Behringer UT100 VS Boss TR-2 Tremolo (Comparison) 

I've had the Behringer for years. It has outlasted 6 pairs of heavy boots, concrete floors and tumbled around in gym bags. Never had any problems with it. Sounds amazing and fits my preference in music. DIY, vintage punk, Marc Ribot & Tom Waits. 🙃🙌

People commenting on how the metal Boss is more durable than the plastic Behringer. If someone is playing guitar as a hobby at home it makes sense to go with the cheaper pedal. If you are gigging and hauling your equipment all over the place then the more expensive pedal is better for the reliability. Which pedal is the better deal depends on how you are going to use it.

At higher rates the Boss sounds smoother and more round, but in general i think, for the price, the Behringer is better..at lower rates it sounds better too, the boss falls short in tone and volume at lower rates..

Fantastic quality comparison, great job

Great Review direct and to the point , not a playing ability review 👍

I am goin for the Behringer. I saw the price too haha. But its good enough for me.

Cheers Ryan this is a great comparison video! I love Behringer pedals they are amazing value for money.... The Boss sounds a little more smooth and rounded to my ears but the Behringer sounds really excellent, seems the user would just have to tweek it a bit more to find their desired sound and setting

I think the Behringer for a 1/4 of the price. to me sounds not only just as good but has more dynamics.

Great demo, straightforward and to the point. Around 4:50 it sounds like the UT100 has a sharper attack, ie. quicker ramp to max volume even at same pulse rate, I think in this case the ut100 sounds better, snappier, of course, all depends what one wants.

The depth control it’s more sensitive, but you can get the same sound from both.

Great vid, try the Behringer TP300 Ultra Tremolo/Pan it trumps both of them, hands down.

6:15 omg the song start!!

Both sound good for different reasons, the ultra seems faster and chopier than the boss, the boss its very smooth even on full square wave

My tremolo needs are very simple -- just need a good, tight pulse, and the Behringer does what I need. The other night at a gig, someone in the audience asked how my guitar was getting "that organ sound," which was nothing but the Behringer trem. Good compliment in my book. My only complaint is that it seems to create a slight but audible volume drop! Never had that experience with a trem pedal before. I have it right after drive and fuzz in a simple four-pedal chain. What am I doing wrong??

do you have tab ?

To my ears, in this comparison both seem to have a comparable value range, give or take +/-. But as much as I like Boss pedals, I really wanted the Boss TR2 to sound better than the Behringer UT100... I hate to admit it, but the Boss TR2 sounds like its a Tone Sucker compared to the Behringer UT100... I'll have pay a visit to the Behringer UT100

Sound comparison on youtube is hard because of the compression, but the Boss in fact sounds a bit dull compared to the Behringer. That one does not sound much cheaper and for those who go for the Boss because of the metal case, you need to give a Behringer pedal a lot of violence to break it. You might do a beserk stomp on an overdrive or distortion but usually not on modulation effects. What bothers me more than the plastic case is Behringers patent for the battery case which is a pain in the ass. But I'll get a used one for 15 bucks anyway..

How do you get such a clean sound? When I use mine there is always background hiss

Have you had the chance to try the Choka Tremolo from TC. It seems some TC's are redesigned Behringer. The Behringer/Boss seems well regarded, but the Choka gets called 'choppy'. Is it just pedal snobbery and just the same pedal do you think?

Ultra tremolo sounds very cool, but Boss TR-2 wins my choice!!! Best tremolo ever 🙌🏻

I’m going with Boss...nothing against Behringer I have a TS800 and it still works even though it’s held together with duct tape (that’s another story)...the Boss IMHO just sounds better, it’s built like a tank and will survive the next ice age...it’s been on my pedalboard for years...

People are talking about reliability so here is my unsolicited opinion. Nobody has ever broken a behringer case. You can't find any images if you search Google or any other big search engine. If anything breaks, it will be the pots and you are in trouble either way because the parts are hard to find. Good luck finding official boss parts especially during the pandemic . Behringer is $20 to replace the pedal while boss is $100 to replace or more. I am not factoring used prices as they change with availability and vary by which country you are in. Both serve the same purpose but boss looks and feels better. Being made out of metal or plastic is irrelevant for durability unless you plan on running it over with your car.

TR 2 sounds more classic. This is What a want in a tremolo pedal. Cheers!

Is there any volume loss in boss?

Behringer is the greatest clone company of all time. I don't know if it's true but someone was saying that Behringer makes the circuit boards and internals for certain Boss, Ibanez and MXR pedals and makes clones of them, having the exact same parts in the first place.

The Behringer has great depth, tone and price, but it hits the range ends too hard. With no sine wave function on the LFO, it sounds like it’s slamming into each end of the cycle. Not very natural sounding. Despite the plastic case, I really wanted to like the Behringer, especially since it can be had for $19.99, brand new. I’m sure that it can be modified, to produce an LFO sine wave, but I’m not going to buy a brand new pedal, and have to immediately re-engineer the circuit, to make it the pedal I want it to be. It’s not worth all of the trouble, for a plastic pedal. Perhaps, I’ll find one used at some point, and try modding it, if I can get it cheap enough. The Boss pedal is very sturdy, but lacks the range of other, less expensive, pedals. Honestly, I think that I’m just going to split the difference and go with the EBS tremolo.

The Boss sounds far more musically to me but maybe in a band context in a full mix the behringer does it 's job.

Huge difference in tone! The Boss sounds much fuller and rounder.

Boss

Those really subtle knob tweaks make so much difference in tremolo.... I think you'd have to take a bit more time to dial them in to be more directly comparable settings. Just barely touch a couple knobs and everything feels quite different on a tremolo. These are more similar than they sound in a lot of the examples here. It is the same chip.....I don't think they sound100% identical.... But really really close.

If only the Behringer didn't look so ugly. Sounds great, though.

i prefer the boss but not enough to replace my behringer, when my behringer breaks ill probably replace it with the boss

Boss is more versatile and sensible

Boss pedals last a lifetime. Cheap pedals can be a false economy, but mean that anybody can get the effects they need

The Behringer sucks. I bought one hoping it would do the trick, but it has no subtlety. It always sounds choppy compared to the boss. Great video though!

Behringer is a better tremolo, boss suck too much and is too rounded.. Some like it that way but behringer has more range

thanks, boss smashes this comparison. I'm glad so many people here will buy the Behringer because of price, this means for 50 bucks I can sound way better than them. Beautiful

Behringer sounds very better

Boss to my ears sounds better, but you can’t really go wrong with the behringer

Fuckin love listening to nothing but your power supply freaking out

They sound exactly The Same Same circuitry Duh Lol

The Behringer is good in every aspect except the musical quality of the sounds it produces. Sounds like a kid’s toy.

The Behringer tremolo is good but...is made out of plastic,is kind of fragile

Call me a tone snob but the boss wins clearly. Plus you know it will last for years. Only a matter of time till the behringer farts out