Behringer GX210 210 Combo

Many effects to mess around with, but there could have been a whole lot less of them. You usually create one preset and that's it. No need for 5 chorus-effects!! Channel Switching has a slight delay, which can be annoying if you want to switch between channels fast. I wish you could use 2 effects at the samen time and that it had a seperate reverb effect.
2x 30 watt is more than enough for rehearsal and small gigs. In my bedroom I don't want to set the volume past 2, because I'll be blown against the wall. Absolute breathtaking tube-simulation, especially on the clean channel.

I'm using a Epi SG with Elixirs (0.52 - 0.11(heavy, yeah I knoooow:D)) and this amp ROCKS. I play Punk and Rock, and this amp suits me perfectly. The clean channel is warm and full and CLEAN. I use a Boss OS-2 to boost the OVERDRIVE-channel. This provides me with enough gain to play The Darkness-songs on this amp. Here's the trick: set your level at max, your tone at 1/8, your drive just a twinch past 0, and your colour at about 9-10 o'clock. Perfect tube-saturated, thick distortion. The amp isn't noisy even when playing at full volume.

I would use it without a backup, for I can't afford a backup:D But it's also a very solid amp. Not much can break, if you treat it properly.

They first delivered my amp broken, but within 2 weeks I got a new one. The website is very clear, I got the phone number from there.

I've been playing for 3 years now, but I know my sound. If this amp was stolen, I'd cry and start saving for a VS100r or VS265r. I'd probably buy this amp again -if I have enough money- as a backup or as a second amp for clean or crunch sections. This amp is really great for a starting rocker, just be shure to buy a decent dist/od-pedal.

Read below. Lotsa stuff here but you will need the midi pedal to get the effects switching. With the included (high quality) footswitch you can swith between clean and OD channels and effects on and off on each dialed in to your liking giving you four options. Some effects are very good not excellent), alot are crap. Hate to be redundant but I concur that this amp does have a great, ALMOST tube-like clean channel...comparable to the Roland SS amps. Jensen (though bottom line) speakers sound great with plenty of range.

I play everything through this amp, single coils, humbucks. acoustics. It is my bedroom, garage, practice, who cares save the tubes and have fun cuz it was cheap box. Blues and classic rock, a little surf. Lotsa fun tweaking and goofing off. No clean headroom alan Twin here but great digital effects for little bucks. I have read alot about how the distortion sucks, here is the secret....thr EQ knobs are active...max the bass and treble and cut the mid...then play with the effects and you will find a distortion to suit. Do this with the distortion channel and effect 25 and play some Stones in open G....Keef! The delay and reverb are OK too. Very digital cheap crappy sound for the most part but so much fun. Clean is CLAEN and sparkles....round! I was amazed by the clean with all guitars. The HIGH input gives a little more edge.

I have had it for a couple of years, maxed it and let the kids play with it, still kickin. Would not let the even look at one of my tube mps.

I don't know and I don't care. Germans.

I have been playing on and off for years, I am 45. I have a a Fender Chanp abd a Twin, both early 70's silverface. I have alot of friends that play for bucks with great amps that I wish I could afford to add to my collection, Blackface Supers, Deluxe's, Bassmans and Vibro Kings. I know a wee bit about TONE, This amp is what it is. A great sounding, fun, cheap piece of digital crap that will put a big smile on your face.

The effects are great only if you have the MIDI controller for it. 99 effects and they all have presets so if you got a sound in your head, this amp will get it out. And if also you happen to play at a place with stereo channels then you can take advantage of the stereo selay and thing like. The thing also haves alot of in's and out's so thats more stuff to work with. AGAIN THIS AMP IS GREAT IF YOU DONT HAVE A LOT OF CASH

The amp has vertu-tube technologie in it and that gives it a NICE CLean sound. Now the Distortion on the other hand isnt all that great just bad tone, for some that knows their sound. but if you just mess around then it should be fine, other wise go buy a REAL distortion pedal. the effects sound nice, and it also hase amp modeling. The three band EQ is great easy to get a good sound out of, not much base, but again this isnt the amp for a "punk Rocker"
all in all it sounds great.

THIS AMP IS VERY DEPENDABLE. The only problem is that you might need a ground lift (or a pair of plyers if you know waht i mean) if your playin at place with bad wiring. Nothin's broke on it and i've had it for a year. i use it in gig's every week, and any other time in between. The thing tavels in the back of a pickup truck and its still in GREAT condition, so again its all good.

Havent needed any yet and if i ever did i would probly fix it my self, I hate sending thing in, shipping sux.

OK this amp is great if your not a "punk Rocker", I'm 16 and ive been playing for a year and a half, but i grew up around muscians, So i know my stuff. I play stuff like alternitive Rock, U2 stuff. Now this amp is GREAT for someone like me who doesnt have alot of cash, the only thing that this amp needs to make it the best "Poor muscians set up" is the MIDI controller, with that theres nothing this amp cant do. So if your not into heavy metal then buy it, other wise look some were else. All in all its great.

Great Amp for the Money - Lost of effects - but the distortion is weak - I took care of that problem with a distortion pedal. It seems to be well Made and sounds great. It's only weakness seems to be distortion.

I play an Epiphone Les Paul Standard - rock, country, and Blues - it all sounds good. Once again its only built in effect weakness is distortion - which can easily be solved with a distortion pedal. It sounds strong through out the volume range

No Problems so Far

I contacted the manufacturer to see if they had - or knew where I could get some setting formulas for different types of music. They pretty much blew off my question - claiming "playing with the effects is part of the fun of it"

I have been playin two years. I would absolutely replace it if ever lost or stolen. It sounds strong throughout the volume range - and you just can't beat it for the price. My hat is off to Behringer for this one

Amp was made in '02, I think. It's got a buttload of effects, 99, to be exact. However, they are mostly groups. 2 distortions, a few delays, etc. 2 channels. You can turn off the speakers and use a headphone for quiet practice. It's useful in small to medium gigs. It doesn't have great distortion, but a pedal should solve that. Very good deal.

I use a cheap Johnson guitar (I'm relatively a rookie.) on it and it sounds fine. I play many styles, mostly modern/classic rock. I have no complain on the sound quality. The clean tones are just great. Like I said, the distortion isn't heavy, but that's fixable.

I haven't had any problems with it, it's pretty sturdy.

Haven't dealt with them.

For $200 I got more than I expected from this amp. If it were lost, I might buy an amp with a little more distortion, but probably not. I love the clean tones and numerous effects. Great value.

Made in 2003. If anything the amp is too versatile and doesn't focus on 2 or 3 things. It is billed as a stereo "worksation" and there's the clue! I bought this amp used of e-bay for #100 (145 euros) and for the money its a lot of amp. Very well built and has Jensen speakers. As other have said, the dirty channel is well..pants except if you turn the overdrive to 1 and everything else pretty much 7 ish. If you want a bit more distortion go to 2 with the overdrive.. after then it sounds VERY tinny.

I play a Washburn Idol 164 with standard humbuckers and a Squire Strat through it. Because the clean channel is really good, its good for playing blues through. When I first got it I hated it, but having worked with it for a month it's growing on me. I've tried all the sounds in the DSP module and will never use most of them. When I play through my Boss PW-10 wah I can get great sounds through the clean channel - mind you the pedal cost more than I paid for the amp so perhaps that shouldn't be a surprise

no comment on reliability - it is very well built!

I e-mailed them asking how should I get a decent dirty/overdrive sound.
They said use my ear! They replied promptly tho!

I've just returned to guitar after a 20 year absence - I played bass in a band in my teens. If this amp was stolen or lost I'd get something else. Great clean channel and reasonable dirty one now I've sussed the settings. Great amp for a beginner if you get a used one because you can use the effects (chorus, flange, delay etc) and see if these sounds are to your liking before spending a fortune on pedals.

The eq section is good but there's not enough bass and trebe, sounds too mid-ranged.

I'm playing a 7-string with 2 humbuckers and 1 singe coil and I think the distortion is very, very weak. too weak for metal. so I bought the hughes&kettner warp factor distortion pedal. now the distortion is cool but the sound is still bad...

I would never use this amp on a gig. only if i played reggae or jazz. this is no metal amp!!!

I don't know...

As said before: This is no metal amp!!! If you want a cool distorted sound, buy another one. It may be cool for Jazzers but 'not for me. I hope I'll find a better amp soon...

Two Channel, 30 watt stereo transistor "trans-tube" amp with 2-10 inch Jensen Speakers and built-in effects, 99 of 'em. I was going to use this amp in rehearsle but have decided to use along with my Mark IV because the clean sound is absolutely great, clear, warm. The built-in effects are very good. The dirty channel is a little weak on the distortion front. For a 30 watt amp this amp is also a little weak on the volume side as well. I mean, a Boogie 30 watt'er will just blow this little shit away and eat its speakers for breakfast! But hey, I didn't pay a thousand bucks for it and it doesn't weigh 60 lbs.!!! We mic our amps in the band so it's just not that big an issue for me. One feature that is really cool and useful is the stereo tape in/out on the back of the amp to connect a CD, tape player so you can rehearse. I use it to connect my POD in stereo, very cool, and I can't do that with my Boogie! The tape input has a separate volume control on the front of the amp so I can actually have three amps on stage, Boogie, GX210 and my POD. How's that for a versatile sound??

The effects are very good and can be adjusted and stored. A major negative is you cannot move patch settings from, let's say patch no 1 to patch 10. You must live with their pre-set numbers which makes the midi pedal FCB1010 a must purchase for this amp. This makes the ahole salespeople very happy! If you want to go from, let's say, patch 1 to patch 60 you can't get there with a standard midi pedal. All my midi pedals are not programmable. So, if you buy this amp be prepared to spend another $120 to get the footcontroller or you'll have to dial the effects in manually, which really sucks! I would have rated this amp a 10 on features but the midi implementation makes no sense to me but probably does to the Behringer marketing Dept. So now I get to write a review on the FCB1010 foot controller!

The clean channel is absolutely very cool. If you like a Fender Twin then you'll like this amp's sound too. Good bass, responsive mid and highs. One interesting point is if the treble, mid and bass controls are at 0 then there is no sound at all! So in a way the tone controls also impact volume. So maybe if I open the tone contols to 10 this amp will scream! I'll have to check that out.

I use a PRS EG3 single coils and a Gibson Les Paul. Both guitars sound great through this little amp. The distorted sound is ok for pop rock but forget about getting a Santana sound or Creed, Fuel etc. I use my Boogie for that and I also use a Boss Metal pedal.

No problems so far but if this thing catch's fire like some of the other reviewers have mentioned I won't be very happy and I will let everyone I know about it.

I emailed customer support because I couldn't get enough volume even when I set it wide open. I was using the second input on the front of the amp which isn't as loud as the primary or first one. In my defense the manual indicates that humbucker pickup guitars should use the second input. You can totally dis-regard that note. Tech support was quick and very helpful.

This is a very very nice amp with great features. If you are metal head or punk sound kinda guy you won't like this amp, keep looking. I gotta be prepared to play anything from country, jazz, rock, metal and punk.

like the prevous guy said, has tons of features. has the 99 presets (although at least 1/2 seemed either useless or repetitive) but it's nice when you find a sound you like, you can just flip to that # and its right where you want it. i believe the presets are also overridable if you fine tune it better yourself. also nice were all the input and output options. i have a vamp2, and i'd spilt the signal to a pa system and this amp. Worked nice. Weighs around 35 lb.. so pretty lite for 2-10"ers

i use a Gibson firebrand with humbuckers, and i thought the sound was pretty sweet when you got the right one. i was hoping i'd be able to play my acoustic through it also, but was not real happy with that sound. It made my high notes sound way too high. Maybe i just didn't have all the dials in the right spot. i mainly play in a small church, and this has/had plenty of volume for that, but since our praise band is planning on playing out, i need more POWER!

I read all the reviews, and became a little worried about reliability. I only had this amp for a month, but gave it a little work everyday, and really cranked it a few times. i saw no reason to think it would break down. the knobs did seem like they were stickin out and ready to be broken at the first bump.

didn't use it

i started playing 20 some years ago for a couple years. first song i learned was Cat Scratch Fever (while it was still playing on the radio) if that tells you anthing. But have just been goofing around once in a while until this past year. so I'm far from 'accomplished' But i think i can give an honst review of this amp. i would have died to have this back in the early 80s.. although i couldn't play many heavy distortion songs with this.. it sure would have beat the setup i had back then.. As for now, i think it would be great practice amp or first amp for someone. or maybe small venue monitor type thing. i'm trying a marshall 50DFX next which is in the mail. i'll post over there how that one works out

Features...hmm...well Behringer went for quantity over quality that is for sure ... many effects .. they all blow except for reverb and chorus. overdrive i rather not even talk about.

At first when i got this amp i thought it sounded great ... the clean channel kicks ass and is good for pedals. but, what good is that if after about 2 weeks i began to get a distinct buzz from the amp at certain frequencies. turned out it was not the guitar...but bad structure of the amp. what a let down.

Get this - i had to return one of these to the store and the second one had the same defect! the amp has extremely poor structure and after a few weeks of use, parts get loose i guess because there comes a time when buzzing takes over. it ruins this amp.

although i have not been playin guitar for a very long time, i know a lot about equipment. i returned this behringer and im getting a Line 6 Spider II 112. I mean consider this - that many features for that price ... too good to be true. Dont cause urself disappointment.