Behringer GX212 Ultratwin 212 Combo

I'm not sure what year the amp was made in but I got 1-2 years ago. It's a fairly versatile amp, but not for metal and any heavily distorted sounds, but it sounds fine with a pedal. I also have the BG412H 4x12 and with a good distortion pedal, it sounds great. It's really worth the money. If you're in a band playing medium gigs definetely get the cabinet, it adds a lot of balls. You can't really get a great blues sound out of the amp alone, because if you crank the amp it's not a good sounding overdrive at all, and if you switch to the distorted channel, even if the gain is all the way down, it's a little bit too much crunch, unless you pick really lightly and roll the guitar's volume down. You can get a good AC/DC, 70's and 80's rock sound out of it, but I recommend just getting a good overdrive pedal, because the channel switching on the amp has an annoying delay, but the effects switching is instant. There's 99 effects, most of them are useless, but there are some gems. The chorus, reverbs [especially plate, it sounds like you're playing in some temple or something it's such a great, dramatic sound, I forgot it was even on the amp until I did this review, haha], pitchshifter and phaser are all great. The only good pitchshifter effect is the octave. At times it sounds like an organ. You can also use this amp with two guitars at the same time if you need to because of the hi and lo inputs, as long as you don't crank it, or it'll start cutting out. Theres enough power in this amp to play in a band setting, but I use it with the cabinet. I used to play in a metal band called The Black Heart Conspiracy, and the amp and cabinet worked great. I'm giving it a 9 for having 99 effects, even though half of them are useless and sound similar.

I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with it, and these guitars are great for the price. The heritage cherry sunburst is gorgeous, and while all the the other Gibson finishes are a lot better, the Epiphone Heritage Cherry Sunburst looks identical to the Gibson. Everyone says they play everything, and a lot of them don't. I play everything pretty much, but I've never really gotten into jazz or country guitar. Mostly what comes out of my guitar is metal and and blues though. For both of those styles, you need a pedal though. The clean channel stays clean until you really blast it, then it gets a really ugly overdrive, not a bluesy one. And as I said earlier, the most gain you can get would be ideal for an AC/DC type band. Basically to sum up these sounds, they sound great for the price and are better than pretty much any solid state combo amps under $600. But if you play pretty much any tube amp, you're gonna start hating this amp. I know I did, but I still respect this amp for what it does. It truely is worth the money, which is why I'm giving it a 8 instead of a lower score. Because I'm basing it by price. Because if I was comparing it to more expensive amps it would be unfair.

The only problem I've had with it would be the input jacks and the speakers. The input jacks got to be very loose and the would cut out, but that fixed itself, not sure how. And the speakers after a while just messed up somehow, and they're distorted now, but I run it through the 4x12, which cuts off the amp speakers, and it fixes the problem. 8, because I've never had to bring it in, but I would have to if I didn't have the cabinet.

Never needed it.

I can't complain about it, because of the price, even though I don't remember how much I payed for it, I think $200-300. I don't have anything else, but in a few months I'll be getting a new ESP guitar and Peavey 6505+. If it were stolen, I'd save up for the 6505+ head. But if I needed a new amp fast, definetely this. It's amazing for the price, but if you play any tube amp, you'll hate this amp. So 7.

Not sure of the year it was made in. I got it as a Christams gift in '04. I play pretty much a little bit of everything. From surf to metal. It handles just about everything you can throw at it. The clean channel can get as warm as my Les Paul Special can get and as bright as my Standard Strat can get. The overdriven channel gets pretty crunchy when you have the patience to tweak the effects and other adjustments. The foot pedal that switches channels isn't particularly useful. There is a bit too much of a delay. I do like the fact that it has a HI and LO option for your inputs. You can plug your single coils in to the HI for a little extra chunk and your hb's in to the LO to reduce the chance of clipping at higher volumes. The two Jensen 12s have plenty of power for basic use. If you need it louder, watch your volume and mic it to run through a PA like everyone else in the world.

You can squeeze any sound out of this thing that you want. I generally use my PODxt for most tones and effects, but I do use a few of the onboard effects to process the sound on the way out to add little somethin extra. Great for delays or chorus. The clean channel is just what it says, clean. You can make your ears bleed before it sounds like crap. The overdriven channel comes up only a little shy of what I would like it to do. I would appreciate a little more sustain on some of the effects. Particularly the phaser settings. My highest praise for this amp goes to the Jensens in the cab. As most of you know, the PODxt can spew some pretty evil stuff out of it. Like when you download someone else's patch and the drive is cranked up so hard your head nearly explodes when you strum an Am. The speakers hold up pretty damn well to just about all the overprocessed signals I have the tendency to throw at it.

This amp has done everything I have asked of it, when I have asked it to. Reliability is NOT an issue. I would gig without a back up with no reservations. I have tipped this thing over numerous times, ripped cords out with my feet, even dropped it out of the trunk. Save for a few scrapes and dings, it is tip top.

Behringer responds to emails rather quickly. Aside from that, I have not needed support of any kind.

I have been playing for about 5 years now and this amp is so far the best i have personally owned. I use several different axes with this. Standard Strat, Les Paul Special, Ibanez RG470, this crappy little Frankenstrat copy made by Memphis that AMAZINGLY, sounds incredible. If it was lost or stolen, I might replace it as it is a great value for its MSRP. I would probably lean toward a CyberTwin as that might suit my needs just a little bit better. But not by much. I love the sound, hate that its a heavy little bastard. I have a Fender G-DEC on the way, so we'll see how this Behringer, the PODxt, and that like to play together. I hope they can all get along.

Not sure of the age, but I got slightly used, 2/2005. I have played through many amps, this one is plenty loud, clean, and is very simple to set-up. Lots of line out options, 2 channels, plenty of onboard effects. I have read nearly all current reviews, and want to remind all owners or potential owners, Behringer states on their web site, "mild" distortion. If you want more, spend $99.00 on the V-amp2 or buy a pedal. If you want distortion in the amp itself, buy one designed for that purpose. Me, I wanted a clean, "Twin Reverb" sound, and it delivers. I lead worship for about 450-600, and it holds it's own. 30wx2 stereo, is plenty. If you need more easy fix, line out to your board, and use it only as you backline monitor. Face it folks, you can mic it like the old days, if you are going to fill an auditorium with sound, no matter the size of the amp, you will need your sound spread out....

My main guitar is a mexican 60,s classic strat, i usualy play on the neck and mid P/U's ( I do not have a bridge pickup, it has been removed). The amp has 2 10" Jensen speakers and they really sound great, one of the amps amazing bang for the buck type features. The amp is strong, i hacent blown any speakers or fuses yet and Ive owned it over a year now. I 've pushed some serious feedback thru it and it's been fine. The amps clean tone is superb it can get a bit more dirty when the volume is pushed, its not as clear as say a Roland Jazz 120 but consider the price difference.

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.

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.

I've been playing about 35 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.

I like the 2 channel design that allows you to assign effects to a channel... 99 presets that are somewhat customizable (is that a word?)...RCA out, footswitch, cabinet out...headphone, cd synch... it seems to have everything you could need.

I use about 6 different guitars on this bad boy... I had an old Tube Head that died and was going to cost way to much to repair... bout a Crate g600 head and it didn't have the balls I was looking for...
Wanted an inexpensive amp with a variety of sounds that could push a 4x12 or two... very happily replaced my Crate...

Great tone...

So far so good... no problems - consistent and relaible...

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So far, I love it... my other guitar player has a Crate BV 1/2 stack and they have gelled quite well together... Having a blast with it... and I have just scratched the surface...

99 Effects channels, some of which do sound quite simllar and rather puzzilingly unnessecary(great delays and tremolo etc though).
Clean & overdrive channels.
Overdrive channel has presence and behringers morphing controls and a mid boost.
Midi output,
Vatious audio ins & outs, send & return(for effects) etc.
Twin 60W Jensen speaker
Hi/Low gain inputs
Chanel/Effect footswitch
Certainly more features than i use anyways....

Couldn't ask for more from the clean channel. I've gigged it loads of times and haven't yet noticed the supposed loss of tone or whatever at higher volumes, it all seems realy nice to me at all volumes. the overdrive channel is stale though, it's taken me a long time to get it anywhere close to the raw power i desire (taken a buttload of effects pedals) and it's still lacking due to the amps inherant dislike of heavy distortion. In saying that...even though it dulls everything down a bit when distorted it can still sound really good for anamp of this price if you persevere...it impresses me no more than any marshall in this range however lacking the overdrive channel is. in short.... a huge selections of features, reasonable tone, crap overdrive but still very versatile and if u use effects it still can still stand out.

not a single thing has broken on this amp **touch wood** seems fairly durbale to me, not experienced any problesm that other people have (loss of tone, breaking knobs etc...) and as i said...i've gigged it alot.

Never had to deal with them.

Been playing it well over a year now and it seems pretty adaptable to my zoom multi effects and various other stomp boxes and wah. i think if it was stolen i would be bummed....but i wouldn't by another one due to it's distortion allergy. I'd go for a vox. i bought this one over a marshall because of the price, extensive features and it's amazing clean tone. I wish it had marshall amp distortion though.

120 watts, Two 12" 100 watt Jensen Speakers, 2 channel, 99 preset effects. This amp is a solid state but the clean channel performs like a tube amp.

The distortion on this amp is what brings controversy. Jensen speakers are to fender sound as Celestion is to Marshall. This amp with these speakers has a phenomenal clean sound, but the distortion leaves something to be desired. This amp is not for a metal-head. I would recommend this for someone who plays bluesy or funk stuff. Nothing heavier than early 70's rock. THis amp is perfect for me as it fits my style but if you play metal, save your money and get a Randall or MESA.

This amp was a worthy substitute for my heavy as hell 1973 Fender amp.
I've been told its heavy but it feels light compared to what im used to. The channel switching has a short delay on it. If i was ever performing when i had to swith between clean and distortion I would bring my distortion pedal.

Pretty much covered below. Nothing different from the other reviews.

The sound initially was great, I was very impressed with it for the first 20 minutes or so. Played a Oscar Schmidt oe 30 on it and was very impressed with the sounds and features.

Heres where it all went bad. After about 20 minutes of playing on low to medium settings it began to pop very loudly everytime I strummed the guitar. All the power leds would go out momentarily also, like it had overheated and developed a short of somesort. I turned it off and let it cool down for an hour and fired it up again..... Same thing. I am in the process of returning it to zZounds now (who are, by the way pretty impressive).

Dont know about Behringer

I would buy another one, but they are out of them. I have ordered a Behringer Blue Devil 112 instead. Based on the features and outstanding prices, I am willing to give Behringer a second chance.

As far as features go, the amp's got 99 onboard effects (entirely too many, most of them sound the same and can be slightly changed) and a distorted and clean channel. It comes with a channel-switching and effect-activating pedal. It's all I really need for what I do: regularly gig in medium sized venues in a blues rock and rock band.

The distortion, however, doesn't get as powerful as I'd like it to sometimes, and there is a very short but noticeable lag during channel-switching.

The clean channel has never gotten distorted at high volumes which is great, cause that's what i mainly use along with some effects onboard. In general, however, the amp's sounds don't have much variety and sounds like a practice amp at times.

Distortion never gets too brutal, but there's plenty of knobs to get it to your liking as long as you don't want it to be powerful, which becomes a problem at times.

Here is why I'm writing this review: the amp is NOT reliable AT ALL. Do NOT buy this amplifier unless you want it frying on you every 2-3 months. I have sent this back to behringer 4 times in a matter of a year and a half, and they take a month and sometimes longer to return it. They even replaced my amp with a completely new one which fried about 3 months later. I have treated the amplifier very well, but it has some serious problems of its own.

In fact, just don't buy Behringer. They might be cheap but you get what you pay for...

They were nice enough to replace my amplifier with a new one once, but they're incredibly slow and hard to reach. The number on the site was wrong, and I'd get my amplifier back after a very long time. The warranty is a year long, but if you plan on getting this amp buy an extension, you'll need it.

Features are alright, sounds are mediocre at best, but the reliability is horrendous... If the amp was stolen, I'd definitely not buy another one. It's a pain to deal with, and it fried on me earlier tonight during band practice for the 4th time. I only chose the amp for its price, but you get what you bargain for.

I bought this amp about a year ago for $450. It's works great for what i do(playing in churches for youth groups) The behringer really pulls out what little tone my crummy Johnson has at all. It has lots of power. When i play with the band, I normally can over power them with the master volume setting on 5 or six and it still keeps a good tone value. I have noticed though, that the settings change when you turn up the volume. I wish that when you use effects like the wah, that there would be reverd and delay mixed in, but everything is not perfect

as I already stated it pulls out what little tone i have in my johnson.
it's great

it's pretty good, i've only had one nob break off, in transet to a gig

it's a very good amp, a friend of mine who bought a fender tube amp, thought I was playing through a fender stack.

Well i play classic rock so i think i used the features on this amp a total of 3 times but it does have 99 presets or w/e so i cant really complain obout them not being there just never using them.

Absolutly hated it worst tones ever my dad teaches and sells guitars and he cudnt get a good tone out of it the clean on mine was horrible and distortion even worse.

Well the peddle broke down but that was jsut a piece of crap anyways

Playing it a year absolutly hated it worst amp I have ever owned just bought a Traynor Valve Combo 40 today actually and man compared to the behringer its like playing in heaven.Behringer=bad Traynor=Great