waynepunkdude Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Any good? I just bought one because it was cheap. Have I fallen into the old Behringer trick or is it usable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='395222' date='Jan 30 2009, 10:31 AM']Any good? I just bought one because it was cheap. Have I fallen into the old Behringer trick or is it usable?[/quote] I've got one, and it does what it says on the tin. They're not the sturdiest bit of kit, plastic rather than metal casing, but they do an adequate job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I fell for the Behringer trick once..... never again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) [quote name='crez5150' post='395234' date='Jan 30 2009, 10:45 AM']I fell for the Behringer trick once..... never again.[/quote] Depends what you mean by the ''trick''. I had a Behringer tuner which was hopless. But some of their cheap stomp boxes do a job. At £15 a throw, you can't expect something built like a top of the range boutique pedal, and I would be reluctant to use one live. But their Sansamp clone (BDI 21?) has some really good sounds at a tiny fraction of the price of the real thing. I know you can get into the whole copy / ripoff debate, but some of their pedals do a decent job at a good price. Edited January 30, 2009 by simon1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 [quote name='simon1964' post='395246' date='Jan 30 2009, 11:04 AM']Depends what you mean by the ''trick''. I had a Behringer tuner which was hopless. But some of their cheap stomp boxes do a job. At £15 a throw, you can't expect something built like a top of the range boutique pedal, and I would be reluctant to use one live. But their Sansamp clone (BDI 21?) has some really good sounds at a tiny fraction of the price of the real thing. I know you can get into the whole copy / ripoff debate, but some of their pedals dop a decent job at a good price.[/quote] S'funny.... it was the Tuner I bought..... had a wedding gig and left my usual one at home..... popped into denmark street picked one up for £15. Thought it'd do for the gig..... packed up after the first set... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardi100 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 [quote name='crez5150' post='395258' date='Jan 30 2009, 11:15 AM']S'funny.... it was the Tuner I bought..... had a wedding gig and left my usual one at home..... popped into denmark street picked one up for £15. Thought it'd do for the gig..... packed up after the first set...[/quote] My Behringer tuner was pretty crappy at picking the E on my bass guitar. Its, however, a revelation with my double bass!! Whod've thunk it? Is the EQ a graphic pedal? I was slightly interested in one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 [quote name='ardi100' post='395315' date='Jan 30 2009, 12:20 PM']My Behringer tuner was pretty crappy at picking the E on my bass guitar. Its, however, a revelation with my double bass!! Whod've thunk it? Is the EQ a graphic pedal? I was slightly interested in one of these.[/quote] Yeah I fancied a graphic EQ so I could go to "dub mode" during Punk/Ska songs and thought for the price it would be worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 False economy i'm afraid! Some people report no problems but our old guitarist bought a whole bunch of behringer pedals. The tuner and the EQ failed in the first gig, the others shortly after IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 As with all super-cheap stuff, you are bound to experience reliability issues. But the real problem isn't in the build quality itself (although low, it still will work decently), but in the quality check. In the cheap stuff, they tend to skip the QC phase altogether (or only do a quick, superficial test), so it's all down to luck, really. I've had a BDI21 which has worked fine for over a year, then a pot (quite vital, unfortunately... the Drive pot) stopped working, and to repair it would cost more than it's worth (considering the hassle). I must say, though, the pedal has been: - dropped - hit by a falling bass - powered for a short while with a wrong power supply and it still kept on working. The other problem with Behringer stuff is that you can't try them beforehand. Besides this, they CAN sound pretty decent, really. The phaser's quite nice, the EQ I remember it being adequate, choruses and flangers are quite usable, if not "refined". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzombie Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) [quote name='simon1964' post='395224' date='Jan 30 2009, 10:36 AM']I've got one, and it does what it says on the tin. They're not the sturdiest bit of kit, plastic rather than metal casing, but they do an adequate job.[/quote] I was gonna say pretty much the same thing, except I'm a bit weary of plastic casing and Behringer reliability. Also, I didn't like the fact that there was no stop in the middle of the sliders for flat. I ended up substituting mine for one of these - I couldn't tell the difference between it and the Boss version, except the £30 price difference and the markers are a tad out on mine. At flat, the center of the sliders are just below the center markers. Edited January 30, 2009 by redzombie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I've got a behringer limiter, it's not half bad,i agree with most people, it does what it says on the tin, but it is made of plastic, i'm too afraid to stomp on it, i activate it very gently by hand and leave it. It's not gonna last 50 years like a boss or a highe end boutique pedal, but for £10 -£15 it doesn't have to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Got it today, it's proper poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstreet Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 First one I bought didn't work from the off, but the replacement has been OK. Seems to be as effective as the equivalent Boss pedal, although there's a bit more hiss. And as I only use it for about 5 minutes in an entire set, £15 against £60 seems good value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='400314' date='Feb 4 2009, 07:11 PM']Got it today, it's proper poo.[/quote] I tried to buy the Behringer Limiter from GAK a few compressors ago. They wouldn't let me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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