, and it's a nice little box with groovy looks, to boot.

Single channel, volume and gain, headphone jack, rca in and out, solid state. For the price, it has appropriate features. Looks pretty cool, too.

Sounds like crap. I play a Les Paul Standard, Les Paul Junior, and Amercian Tele - doesn't matter, this amp makes 'em all sound extremely thin - like nails on a chalkboard. The distortion channel is especially annoying. Amp has way too much treble. Clean channel is just ok. I bought it to use with headphones and a tape/cd player, but the headphone sound is poor.

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I sent it back - just can't get over the sound. Maybe I'm spoiled by my Marshall and Fender amps. I'm looking for some sort of headphone/practice rig with tape/cd inputs at a reasonable price that sounds halfway decent. Although it has a cool look, this ain't what I want.

this is a basic practice amp, but it has enough features for that purpose. I play classic/jam band rock and blues. It's got tape outputs for recording/playback and

I'm using a godin sd with rio grande pickups. I play jam band-ish rock (phish, widespread panic, etc.) It's pretty quiet. The amp doesn't have a whole lot of variety, but the tone knobs have pretty good sweeps. It can do a good 'cheap 60s tube amp' bright clean sound, and some good low gain sounds. The distortion isn't great, but is usable unlike many other practice amps. This is a great amp for practicing and low-volume jams (it holds up to a relatively soft drummer if you don't have to compete with another guitar). it's great for taking on the road. For what it is, I'll give it a 7.

Haven't had it that long, but behringers got a pretty good name and its a ss practice amp, not much to go wrong.

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I've been playing for a few years. My main amp is a traynor ycv80 4x10 combo. This doesn't compete with it tonewise, and doesn't have the roundness and warmth of a good tube amp, but it sounds very good for what it is. If it were lost or stolen, I would either buy this or one of those marshall mg amps for my solid state, take-around amp. I wish it had reverb, but hey, seventy bucks. it's a great deal.

Mine is brand new 2002. It looks good. It sounds good. More specifically: It has minimal leather (I'm a semi-vegan), what little leather it has is only on the handle and easily removed, given proper burial, and replaced. The amp sounds lovely for cost. No, it won't be the miracle amp for the next Hendrix, but it will give you a nice tone and leave some money in your bank account. Features are simple enough, level/gain/treble/mid/bass, some nice ins and outs that come in handy, mentioned in another review. A great practice amp.

I use a modified Epiphone Les Paul. It sounds alright, I reckon. I wouldn't take it to the stage, but it isn't marketed for that. This is a practice amp. It has some variety, but all in all, it doesn't really suit any style at all because it suits a lot of them in some ways. Thus, you can practice at your style, but never quite achieve it. The best thing here is the level/gain knobs. Your key to achieving the near-sound you want is with those little knobs.

It ain't broke yet. Of course, I've owned it for three months, and I haven't spilt my beer on it, yet.

I like it alot for less then a hundred. If you're looking to get your kiddie their first axe, then this is the amp to give with it. The overdrive is a nice first feature to play with. And you can buy cheap pedals to emulate the other stuff, when your kiddie is ready to step up to the reverb. Also, if you travel alot (I do) and you need something small that won't get you kicked out of wherever you're crashing this is the one to get. It get's left-behind/stolen? Eh, seventy bucks. Go get another. No biggie. It breaks? Eh, seventy bucks, go get another. If you want to craft your wild live sonic adventures, this may not be the amp for you, but it works for what it says it does. This is a practice amp. And for that, I give it high marks. Also, I should mention the light weight. I don't know if it's lighter then it's counterparts, but it's big enough not to get forgotten or shoved somewhere dangerous, and it's small enough to be real easy to carry. Good design by Behringer. Not everybody's an Angus Young. Not everybody needs a gigantic behemoth of an amp.

2002, 15w 8" speaker. Gain,level,bass,mid, treble. Tape in/out RCA jacks, headphone jack. Single channel. Plenty of volume for home use. I play blues/hard rock etc. It's a very cool retro looking amp. Not flashy to look at, but has a great tone to it. Reverb would be nice, but my EH HG fills that void if needed. It sounds great with the CE-2 also.

Use with a JV Strat and a Fat Strat. Great clean and awesome gain channel, best gain channel I heard in the small amps I tried. Just need your guitar and amp and your ready to go. Great sounding little booger. I tried out many small combo's and this one for 60us is a steal.

Haven't had it long, but it seems to be built like a tank. No problems at all.

Never dealt with them

If your looking for a no nonsense practice/small jam amp this is it. Great for playing blues all the way to crunch. I was really suprised how good this amp sounded for the price. It's light, sounds great and has a input and headphone jack to boot. Pound for pound it's the champ! My search for that home/travel amp is over. Try one out!

It's a new 2002 model. Most 15-watt amps I've played had suck-ass distortion but this one has excellent gain for such a low wattage, which really surprised me. It's easily the best basic amp I've played and at $70 new, the price is nice too. It only has one channel like most basics but that's fine. One feature that I do like though is the RCA in/out for connecting it to your stereo, TV, or whatever else you feel like. The in/out is designed in a way to where it doesn't cut off your guitar signal, so you have full control over your guitar sound while playing a CD or some other sound source in the background. That's a nice feature for a $70 15-watt (I had the PS/2 running game music in the background for my in-home "test drive," and it's a nice feature I'll quickly get used to). The instructions say you can feed your signal into your comp with the right tape connector for recording, or whatever else, but I haven't tried it yet. I wish it had a soft chorus or reverb, but I have a bigger amp with those so I'm not complaining about not having them.

I use a Jackson 24-fret Dinky and an older Ibanez RG on it, both factory-stock with no modding, and the Jackson sounds better on it, but that's been the case with most amps I've owned. :) The bad part of the RCA in/out feature is that the secondary source has to rely on it's own volume controls since the amp's volume is dedicated to the guitar, so if you use something like a TV signal for routing a Playstation or X-Box audio, you're going to get some background noise as you turn the TV up. Otherwise if you have something else with a bit more power to play the guitar against, like a stereo, then just stick with using the stereo for the secondary source.

Just got it. I'll add reliability once it's aged with experience.

I first played from 1988 through 1998, put the guitar down for a few years while college became my all-consuming focus, then recently picked it up again. Right now the only other gear I own are the two guitars mentioned above and a 50-watt Crate solid state. If it were lost, I'd easily get another one. It's just too much fun for a basic. I do compare it to other mini amps, and for the price this one is easily better IMO. The distortion is excellent for such a low wattage. I've played many many 15-watt ones that had such lame watered-down distortion that the first thing to reach for is a pedal, but no pedals are needed for this, unless you want reverb/chorus.