I appreciate you doing this shoot-out. I’ve got a few of the Behringer pedals but don’t have the Boss ones to compare. Your shoot-out shows me I shopped wisely-thanks! My only objection Is your conclusion of “don’t expect them to last if you use them a lot,” because your shoot-out doesn’t substantiate their durability. I’ve got a plastic Arion tuner pedal Ive used for 30 years or so and it never even occurred to me that “it’s plastic.” So, a truer statement of the Behringer pedals might be “If you don’t abuse them, you can expect good service from them for who-knows how long.”
No one seems to complain that their power tools have a plastic housing, but everyone seems to criticize Behringer pedals for being made of plastic, and yet I have never actually seen Behringer pedal that had a broken plastic housing. Yes, metal pedal housings are awesome, and some metal pedals are more robust than my power tools. But the Behringer pedals are holding together just fine in their plastic housing.
I think you did a great job comparing the pedals. It should be noted that differences in POTS/Knobs, even between pedals of the same manufacture can create variation. Its hard to do apples to apples at the very same knob settings, but in your case... its probably the only objective way to do it. Nice vid.
Yeah agreed, good comparison. More than just the pot tolerances though, all the caps/resistors etc will have tolerances which affects the output. Would be interesting if you repeated the test and tried to match the sounds of each as close as possible regardless of pot position for the ones which were less similar like the flanger. Granted issues like the LFO's being less smooth won't be similar regardless
@@DaskaiserreichNet78Totally agree. Never had one break on the road. The battery replacement is a bit of a challenge though especially in the dark. You need two ball points pens and three hands to remove the cover/treadle and change the battery, and putting it back together is nearly impossible. And I’m a trained microsurgeon‼️
Absolutely right my friend I find that behringers red compressor limiter is similar to the ibanez, but the behringer has a fuller low end that I enjoy more than the original, it’s sad to say but totally true from personal experience. Not all clones are built alike, but some are just wicked awesome.
Came here to write the same thing. I thought the compressor from the behringer sounded quite a bit better. Boss of course is a better made pedal, but that comes at a huge cost
Perfect timing as my CS400 just came in the mail yesterday ($21) and I haven’t tried it yet. I don’t gig and play solely for my own enjoyment so I tend to buy clones because I can’t justify the cost, nor do I think I need to. I also have the following Behringer pedals: Noise Reducer (pretty good), Graphic Equalizer (really good), and Vintage Delay (pretty good though I rarely use delay). I have other inexpensive clones (Joyo, Caline, DemonFX, Moskey, Muslady, NuX, & Danelectro FAB [my least favorite of the cheap ones]). Only 2 cost me (slightly) more than $25 so I’ve been able to experiment with a wide variety of effects for a total layout of about $200. I appreciate videos like yours that highlight some less expensive gear and especially show side-by-side comparisons. Thanks!
I've had a few cheap clones. Some have died on me. Others I sold. Nowadays I use a GT1B as my main processor and have a few others for more focused tones. Black russian muff, dual bass wah and dod fx 25. After owning 100 pedals I've settled on these. I definitely recommend a boss processor. They're definitely worth it. But when it comes to fuzz get a real big muff.
Enjoyed hearing the comparisons, well done. I've got the Behringer UV300 Vibrato on my to buy list, going to do the mod that slows down the LFO/rate too. Cheers!
I usually hate "review" videos but man, you did this right! You gave us a clean sound as a base then put the two pedals together immediately, playing the same thing. This is how ALL reviewers should do a comparison! Keep it up!
Well done, you can't beat these cheap pedals, i'm collecting them, they are very good for the price point. some of the pedals from this series have become quite rare !
Due to the circuitry differences, id love to see a comparison vid where you try to match the sound between the boss pedals and the behringer pedals. No matter what the pedal settings would be.
I recently purchased a Behringer CS 400 compressor and have been been very impressed with its low noise floor and sustaining ability. It was $29 US from Sweetwater. A real deal as it compares rather well with the Boss compressor. Best Wishes - John
I personally love Behringer! The customer service is great if you need it, and I just needed a procedure for my Deepmind 12, and they were extremely helpful! The only boss pedals I have now are gt1000 and rc300 my pedals I’ve gone all experimental, chase bliss, Alexander, and earthquaker. I do have one two Behringer pedals for my travel rig, mostly for keyboards, the multi fx600 and the EQ . They are awesome and predictably counted on! Nice job on the video!
The thing I can't stand is people saying they're not reliable. Have you ever heard of anyone breaking them? The main reason people don't want to play them is they don't want other guitarists judging them at gigs
@@middleagedgearjunkieI have a squier strat and telecaster and I play them live proudly. Great guitars. I also have the behringer vibrato pedal on my board.
Thank you so much for posting!! And all the comments as I was considering picking up a couple of these for Acoustic Guitar and feel comfortable after watching this video and reading all the awesome comments
Great ,very useful video ,thank you. I have 13 behringer pedals that i have bought in the last 20 years. As you explained very well, except for the Flanger, all the other Behringer pedals shown in this video, in my opinion, passed the test. I would like to suggest 3 other Behringer pedals that I own: the "Tube amp modeler Tm300", the "reverb machine Rv600" and the "Super fuzz Sf300". They are really great pedals. I don't own it, but I've read many enthusiastic reviews of the "Echo machine Em600" pedal. Thanks again for the video. Greetings from Italy.
"Touring durability" for pedals is a moot point for ones that are set-and-forget like EQ, compression, and noise reduction - I have those at the top left of my board where there's no need to tap dance on them. Bazzinga!
I proudly rock Behringer along side my cork sniffer pedals...I'm currently loving the super fuzz and the heavy distortion is the best dirt pedal I've bought in a while...oh and the vintage time machine (hard to find now) is the cats pajamas
Yeah? I have the Tubescreamer clone and the chorus in the shopping cart and itching to pull the trigger. Getting 70 bucks for my BD-2 so technically it would be free :)
Thanks to this video im thinking seriously to buy the Od400, love that rhytm overdrive sound, for some garage/punk/alternative/vintage hard rock vibes....
Great comparison. If only the Berhinger had a better build quality (metal case, etc.) they would be more populat. What many do not know is that the Berhinger coproration is so big now that they develop and produce their own chip sets that they sell to other OEM manufacturers, too. Only where SW plays a huge role when using the same chip set other OEMs often spend more effort to make their devices that are based on Behringer chip sets sound better.
There are metal Behringer pedals, they are sold as the new budget line of TC Electronic. Behringer acquired TC Electronic, Klark Teknik and some other companies a while ago. In the case of the budget TC line they just house similar of even the same pcb as the regular Behringer version.
Yes they are pretty sturdy for plastic. The only time I have worried about breaking them is if you try to put a battery in them. That whole maneuver is where the plastic seems like it could break, but batteries are optional.. If you treat the pedals even half as well as you would treat your other equipment you should be ok.
People always complain about behringer pedals being made of plastic, but as long as you don’t weigh 10,000 pounds or as long as you don’t smash your foot down really hard, it’ll be fine.
I couldn't afford a keeley Comp Ibz tubescreamer and a TC chorus so I got the behringer pedals as make do's until I could get the others. Well, I got the TC chorus/flanger but am keeping the overdrive and comp. I really like them.
Very Cool Demo/Review/Comparison. I have built a Behringer Pedal Board with Bargain Second Hand Behringer Pedals. (CS400,PB100,SE200,OD100,FX100,VD400) They are my everyday use Pedals at Home. You have convinced me to add The Vintage Delay. The Spectrum Enhancer (SE200) Is interesting as it is a Boss SP1 clone one of Boss's Late 1970's first compact Pedals which is rarely seen these days. Thankyou
Great video! Behringer rocks! Shows you can rock out on a budget! Slight differences in some but overall very similar and worth the price I used to rock a the TubeScreamer clone in front of an EVH head and it was so crispy and glassy! Definitely gonna try to build an all behringer board!
I have a behringer "ultra flanger", which I really like. I'm not usually a flanger guy, but this one has some features I haven't seen on boss flangers, so basically the only flanger I actually like and use. Unfortunately I think it may be discontinued.
They are really durable. The plastic is no problem. Bit fiddly to change the battery but otherwise they are very practical. One day the chorus pedal will get cloned by a boutique maker. It sounds fantastic, especially if you play The Smiths.
few reviews say 1 thing about behringer pedals : the jacks dont quite hold tight like other pedals. They easily become unplugged just because someone moved around them not as much of an issue if its sticked on a board
It would be nice if you tested it with the gain of both pedals at maximum. In any case, I thank you for this test. At least on the overdrive pedals the sound is pratically identical. I no longer have to worry that Behringer's pedals sounded much worse.
I have a Behringer OD 300 Overdrive / Distortion, i like it very much! Only thing that's not that great, is the little difference between overdrive and distortion. Just sounds a bit different, but i don't care since the overdrive sound is imho really great!
Nice review..I really like some of the Beringer pedals..I currently have the TM300,Noise reduction pedal,Eq pedal,Super Fuzz,Tube Screamer,and others..My favorite is the UM300 ultra metal pedal..Liked it so good I bought 2 of them..I do have more expensive pedals and processor's. 👍✌
Very interesting comparisons! I actually like the Behringer chorus better. It's has a faster rate and a slightly arrhythmic cycle, which sounds cool in some situations. It's a keeper. Also the EQ is excellent.
My guitar effects pedal board has a mix of pedals from several makers - including Boss, Behringer - and I've never found the plastic cases to be any problem whatsoever, nor had any issues with reliability which might have caused me to lack confidence in them for gigging. And as far as them being 'made in China' is concerned, isn't that where everything which is decent is made these days? Sometimes I swap pedals in and out of the mix on my pedal board, but there are two pedals which always stay on there, and both of them are Behringer: One is their EQ, which to be fair is nothing special really and could be replaced by an EQ from a different maker, but since it does the job, it stays there, the other however, is one I would not be without, and that is the Behringer US600 Ultra Shifter/Harmonist, which is great. At the time I bought it, I think it was one of Behringer's more expensive pedals in their range, but it was still cheap, these days however, since it is discontinued, used ones go for around about £100 on Ebay. The fact that an old, used Behringer pedal goes for approximately three times what it used to cost new when you could get hold of them tells you all you need to know about why that one stays on my board. Now in fairness to Boss, there is one of their pedals which stays on my board too, and that's their Tremelo/Pan, because that thing is great. So the idea of them 'never being able to be cool' is preposterous; cool is not a logo, it's an attitude and it's in your sound when you play and the things you can do with the gear you have, regardless of who makes it. Anyone who would honestly think cool was about a logo on the headstock of their guitar, or on the front of their amp, or on their effects rack (like anyone could see that at a gig anyway), is automatically not cool, because they think like that instead of having the confidence to do their own thing and make their own choices, regardless of what anyone else thinks. Now, having said all that, I have had one Behringer product which was faulty on arrival because of poor build quiality and so had to be replaced (it was one of their Swing MIDI controller keyboards), so they are not perfect every time, but then again, I've got one of their ARP Odyssey synth clones; that thing is built like a tank and is in fact better than the original ARP Odyssey, because they added a sequencer to it. I've also got one of their Vocal processing FX racks, and that thing is great too, it's pretty old nowadays but still works perfectly.
behringer is fairly good for the pricerange, but after trying EHX, i sold them one by one. some are to noiseful and there's no true bypass in chain, in any order i tried them.
This is a great video - I think it's horse for courses, I have been playing for 31 years and still an amateur, but a terrible snob when it comes to pedals and equipment, as most of us are, I think we are buying the best equipment to make us better players. I love Boss gear, but these Behringer pedals sound amazing in comparison however the 'build quality' lets them down and that's not a good thing 'on the road'. Growing up I had some cheap pedals and equipment and it sometimes broke. I've never had a Boss pedal break on me. That Flanger sounds rough though!
The way i see it after viewing a bunch of comparison videos. It like buying a named brand shirt from the main store, vs buying the same shirt without the branding at a discount store. Same shirt, you just lose the branding. I was never into pedals because i didn't have money. But $25 to $30 for an effect pedal seems reasonable.
Pretty amazing video. I play music full-time for a living as a solo looping artist, usually about 200 shows a year, so I don’t need a bunch of these pedals, as I am mainly using acoustic guitar and bass guitar on stage. But I do have a pedal board for my electric stuff, and I may have to add a couple of these Behringer pedals to it!
These pedals are durable despite them being plastic. Yes, you can gig with them. I gig with my Behringer plastic pedals and they do fantastic. That really is a bit of misinformation to say they won't stand up to the rigors of taking them out to play live shows. If you have a pedal board and case then these pedals are as good as their metal counterparts.
The behringer flanger at first was kind of impressive how it was getting to that mx117 sound when you push the manual control all the way counter clockwise. I wonder if the manual control would bring the behringer to a more reasonable delay time/sweep.. it was "a sound" at first but then that second mode was pretty wrong sounding indeed.. I am trying to hold some benefit of the doubt on that behringer but I have never been interested in one.. if you can get ahold of the PastFX flangers that's the right route ha
I've always wanted to kit out a full board with Behringer pedals just because I kept hearing that "They are all copies of BOSS and better, just in plastic cases".
Good video, although there were no variations in settings, whicj limits its scope. Me, I already had some great vintage pedals, but as I'm not playing live now, I've been experimenting with the Behringer pedals. I bought the Chorus, Fuzz, and Bass EQ, and they're all great, the EQ less so.) Another pedal I bought for pennies was the Donner Tremolo, which is wonderful, although the Donner compressor got sent back real fast!
Lol I always thought my flanger was broken. I use it in a modular synth set up now. As a hobby guitarist I think they're great for what they are. Their studio rack gear is good.
Nice video! Some great clones there indeed (and one absolute Barry Crocker *shocker* in the flanger). I have a Behringer Super Fuzz (Boss Hyper Fuzz clone) which is an insane octave fuzz (with an excellent boost option thrown in). But, as you say, Boss pedals are built like tanks while the Behringers are plastic. End of story. Your closing comments were spot-on, couldn't agree more. For those wanting to dip their toe into the water, it's a good place to start, but if you're a gigging musician, good luck with these things over time.
Behringer tends to clone actual circuits. In a blind test its hard to tell the diff most of the time. Hate Uli all you want but he has made good sounds available to people who never could spend the money for the name brand. Bd... identical Ts... little brighter on B side Od... b slightly warmer in mids Cs... b has less noise Ch... b is fuller but flangey Fl... b is way off and buggy, bad Tr... b is too choppy Dl and rv are playable albeit tinny.
The channel JHS Pedels also did a great video on this and as expected, when Behringer copies an analog pedal it is spot on. It is off when they try to copy a digital pedal sound like the flanger, tremolo, and chorus.
just my two cents as someone working with electronics: it doesn't make much sense setting the pots to the same visual setting to compare two pieces of gear. you could have two boss blues drivers set the same way and they'd sound slightly differently due to tolerances in the manufacture of the components. instead of asking "will it sound the same at the same visual setting" try asking" is it possible with the given dials to make these sound equal?". we've seen a digitech bad monkey can be made to sound like a klon centaur, so that's the value in this, in my opinion at least.
I don't like doing it, but that's the standard when comparing pedals. If you don't set them the same, you get accused of bias. I've tried to explain several times that not all pedals are the same, for example the volume on a blues Breaker needs to be run up at 3:00, while on a Klon style overdrive the same volume can be achieved at around 9:00.
I know they’re mainly clones but the DS/OD mix pedal is probably my favorite drive pedal. Pair it with the neck pickup of a Strat and you’ve got a similar tone to Blackmore’s (on a budget). The noise gate doesn’t really work too well though in my opinion. However, I usually just put it on mute and activate it when I’m taking a short break so it’s not annoying me idly(60 cycle hum problems😂)
Only thing I would change is not to align the pots, 'cause it's not the same, there's 20% difference even on a same brand. Adjusting it by the ear and than compare.
You can't expect the knobs to be exactly the same as another pedal there's parts tolerance differences and even two of the same pedal from the same batch could sound different with say all the knobs at noon and behringer pedals are rad and cheap and if one breaks you can generally find one anywhere for dirt cheap at least here in the USA well except the Xmas I got a super fuzz I had to wait until March to get one on back order it was nuts
@wesmitchem825 you are absolutely right, it's hard to explain that to people without them thinking I'm being biased. Even the parts in the 2 of the same pedals can have different tolerances.
Brits are the best. Something about their accent is so polite and humble sounding. They speak well and always come across like good people compared to us brash cocky Americans
From my experience Behringers tend to be slightly darker possibly due to their buffer, and this can work for or against them depending on the specific effect (for example I think it helps with a lot of their heavy/metal distortions). If it seems the other way, where they have more tone it usually is just due to knob positions not necessarily corresponding to each other, but generally difference in components, even if they have the same spec, can be there as well. One thing to keep in mind about the effects used in the video though - Boss CH-1 Super Chorus had big silent revision from analog to digital, but Behringer UC100 is the analog variant. If I recall it right CH-1 made after october 2001 are digital, that was found out only around 2010-2012 - nobody really heard the difference for a decade :P
What 4 pedals should i first buy for my pedalboard from behringer? i was thinking super fuzz,ultra chorus,digital reverb/vintage delay and a tube screamer but idk
the big ? is are you going to gig or use them into recording studio if recording studio then its uncool to pay more for something you can adjust in the studio any way
I recently got a TO-800 and damn I didn't know that it was a clone of the TS 808 I thought it was based off of the TS9. but yeah hard pass on the Behringer Flanger. think I'll be going with the Boss flanger or the Ibanez flanger if I can.
I have never really cared about the plastic housings because I don't gig. I can def see the issue if I did though That said I think these pedals sounded great except the outliers the author mentioned
A friend who plays doom can't seem to find a FZ-2 for a normal price. I tipped him to get the SF300 and he's being using that ever since. In fact I gifted it him for a whopping 27 eur including shipping. He plays in a small band and is very very uncareful with his gear. So for me if it survives his abuse they are fine. He literally stomps the pedal a few time per week during songs in rehearsals and during live. For me the downside of the plastic enclosure is maybe a more realistic concern (I don't care about the material really) in terms of noise blocking. You don't get any shielding with a plastic enclosure since it is not grounded. You'd think EMI would be a problem but no so far they are fine. And the switch they use internally is pretty small. Just a tiny pcb mount switch. But the way they implemented the rubber cq foam stud that just physically compress to absorb overpressure. Kind of smart for a cheap pedal. If it ever would fail I'd just solder in a new simple footswitch.
@@middleagedgearjunkie yeah I wouldn’t play them live, mine only survived 1 show lol, thanks for the video though! Great comparisons! the boss trem is the next pedal I wanna get lol
I appreciate you doing this shoot-out. I’ve got a few of the Behringer pedals but don’t have the Boss ones to compare. Your shoot-out shows me I shopped wisely-thanks! My only objection Is your conclusion of “don’t expect them to last if you use them a lot,” because your shoot-out doesn’t substantiate their durability. I’ve got a plastic Arion tuner pedal Ive used for 30 years or so and it never even occurred to me that “it’s plastic.” So, a truer statement of the Behringer pedals might be “If you don’t abuse them, you can expect good service from them for who-knows how long.”
Many people who have commented on this video have said they have used the behringer pedals for years without any issues.
I have a couple that have lasted 7+ years and going strong
No one seems to complain that their power tools have a plastic housing, but everyone seems to criticize Behringer pedals for being made of plastic, and yet I have never actually seen Behringer pedal that had a broken plastic housing.
Yes, metal pedal housings are awesome, and some metal pedals are more robust than my power tools. But the Behringer pedals are holding together just fine in their plastic housing.
@@DaskaiserreichNet78 besides, carrying a lot of plastic on a pedalboard it's less weight
@@luixim11 A definite advantage for musicians on tour especially when traveling by airplane.
I think you did a great job comparing the pedals. It should be noted that differences in POTS/Knobs, even between pedals of the same manufacture can create variation. Its hard to do apples to apples at the very same knob settings, but in your case... its probably the only objective way to do it. Nice vid.
Yeah agreed, good comparison. More than just the pot tolerances though, all the caps/resistors etc will have tolerances which affects the output. Would be interesting if you repeated the test and tried to match the sounds of each as close as possible regardless of pot position for the ones which were less similar like the flanger. Granted issues like the LFO's being less smooth won't be similar regardless
The tremolo comparison demonstrates your point exactly.
I love Behringer pedals, are lighter, but very strong pedals I got mines by more then 10 years old and they are perfect.
The plastic is actually very tough, just like the plastic housings of modern power tools.
@@DaskaiserreichNet78Totally agree. Never had one break on the road. The battery replacement is a bit of a challenge though especially in the dark. You need two ball points pens and three hands to remove the cover/treadle and change the battery, and putting it back together is nearly impossible. And I’m a trained microsurgeon‼️
The Behringer compressor/sustainer sounds better than Boss to me
Absolutely right my friend I find that behringers red compressor limiter is similar to the ibanez, but the behringer has a fuller low end that I enjoy more than the original, it’s sad to say but totally true from personal experience. Not all clones are built alike, but some are just wicked awesome.
I thought the same about the blues driver I think Behringer might’ve won me over
Came here to write the same thing. I thought the compressor from the behringer sounded quite a bit better.
Boss of course is a better made pedal, but that comes at a huge cost
I've been playing guitar since '96 you are the first person to make a tube screamer sound good to me. And on Duncan pickups!!
Awesome video dude
Perfect timing as my CS400 just came in the mail yesterday ($21) and I haven’t tried it yet. I don’t gig and play solely for my own enjoyment so I tend to buy clones because I can’t justify the cost, nor do I think I need to. I also have the following Behringer pedals: Noise Reducer (pretty good), Graphic Equalizer (really good), and Vintage Delay (pretty good though I rarely use delay). I have other inexpensive clones (Joyo, Caline, DemonFX, Moskey, Muslady, NuX, & Danelectro FAB [my least favorite of the cheap ones]). Only 2 cost me (slightly) more than $25 so I’ve been able to experiment with a wide variety of effects for a total layout of about $200. I appreciate videos like yours that highlight some less expensive gear and especially show side-by-side comparisons. Thanks!
I've had a few cheap clones. Some have died on me. Others I sold.
Nowadays I use a GT1B as my main processor and have a few others for more focused tones.
Black russian muff, dual bass wah and dod fx 25. After owning 100 pedals I've settled on these.
I definitely recommend a boss processor. They're definitely worth it. But when it comes to fuzz get a real big muff.
Enjoyed hearing the comparisons, well done. I've got the Behringer UV300 Vibrato on my to buy list, going to do the mod that slows down the LFO/rate too. Cheers!
I usually hate "review" videos but man, you did this right! You gave us a clean sound as a base then put the two pedals together immediately, playing the same thing. This is how ALL reviewers should do a comparison! Keep it up!
will do
Well done, you can't beat these cheap pedals, i'm collecting them, they are very good for the price point. some of the pedals from this series have become quite rare !
I've seen some for the same price as a boss pedal.
@@middleagedgearjunkie yep, strange world mate!!
I have the Space-C Chorus which went up a bit, but not to Boss prices. What others have you seen shoot up in price?
@@middleagedgearjunkie Wow, that's ridiculous.
Pedal market in general is pretty ridiculous
Due to the circuitry differences, id love to see a comparison vid where you try to match the sound between the boss pedals and the behringer pedals. No matter what the pedal settings would be.
The tremolo comparison demonstrates your point exactly.
I recently purchased a Behringer CS 400 compressor and have been been very impressed with its low noise floor and sustaining ability. It was $29 US from Sweetwater. A real deal as it compares rather well with the Boss compressor. Best Wishes - John
I personally love Behringer! The customer service is great if you need it, and I just needed a procedure for my Deepmind 12, and they were extremely helpful! The only boss pedals I have now are gt1000 and rc300 my pedals I’ve gone all experimental, chase bliss, Alexander, and earthquaker. I do have one two Behringer pedals for my travel rig, mostly for keyboards, the multi fx600 and the EQ . They are awesome and predictably counted on! Nice job on the video!
The thing I can't stand is people saying they're not reliable. Have you ever heard of anyone breaking them? The main reason people don't want to play them is they don't want other guitarists judging them at gigs
There's probably some truth to that. It's like playing a Squire live, it's just not as cool.
@@middleagedgearjunkieI have a squier strat and telecaster and I play them live proudly. Great guitars. I also have the behringer vibrato pedal on my board.
Aha equipment snob.Did you begin on a pro tennis racquet reflecting into a Georgian mirror? Brian May's axe is made from a mantelpiece!!!!
I liked how you compared the Boss pedals with the Behringer pedals..now I know what pedals to buy.
Thank you so much for posting!! And all the comments as I was considering picking up a couple of these for Acoustic Guitar and feel comfortable after watching this video and reading all the awesome comments
No worries
Good, honest comparison and demo. Much appreciation.
Great ,very useful video ,thank you. I have 13 behringer pedals that i have bought in the last 20 years. As you explained very well, except for the Flanger, all the other Behringer pedals shown in this video, in my opinion, passed the test. I would like to suggest 3 other Behringer pedals that I own: the "Tube amp modeler Tm300", the "reverb machine Rv600" and the "Super fuzz Sf300". They are really great pedals. I don't own it, but I've read many enthusiastic reviews of the "Echo machine Em600" pedal. Thanks again for the video. Greetings from Italy.
"Touring durability" for pedals is a moot point for ones that are set-and-forget like EQ, compression, and noise reduction - I have those at the top left of my board where there's no need to tap dance on them. Bazzinga!
I proudly rock Behringer along side my cork sniffer pedals...I'm currently loving the super fuzz and the heavy distortion is the best dirt pedal I've bought in a while...oh and the vintage time machine (hard to find now) is the cats pajamas
Cork sniffer pedals 😂 unreal
The Berhinger Vintage Tube Overdrive TO808 is really good, I've had it for a few year's and it works really nice on bass as well.
I love behringer chorus, i think its better than boss. Its insane
Yeah? I have the Tubescreamer clone and the chorus in the shopping cart and itching to pull the trigger. Getting 70 bucks for my BD-2 so technically it would be free :)
Joyo chorus (20€ on Thomann) is also awesome
Thanks to this video im thinking seriously to buy the Od400, love that rhytm overdrive sound, for some garage/punk/alternative/vintage hard rock vibes....
Excellent presentation through the various playing styles. Good Job !
Thanks for making this. Answered a lot of questions for me. Cheers from Oklahoma 🇺🇸
I’m spent so much money on 808’s. All got lost or stolen. I bought the clone on an impulse buy and it’s the work horse of my studio.
Great job! So simple and understandable...Thanks dude!
I was thinking that!
Great comparison. If only the Berhinger had a better build quality (metal case, etc.) they would be more populat.
What many do not know is that the Berhinger coproration is so big now that they develop and produce their own chip sets that they sell to other OEM manufacturers, too.
Only where SW plays a huge role when using the same chip set other OEMs often spend more effort to make their devices that are based on Behringer chip sets sound better.
There are metal Behringer pedals, they are sold as the new budget line of TC Electronic. Behringer acquired TC Electronic, Klark Teknik and some other companies a while ago. In the case of the budget TC line they just house similar of even the same pcb as the regular Behringer version.
I love their now-discontinued clone of the Boss PS-5, the Behringer Ultra Shifter. It tracks better than the Boss. Best 30 bucks I ever spent.
That plastic is extremely tough.
I have never actually seen a broken behringer pedal.
Re housing them is totally possible.
Yes they are pretty sturdy for plastic. The only time I have worried about breaking them is if you try to put a battery in them. That whole maneuver is where the plastic seems like it could break, but batteries are optional.. If you treat the pedals even half as well as you would treat your other equipment you should be ok.
Brother, your playing is amazing!
People always complain about behringer pedals being made of plastic, but as long as you don’t weigh 10,000 pounds or as long as you don’t smash your foot down really hard, it’ll be fine.
Great shoot out. I have a vintage of and love it cheers 🎸
Great video make me decide to buy those pedals, with the Sweetwater’s Black Friday deals bought ten of them. Best bang for your buck
I couldn't afford a keeley Comp Ibz tubescreamer and a TC chorus so I got the behringer pedals as make do's until I could get the others. Well, I got the TC chorus/flanger but am keeping the overdrive and comp. I really like them.
Great video, very well explained. I am thinking of mixing my pedals get some Donner, berhinger and Ehx for budget and quality reasons
Very Cool Demo/Review/Comparison. I have built a Behringer Pedal Board with Bargain Second Hand Behringer Pedals. (CS400,PB100,SE200,OD100,FX100,VD400) They are my everyday use Pedals at Home. You have convinced me to add The Vintage Delay. The Spectrum Enhancer (SE200) Is interesting as it is a Boss SP1 clone one of Boss's Late 1970's first compact Pedals which is rarely seen these days. Thankyou
Great video! Behringer rocks!
Shows you can rock out on a budget!
Slight differences in some but overall very similar and worth the price
I used to rock a the TubeScreamer clone in front of an EVH head and it was so crispy and glassy!
Definitely gonna try to build an all behringer board!
I have a behringer "ultra flanger", which I really like. I'm not usually a flanger guy, but this one has some features I haven't seen on boss flangers, so basically the only flanger I actually like and use. Unfortunately I think it may be discontinued.
nice sounding cort guitar
First ones to get are : TM300 Tube Amp Modeler
EQ700 equalizer pedal
And a reverb pedal.
They are really durable. The plastic is no problem.
Bit fiddly to change the battery but otherwise they are very practical. One day the chorus pedal will get cloned by a boutique maker. It sounds fantastic, especially if you play The Smiths.
Use them in a power isobrick. Why mess with batteries.
few reviews say 1 thing about behringer pedals : the jacks dont quite hold tight like other pedals. They easily become unplugged just because someone moved around them not as much of an issue if its sticked on a board
the chorus/ flange test was night and day ......boss murdered that
@@TheMichaelseymour I was more impressed by the drive pedals.
Very good review! Thank you from Germany
These are bedroom stay at home pedals. Or light gigging. I am collecting as many as I can. They're fun.
I like how you play some nice riffs when checking out the pedals
I was hoping for the SF300 vs FZ-2 as well
It would be nice if you tested it with the gain of both pedals at maximum.
In any case, I thank you for this test. At least on the overdrive pedals the sound is pratically identical. I no longer have to worry that Behringer's pedals sounded much worse.
You are a very very pleasant player. Im a beat rusher and im jealous of your calm playing.
Very nice playing, man!
Missing jewels : the Behringer Ultra Fuzz and the Ultra Vibrato :)
Thanks, I didn't have the equivalent boss pedal to compare them to.
I have a Behringer OD 300 Overdrive / Distortion, i like it very much! Only thing that's not that great, is the little difference between overdrive and distortion. Just sounds a bit different, but i don't care since the overdrive sound is imho really great!
Nice 🎸 guitar playing.
Good comparison video.
But I watched until the end because of your playing talent.
Nice review..I really like some of the Beringer pedals..I currently have the TM300,Noise reduction pedal,Eq pedal,Super Fuzz,Tube Screamer,and others..My favorite is the UM300 ultra metal pedal..Liked it so good I bought 2 of them..I do have more expensive pedals and processor's. 👍✌
@lisaayers1975 the super fuzz is a very good clone of the Boss FZ-2
@@middleagedgearjunkieThanks will try it out.👍✌
Very interesting comparisons! I actually like the Behringer chorus better. It's has a faster rate and a slightly arrhythmic cycle, which sounds cool in some situations. It's a keeper. Also the EQ is excellent.
15:13 what’s this song called I used to listen to it but I can’t remember the name??
As far as I know, I made it up. I sometimes play subconsciously and end up playing something that sounds like a song I vaguely remember.
I love collecting these behringer pedals. Maybe one day behringer will come out with custom color versions of these pedals.
@@BlackSheep508 maybe
My guitar effects pedal board has a mix of pedals from several makers - including Boss, Behringer - and I've never found the plastic cases to be any problem whatsoever, nor had any issues with reliability which might have caused me to lack confidence in them for gigging. And as far as them being 'made in China' is concerned, isn't that where everything which is decent is made these days?
Sometimes I swap pedals in and out of the mix on my pedal board, but there are two pedals which always stay on there, and both of them are Behringer: One is their EQ, which to be fair is nothing special really and could be replaced by an EQ from a different maker, but since it does the job, it stays there, the other however, is one I would not be without, and that is the Behringer US600 Ultra Shifter/Harmonist, which is great. At the time I bought it, I think it was one of Behringer's more expensive pedals in their range, but it was still cheap, these days however, since it is discontinued, used ones go for around about £100 on Ebay. The fact that an old, used Behringer pedal goes for approximately three times what it used to cost new when you could get hold of them tells you all you need to know about why that one stays on my board.
Now in fairness to Boss, there is one of their pedals which stays on my board too, and that's their Tremelo/Pan, because that thing is great.
So the idea of them 'never being able to be cool' is preposterous; cool is not a logo, it's an attitude and it's in your sound when you play and the things you can do with the gear you have, regardless of who makes it. Anyone who would honestly think cool was about a logo on the headstock of their guitar, or on the front of their amp, or on their effects rack (like anyone could see that at a gig anyway), is automatically not cool, because they think like that instead of having the confidence to do their own thing and make their own choices, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
Now, having said all that, I have had one Behringer product which was faulty on arrival because of poor build quiality and so had to be replaced (it was one of their Swing MIDI controller keyboards), so they are not perfect every time, but then again, I've got one of their ARP Odyssey synth clones; that thing is built like a tank and is in fact better than the original ARP Odyssey, because they added a sequencer to it. I've also got one of their Vocal processing FX racks, and that thing is great too, it's pretty old nowadays but still works perfectly.
Thank you for taking the time to give your review!
behringer is fairly good for the pricerange, but after trying EHX, i sold them one by one. some are to noiseful and there's no true bypass in chain, in any order i tried them.
Some ehx pedals are really poor though like the satisfaction and satisfaction plus
This is a great video - I think it's horse for courses, I have been playing for 31 years and still an amateur, but a terrible snob when it comes to pedals and equipment, as most of us are, I think we are buying the best equipment to make us better players. I love Boss gear, but these Behringer pedals sound amazing in comparison however the 'build quality' lets them down and that's not a good thing 'on the road'. Growing up I had some cheap pedals and equipment and it sometimes broke. I've never had a Boss pedal break on me. That Flanger sounds rough though!
The way i see it after viewing a bunch of comparison videos. It like buying a named brand shirt from the main store, vs buying the same shirt without the branding at a discount store. Same shirt, you just lose the branding. I was never into pedals because i didn't have money. But $25 to $30 for an effect pedal seems reasonable.
Pretty amazing video. I play music full-time for a living as a solo looping artist, usually about 200 shows a year, so I don’t need a bunch of these pedals, as I am mainly using acoustic guitar and bass guitar on stage. But I do have a pedal board for my electric stuff, and I may have to add a couple of these Behringer pedals to it!
Great job in comparison thank you
These pedals are durable despite them being plastic. Yes, you can gig with them. I gig with my Behringer plastic pedals and they do fantastic. That really is a bit of misinformation to say they won't stand up to the rigors of taking them out to play live shows. If you have a pedal board and case then these pedals are as good as their metal counterparts.
The behringer flanger at first was kind of impressive how it was getting to that mx117 sound when you push the manual control all the way counter clockwise. I wonder if the manual control would bring the behringer to a more reasonable delay time/sweep.. it was "a sound" at first but then that second mode was pretty wrong sounding indeed.. I am trying to hold some benefit of the doubt on that behringer but I have never been interested in one.. if you can get ahold of the PastFX flangers that's the right route ha
I've always wanted to kit out a full board with Behringer pedals just because I kept hearing that "They are all copies of BOSS and better, just in plastic cases".
Good video, although there were no variations in settings, whicj limits its scope. Me, I already had some great vintage pedals, but as I'm not playing live now, I've been experimenting with the Behringer pedals. I bought the Chorus, Fuzz, and Bass EQ, and they're all great, the EQ less so.) Another pedal I bought for pennies was the Donner Tremolo, which is wonderful, although the Donner compressor got sent back real fast!
Lol I always thought my flanger was broken. I use it in a modular synth set up now. As a hobby guitarist I think they're great for what they are. Their studio rack gear is good.
Great video, thank you!
Iwish you did the EQ compared to BOSS EQ G7 ?
Hey Jason. I'm wondering if you had dialed the Behringer flanger in if you could have gotten a better result?
@jeffporrello5881 I tried, I couldn't find a usable setting. Judging by the comments, most people had a similar experience.
Nice video! Some great clones there indeed (and one absolute Barry Crocker *shocker* in the flanger). I have a Behringer Super Fuzz (Boss Hyper Fuzz clone) which is an insane octave fuzz (with an excellent boost option thrown in). But, as you say, Boss pedals are built like tanks while the Behringers are plastic. End of story. Your closing comments were spot-on, couldn't agree more. For those wanting to dip their toe into the water, it's a good place to start, but if you're a gigging musician, good luck with these things over time.
Behringer tends to clone actual circuits. In a blind test its hard to tell the diff most of the time. Hate Uli all you want but he has made good sounds available to people who never could spend the money for the name brand.
Bd... identical
Ts... little brighter on B side
Od... b slightly warmer in mids
Cs... b has less noise
Ch... b is fuller but flangey
Fl... b is way off and buggy, bad
Tr... b is too choppy
Dl and rv are playable albeit tinny.
Good playing. Good comparisons.
Thanks
The channel JHS Pedels also did a great video on this and as expected, when Behringer copies an analog pedal it is spot on. It is off when they try to copy a digital pedal sound like the flanger, tremolo, and chorus.
Yeah, that video inspired me to check the behringer pedals out.
I own Behringer FX600, so far I really enjoy this pedal. Behringer maybe not the best, but it has good value that makes it worth to buy.
i know this is about the pedals, but what microphones are you using to record the amplifier?
@@ilikethebandnirvana88 sm57 and a RODE NT3. I use them for pretty much every video.
Great vid... Thanks!
Has Vintage Delay from Behringer stereo ping pong delay?
No, it has 2 outputs, 1 carries your dry tone, the other has the delay, just like the DD.3
thanks very much
just my two cents as someone working with electronics: it doesn't make much sense setting the pots to the same visual setting to compare two pieces of gear. you could have two boss blues drivers set the same way and they'd sound slightly differently due to tolerances in the manufacture of the components. instead of asking "will it sound the same at the same visual setting" try asking" is it possible with the given dials to make these sound equal?". we've seen a digitech bad monkey can be made to sound like a klon centaur, so that's the value in this, in my opinion at least.
I don't like doing it, but that's the standard when comparing pedals. If you don't set them the same, you get accused of bias. I've tried to explain several times that not all pedals are the same, for example the volume on a blues Breaker needs to be run up at 3:00, while on a
Klon style overdrive the same volume can be achieved at around 9:00.
I know they’re mainly clones but the DS/OD mix pedal is probably my favorite drive pedal. Pair it with the neck pickup of a Strat and you’ve got a similar tone to Blackmore’s (on a budget).
The noise gate doesn’t really work too well though in my opinion. However, I usually just put it on mute and activate it when I’m taking a short break so it’s not annoying me idly(60 cycle hum problems😂)
I think the DS/OD is a clone of the Boss OS-2
@@middleagedgearjunkie that would make sense
Only thing I would change is not to align the pots, 'cause it's not the same, there's 20% difference even on a same brand. Adjusting it by the ear and than compare.
100% correct, the amount of times I had to explain this because people think I'm favouring one pedal over another 🤨
Only got one Behringer pedal - the Vintage Phaser - case is aluminium, not plastic. Don't know if it's the exception or not.
Well you can adjust the settings according to your like, so .....all's good.
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You can't expect the knobs to be exactly the same as another pedal there's parts tolerance differences and even two of the same pedal from the same batch could sound different with say all the knobs at noon and behringer pedals are rad and cheap and if one breaks you can generally find one anywhere for dirt cheap at least here in the USA well except the Xmas I got a super fuzz I had to wait until March to get one on back order it was nuts
@wesmitchem825 you are absolutely right, it's hard to explain that to people without them thinking I'm being biased. Even the parts in the 2 of the same pedals can have different tolerances.
Thanks
Brits are the best. Something about their accent is so polite and humble sounding. They speak well and always come across like good people compared to us brash cocky Americans
He's not British
Lol
New Zealand 🇳🇿?
Australian, or a New Zealander who's been in Australia a while.@@WesleyWattley-xy4fg
From my experience Behringers tend to be slightly darker possibly due to their buffer, and this can work for or against them depending on the specific effect (for example I think it helps with a lot of their heavy/metal distortions). If it seems the other way, where they have more tone it usually is just due to knob positions not necessarily corresponding to each other, but generally difference in components, even if they have the same spec, can be there as well. One thing to keep in mind about the effects used in the video though - Boss CH-1 Super Chorus had big silent revision from analog to digital, but Behringer UC100 is the analog variant. If I recall it right CH-1 made after october 2001 are digital, that was found out only around 2010-2012 - nobody really heard the difference for a decade :P
Yes, they also made the CE-5 digital at the same time.
Surely you just need to turn the depth down on the flanger no?
What 4 pedals should i first buy for my pedalboard from behringer?
i was thinking super fuzz,ultra chorus,digital reverb/vintage delay and a tube screamer but idk
Those blues driver knock offs are crazy expensive and I really want to find one
Really? I got this one for $20
€27 to €31 in the EU. And prices have gone up a good bit the last couple of years@@middleagedgearjunkie
I have behringer OD 300 overdrive/distortion and i have no issue at all
What is the song/riff called, that you played with the vintage overdrive/ts? It got stuck in my head and i need to know
I don't know, I just started playing it 🤔
the big ? is are you going to gig or use them into recording studio if recording studio then its uncool to pay more for something you can adjust in the studio any way
I recently got a TO-800 and damn I didn't know that it was a clone of the TS 808 I thought it was based off of the TS9. but yeah hard pass on the Behringer Flanger. think I'll be going with the Boss flanger or the Ibanez flanger if I can.
I use the Berhinger Ultra Chorus on my bass for a few songs and people think its a pricier sounding pedal.. cant complain for $30
I have never really cared about the plastic housings because I don't gig. I can def see the issue if I did though
That said I think these pedals sounded great except the outliers the author mentioned
Behringer ultra flanger came in like a ring mod
A friend who plays doom can't seem to find a FZ-2 for a normal price. I tipped him to get the SF300 and he's being using that ever since. In fact I gifted it him for a whopping 27 eur including shipping. He plays in a small band and is very very uncareful with his gear. So for me if it survives his abuse they are fine. He literally stomps the pedal a few time per week during songs in rehearsals and during live.
For me the downside of the plastic enclosure is maybe a more realistic concern (I don't care about the material really) in terms of noise blocking. You don't get any shielding with a plastic enclosure since it is not grounded. You'd think EMI would be a problem but no so far they are fine.
And the switch they use internally is pretty small. Just a tiny pcb mount switch. But the way they implemented the rubber cq foam stud that just physically compress to absorb overpressure. Kind of smart for a cheap pedal. If it ever would fail I'd just solder in a new simple footswitch.
I’ve had 2 behringer pedals, both sounded great but stopped working after about 2-3 years
That is why I won't trust them live. Mine are all fine, but I feel as though they're breakable.
@@middleagedgearjunkie yeah I wouldn’t play them live, mine only survived 1 show lol, thanks for the video though! Great comparisons! the boss trem is the next pedal I wanna get lol
I'm surprised to say I preferred the sound of the behringer chorus.