Behringer GX212 Ultratwin 212 Combo

This amp is the newest model from Behringer built this year, ?04. The GMX212 has two channels set up in which each channel has three amp settings, Tweed a Fender type sound, British a nice Marshall/Vox sound and Californian that has the Pro Sonic and Mesa Boogie type sounds. Now throw in three Cabinet types, Flat, UK and US and you have all the versatility you need for Country to Heavy Metal sounds!!!! I love the blues sounds you can dial up using either the Tweed or British amp settings. This amp has headphone jack, inputs/output for use of another amp or let the GMX push another amp. Not to mention you can push a half stack with this baby too. Heck I can run my CD player through the Amp while I play along with the cd! This amp comes with 99 user presets that are driven by a 24 bit onboard MIDI controls. It comes with a two pedal footswitch that controls the channel selections or turning the effects on or off. Now I know this isn?t a tube amp but this baby has tube like tone that I still can?t believe! It has two 12 inch Jenson speakers that are graded out at 70 watts while the amp pushes 50 watts to each speaker, in other words I can?t blow?em up! LOL

I currently own a Tradition PRS tpye guitar with humbuckers and plan on seeing how a Strat sound thru the amp soon. I love to try to play Southern Rock and some AC/DC with a touch of Metal in the mix, so far the GMX can do it all! The GMX has some very minor back ground noise but at the level I play it at it?s acceptable, matter of fact it?s less than the Fender amp I use to own. As I stated this amp can put out any sounds you need and if necessary in the presets around number 90 to 99 have some nice touches that give one even more guts in the distortion. For the money I don?t think there is a better amp on the market and if I didn?t know the brand name and heard this amp in a Music store I would have paid twice if not more for this amp.

I have only owned this amp for a couple of weeks and it?s loud enough for me and it?s built tough so it should last a while, but since it?s new I?m not giving a rating for this top yet.

Still haven't had any problems but I contacted costumer support and they have responded so I have no complaints.

I have been playing for several years and have several guitars and a couple of low end amps, the Fender Deluxe 112 plus was the best amp I had owned but now this Behringer is awesome! I have to admit if something happened to this amp I?d go buy another one right away, it?s that sweet.

Now I have a very good friend that owns a Fender Cyber Twin, now the Cyber Twin is the better amp easier to use but at the cost of over six times the amount it had better be. Don?t get me wrong I would love to have the Cyber Twin but hot dang I have a very nice amp and don?t mine telling anyone about it.
I would love to see more control over the Amp settings through the use of the foot switch.

The V-Tone GMX212 is the flagship in the new V-Tone guitar amp series with 2 x 50 Watts, featuring two 12in. Jensen? speakers and authentic V-Tone analog modeling combined with integrated multi-effects and tuner. The GMX212 offers 2 full-featured modeling channels that boast 3 classic guitar amps, 3 speaker simulation models plus 3 gain modes each -- all individually selectable. Ultra-flexible FXT function allows independent effects settings on each channel, while the German patented Dynamizer? circuitry captures every nuance of your playing and lends tube-like compression to your tone. The 24-bit stereo multi-effects processor with world-class effects such as chorus, flanging, phasing, rotary, auto-wah, echo, delay , compressor and various effect combinations offers 99 user presets and MIDI control. The integrated auto-chromatic tuner is controllable via footswitch.

I'm using a tele with Fralins and a piezo. Mostly play in a medium size church. Rock, jazz, ballad, standard praise music. The GMX212 is definately an amp for mild grind to thrash. The clean tones do not lend themselves to piezo/acoustic warmth but do get a little better with some verb & chourus. It still sounds like an electric though. My 30 watt Princeton reverb is almost as loud as this amp. I always heard solid state watts are different from tube watts. This may be an example of that. The sounds are quite good though when you crank up the drive and add some of the 99 effects. I found myself playing overdriven leads and power chords for hours. Great stuff that would condemn me to Hell in my venue. Feels stiff on the clean settings though. The initial attack is not as round (??)as a tube amp.

Hasn't broken down after 1 wk. Excess glue squeeze out shows around the bottom angle blocks inside of the cabinet. Looks sturdier from the front than the back. No buzzes or rattles heard during extreme volumes.

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Been playing tube amps for 30 yrs but I had to try this after reading the write up in musicians friend. I own a lot of tube amps.My intent was to retire my line 6 distortion and digitech effects and use an all in one package. I think this will fill the bill except when "acoustic" sounds are required, but I get the feeling I will be the only one who cares. There are a lot of very usable tones in this package. I'm undecided if I would buy another if stolen. I compared this to Crate and other models at the guitar center but the features and price killed all competition.

The features on the amp are great. It's got everything you need, 2 channels (exceptionally good on clean), It's got phono out-put and in-put (so you can connect your MP3 or Mini-disc ans record straight on to them), there's 2 inputs (a hi for low out-put guitars and a lo for high out-put guitars), It's got more preset effects that are easily adjustable than any amp i've seen at this price, excellent equalizers and it comes with a foot-switch. It suits my style very well because I play everything and this amp is so versatile. The one thing that is annoying is the reverb, it should be seperate form the other effects so you can combine it with them. I use the amp practising in my bedroom and with my band. I used it at an indoor gig in a smallish 200 seat venue and it was well capable of filling the place without a P.A.

This amp has one of the cleanest sounding clean channels i've ever used. You can get all kinds of sounds on the clean from Skynnyrd to the Chili Peppers. It's not noisy at any level on clean. It is let down by a poor enough distortion. It's okay at low levels of distortion but if you turn it up too much it sounds crappy. Anything from Nirvana and up and you're going to need some sort of pre-amp or pedal. The effects are great lots of variety.

It's very dependable, I've used at several gigs with out backup and had no problems. It's never broken down on me either.

Never dealt with them.

I play a Strat through an Aria multi-effects and a Boss MD-2. If was stolen or lost I would definettely replace it. For the price paid there is nothing that compares to it. It's 2-100 hundred watt speakers blow everything else out of the water. I also have a Fender Deluxe which is now my backup and ill probably get rid of it soon as this amp is sublime.

YOu have probably read all the features in the other reviews. I bought the amp primarily for practice, home recording, and wanted something with enough oomph in case I want to do a gig or jam sesson. This amp has it all!

I wanted an amp with DFX. I didn't want a bunch of pedals strewn all over the floor. I have been through a bunch of DFX amps, including the Marshalls and they all suck. The effects are useless and rigid. The effects on this amp are class A. Sound great and allow just enough manipulation to make all of them effective. I primarily use a vintage Kramer Pacer, a Les Paul, and a Raven loaded with Duncans. All sound great. The amp is not as bright as Fender, the chorus not as lush as a Roland JC 120, but unless you run actual side by side comparisons, it's hard to tell. Don't get me wrong they sound great, especially the stereo chorus. And for 249.00, who's complaining? The amp has real nice blues/crunch distortion. Just the way I like it. Metal guitarists need not apply.

It seems ruggedly built. If the footswitch (which is heavy and built like a tank) is any indication of how the amp is built, there should be no problems. I just got the amp so....we'll see.

No yet

Let me give ZZSOUNDS a prop. They are dynamite!
I am primarily a bassist. I started picking up the guitar again a couple of years ago. I have been playing over 25 years. If the amp was stolen, I would run out and get another one. For the price, it sounds as good as amps costing 3 times as much. It is packed with MORE features than ANY AMP I can think of! I think this is going to be a great all around, do everything amp. And from what I can tell, it will do everything very well.

The amp's user's manual indicates the date as May, 2001. There are 2 60 watt "virtube" tube emulation. There are two independent channels with separate volume controls and EQ's with a channel and effects footswitch. There are over 30 effects including chorus, delay, phaser and pitch shifter and anything else you could ask for in a combo amp. The amp is very versatile with a headphone jack, auxillary and tape inputs, addition speaker outputs and many other featueres. Many of these things i would never use, including stereo line inputs and the tape inputs. This amp is full of gadgets that are not useful for everyone.

I use this amp for home practice and jamming for the band, in the style of Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith. The amp has plenty of power, over 100 watts, but after intense use at high volumes or even at low volumes, the amp has a tendency to get a worn out sound, not as pure as when you first turn it on.

There are two channels, one clean and one overdrive channel, but the clean channel EQ has not gain knob, which is handy. Each channel can be set to different or the same effects, including reverb, which i do not like-- there is no seperate reverb control knob on the amp, so you must go through the effects loop and adjust it how you like. That is one of my main complaints. When using other effects, you may not be able to have that reverb on at the same time, which is a downer, since i like to have some reverb all the time.

IF the overdrive and clean are set to different effects, during channel switching, the sound will cut out for a split second and then switch, so it is a delayed reaction, which really pisses me off because there is no way to get a continuous sound with the effects. This will not occur if each channel is set to the same effect or the effects are turned off.

This amp is very versatile but has many gadgets that you do not need and may complicate things, but they do not get in the way too much.

I am using this amp with a Telecaster which has two single coil pick ups, so it has a nice twangy sound. This amp can suit many music sytles and partially fulfills my needs of a nice classic rock distortion sound.

This amp is fairly quiet and doesnt make much noise, even at high volumes.

The distortion is sub par, by my standards. You know what it sounds like when your turn the tone down on your guitar? Well, this amp's distortion is like that. It just doesnt have that bite or aggressiveness. I use a distortion pedal to get the sound I want because the amp just cannot do it. It also isnt very heavy, if thats what you are looking for.

The clean channel is decent, especially for a non-tube amp. It doesnt have the feel like a tube amp would. Also, it does not have as much bite as other amps such as a fender would on its cleans. The clean tones are very nice though and I'm satisfied.

The effects sound good, including the chorus, tremolo, phaser and the many digital reverb options. Some of the things are a joke, such as the wah and speaker emulators. The delay sounds good if you spend the time adjusting it to your preference.

One other thing is the sound gets worn out and is not its original sound after not much use. AFter lettign it cool off though, it will return to normal.

I have had a couple problems with this amp in my first six months, both minor. One is a glued in peice of wood in the back of the amp in a corner used as supports came off the first day. The other problem is the volume fades out sometimes which is annoying, but it comes back in fairly quick. Since I've had any problems period, it is quite unexceptable

I have not contacted customer support but I heard they suck.

I've been playing for about 2 years and have tried much equipment. If it gets lost or stolen, i would buy something else and not this amp again. I love the digital reverb. I hate the distortion and channel switching with FX. Overall, this amp gives you a lot of bang for your buck and you are not goign to find much of a better deal around 200 dollars. Great value. Feel free to email me with questions.

the features + price make the amp - there could always be MORE features i suppose, but there's a lot here, more than i was looking for or needed in an amp - check out the manual at behringer's website - be aware, they are/will probably revise this product line in favor of something something oddly similar BUT different, per the norm w/ behringer -

nutshell: i got this amp 3+ months ago cause i needed something right away, and on the cheap - a need for practice, and a faint, reluctant hope it'd be gig-strong - i bought this particular beast cause it has so many features, and i figured if even if it was 3/4 garbage, i could sort it into my frankenstein home studio somehow for use or just fun - plus, a stereo 2x12 ?? - seemed too good to be true and i was braced for disappointment, but i am writing this review (at risk of jinxing myself) because this amp is quite a kickass surprise - i've already recommended it to my friends, so why not here -

bought this for function-only, no-expectaion guitar amplification - but i had fun with it right away, played tons the first night - i play a lot of clean-but-hard, fast pop/rockandroll, play a gibson SG, epi casino, Tak acoustic = the clean channel has plenty of flex, clear sound, loads of volume, so i had my money's worth right there - the drive channel is blah until you tweak it (you must), but i've got some pet settings that are not only better than most other SS amps, but are nice + distinct sounding, so: lots of variety, weed out what you like - it's only noisy when the guitar's right in front of it, where you get a pretty standard hum, take a few steps back and it's fine - it's an economy amp, i won't be building my sound around it, but for the price i'm happy if it does what it supposed to do problem-free - and it does that well, and a bit more.

i expect nothing from "built-in" fx (or SS modeling), and here they're about what you'd expect - so, expecting nothing, the good is: EASY to use, parameters are adjustable (within reason), and some are, of course, stereo tweakable - PLUS each channel remembers/retains its separate selected effect, so "x" effect on clean and "y" on OD, which is generous.

i've read horror stories about behringer, but it sounds mostly like it's not their products but rather their QC dept that bites - so i checked it out extensively when i first got it (who wouldn't) - musician's friend is pretty great with customer service, so i wasn't worried - everything checked out, and so far so good - i already gigged with it, no problems whatsoever - i've noticed a crackle in the effects pots w/ certain effects, but nothing that makes me worried - hope it lasts, but for what i saved on the price i'm already saving for an upgrade, so there ya go

never dealt with them - there's a warranty, but the amps too heavy to ship, too inexpensive to go crazy over longevity issues

it's a cheap gem, for sure - i just gigged with it 2 wks ago and half a dozen people complimented and asked about it, including the house sound guy - apparently folks haven't seen much of these amps before - i bought with a 'disposable-camera' kind of attitude, but if it lasts for years to come, all the better - i've played plenty of "real deal" amps in my 15+ yrs. of playing, and expected much less from an SS, especially a bargin aisle one, but it's hot - love the stereo - for the money, it's a find, and i'm glad i landed on this amp instead of one of the dozens comparably-priced shitty, shrill amps out these - tons of features (i wish EVERY amp had a back panel like this) - mine came with jensons, foot switch included

ALL THE REVIEWS BASICLY SAY THE SAME THING. MY AMP SOUNDS GREAT I USE A BOSS MULTI EFFECTS PROCESSOR AND A STRAT, I CAN GET EXACTLY THE SOUND I WANT. BUT AFTER ABOUT 2 MONTHS THE VOLUME STARTED TO INTERMITENTLY DROP OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN COME BACK. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR A OVER A MONTH TRYING TO GET IT FIXED, IT IS STILL UNDER WANANTY BUT BERINGER HAS BEEN SLOW TO REACT. BOTTOM LINE I GUESS IS YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR IF IT WORKS IT SOUNDS GREAT BUT FROM OTHER REVIEWS I HAVE READ THE OVERALL QUALITY AND RELIABILITY IS NOT GOOD

-2 x 60 watts Jenson 12" speakers (these sound very nice)
-24 bit DSP preset form (99 presets) of the 99 I would say about seventy are more or less distinct
-Comes with a foot switch (would be better w/ a MIDI foot switch so -.5pt)
-Needs reverb knob (or you need an external box) -.5pt
-Has all sorts of jacks on the back, is well set up for monitoring or sound reinforcement.
-Doesn?t do heavy distortion easily, but I didn?t buy it for that so no complaints. (ALSO notice I didn?t say, "doesn?t do distortion well" I said not easily, you can get some pretty distorted sounds out of it, but for any ease of use at all w/ heavy distortion you will need some outside gear like a large MIDI pedal at the least) Or, you can do what I did (just for fun). I hooked up two old "MagnaVox" 8ohm speakers to the RCA Outs (there are two of them, as well as two Ins) and my Epiphone Sudio10 to the loudspeaker output, then turned off the amp speakers (there is a switch for this), cranked the gain on the amp, left the second amp with the gain a 3, yes 3 and the distortion was awesome, and my guitar retained its tone, as well as the good "virtube" sound from the Behringer, even through that little Epi amp. (I wasn?t surprised it sounded good through the MagnaVoxes)
-Comes with footswitch for switching channels and turning DSP on or off (wish this was a MIDI pedal)

-Let this be said before I go into the sound, I have only been playing guitar for about six months, but I?ve been playing pianos/organs/keyboards for almost 10 years so I know about what sounds good?I just can?t always make my guitar sound good :-S.
Also I play an Epiphone les paul (two humbuckers, stock)
-That being said, this amp sounds awesome, the overdrive channel is good, but the clean channel is heaven. Most of the effects and nearly all of the good ones are best suited to the clean channel, however, there is a slight inconsistency regarding the channels and here it is: the clean channel is the strong point of the amp, but the drive channel gets the overdrive [read Gain] control and the wicked cool "morphing knob"?that just makes no sense to me. Oh, and the good effects work well for the overdrive channel too, just no so wonderfully as they do for the clean channel.
-Regarding the effects, reverb, delay enhancer and CHORUS all sound awesome, tremolo, compressor and phaser sound all right (but not wonderful) auto-wah is bad (LFO-wah is neat, but more of a gimmick). The speaker/cab emulators sound cool, I especially like the rotary speaker sim. The pitch shifter sort of drains out any of your guitar?s tone, so take that for what its worth.
-I must compliment Behringer on their "virtube technology" this amp sounds tube, and when you crank it, it does overdrive (not as much as real tube amps IMO) but still plenty. If you?re dead set on tube overdrive, well go buy a tube amp.
-The amp does take a while to warm up, (think 3 seconds) but this was not unexpected, and doesn?t cause [me] any problems.
-The amp runs quiet, unless I put my guitar right in front of it (something which I don?t normally do?) I can get some hum, but even then its not loud.
-Also as other reviewers have noted there is a split second delay when switching channels w/ FX on, but again: no big deal.

-I haven?t had this very long (about a month) so I can?t really say but it seams well made, however knobs and pots are a little flimsy (as other reviewers have mentioned) but I don?t abuse my stuff so I don?t foresee any problems with them or with anything else for that matter. As another reviewer mentioned, they aren?t bullet proof, but I don?t expect mine to be near any bullets?so no issue in this department.

-No idea (haven?t had any problems, don?t expect any either), wish it came with a MIDI controller though. Also, the manual is very good, providing not only technical blab, but interesting factoids about the effects, and advice on how to use them. It comes with the usual warranty (defective manufacturing/materials etc.) but you must return this little card they send you in order to claim it

-Sure its got a few minor issues, but it delivers so well on so many levels that I can?t dock any points here. Competes favorably with amps 5 times its price. Even if you bought all the stuff I suggested in this review, and a few things a I didn?t you would still have money left over verses buying one of the much more expensive amps like the Fender Cyber-Twin. I would recommend possibly getting an outboard reverb, a wah pedal (if you play music that calls for it) maybe a distortion/overdrive box (again depending on your music) and DEFINITELY a MIDI pedal if you want to play live or even for jamming because it would make life so much easier. Great buy unless you want to "play" nu-metal, and if you do make sure the amp you get has a headphone jack (which this amp does by the way) so the rest of the world doesn?t have to listen to that "music".

2003, 2 channels, pretty versatile for differnt styles, you probably know all the features. Yes, it's definetly powerful. I turned it up half way, and got blown away almost. I should've sat farther away from it. And I didn't get stuck with the new Shark speakers that come with it now, I got Jensens.

I currently use an Epiphone Les Paul Special 2 or something like that, can't remember the exact name because it came in a package. It definetly sounds good on it, very clean when needed, and can still get pretty distorted. I have a distortion pedal to use with it, but that sacrifices sound quality (I have a DS-1, I should've gotten something better) It has a nice range of effects, although some of them just get redundant. It definetly stays clean at high volumes, although it's not quite "crystal clear" it's still pretty good. I do wish that the distortion was thicker, but hey, I saw it coming considering that the description is "mild distortion" It's still great.

I can definetly depend on this thing. I've only had it a month so far, and tried to avoid moving it much, but it seems very well built. I've stood on it a few times to check, and it seems to hold fine, no changes in sound or anything. Then again, I'm not that heavy (~150lbs)

I haven't had to deal with them, hopefulyl I won't have to because I definetly forgot to send in the warranty card.

I've only been playing for 2 or 3 years, I've got an old (1960s) Martin acoustic that I started learning on (It used to be my uncle's) Another random free classical acoustic, although it's terrible and needs new tuning pegs, and I bought an epiphone players pack at least one year ago, and that was holding up well for a while, but the amp was never really loud enough and some random parts fell off, and my les paul has taken a whole hell of a lot of abuse already, but this amp looks like a keeper definetly, definetly a very good value. And I got lucky and ordered it from Musician's Friend while it was on sale during christmas season, as they've jacked the price back up to $250.

Great effects processor, it would be even better with a MIDI pedal. This amps got lots of inputs and outputs. Speaker outs to connect a 4x12. Lots of settings. Distortion is weak. Not as loud as i expected, I heard a Kustom 30 watt that was louder than this 2 x 60 watt. Good for the price payed. It has 2, 12 inch jensen speakers, which are very good speakers. 2x60 watt amp.

I'm using a Fender strat. Sounds great on the clean, but the distortion is not enough for me so i bought a Johnson EQ distortion. Not noisy at all, even with single coils. As i mentioned earlier the effects are superb, you can get so many sounds out of this amp. But, you need to turn it up to over 5 to get any real volume out of it.

I think I could depend on it. I take good care of it though. Nothing has gone wrong yet after about 3 weeks. I am kind of worried about the weak volume(but its enough for me, and this isnt a high gain hot rodded amp). If anyone else thinks its a little quiet please post.

Never dealt with em, sounds like they are a good, friendly company.

I've been playing for over a year now, I got a few pedals, and a fender strat. This is my second amp. If it was lost I wouldnt buy it again because i dont have any money. :( I hate the distortion, when i'm playing heavy. I compared it with a rocktron, this is the better choice. If anyone has had a problem with a lower volume than expected please post...