Behringer GMX212 V-Tone

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Overall User Ratings

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  .  7.9 out of 10 Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.4 out of 10 Value: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.8 out of 10
I Want It: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.3 out of 10 Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.7 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.5 out of 10 Support: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: :..  8.4 out of 10

Individual User Reviews

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  8 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  6 out of 10
Value: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
I Want It: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  8 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Support: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10

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"Good for some, not good for others, read this to make sure you know what you are getting"

Feature:
tons of effects, and amp modeling from fender to marshall... i love the 2 channels, and the tuner... it is somthing i use very often.

Quality:
this is where i am utterly dissapointed, i was promised 2x 12 inch JENSEN speakers, but instead i ended up getting Bugera speakers, that are probably of lesser quality, and the footswitch, my god... a band-mate just playfully kicked it and it broke... other then that, the amp its self seems nicely built, although the knobs do feel cheap..

Value:
260? + some amount of tax and the warranty, its about 330, worth it all the way, get the warranty, its worth it trust me took the footswitch back and behringer sent me a new one

Desirability:
it looks like a high quality amp and the ability how they fit in so many features within a limited space.

Sound:
This gets an 8 because the effect are nice, and so is the analog modeling, but it lacks in the Distortion department, and the clean is too quiet, but if your looking for a sound in the middle, you'll be happy

Ease of Use:
its takes a while to tweak it but, the best part about it no matter what, itll sound good ;)

Support:
sent me a new footswitch no questions asked

Overall:
this was my first "big" amp. im happy enough to know ill be keeping it for as long as i have a room to sleep, its the perfect amp to play in your room, or just to practice with, but you wont be able to gig with it, but still its an awesome amp.

User: a customer from hotmail.com

Submitted: 7/17/2006

Style of Music: Rock

Location: Houston TX

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Value: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
I Want It: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  8 out of 10
Support: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  8 out of 10

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"Best amp I've ever owned and I've had several amps over the past 40 years."

Feature:
effects are great, but I would like to be able to blend effects instead of taking what you get with each setting.

Quality:
plastic control shafts are easy to break, but with a small drill bit and some super glue you're back in business. Everything else is top notch. I've played everything from Silvertone to Fender and I wouldn't trade even for a new Fender. Think I'll keep it til I croak or it does.

Value:
You simply can't beat the value, I've had amps that cost several times what I gave for the 212 and it beats them all.

Desirability:
Looks good to me!!

Sound:
Great sound for just about any type music. Plenty of ow end and killer highs.

Ease of Use:
takes some getting used to, but it's pretty elementary. I owned a GMX 210 previously and I am sold on Behringer products.

Support:
Haven't had to use it

Overall:
If I lost it tomorrow, I'd buy another just like it.

User: a customer from peoplepc.com

Submitted: 5/23/2006

Style of Music: country, 50s rock ,southern Gospel, easy listening and big band

Location: Burna, KY

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Value: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
I Want It: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  7 out of 10
Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  7 out of 10
Support: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  .  5 out of 10

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"best guitar amp i've ever put my plug in"

Feature:
i swore i wasn't going to rate all 10's but it's awsome, the built in processor, the 2 independent chanels is like having 2 amps and an a/b switch. and if you're like me and learn by ear, the cd input is a godsend. and when recording, an rca cable and your recorder is all ya need.

Quality:
ahhh, the covering could have been better, i had a knob break off, but it was one i rarely used and it was my bass players fault!! slid it knob side down in the truck bed after a gig. but with that said, i've played MANY a gig with this amp, MANY! and it still sounds awsome. i had some jenson speakers in an old truck of mine so i knew they were awsome and wasn't proved wrong either. i've done a few recording sessions with it, with great results. all and all good quality, just the coverings coming off but that gives it character. also, it must be electronicaly sound cause i wish i had a dollar for every beer spilled down in it lol.

Value:
like i said, to h**l with the 700 peavey, for 250 bucks i'm blown away! throw another name on this amp and charge 1000 for it and people will still buy em. (just don't tell behringer i said that ;-))

Desirability:
well... i WAS hessitant when i baught it. but that's just because of the name, if it said "mar*hall or pea*ey or anything else it would be way more appealling. but i've allways been brand name crazy, and usually get disapointed. (like in a cerain guitar maker that rhymes with smibson)

Sound:
ok, i've been playing for 13 years... i've played everything that costs from 20 bucks to 2000. when i bought this amp it was only because my exwife wouldn't let me spend the 700 i wanted to on a peavey, so we compromised and said i'd get the peavey later, once i got it, plugged my nashville tele into it, i was blown away! to h**l with the peavey! it was PERFECT the sound i've always dreamed of. and that was WITHOUT my processor, which collects dust now. just the tele and the amp, is all i need.

Ease of Use:
takes a while to master all the awsome features, but i loved it so i didn't mind taking the to play around with it, and as i did, it only got better :-D. i play a lot of different styles of music so figuring out which combonations worked best for what took a while.

Support:
i have no idea, never used the support, but my bass player also lost my footswitch (old bass player, we finally had enough, lol... he was just a cluts and not that good anyway) so i'd like to find out how to order a new one, just too buisy i guess.

Overall:
not only would i cry if i lost this amp, but i'd buy another one, somehow someway, as a matter of fact, i did once. i had to pawn it once and ended up loosing it to the pawn shop cause i couldn't afford to get it out at the time, but went back a week later and bought it for over twice what i pawned it for and almost what a new one costs. i'll never own another guitar amp. me and this amp are like peas and carrots. i've done rehearsals, large gigs, small gigs, recording, practice in my house alone, anything imaginable can be done with this amp. and i play everything from country to 80's hair metal and can find the right sound without an extra processor.

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 5/12/2006

Style of Music: EVERYTHING! country, southern/classic rock, BLUES!, texas grunge, metal

Location: west by god virginia (well, iraq right now)

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  7 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Value: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
I Want It: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Support: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10

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"Live Loud and Durable and all get up! Will hold its own at a gig!"

Feature:
IT has so many effects I have to keep the list on hand! I give it a 7 because some features like choras are combined with other effects and its is very difficult to get it "just right". There is also a very small (.5 second) delay when changing channels with the foot controller. It also forgets your modification to the preset when you turn it off or switch channels. Get the MIDI board for it if the above said bothers you though.

Quality:
My only gripe: plastic pot shafts. Other than that Solid as a rock with extra reinforcement through out. Ive sat and stood on this thing without even a creek out of it (im 150 lbs so..) Be careful with the plastic pot shafts when you go gigging and this behringer breaking down will be the last thing on your mind. I weighed this thing at its about 40 lbs. so it is LIKE A ROCK.

Value:
I have never seen or played this much amp for this price! If it were stolen, I would make the guy eat every piece of it then buy me another one!

Desirability:
MMM is it sexy? I would say it has a very bold stance, which ever direction it is pointing. Black and chrome. I replaced all of the LEDs in it with blue ones to make it stand out a little more. SO yes I would say that I find this amp attractive. Definately does NOT look cheezy.I have no doubt in my mind that this thing will be respected at any gig you do with it.

Sound:
The sound from the Head sounds almost professionaly recorded when ran directly into a home stereo through the line out in the back. Great for home performances when used this way. On its own, the speakers sound better the louder you crank it up. Will easaly over power a medium size drum set with it in "Marshall" mode and the gain set to high and the drive on 2. oh and did I mention I only had the master at 4 out of 10! The speakers need to wear in for a while to get "warmed up" which took me about 2 or three months because I never get to crank this thing up in a band any more. Plays everything perfectly! From death metal to punk rock to blues to clean contry rock. If you have time to play arround with it, this thing will do it all for ya. By the way it does NOT take kindly to distortion petals!!! but has all the distortion I need. The clean tweed on the amp is not very loud. Just adjust the drive just tell it is about to distort and youll be fine running in hi gain.

Ease of Use:
Its very easy to use. I walked into the store with my Charvel strat, pluged the AC cord in, pluged in my guitar and powerd it up. Nothing complex except to know what the numbers displayed on the LED screen mean (its all in the book for you). Then I played away. Then I orderd one from here becasue some one else bought the one I wanted and it was then on back order at the local store.

Support:
Never needed em. Arrived in very think boxes without a scratch on it. And has never given me any grief!

Overall:
I will play this thing tell it dies. Or I die. I may at some point suppliment it with a 4X12 behringer cab IF I ever do very large gigs with it. At 120 watts ( this site is wrong at stating its 100 watts)You can power anything with its speaker outs on the back. Infact I would love to give thing a run with some ones marshall. Im pretty sure itd hold its ground being a 2X12.

User: a customer from msn.com

Submitted: 3/26/2006

Style of Music: Classic rock, Punk rock, 80's rock, Blues, Jazz and some hard country rock

Location: Casper Wyoming

Overall: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  2 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Quality: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  1 out of 10
Value: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  2 out of 10
I Want It: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  1 out of 10
Sound: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  4 out of 10
Ease of Use: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  4 out of 10
Support: ::: .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  1 out of 10

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"I own it, hate i bought it, dont make the mistake I made, get you a Peavey.."

Feature:
It has great features, 99 effects and Pedal

Quality:
Had it since July and input jack already is messed up, just like a Behringer 210 Ultratwin I had.

Sound:
Too much distortion and the Volume on the clean is terrible

Support:
Terrible, terrible, terrible, you have one year warranty, but its like 116 to send the damn thing back. The dont cover shipping back and the woman wasnt to pleasant.

Overall:
It got a two because of the features

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 12/6/2005

Style of Music: Gospel Quartet

Location: MS

Overall: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Features: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: .  9 out of 10
Quality: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: 10 out of 10
Value: