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Behringer pedals

#21
bongomania said:
It's more than the casing. The pots are cheap plastic, the switch and jacks too, and all of the internal components are "good enough but not great".

No point in re-housing them IMO, because the cost of doing so (with new pots, switch, etc.) could get you up to the normal retail price of the Boss/etc. pedal that the Behringer was copied from.
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That's a good point.

I wonder if the GC near me has some Behringer pedals to try out. I'm rather curious about how poopty the construction quality is. I've been looking into their tremolo pedal, just to see if I like the effect at all.
 
#22
I use the Behringer UV300 vibrato. Very nice sound on bass. However, I have rehoused and modified it. I added a fast/slow switch for the rate, in the added slow position I modded it to sweep very slow as the stock slow setting is not as slow as I would like.
+1 for the $29 vibrato...... Lapicide
Modded UV300:
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#23
Maybe the Boss ODB-3 has a metal case, but the BOD sounds equal, just with some more noise producing.
The plastic case may sound like being some danger, but i've been very rough while using them and none of the pedals ever broke. I think the ODB-3 and the BOD sound awful, but if I would ever buy one of those again, it would propably be the Behringer Pedal, it gives you a nearly perfect Boss Copy and so I don't think the Boss pedal is worth it's price.
I can also recommend the Chorus, it sounds pretty nice. The EQ makes some noise too, but also pretty nice...
I think the Behringer Pedals are the best, you can get for the money, especially for those with the cheap pockets.
 
#24
the Behringer pedals sound good, not great but good.

they are, as has been pointed out cheap, so they will give you a good sound for not very much money.

if they go wrong, you throw it away and buy another one.

or you can do what I do, when I see a pedal I like the Idea of having, I buy the Behringer equivalent and if I like it when it stops working (which inevitably will happen) you should have saved enough money to buy the Boss/EHX/etc pedal.
 
#25
I have just one of em, the SM200 (slow gear clone). I'm really irked by the plastic casing, and while it sounds OK on guitar, it's really hard to control the swells with a hot active bass. So I've bought an assembled BYOC clone to replace it. Still waiting for it to arrive (International Mail from Canada... slowness.)
 
#30
I have three that have lasted my over a year....and sound decent.

To the OP, as is stated these pedals aren't top of the line by any means. I used them to get my pedal board started, and discover what types of effects I can really use in a band/gig setting. Over time I have upgraded to "higher end" pedals. All in all you can't go wrong with them. However I recommend upgrading eventually.
 
#33
bigchiefbc said:
Do you like the Boss ODB-3? Because I believe that is what the Bass Overdrive is copying. It is more fruitful to ask whether the BOD sounds like the ODB. If so, then you can't exactly blame Behringer for copying a pedal you hate ;)
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Ive played them side by side and the BOSS is slightly better. I had to get the behringer because of the price. it sounds good but is tempermental when it comes to the input/output, the cables have to be rotated to juuust the right place to get the pedal to work.
 
#34
Oh, whoa. My BYOC Lazy Sprocket (Slow gear clone) just arrived. Haven't had a chance to test it on bass yet (my bass is still on the repair shop...), but MAN it sounds killer on guitar!!! much much cooler and more versatile than the behringer, in fact.
 
#35
For the money, they're the best thing around...for the money there's not much competition.

I had a phaser...i liked it. I wasn't using it. I sold it.

I suggest that - if you're open to spending your money on them - that they at lease serve as back up units. they're good enough to gig with. You'll get some great sounds.

It's also fun to try to break them. I bet that it'd be pretty hard without throwing them against a wall.

have fun!
 
#36
bongomania said:
It's more than the casing. The pots are cheap plastic, the switch and jacks too, and all of the internal components are "good enough but not great".

No point in re-housing them IMO, because the cost of doing so (with new pots, switch, etc.) could get you up to the normal retail price of the Boss/etc. pedal that the Behringer was copied from.
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Fully agreed although Lapcide's vibrato looks to be a success but overall I don't see the need to pursue the rehousing route myself. I've been using a VP-1 phaser for more than a year now and it's truly my favorite phaser. I've been through Boss, EH, MXR, and George Dennis phasers, plus dumped my Maxon PT999 in favor of the VP-1. I'll play it till it dies and when it does, I've got two more sitting in their sexy blister-paks :bassist: I don't see it failing anytime soon though as the only pedal I even remotely "stomp" is my TBP loop pedal. So there's a happy Berhringer story anyway. I also have a BDI21 that I keep around for recording demos and have not one complaint. That's my only real experience with their pedals. I'm kind of wary of the plastic Boss looking ones but I'm kind of intrigued with the SYB clone. Perhaps someday.
 
#37
I have over 20 different Behringer pedals, 5 or 6 Boss pedals, a couple of Ibanez, Digitech and DanElectro pedals and 1 Electro Harmonix pedal. I have been pleased with some of the Behrigner pedals (BDDI21, Bass Chorus, Ultra Chorus, Tremelo) and not so happy with others (Ultra Wah, Multi Effects - FX100 and FX600)

Some of them are several years old now. And none of them have broken. I have 2 pedals that have broken. My Boss Super Phaser and the Electro Harmonix Bassballs. THe Bassballs has been the single most unreliable pedal I have owned.

So unless you treat your pedals like crap, the Behringers will hold up just fine.
 
#38
They're copying Boss pedals, but to be honest, apart from possibly the DD-7 Delay and the GEB-7 equalizer, Boss are pretty average anyway. There are much better companies out there that do pedals properly (****, is that how you spell 'properly'? It's 25 to 9 am here, I'm tired lol). I usually find that if Boss have done a pedal, another company has done something better in that field. Anyone else agree?
 
#40
I have had three. I still own there TO800 and BOD100. I like the TO800 quite a bit the BOD100 for me is ok. I used to own a hellbabe wah and sold it because i wasnt using it. The plastic casing seems flimsy but has held up. Over all for the money they are about as good as you will find.
 

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