Played a Behringer

[Russell L]

Hey, I played the BX4410 last night in a large club, with PA support. The PA had 18" subs plus 115+horns on top. Heh, heh, the bass was a force of nature, and I loved it. The 410 was plenty enough onstage (not the biggest stage, but large nonetheless). I filled the room for sure. There weren't many folks out (Easter Eve, ya know), but we had a good time playing.

I found out what the Ultrabass does---it makes your notes sound an octave lower, or rather it adds an extra octave lower. I left it alone. Cool effect, but anything lower than the D-string and it was too much. Ran fairly flat , but with the deep button pushed in, so something got scooped. Man, did my bass sound good. And plenty of volume.

I wonder how my Markbass CMD 121H would compare with another 112 cab at 500w?

 

[srxplayer]

I'm not a fan of Behringer but I'm not a hater either. I have found the Virtualizer units to be quite decent sounding and reliable. I can see why Alex Lifeson uses them.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Alex Lifeson from Rush uses a couple of Behringer pieces in his rack... Enough said!!!!

This very recent video shows or says nothing about any Behringer gear.


YouTube - Alex Lifeson Interview: His Complete Gear Setup For Rush's "Time Machine Tour 2011"

 

[Roy Vogt]

FWIW, I sometimes use a Behringer V-Amp Pro for studio sessions if I'm printing effects (recording them instead of using plug-ins). It's worked fine for a number of years and I can get a decent sound out of it, especially with the SPDIF out if I'm the only player and it's an overdub situation.

 

[j-raj]

The only thing that I use of there is one of those 2 channel mixers for studying tunes.

Since my girl works very early hours (works for the local school system) and I stay up late 'shedding tunes after weekday evening rehearsals on some nights. I feed the bass signal and laptop (iTunes) signal into the mixer and then Westone In-ears out for silent home practice that doesn't disturb anyone.

 

[aaronhutson]

I actually use behringer BA410 cabs all the time. Even though they are wired at 4 ohms, i love the sound they make. And they have been through all kinds of crap from the drummer trying to unload my stuff to falling over and all kinds of stuff. They are very durable.

Thier instruments, guitar stuff and some pedals arent that great. But I have NEVER had ANY problem with thier bass stuff or PA stuff.

 

[lizardwizard28]

I dont love or hate the brand. Actually, the only brand i have near fanatic loyalty is G&L. I downgraded from a beautiful Mesa buster head (i was sooo stupid and younger) and some kid gave me a behringer head as a tip for a tatto i did on him. It looked like a Ashdown copy. 300 watt ultrabass? I used it for 3 years with no problems running it to a gk 2x10 and 4x10. Sounded pretty decent, didnt blow me away, but ive heard worse from stuff 3x the price. I dont understand the hate, they had problems at first but now they have cleaned their act up. I dont have that amp anymore but my buddy does and its still going strong. Unfortunately you can get lemons from stuff that costs $1700 made in vietnam, as well as stuff costing $200. I know ampeg fanboys dont rush to tb when something goes wrong on their stuff, or any other high end gear. There SHOULD be a lower fail rate on pricier equipment or everyone would use behringer type products. Plus, who cares if their clones. Fender isnt the same company anymore, nor ampeg, vox, orange. Sorry, kind of a rehashed rant. Btw, im proudly thumpin a traynor yba300, i currently own zero behringer products.