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Has anybody here had any experience with Behringer effects pedals? I've had a pedalboard made up of Boss pedals for the past 26 years or so but one-by-one they are gradually breaking down. I've recently bought a Behringer VD-400 Vintage Delay pedal (at a very cheap price brand new) and although it's housed in a plastic casing rather than metal, I've been very impressed by the sounds it creates.
I'm now seriously considering buying the Behringer Ultra Chorus and Blues Overdrive pedals to complete my set-up but a local music store has told me that they had several returns / reliability issues with Behringer products in the past and have stopped stocking them.
I realise that they are very cheap products (I can buy the Chorus pedal brand new for £26!) but they sound great! With money being so tight at the moment they appear to be excellent value but I don't want to waste my money if there are problems with the brand.

Can anyone advise me through personal experience please?

Thanks

John

Behringher pedals are modelled after some of the others such as Boss and MXR and the like. For the price you get what you paid for ie lower quality components inside but I have a dynamics compressor modelled on the MXR Dyna Comp which performs well and a Graphic EQ pedal. Not the best but they work OK overall. I read a review on the compressor by a guy who reviews most popular compressors and it came out well for sound.

I tried a Behringer compressor - which was a Boss copy at half the price. It was OK but I ended up spending a lot more on an EBS which I use all the time.

My experience is that you get what you pay for and it depends where your threshold of tolerance is!

Iain

I recently purchased the DD400 delay and it sounds fine for what I use it for ie, home recording. I had the Boss original years ago when I played in the band, and were I playing again, I'd get another Boss over the Behringer anyday. I dont think the Behringer would stand the test of time if it were getting gigged all over the place.
As said, its what you pay for in the end.
And the guy in the shop did try to put me off the Behringer, saying that he was fed up with the amount he was getting back. I think its the fact that its plastic and wont stand the constant strain of being pushed down with the foot on stage so often. Its ok in the house with me as its not being used all the time, as in kicking it on and off constantly as you would in a gig situation.

Just spotted that the last 6 letters spell "ringer"...

Thanks for your responses guys (nice one Iain !!!)
I don't play a lot of gigs now so for what they cost I'll probably give them a try. They will be mounted in a small pedalboard flight case so will be protected most of the time.
Thanks again!

All the best
John

About those Boss pedals of yours - if you've got one or two of the rare ones you could be sitting on a goldmine.

For example, if you have a VB2 Vibrato pedal you could be looking at more than £250 on eBay.

Ray

Really? Thanks Ray - I'll look into it.

I am playing three nights a week regularly and i use aBehringer echo unit with absolutely no problems. i dont get an authentic 'Hank' sound but thats not what I'm looking for.We also use a Behringer 500w PA amp (but with better quality speakers).

mike

I was on a cruise many years ago and there was a really good band on the ship. The guitarist used a Behringer(dont know the model) combo amp. He had an amazing range of sound out of it, I was well impressed. It was the first time I'd heard the name Behringer.
If I were to play again, I'd be sorely tempted to try one or two out with a view to purchase