Behringer V-tone
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Re: Behringer V-tone
I have the GMX-1200H run through an older Madison 2X12 cab (with the real celestion speakers) and I am thouroughly impressed with the sounds I can dial in with it. It has active EQs so you get cut and boost in the freq ranges, and you have a lot of cut/boost to play with. I've never driven a Marshall or Boogie to the levels that I can get from this amp so I don't know how close they are to the originals but I really like what I get out of it, especially at reasonable volume levels. The distortion channels actually clean up nicely when you back off the volume, really believable tubey compression and dynamic response. I can go from EVH to Bryan Adams type crunchy chords just using the guitar volume and tone. Because of the active EQ you can get some really BAD (or just weird) sounds as well so you have to be careful, they are VERY sensitive. You also get a bonus global active prescence control (which can take you from Marshall to Vox on the dirty settings).
The cool thing about the GMX-12xx series is that you get two identical channels to play with so you can set up one clean and one dirty or both clean or both dirty or whatever. The only problem is that you only get two identical channels so if you want more than two sounds you have to compromise a little and use the knobs on the guitar to change the sound. The onboard effects unit is a 24-bit resolution digital job which sounds good but only a few of the 99 settings are actually useful in most cases. To get any real flexibility out of the effects you need the $110 midi control pedal, but at least you can get some flexibility if you're willing to invest in it. The stock footswitch is pretty weak, it only allows you to switch channels and turn the effects on and off.
I can't comment on the combo models since I have the head on my own cab, so I don't know how the Jensen speakers would sound with the amp. I'm assuming that they can't be all that great for the price you pay, but I've read that they're alright (on Harmony Central). Through the Celestion G12K-75's in my cab it sounds super. Also there are a ton of input and output jacks on the back so you can run a series or parallel effects loop or feed out direct to a PA system (frequency corrected). There is an aux. input with volume control direct to the power amp, slave inputs and even has stereo RCA jack ins and outs. I believe that all this is the same for the 212 combo but the smaller models may not have all the jacks. You can download the manuals from the Behringer site and check it out.
I play a modded strat with a SL59-1 Lil' 59 at the bridge and also a stock Yamaha Pacifica 112J through it. This thing sounds great clean (Tweed/Clean/US) and the Distortion (British/Hot/UK) absolutely ROARS, even with the cheap Yamaha! I don't think you can find anything even close to this good of a sound for $200 (for the head) anywhere else. I've heard the pots have plastic shafts and may not hold up well to rough treatment but the chassis is solid (and heavy). If you want to get a good idea of what the analog modeling sounds like check out http://www.tech21nyc.com and look at the TM10 or TM60. This amp is basically a rip-off of that idea and sounds almost exactly like them, depending on the speakers you run it through (direct-out is almost indistinguishable from the samples on the website). I really like this amp and if you don't have a great deal of money to drop on the real thing (or if you don't live where you can crank it to get that over-the-top distortion tone), this is probably the best deal you'll ever find. Get 'em while they're cheap cause they're worth the money!
IMHO, of course. :newangel:
I have the GMX-1200H run through an older Madison 2X12 cab (with the real celestion speakers) and I am thouroughly impressed with the sounds I can dial in with it. It has active EQs so you get cut and boost in the freq ranges, and you have a lot of cut/boost to play with. I've never driven a Marshall or Boogie to the levels that I can get from this amp so I don't know how close they are to the originals but I really like what I get out of it, especially at reasonable volume levels. The distortion channels actually clean up nicely when you back off the volume, really believable tubey compression and dynamic response. I can go from EVH to Bryan Adams type crunchy chords just using the guitar volume and tone. Because of the active EQ you can get some really BAD (or just weird) sounds as well so you have to be careful, they are VERY sensitive. You also get a bonus global active prescence control (which can take you from Marshall to Vox on the dirty settings).
The cool thing about the GMX-12xx series is that you get two identical channels to play with so you can set up one clean and one dirty or both clean or both dirty or whatever. The only problem is that you only get two identical channels so if you want more than two sounds you have to compromise a little and use the knobs on the guitar to change the sound. The onboard effects unit is a 24-bit resolution digital job which sounds good but only a few of the 99 settings are actually useful in most cases. To get any real flexibility out of the effects you need the $110 midi control pedal, but at least you can get some flexibility if you're willing to invest in it. The stock footswitch is pretty weak, it only allows you to switch channels and turn the effects on and off.
I can't comment on the combo models since I have the head on my own cab, so I don't know how the Jensen speakers would sound with the amp. I'm assuming that they can't be all that great for the price you pay, but I've read that they're alright (on Harmony Central). Through the Celestion G12K-75's in my cab it sounds super. Also there are a ton of input and output jacks on the back so you can run a series or parallel effects loop or feed out direct to a PA system (frequency corrected). There is an aux. input with volume control direct to the power amp, slave inputs and even has stereo RCA jack ins and outs. I believe that all this is the same for the 212 combo but the smaller models may not have all the jacks. You can download the manuals from the Behringer site and check it out.
I play a modded strat with a SL59-1 Lil' 59 at the bridge and also a stock Yamaha Pacifica 112J through it. This thing sounds great clean (Tweed/Clean/US) and the Distortion (British/Hot/UK) absolutely ROARS, even with the cheap Yamaha! I don't think you can find anything even close to this good of a sound for $200 (for the head) anywhere else. I've heard the pots have plastic shafts and may not hold up well to rough treatment but the chassis is solid (and heavy). If you want to get a good idea of what the analog modeling sounds like check out http://www.tech21nyc.com and look at the TM10 or TM60. This amp is basically a rip-off of that idea and sounds almost exactly like them, depending on the speakers you run it through (direct-out is almost indistinguishable from the samples on the website). I really like this amp and if you don't have a great deal of money to drop on the real thing (or if you don't live where you can crank it to get that over-the-top distortion tone), this is probably the best deal you'll ever find. Get 'em while they're cheap cause they're worth the money!
IMHO, of course. :newangel:
