Behringer LX1200H V-Ampire Head

This brand new 2 x 60-Watt digital guitar modeling amplifier head features 32 authentic amp models, 15 speaker cabinet simulations and 16 multi-FX including noise gate, compressor, wah-wah, modulation effects, delay, reverb and many more. The LX1200H perfectly matches the brand-new BG412V guitar cabinet as well as the entire series of legendary BG guitar loudspeaker cabinets. This tone monster really is the ultimate modeling amplifier. With 125 memory locations for storing your presets and a dual-footswitch, you have a truly gig-ready package!

I use a KE3 Kelly with Duncan Designed Pick ups and this guitar sounds hot through this amp. I also found a squire in a ditch and pluged it in to this amp and the squire even sounds freaking awesome! If you play music and can't find your sound.... This Amp will help. Or if your going for a sound this amp has it! It is not noisy at all.. I have a Floreccent light like 4 feet above my amp and i can't hear anything with it... If i have my Tube Screamers on i can but other than that Great! The amp can make tons of sound 32 amp models to emulate and get dead on most of the time... The Clean is awesome.. The DIST is awesome! I can turn up Clean all the way and it isn't DIST at all.. I'm playing throught G12H80's. And the cabs new and i have been playing loud! The amp and Cabs are sounding better by the Second! The Distortion on it is So bad ass... That is if you know how to configure. To get good sounds you have to work with this amp nothing just pops out but just get a sound in your head and try to produce it through the EQ and what not...

This amp is built very rugged.... Heck the first day i bought it and it came to my house i picked up the box and the tape broke and the amp hit the Ground from 4 feet up .. Ground was concrete... The amp just had a Scuff on one of the corners... Nothing more.... So this is a good rugged amp. I would not need to by a back up at all...

I delt with the customer support from Musicians friend more than i did with Behringer the closest store is in Washington.....

Don't be surprised when you see this Amp's Price go through the roof. I'm guessing they will sell this for a good 799+ here in a couple of months becouse of how good it is....I also forgot to mention the output problem i ran into.... If you have a 4 ohm cab it will push that cab at 120 watts.... That is on either ther Right or Left channel.... If you have another cab you can put it on the right or left which every output your other cab isn't on and it will be pushed 60 watts.. So 60 watts on 8 ohm cab and only get one channel... If you have an 8 ohm cab and want 120 watts like i want just simple re-wire you cab and your set... Even though this is 60watts solid state... Its not to shabby pretty loud for solid state.. I don't think its loud but everybody else thinks its pretty damn loud so who know... I'm also breaking in my cabs so that might have somthing to do with it...


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I think it was made in 2005. I sold off all my rack gear to downsize, and bought this. I did alot of research on modeling amps and have had a Cyber twin and for me this sound's much better. I also own the Vamp 2 desk top for home recording so I knew this would be great. I didnt like the sound's on the Line 6 stuff and the Cybertwin seem to be a little brittle. I play alot of styles, mainly Texas blue's and Classic rock. Also learned alot from dare I say the hair band day's. This has some fantastic tone's for all. I really am surprised that it is a digital amp. Very responsive to your playing. It has enough well over enough features for me. The only thing I dont like is the auto wah, But I have yet to hear one that I have liked.

I use two strat's, One with seymour vintage staggard's and a JB bucker in the bridge and the other with Mighty mite vintage alnico's. I also recently bought a Samick (Greg Bennett) PRS type with the cheaper designed by seymour duncan bucker's. All three sound a little different which is what I love about the amp. It really lets each guitar have it's own voice. Just pick an amp type tweek the eq, pick the best sounding simulated cab, through a little comression (or what ever effect you like) add a dash of verb (or not) hold button to store and your off. I built my own cabinet, It's a 2X12 but not your traditional type. It is actually two seperate chambers in one box. I have two old peavey speaker's 8ohm and can run the head in stereo using the full 120 watt's. It is plenty loud enough for most gig situations, but if not it has plenty of output options to run direct to the board with it's own direct box built right in, How cool is that. This amp will go from clean to scream. With heavy distortion you will need to step up the noise gate a bit which work's very well. I have preset's for Jake e lee back in Badland's and it just smoke's. I also got some killer SRV tone patch's. All I can say is if you can hear it, you can get it out of this amp. Much easier to program than the cybertwin was and a way better bang for the buck, (My opinion).

I have a few thing's made by Behringer and have been very happy with their product's. It is very well built, I would without a doubt gig with it without a back up. No worries...I have only had the head for three month's but a bit of trouble with it. Couldn't say that about the Cybertwin???? Like I said best bang for the buck in the modeling relm, Hand's down!

Called twice to get info on the amp before purchase and they were nothing but great, great, great.

Been playing since 1979, As stated before I have the two strat's and the samick, Yamaha g100112 combo, Peavey bass, a CB pro 5 piece drum set w/ sabine cymbals, Yamaha 10/2 mixer, V-amp 2, Alesis sr-16 drum machine, Tube ultragain mic100 preamp, computer based recording system, Pro tool's and cool edit pro 2.0 and variouse rack effect's and power amps. Got into home recording and am loving it. Write what I want, Play what I want. If it were lost or stolen I would buy another. I am super happy with it.I compared it with the line 6 and for me it kill's em. I cant believe how good this sound's to be more than half what line 6 want's for their amp's, Kinda make's you wonder, Hmmmmm.... I just thought I would put my two cents in on this amp because I thing it is a great value. I really believe most people would be very suprised if they sit down with one and give it a go for a little bit, Really suprised. Very much worth the money.

I Bought it new in 2005 from zzounds for $216.00 (free shipping too). Not sure when it was made, guessing it was 2004. This is one of the most versatile amps I have ever played on. It has 32 different amp simulations and 15 cabinet configurations. It can store many presets and you can flip through them using the pedal, a feature I don't particularly care for. I mostly just use this for home use, I do however plan on doing some recording with it in the future. NOTE: if you have a cabinet that is only 8 ohms, then you will need another 8 ohm cabinet to use all 120 watts, otherwise 8 ohms only allows you to use 60 watts instead of 120 watts. You can use a 4 ohm cabinet to use all 120 watts (in mono), or if you have a cab that can be rewired to have two 8 ohm speaker channels then you can use 120 watts in stereo (or just use two 8 ohm cabinets).

I am using this amp with a 1973 Guild S-100 that uses an SH-1 and a SH-4 Seymour Duncan humbucker. Its being played through a Marshall JCM cabinet with 4x12 celestions (an 8 ohm cabinet, so I only get 60 watts...argh). The sounds you can obtain from this amp are simply incredible. I've been playing for about 8 years now, and I have owned a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, and have played on many different big name tube amps. I actually use to be a serious tube snob, so please hear what I have to say. This amp does a DAMN good job of emulating the sound of real analog tube amps. I have to confess that it does indeed do a frighteningly good job of simulating the sound of the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. I use to play my rectifier day and night, so I know its sound pretty well, and I can tell you that this amp not only comes close to the sound of my dual rectifier, but it also can do 10 million things my Mesa Boogie can't do. The distortions that this amp provides is the reason why I bought it. Every amp simulation is distinct, and each one is very tweakable. I have to admit that I do not like the sound of this amp with the cabinet simulations. This might be be due to the fact that I am already playing the amp through a 4x12 cab, but I'm not sure. With the cabinet simulations turned on, it seems to sound muddy sometimes, but with it turned off it (in L2 mode) it seems to sound fine. In my opinion this amp is more suited towards a metal/heavy rock/punk guitar player than anything else, but is versatile enough for a jazz/blues/funk player as well. I am not saying this amp does a perfect emulation of a tube amp, because it doesn't, but it is EXTREMELY close. If you did a pepsi challenge with this amp and a room full of amps that it also emulates, very few people would even be able to tell the difference. Considering this fact, for $200 there is no other amp on the market that has a better value period. If your thinking about purchasing this amp, do it. You will not be disappointed. I've tried a few line6 amps before, and this thing sounds way better to me, and costs a whole lot less.

So far so good...none of the electronics have failed, nothing has broke...can't really say much.

I haven't contacted behringer about anything yet...so I dunno.

If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely bust a cap in whoever took it. Well, then again its so damn cheap I'd probably just buy another one and pimp slap the person who stole it. So far there isn't anything I have found that I dislike about the amp besides the fact that it maybe could look a little cooler, but who cares. I did hear from someone that active pickups such as the EMG-81, or EMG-85, have major troubles with this amp, so beware. Like I said before, this amp (to me) sounds better than anything Line6 has to offer, and at a price that is almost ludicrous. I would have easily paid up to $400-500 for this thing, because thats really how much it is worth! I really cannot believe that they are giving this thing away for $200 a piece.

to many to list.

this is one of the best amps ever made,dont listen to the people that say use L2 mode,use L1 mode with speaker simulation ,turn treble all the way up in configuration mode set mids and bass at half or so,it is really important to keep treble up though, exit mode find amp tweak the mother fucker , this amp can do some serious shit.

fuck yea.

nice people.

Ihave a bunch of tube heads, and this is my best head

Made in 2004. 32 amp models, 15 speaker cab sims, 16 multi-effects, 125 memory locations, 15 rear panel connectors, MIDI implementation, etc. I am able to cover any style and sound with this amp - which I love about it. Crystal clear cleans, slightly overdriven, blues crunch, raging distortion, or any other sound I can think up. You can save your sounds in presets to recall later, which is another big plus. I especially like the built in tuner and the tap tempo function. It is great for live and studio work. It can operate in both 120 watt mono or 2 x 60 watt stereo. It has more connectivity options and features than other amps I've seen or owned. It is very loud if you read the manual and learn how to use it. The lights and digital readout also look cool in a dark room or on stage.

I have many, different guitars with both humbuckers and single coils that I use with this amp. I am currently playing this head through a 400 watt custom built, mono, 4x12 cab loaded with Celestion G12H100s. At first, I thought this amp head was just okay using the included presets. After reading the manual and adjusting the amp to my liking, I now love it. One cool feature about this amp is that you can adjust the input settings to match your different pickups. Again, I can find any sound with this amp to match any style that I am wanting to play. I might go from a lush chorus sound, to a slighty dirty tone, to over the top thrash. With a push of a button or a tap of my toe, I can go from jazz, country, pop, rock, metal, etc. The amp is also very responsive to your playing and guitar settings.

Very solid construction. I would use it without a backup. I have had no problems.

I have never dealt with them. There is a user section on their website for uploading and downloading presets with other users. You can also download software from their website to save your presets on your computer.

I have been playing for 20 or more years. I own numerous guitars, amps, processors, pedals, etc. I would buy it again if it was lost or stolen, or I would buy their newest model if it was even better. I love everything about this amp. I compared this with their analog model, as well as other offerings by Crate, Peavey, Marshall, Carvin, Randall, Custom, Line6, etc. This was not only the cheapest head, compared to the competition, but also offered the most bang for the buck factor. I'm very happy with this purchase.

I got my V-ampire a few weeks ago and did one gig with it. It has some interesting features and seems to be easy enough to operate. Reviews like the ones here were very helpful as I started to explore the amp. I basically created my own sounds with the v-ampire. A few things I discovered as I was playing with the amp. You can adjust your overall gain by the type of pick-ups you use. If you use hot pick-ups then you would want to back off some of the gain. This works well. Also you have an additional EQ setting to set the overall bite of the amp. Though the Clean sound don't seem to sound crystal clear but hopefully when they make another version they'll work on that. I'd say 8 on the features.

I play a tradition strat style guitar that has split coils on each pick-up, and a Ephiphone Les paul custom plus. It works great with the strat I was definatley getting some SRV tones at times with it. The les Paul I thought didn't work as well. For cleaner tones it got a bit muddy to me. I since then have worked on it and fixed some of that problem. It's a metal style amp in my opinion. I've owned lots of amps and this one has more of that style of sound to me.

I hope it will last a long time. I've only had it for 2-weeks. It does have an unusual smell to it. Electronic type smell like a transformer burning. I suppose that's normal. Knock on wood. I play it everyday, and done one job with it so I hope it's normal. I baby the amp so time will tell I guess.

I e-mailed Behringer about the smell and any suggestions about getting a cleaner tone with the amp without the top strings wimping out. Haven't heard from them yet. Hopefully they will soon. All my friends who own there gear say they are great about helping out with questions.

I used the amp with a 212 cab wired in stereo so I get the individual speakers at 60 watts per speaker. The cab sounds great it's something I built and works fine with the head. Doesn't seem very powerful to me like a tube amp, but that's just, it's not. It's an incredible amp in my opinion. Just a few things that I think Behringer will iron out in the future. I've always been anti-digital everything, but in todays world it certainly is easier to go this route than have more amps on a stage and pedals everywhere. I wish they could make it a bit cleaner sounding. A good bell tone would be nice. Anyway it's great overall.

GOt this for Chrismas as a present to me.(why should the family get all the loot?)32 amp models 16 cab models .set your banks up with same models and the delay in swithing is nothin to whine about.As far as volume ?hehhe Kris take the bananas out of your ears
effects loop and more connections in the back than you may ever need.

I use a Carvin Contour 66,A Grande set neck Les Paul spec.(70's Lawsuit all Mahogany Paf Pro /bridge) .I record thru the headphone out ,(so far)and play live thru a jcm 800 cab.The models sound good to me and feel right live .this amp will bring down large wild game at 100 yds. Louder than ^#$%$& with the chest poundin thump you would expect bfrom a real amp. The engl is scary.Cab sims are very tight and don't sound just like EQ.the amp can be heard at
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songs /plaid and iguana. I got over bein a tube snob years ago.

no problems so far

havent contacted behringer but AMS was very cool

been playing for a long time and started playing again for therapy(not the Psycho kind)Havent found anthing yet to whine about. the Vamp interface for PC is for good

Just a warning, I have this head since a week and I can only say it is absolutely not powerful. They say 60 watts/side, but it sounds much more like 25-30 watts IMO, and not tubes-watts. I was very surprised indeed. And a bit disappointed, even if playing loud is not much needed by now.
In fact my spider2 75watter sounds louder and clearer by itself than the vampire on a 412!
There are also big timelags when changing presets on the vampire, and that's a pain where you know. Again, nothing such on my spider 2 112.
In fact, my advice would be: spent a bit more cash for the spider 275 head if you need something loud&effective in the real nasty world.
Soundwise, you get farts&mud with the vampire, and cold sharp clear sounds with the spider2.
Nothing for the experienced player? Don't know.
One more thing: with the spider2 you can use a booster to push your solos, the amp accepts it greatly (I have a 901 tube pedal, great for heating the sound). While the vampire cannot stand it, it overloads and farts then. In fact it overloads with my RG 7strings, straight inside. No matter what I do with the input gain (in the drive menu).
Thanks for reading, I strongly recommend to buy this where you have a good return policy as I'm pretty sure you might be as disappointed as I am.

Made in '04. You can read the specs on the web site. I mostly play rock, southern rock and blues, but dabble in metal and even some country in the studio. It was an easy decision to lay down $220 for this amp. I've spent over 20 times as much on gear that couldn't do half as much. Like someone else said below, whether it really sounds like the actual amps isn't the point. I've used over half the amps it simulates and it's a lot less trouble than a Matchless, less worry than a'58 Champ, and way more versatile than a Mesa. Sure, the effects aren't as aggressive as some want but I don't like my sound over processed anyway. If you can afford all the gear this thing simulates go ahead and start your own museum and buy a semi to haul it around. Otherwise, save your money for a decent guitar. With headphones I can practice in the den while everyone else watches TV - pretty cool. Also, going online to download new tones will be a new experience for me.

I play an Am. Del. Strat and an old Les Paul with Seymour Duncans and a couple of others. Despite the hum from the Strat, this is a relatively quiet amp - more quiet than the amps it simulates. The cleans are pretty good and the distortion can go way over the top when you want it. With a decent EQ, the bottom end comes on like an avalanche. Active pickups are problematic with this amp but they are with other amps, too. The amp is also a lot more responsive than I expected. The guys I play with were blown away by the sound and the price left their jaws on the ground. Make sure you have decent chords and clean connections. Being digital, I think it's a little more sensitive to worn or dirty connections than traditional amps. Also, as noted elsewhere, read the manuel. You'll have to tweak it to get some really good tones. And if nothing else, learn the difference between S1, S2, S3, L1, and L2. I think it will be great int the studio. It does a great job creating the warmth and depth of a tube amp. For me, the real test was getting a "brown sound." With a little work, I think I nailed it.

This amp seems very rugged but it is basically a computer and should be treated as such. If you hit the road, buy a flight case. I've never had any problems with Behringer equipment and this seems at least as sturdy as anything else they make. Once I've spent enough time in the studio with it, I'll try it live. My main concern is that sometimes I like to tweak my sound on the fly depending on room, atmosphere, and mood. I still think a couple of pedals and a good tube amp makes that easier.

Not had to deal with Behringer Customer Support. One time an item was on back order with them and I actally got it before the store said it would arrive - very pleased.

I've been playing for 24 years and have a garage full of equipment. This piece can do so many different things fairly well that I'll keep it out front and save my vintage gear for when nothing else will do. For the price you can't go wrong. I compared this to a couple of others but my ears say this one does it the best and for the best price. If it were stolen or lost, I'd replace it.

Brand new 2004. Youve read about the features already or you wouldnt be here.

I'm using the Line 6 Variax 500 with this thing and man does it scream. I dont understand the variax reviews about not getting a heavy tone because the Lester setting is more than ample for any kind of heavy rock you want to do. I'm using an avatar 412 cabinet and running it in stereo, which is another huge plus for this amp. The stereo delays and rotary effects are top notch, just like with the v-amp. The wah leaves a bit to be desired, but it still sounds damn good for the price you pay.

This mofo is so friggin heavy!!!! Seems to be built fairly well though.

Behringer customer support is awesome. I've called them many times with questions and they are very helpful with everything about their stuff, as well as general gear questions.

The main factor for buying this amp is the price/features ration. While other amps like the vetta have some better features, the lx1200 matches a lot of them flawlessly. I will be using this amp for a long while.