Behringer GX210 210 Combo

This Amp has enough sound features to play with. It's easy to carry around and ideal for indoor use.

For a 200 euro solid state amp, it sounds GREAT ! Amazing !
This is the best value buy possible. The clean sounds are excellent, the distrortion is Okee. (Don't think you can play deep Metal sounds with it, you need to spend more money than this.) I recently bought a Digitech 2101 tube preamp(for metal sounds) and hooked it up to the Behringer GX210, that works great for studio or home use.

Seems pretty solid, no problems so far.

Never had any problem with it.

This is a great amp for beginners and home use. I think it's incredibly that Behringer can produce this much for such a small price ! The clean sounds are just as good as any expensive amp.

Amp was made in 2002. this amp has a wonderful clean sound to it, but the distortion doesn't cut it for the type of music i play. It has 2 channels, a clean and overdrive. the digital effects are awesome i just wish they wouldn't go back to defaults if you switch off and switch back.

I am using an Epiphone SG with Alnico V pickups. the kind of music i am playing is kind of funk/rock. the amp sounds really good in a room with carpet and other things to absorb excess shitnoise, but in a moist cold basement it blows a goat. If I turn it up to about 6 on the master , i start getting paranoid that i'm gonna blow the speakers. but if i'm mic'ing it through a PA then that isn't a problem. The isn't impressive at all when it's at full overdrive. This is most definately not an amp for really hard playing and really high volumes but when it's turned down and playig softer parts, it sounds great.

It hasn't messed up yet, and being solid state, i doubt it ever will.

I've been playing about 6 years, I've used a Tech21 trademark 120 within the same period as I've owned this Behringer, and honestly, I like the Tech21 better. But that is just because it has better distortion. If my Behringer were stolen, i would find out who took it, steal it back, then burn down their house. I am very poor and can't afford to go buy new shoes much less a new amp.This is a good amp, blues, jazz, softer rock, are all types of music this amp can stand up to very, very well. Buy one, make these Kreuts some doe.

Made in 2002, it's got an amazing array of features for the price. Two channels, an EQ, a mid-boost and morphing control, a DSP, and a million outputs/inputs on the back. The speakers are 2 10inch 35watt Jensens. Plus, it even comes with its own footswitch (all-metal too). For $200 (at musiciansfriend.com), this is a ridiculous deal.

I usually play through a squier strat w/ fat fifties pickups and an epiphone les paul with stock pups. The clean channel is excellent. You can get anything from a crystal clear sound to mild overdrive to kinda a crunchy blusey sound. Combined with the effects, the clean channel is just terrific.

The Drive channel is a bit strange (the best word I can think of to describe it). It's not high gain at all, and achieves only an intense overdrive at max gain. The overdrive tone is not bad, but sounds a bit processed at certain positions. It's not that it sounds like solid state distortion, just that it doesn't quite nail valve distortion. Quirky is the best word for it.

However, this is not a big deal at all if you use pedals for your distortion and just use the clean channel. A BOSS Power Driver works wonders with the clean channel.

As for the effects, about half of them are good, and the other half sound cheesy. The reverbs are all good, chorus is very good, tremolo and phaser and flanger are decent, delay is pretty good too. The pitch shifter is interesting but sounds a bit processed. It is disappointing that two effects can't be combined at once. There are presets that combine two effects, but for example you can't combine compression with reverb or speaker cab emulation with delay.

I give the sound quality a 9 because of the clean channel and the better effects. The two 10 inch Jensens also sound excellent, and make the amp feel a LOT bigger than a 60watt 2x10 solid state. The virtu-tube (which should be called virtu-valve) simulation does its job very well, as the amp captures much of the valve 'feel' when playing and also sounds relatively close to a Fender clean channel. The amp is definely American based, and sounds 100% like an American amp for the most part. Don't buy this if you're looking for Brit sounds.

It's solid state, and its seems pretty durable. The back is full-open, so you still have to be careful nothing hits the back, or the nice Jensen's will get smashed. The footswitch is made of metal and hardened plastic, and looks extremely sturdy.

I've only called Behringer with a question, and they responded promptly and informatively. So...10.

I've been playing for 6 years (since I was 12) and have owned a good number of amplifiers. This is probably one of the best amps that I have owned, along with a Mesa Taxi. This amp sounds louder than the Mesa and has a better clean channel. The Mesa has much better distortion, but I always have my Power Driver handy so it's not a big deal.

If this amp was stolen, I would probably buy it again, possibly the 2x12 version (though I've heard that they don't come with Jensen's anymore, but rather cheap Shark imitations). I might also get Behringer's new V-ampire modeling amp (60watts, 1x12).

Overall, for 200 US dollars, this amp deserves nothing less than a 10. It's easily equivilent to $400 amplifiers.

Features Galore! 99 presets Tube emulating. This thing has all kinds of inputs. Love the Slave inputs so as to not color the sound of my Behringer V-AMP 2 which I just got from turning in the POD XT. No comparison. Behringer PRODUCTS ROCK!!!

I had the GX212 model with the 2X12" speakers but I heard my friends GX210 and it sounded much better. Seemed less muddy. Just a little. I thought heck, go about $100 cheaper for better sound might as well. Don't need to tear down the walls just for home use and this thing is great with the V-Amp 2 preamp. And since it has the slave in inputs no coloring of the sound and it is absolutely mind blowing the killer sounds the emulate from my Behringer setup.

Built Behringer tough! Solid contruction.

Don't know? Haven't had to contact them. Judging by there quality doubt I'll need to.

AWESOME FOR THE PRICE NOTHING CLOSE TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Features are amazing, I was about to purchase a $1000+ dollar modeling amp (fender's cyber twin), until I found this. My only problem is the lack of a decent distortion. But the surplus of chorus, delay, reverb, phaser, and flanger effects makes up for that. Amazingly versitle. However, there is a drawback in that when you switch channels, the effects are restored to their default settings, meaning you can't switch back to that channel and expect it to sound the same as you left it.

I will exclude commenting on distortion effects because that is not why I bought this amp, and that is not what this amp was designed for. Other than that, this amp is beyond satisfactory for the sounds it can produce. While you can't run multiple effects at once, they have included effects selections that includes multiple effects under one setting that would have most likely been combined by the user anyways if they had had the option.

Been awhile now, no problems yet. I guess you can expect that from a solid state digital amp.

No need to, totally reliable.

Bottom line, If you are considering purchasing an effects board and cheap amp, a modeling amp, a solid state amp, or just want something that you can use, this is the amp for you. For those who want distortion, go read the Mesa and Marshall section, I don't know why your even looking in here, go away. This amp has superceded every hope that I had when I bought it, and the only other thing I will be doing is buying a Mesa, but that is strictly for distortion.

Made in 2002. Very versitile for my playing styles and ability. I use it mainly at home for practice and or recording plus small gigs.
I like the fact that you can have 4 different sounds ready at the footswitch which is plenty for me. There is a slight millisecond delay when switching channels so if that's a major problem with you don't buy it.
Lot's of effects and the quality of the effects are excellent.
I wish it came with celestions.

Sounds great. Excellent clean channel. Distortion is not as good but adequate for me. Plus I have a digitech pedal that has mindblowing distortion sounds to use just in case.

Only had it for a couple of weeks but it seems to be excellent.

I sent an email 2 days ago with a question and have not heard back from them yet.

I've been playing for about 25 years and I use a ES335TD gibson and a yamaha RGX and the amp sounds great with these two guitars. This is a perfect practice/studio amp and I'm sure it would be fine for smaller gigs. I've compared it to other smaller twins and this amp is a great value.

Behringer Ultratwin Amp dated 07/02. I play clean to barely overdriven (just enough for a boost during solos) lead guitar in a Caribbean/Jimmy Buffett type band and use this amp for rehearsal. It has two switchable channels operated from the faceplate or the included footswitch. The footswitch also operates an effects bypass. It has independent channel volumes. The only feature on the clean channel is a volume control. The drive channel features a mid boost button, a morphing knob to tweak the distortion characteristics, overdrive control and presence control. A master 3-band EQ section and master volume round out the controls. It's onboard effects range from useful to tasteless, I only use the unit's reverbs, some of which are very nice, and delays. One of it's cabinet simulations is not that bad either. Effects are fully tweakable and you can save your effects settings.
Its features include MIDI in, a speaker mute button, headphone jack (1/4" stereo), slave in jacks (1/4" L and R), tape out jacks (RCA's), tape in jacks (RCA's), stereo line out jacks (1/4" L and R), aux in jacks (1/4" L and R) and insert effects send and return jacks (1/4").
Both the headphones and line out/tape out signals are frequency-corrected (speaker emulation). You can tap the unprocessed signal directly after the pre-amp using the insert send jack. Since the slave in jacks are configured as insert jacks, you can insert an external stereo effects device using an insert cable (a 1/4" TRS stereo plug on one end, and two mono 1/4" TS plugs on the other).
Amplifier is solid state, 2x30 watt into two 10" Jensen loudspeakers (model JCH10/35) this is configured in stereo. 24-bit stereo multi-effects processor with 24-bit AD/DA converters. MIDI implementation for channel and effect selection and real time control. There is an optional MIDI footboard.
It seems that with all the stuff they packed in this little amp, they couldn't find a way to cram a tuner into it too. That or it was just an oversight. Being able to use more than one effect would be good, but there are some presets that combine more than one effect. You can't choose which effects you want to combine though. It would also be VERY useful to have independent EQ for both channels instead of just the master EQ section, so minus one point in this category for that.

I mainly use a 1982 Fender American Standard Stratocaster with gold Lace Sensor single coil pickups. I play both rhythm and lead in many styles: reggae, ska, blues, rock, jazz, punk, funk and experimental jam weirdo trip-out stuff too. I can get cool vintage rock'n'roll clean tones from this amp. Nice surf sounds too when I use the bridge pickup and lots of reverb. You can get a light bluesey lead on the drive channel when you keep the volume and distortion very low and the master volume at around 7. May I suggest the reverb and delay effect for this (preset # 20, tweaked to your personal preference of course). The clean channel will get crunchy when it is really loud. Same deal there, keep the channel volume low and the master cranked for good tone. The drive channel is weak and the mid boost does not help. I play with a rhythm section and an acoustic guitarist/singer and the Ultratwin is more than loud enough for rehearsal or playing a house party.
Minus two points in this category because the drive channel sucks.

By the way, this amp looks cool. Covered in all black with a black grille cloth, a silvery metal face plate and shiny steel corner protectors. Looks almost vintage except for the green numerical display, the logos and the fact it is brand new.

Seems reliable and sturdy enough. It is a nice thick plywood cabinet covered in tough vinyl or similar with a good handle and steel corner protectors. It is likely you could drop it and it would still work fine (warning: results may vary). I use this amp for rehearsal because it is light (35 pounds) and loud enough. It is my gig back up, and with the direct out, I can cover whatever the P.A. can, obviously. My main rig is currently a Line 6 2x12 combo.
I have not had the GX210 long enough to contribute a rating to this category.

I live in San Diego, CA and as of the time I write this review there are no dealers here that carry Behringer guitar amplifiers. Behringer USA has a nice website on which I found their phone number. They gave me the number of their Southern California sales representative who twice failed to call me back after he said he would. He was nice enough though and eventually directed me to the closest dealer who is in Irvine. Minus one point in this category because the rep did not call me back as promised.

I have been playing guitar for 11 years total and electric guitar for 7 years. I play other various instruments too and have been involved in music since primary school some 20+ years ago. I am also trained and experienced in live sound and studio recording.
I own/owned/use/trade/buy/sell lots of gear and nothing else has the features of the GX210 for the price. If it were lost or stolen I would likely buy another, but who knows. I don't intend to sell or trade it though. It is definitely a keeper and perfect for rehearsal. It will likely record well, but I have not yet used it in this capacity. I would use good condenser microphones instead of the emulated direct out and also record the pure amp signal from the insert send for later processing.
I nailed the sound I need for a particular song with this amp so it might get put in the main gig rig on an A/B switch and direct out to the P.A. (the emulation is fine for live applications).
This amplifier would be a good choice someone on a budget looking to upgrade from a really small amp to a slightly bigger practice amp or for the guitarist that doesn't want to haul their whole gig rig to rehearsal. It does take a lot of tweaking to get the good tone though so a familiararity with amps and effects is a prerequisite.
This amp's tone is not great, but good enough.
Metal heads, punk rockers, etc. beware! This amp is probably not for you. If you expect this thing to growl and snarl and gnash its teeth, remember its a little solid state 2x10 we are talking about here. It will however howl a little bit with proper coaxing.
Overall I rate it at a very solid 9. If the drive channel were more useful it would get a 10.
Its tone is not as good as some other small amps in the price range but its features (effects, inputs/outputs, footswitch,) size (2 ten inch Jensens) and power (2x30 watts stereo) more than make up for it. It is probably the biggest little amplifier for only $200 there is!
Feel free to email me with any comments, questions or criticism.

I think this amp is a 2001 or 2002 model, but I might be wrong....Amp would be great by itself for blues-classic-hard rock tones, but not quite enough gain/chunk for metal...I just use a Zoom with it, along with the footswitch for the amp processor, and I have a pretty nice tone. It has channel switching (comes with a footswitch), effects loop, headphone jack, midi IN or OUT (forgot which i'm a fucking moron with that), and a lot of other stuff. Check out the page for it on www.musiciansfriend.com. The amp has enough power for me right now, will get a 4x12 to upgrade later on, probably. Its a stereo amp, 2x30 watts as i'm sure you know by now. All in all, a features packed amp. One of its best attributes.

I use a Dinky Reverse Jackson with it, stock pickups (not very good). It suits my musicial style (metal, different kinds) with any multi-effects processor, because the amp distortion isn't effective for metal. The other effects on the amp processor are very nice though...99 Presets. Not noisy with a external processor, a bit noisy (some hiss) when using the amps overdrive/distortion channel. It doesn't seem to distort at high volumes...So, for amps sounds, I give it a 7....A bit noisy when cranked by itself, but all around good for any style besides metal.

No opinion yet. Had it for less than two weeks right now, havent gigged yet. I will submit a new review purely based on its gigging power later on...Like other reviews have said, would need a 4x12 cab or miked into a PA for large gigs, probably fine by itself for small-medium gigs. This amp would be great for rehearsal.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for two years, own a shitty 30 watt Dean Markley practice amp and two guitars, and a Zoom 505. The 505 is really an underrated pedal, it sounds good if used through the effects loop...Anyway, I like that it was really quite cheap and is probably a great studio amp, and is loud....I don't HATE anything about it yet, really.....

Behringer Gx 210 is a virtube amp with a digital effects proccessor. Includes 2x30 watts Rms. The amp has two channels, effect loops and a headphone jack. Also includes a tape in, out. This amp has every feature that I ever needed and some. I play in a band and it gets plenty loud for a small to medium gig. If you wanna play at a large gig, your going to have to mic the amp anyways.

I use a Ibanez with humbuckers. It has a really good clean sound. I can't emphasize how nice the clean channel is. I was a little disappointed with the distortion. It's pretty weak, but I use my distortion pedal anyways. The amp at high volumes does have a noticable hum.

Ive had the thing only for a week. It's built like a tank so Im not worried about it.

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Ive been playing for three years, I wanted to try an amp with a digital processor. Im pretty broke right now and couldn't afford much, so I bought this one. Im not disappointed one bit.

great stereo amp maybe the other dudes who say they play for 14 years would know this and that its not for "DISTORTION OR WHATEVER BEHRINGER CALLS IT" at 30 watts it jams

sounds great for it its suppose to be, has many sounds it can produce from vintage soft distortions to "hendrix" wild crisp clean

built like a tank !!!! this thing is soild and well constructed

BEHRINGER and musicfriend both are easy and great to deal with and very helpful,

great stereo amp at 30watts for the price u cant beat BEHRINGER's craftmanship at the prices they offer