My First Time Playing Behringer Pedals 

I’ve owned and gigged with Behringer pedals for YEARS. Their performance is good, consistent, and usually based on a popular original pedal. The complaint that they aren’t durable is unfounded. The cases are constructed from ABS plastic just like the bumper covers on most cars. They are cheap, sound good, last forever, and are not a big financial loss if they are lost, stolen, or drenched with beer. I own more expensive pedals that don’t sound any better than the Behringers, and in some cases I leave my coveted vintage pedals at home and gig with the Behringers.

I really enjoyed JHS's history on Behringer pedals. He really explains well, for us mere hobby musicians, how so many of the circuits are near identical to the name brands. The only real difference comes with the cheaper plastic construction. So if we can swallow our egos and ignore the name brands we can fret really good sound for a lot less money. At least, that's the lesson I learned.

It's great that a beginner doesn't have to spend a fortune on pedals anymore. Even for someone who just plays for fun, like me, and not professionally, they're awesome!👍😎🎸🎶

We're in the era where you can get great tone for almost nothing. Namebrand products are now only relevant for their collectibility, the heritage, as status symbols, and in some cases, better durability and finishing. But tone, that's dirt cheap.

I own that Vintage Delay for years and so far it lasted longer than my previous more expensive delay pedals..... and it sounds good too ;-)

Have the Compressor/Sustainer and Ultra Metal. Waiting on the Ultra Chorus to come in stock. Absolutely love these pedals! Just a middle aged gal playing in the living room, so not really concerned with stepping too hard on them 😂

Important point to learn how to dial in preferred tones. The Behringer pedals appear to be a great option for those on a budget or just want to see if a certain type of pedal can be useful for them.

When it comes to sound trust your ears not your eyes

Behringer makes good stuff. Most of these pedals have true oldschool analog circuits.

I think this guys knows his gear 😏 I definitely learned so cool tricks from this demo.

Price doesn’t necessarily mean good or bad . It’s always a personal preference.

Best explanation/demonstration of what a compressor does I have seen. Time to take the Joyo off my shelf and give it another go.

This is the exact review I was looking for. Thank you very much, these pedals seem pretty good

The make such a satisfying crunch when stepped on lol

Tremolo kicks on and we hit one headlight. 😉 Keep on rocking Phil!

I just wanted to thank you, I have that exact compression pedal and I was really struggling on setting it up right. No fault of the pedal I hasten to add, I just apparently suck at dialing in compression. The settings you showed on yours in this video really helped me out and it adds a really lovely texture to my tone. So, thank you very much!

The cheaper vintage style tc electronics pedals are basically metal boxed behringer pedals. I've had a few behringer pedals for over 10 years, although the plastic feels cheap they've never broke. Still got a few plastic arion pedals from the 90s going strong too.

Awesome! I've been waiting for this video ever since you mentioned them!

I once incorrectly modded a Behringer phaser and sent it 18 volts, it certainly fried something as the phaser no longer swept but everything else still worked. So it quickly became one of the best boost pedals I've ever used, it was pretty cool being able to set the phase by adjusting the depth even if it no longer swept, basically turned it into a tone knob and the mix as a volume boost.

That review was so good and honest' about the entire 'effect picture', these are now definitely on the 'Common Sense' Radar!🎼 Thank you very much!🎸

I own the berhinger equalizer pedal and it's held up for a few years now and you can definitely find it useful. Great explanation of uses of these pedals.

Nice video. I built my first pedal board from a selection of these Behringer pedals. At ~$20 each, you can't beat them as a way to provide affordable options, and to let you experiment with effects.

Great Vid Phil !! I’ve been using a TO - 800 for some years now for Rehearsals and some Gigs and have never had a problem. Yes, the pedal is heavy duty plastic but I’ve really put my foot into it quite a few times and it seems to hold up well! Works really well for Rehearsals, just through it in your case and go! Thank man and Cheers from Salem, Ohio.

Awesome video man, very informative and genuinely delivered 😍

I agree man , the EQ pedal in general is a golden piece you can get so much out of these things !

Great demo and some wallflowers with the tremolo 🙌🙌

Behringer pedals have the exact same circuit of Boss….. hence they are amazing. Sound amazing. And super affordable. Cheers

Behringer EQ is $30 here in Australia, Boss GE-7 is $160-180. You can get 3 Behringers for the price of one 2nd-hand Boss unit.

Thanks Phil. I appreciate your review of these affordable pedals. They are consistently good, aside from the variance in finding the sweet spot as you adjust the knob position. Once you get familiar with them, it becomes less an issue. I have a few Behringer pedals myself that I use. Josh from JHS also did an extensive review last year of the entire line. While I am not a fan of how the battery needs to be changed out, these are a tremendous value. I never was a big pedal-guy, but these caused me to give pedals a try and I learned a lot along the way.

Man, youtube was keeping you hidden from my feed for a LONG time. Glad to see you are still out here shreddin it up Phil!

SF-300 Super Fuzz (Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz clone) is one of the best fuzz pedals I have played. But if you take it to the road, you need to treat them gently (pots and on/off switch).

Woah that's cool how you made those Humbuckers sound like single coils! I learned something new today thanks.

Great video Phil - I enjoyed it. It's always nice to see something reviewed that literally anyone can afford. I have owned 3 Behringer pedals. The TO800 is spectacular. I stupidly gave it away to a buddies daughter as she wanted to get into distortion a bit. I had an Ibanez tube screamer mini already as a replacement. No comparison - the Behringer's tone was so much better. This is probably because the mini is a TS9 while the TO800 is based on a TS808, but I thought they'd be close enough. Nope. My takeaway from this is that Behringer can make a GREAT pedal. I also have the Noise Reducer NR300. When I had a noisy pedal chain I used it and it worked OK I guess. I wasn't crazy about what it did to my dynamics, but I think that could be a function of noise gates in general. It was fine. The 3rd pedal I have is a Super Fuzz. It's pretty good - you can get some great doom sounds - I like it. Or at least I did until it just died on me after a few weeks. All of a sudden my amp started giving off odd popping noises, and the pedal was toast. I'm on a waiting list for the replacement to come in - it was under warranty. But that shows me that they can make a clunker too. My final take? Buy them. They sound good. If they fail, replace them. If you gig? Have a backup.

6:26 "If you don't need any pedals *manic laughter*" Jokes aside, cool vid! Another proof that these things sound just as good as pedals that cost ten times as much

I bought the boss eq pedal JUST because of you! Revolutionized my use of dirt pedals.

I use Behringer pedals on my pedal board. I have the ultra metal, tube distortion, noise reducer, ultra chorus, ultra octaver, ultra tremolo, analog delay and the ultra vibrato. There are still some I want like the reverb, heavy distortion, super fuzz and the reverb. I just can’t afford anything. Living on disability doesn’t allow for much but I got the ones I have new before I ran into some problems called life that are keeping me down. I like my Behringer pedals a lot, the plastic bottoms are what worry me a little bit on longevity but the pedals are great once you get them dialed in.

Thanks for the info! You really cleared up the compressor for me, I've watched several videos but was never 100% sure how it works especially with distortion.... most videos are for clean

Great video showing the great sound of these "PLASTIC-FANTASTIC" pedals. If you slap them in a metal chassis and rebrand them as TC Electronics you can make more money... o wait... that is what Behringer does :)

Great guitar to test these pedals out with. Good call man.

I’ve seen that SG on your wall, and waited for you to play it. Finally

Awesome video Phil!

Their "clones" of the HM2 and FZ3 are just as good as the originals

I was pleasantly surprised with Behringer!

Behringer, the Kia of audio equipment

The EQ Pedal is already sold out at Sweetwater - good job Phil!

Great playing Phil!!

Loved you tossing in the channels theme there 😉

Fun vid as always Phil! These are pretty popular in my country (Chile). They are pretty inexpensive and you can find them anywhere, so a bunch of them are still lurking around in hardware stores and small businesses.

Love your guitar playing almost as much as those pedals!

cool video. I really liked the One Headlight jam, it sounded good

Excellent excellent excellent run down on the EQ! SO many players need to understand the power an EQ pedal gives you. What a great cheap way to start putting it into practice, especially as BOSS GE-7s have gone thru the ROOF price wise. Used to be able to get them for $50 no problem.

Just based on this video alone it seems that in terms of effects, as long as you’re pushing it through a solid amp, you can really pull some great tones. I’m really impressed with what I heard here. I’ve always been a catch all guy. Just used a crappy spider iii when I was learning (10-18). Stopped playing altogether while I was in college and when I got back into it, picked up a Kemper. The more I learn about gear in particular the more I’m realizing that it truly “is what you make it”. Currently I’m running a Quad Cortex and an HX Effects side by side and I love it, but it really is cool that someone can get good sound these days and not have to break the bank to get them. Super cool video!

I added a few Behringer pedals to my board recently and have to say I love them. Might have to add the reverb to mix it with the reverb on my Fender Mustang II amp. Aiming that Jeff Buckley sound.

How can I thank you enough? I had that compressor sustainer for two years. Never played with that "level" nob. Today I got a dream tone from my setup!

That is a very nice SG.

My favorite pedal of all time is the Danlectro FAB metal. Fun, cheap, and can go from rat to metal zone real quick

Thanks man, great video. I just burned a $100 before the video was even done!

Great Review on these affordable pedals.....You Rock my friend 👍🏻🤘

Off topic but just received your Know Your Gear Gold Top Tee. Love ❤️ it. Let’s see how many comments I get from it. Thanks, Stu from Memphis TN. I have an old Korg A-4 analog pedal board and a CryBaby Wah that I think I’ll add the berhinger equalizer pedal to the mix and see what happens! Always searching for a unique sound and feel.. Thanks Phil.

Love your channel and thanks for this video, I just received my Vintage tube OD, Vintage delay and their octaver and I'm waiting for my Graphic EQ that's on backorder, from Clearwater. I already have a Microverb 1 but I did find the compressor/sustainer interesting enough to try one out, for $19.00 + free shipping I can't build any of those pedals for the price. Now I have an idea of what they should sound like and will put them though the test, tonight. Again, thanks

The SF300 Super Fuzz might be the only pedal in this lineup that you can't really find a decent priced alternative. HyperFuzz used $300+, other clones $200, Behringer $20. If someone made a sturdy case clone for under $100, I would buy that in a second. Surprised EHX hasn't done this yet. But as it is, the SF300 is one of my favorite pedals on my board.

Have eight on my hobby player board. No noise, no problem, sound good to me.. Plastic, yes; delicate, no.

Very informative... are you going to review the Donner effects pedals too?

I've used behringer pedals for 15+ish years! Never had an issue! Love um! Thanks and at an affordable price!

I own a bunch of these, they are all amazing

I'm not an SG guy, but thaat guitar is so beautiful

Im lucky enough to have the ‘Echo Machine’. What a pedal, its inspiring.

I purchased the Vintage Tube Overdrive, Compressor Sustainer, Ultra Octaver, Vintage Delay, Ultra Tremolo and Digital Reverb (TO 800, CS 400, UO 300, VD 400, UT 300 AND DR 600), the Equalizer and Multi FX FX 600 were out of stock. Of these pedals, the only one I'm not crazy about is the Ultra Octaver. Doesn't matter if I'm using my Les Paul, Strat or Tele... I can't get it to sound good. I even tried a Harley Benton Semi -Hollow body Tele with P90's (which I love the sound of) and I still can't dial it in. Not sure at this point if I got a bad pedal or that particular pedal just isn't a good one. I'd return it but it only cost $20 and... I threw away the boxes away, on the first day (Remember me? 21 Guitars in a 38' Motorcoach) lol The rest of the pedals are great and I don't walk on eggshells for people... so, I'm not going to do it for pedals either. The plastic housings either holds up, or they doesn't... only time will tell. P.S. I also bought the Donner Circle Looper and that pedal alone is fun enough that I now play daily! Thanks for all the info... I've been playing guitar over 50 years and I was never interested in pedal, until I watched your video's. I also watched 60 Cycle Hum for his take... and he likes them as well. Thanks again Phil!!!!

My favorite pedal Behringer is the OD - 100, spectacular, great, strong and versatile.

That delay, screamer, compression combo sounds awesome. Behringer is legit.

I saw these on another show a month ago and bit on price alone. I got the green tube screamer. It was sent from Sweetwater the next day with no shipping cost so the total was under $20 as advertised. Playing in the million man couch potato band, these are perfect.

I was already sold on the VTO when another RU-vidr put it next to a TS9 using the same settings and side-by-side there wasn't much any difference at all so SRV tones could almost easily coaxed from this pedal... oh and he played an actual '59 Strat too!

Thanks Phil. I can finally open my 11 boxes. 😂 Maybe I’ll make a video unboxing them. You Rock 👍🤘

I love what ya said about playing the compressor then turning it off

I have had the PB100 preamp boost from when it 1st came out in the UK. Gigged it as my Solo Boost pedal for over 10 years into a 100watt stack and loved it. Also works well into a 5w tube amp to add some sparkle. Only now has the footswitch started failing. This thing has been stamped on a lot !!

Great review. Nice wallflowers reference

If you use them on a board with a switcher they last forever. I only turn them on by hand but I do that with all my pedals. These are not farmed out they are all made in a high tech factory that Behringer owns with literally state of the art machines. They also make their Synths there In the Synth world Behringer is well respected for making killer Synths. All the cost saving is from the high speed and accuracy of high tech and low overhead because of dead cheap utility's bills and cheap shipping and handling. So how they do it is how they did it in Germany where the founder came from.

My church used a Behringer PA system. I got a Behringer multi effects processor as a birthday gift years ago and a delay pedal last Christmas. All 3 of my experiences with Behringer have had problems. I've basically boycotted them as an option for myself. I'm glad your experience has been much better than mine. I'm almost exclusively a Boss pedal guy now.

as a behringer starter pack i would strongly recommend any of the distortion pedals, they are all good. i didn't like the compressor it killed my volume and tone but thats just my experience. the chorus was good and the reverbs are great. the delay was a bit too much. but hey when i bought these pedals they were $25 online so i never expect studio quality

Wow Philip that SG is just beautiful

Phillip, thank you so much for this video. Years ago I opted for acoustic because all the gear that I would need to know for electric was intimidating. I still find myself befuddled as to what peddle does what and where do I start. Your short video addressed all my questions and concerns and I now feel the desire to purchase my first pedal ( which will probably be a EQ, maybe Behringer or maybe a used Boss). These Behringers are definitely the right price for someone like me to quickly build a collection and to start experimenting and learning. I think that is the best way to KNOW YOUR GEAR! Best regards

Bass player here. I love the BDI21 analog amp modeler. The sound is really great. My only quibble is the DI output is very low and has been a complaint of sound guys. "I can't see your signal!". I've read reviews that indicate that its inspiration, SansAmp, also suffered from that low DI output.

Those pedals are pretty awesome for the price... my fav is the Tube overdrive and the tremolo pedal 🙌🏻🎸🎶

That guitar sounds incredible

I'm currently using the Behringer Tube Overdrive as part of my quad overdrive pedal board that I recently built. as it really gives the RP 50, Ibanez TS9 DX Turbo, and even the ROD 881 the much needed punch that they need, the ROD 881 by Maxon also has a boost and even a noise gate.

Yep, I had the same experience when ordering these pedals from Sweetwater. Had to wait 3 months on back order but got them really cheap. These are fun cheap pedals.

Nice vid I recently gotten the ultra chorus and ultra vibrato pedals they absolutely sound awesomely great I would recommend them

Recently just purchased Behringer EQ pedal n run it in the FX loop, such an underrated and powerful tone shaping pedal, its hard to go wrong for 20euro 🤘🏼

Thanks uncle Phil learned stuff I should have realised years ago 👍

They all sound good! 👍👍🎸😎

Great demos man! The only thing that bothers me a little about some reviews like this is that you’re playing inexpensive effects with an expensive guitar through an expensive amp, which sound great all on their own. And I think folks who can afford those probably wouldn’t buy cheap effects when they can afford more expensive ones. ✌🏻🎸

My EQ 700 just arrived and it is fantastic for the price. Sounds great for any price.

I've owned the Vintage Delay. It was great. I didn't much like the other Behringer pedals I tried, but loved the Delay.

I've got 3 Behringers on my board and they work great live.

I've had that digital reverb pedal for ages. It's still going strong and sounds great, imo. the other Behringer that I really like is the big muff clone called the "vintage distortion."

I bought a 5w tube combo amp made by a “Behringer” brand and with a $45 speaker upgrade I’m extremely happy for an all in price of $250. Sweetwater had some Behringer pedals on sale for $15 each recently and I picked up an EQ pedal… the pedal hinge is a little squeaky and it feels like a cheap plastic toy but for the money it does what I bought it to do and I have no regerts on the purchase.

UC100 here. Right around the $20.00 mark over 10 years ago. Sounds good on it own or back in the day, feeding two amps.

Never worry about noise, I love that sound :)

I have a few pedals sitting in my closet collecting dust. I never had any use for them. I get all the sounds I need from my guitar and amp. I’ll have to start exploring a bit. I do have a looper I use to practice with but that’s it, so these might be a good place to start exploring without breaking the bank.!

I built 2 complete PA rigs with Behringer gear, and never had a problem. Their pedals are pretty good too, I used to own the tubescreamer copy, that was an outstanding pedal, almost better than the TS itself. But they are NOT strict copycats, they have been very inventive, and now other brands copy them.