Behringer

[gary mitchell]

I want to ask, I have never been around Behringer pedals, I like to get three of them to play bass tru at church, like an overdrive, chorus and maybe a delay. I will only use them one day a week on Sunday during worship, would they be sturdy enough just to do that, and do they sound decent.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

I want to ask, I have never been around Behringer pedals, I like to get three of them to play bass tru at church, like an overdrive, chorus and maybe a delay. I will only use them one day a week on Sunday during worship, would they be sturdy enough just to do that, and do they sound decent.View attachment 182533

I've tried them....they're lower end entry pedals....you are picky with tone....you will buy them and then hate them, I know it.....

 

[Geetarman72]

There are much better options for the money. Berhringer pedals used to have metal casings now they are plastic. Joyo or perhaps some of the chinese pedals on Ebay . I have had some great luck with those . One is a Gravity Delay pedal it was like $30 . I also bought a mini chorus for less then $20 that is just great . metal casing too . and true bypass . Lot of good offerings for not a lot of money and they will have reviews usually so you can see what other folks think of them . If you have the money a Boss distortion or overdrive will run you around $50 new . Can't go wrong with those.

 

[Triple Jim]

I never would have thought that a bass player would want delay, chorus, and/or overdrive. But then I'm not a bass player.

 

[Davis Sharp]

I had an overdrive and used it at home. I probably stepped on it more than you would on Sundays. It's sturdy enough for that.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

My buddy has this for his 'dirt' pedal - it nails great dirty bass tones....great overdrive/fuzz with a blend knob...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...monix-deluxe-bass-big-muff-pi-bass-fuzz-pedal

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi

HIGHLY recommend, especially if you can put it in the effects loop of a bass amp instead of straight in......

Last night we were playing Black Sabbath - N.I.B. and Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls.......nailed it exactly with the tone.....

 

[Mr Bob]

Quite a lot of the Behringer pedals are replicas of Boss pedals - the cases are plastic, but I havehad some for a few years and yet to break one.

 

[Block Head Ike]

I am not going to join the "negative chorus" here (did I make a bad pun?)! I LOVE BEHRINGER PEDALS. They are fairly priced, surprisingly sturdy, and quite frequently, are designed as virtual clones of very famous well-known classic pedal designs. They are frequently LESS NOISY than the originals - every one I know of is actually true bypass. I have gigged with them, recorded with them, and treated them like any other pedal. In all, I am sure I have owned over a dozen. In one instance I bought two (Echo Machine EM600) to duplicate an effect that The Edge of U2 fame uses. I do not recommend using them with a battery - use a power supply.

That being said, you might want to consider a "multi effects" pedal for your church gig. I suggest this just for the simplicity of it - not a lot of chords or setup or fuss. Maybe try the Zoom B1X Four - you'll get all the effects you want, a bunch of amp models, plus a tuner, AND A LOOPER! All this for less than the price of the idividual pedals - even at Behringer prices! Under $100 new!

 

[strat_strummer]

I have a couple of them stuffed away somewhere, key word being stuffed away...

 

[brians]

I don't know about the B pedals but I have a B 16 channel mixer and it's really good.Fwiw

 

[Ralph124C41]

The only Behringer pedal I've owned was the bass driver unit. It worked fine ... until one of the controls just started skipping. So to get it to work I had to tape down the control at a point where it made contact. However I never trusted it to play out. The whole unit just felt cheap ... the controls were plastic and there was a lot of play in them. More play in the control knobs I'd say than in the pedal.

I think they are fine in the home ... but I just can't recommend them for a gig in a church or bar or anything like that.

As for the pedals, I played bass in venues from churches to very seedy bars for quite a few years. The only effect I used frequently was a compressor, and that was mainly to help even out the sound as I am mainly a thumb player and so my low E would just dominate the other notes. When I played with a pick or with my fingers then I really didn't need the compressor all that much. However, I could see using a chorus and maybe a delay. I think reverb can muddy up your sounds too much. As for "dirt" sounds ... I leave that to the guitarists as I have never been asked to provide such a sound.

 

[DougMen]

 

[drneilmb]

I'm pretty sure that Gary the OP had a Zoom B1FOUR and sent it back for being too complex for his needs. Which is totally reasonable, the user interface on effects pedals is pretty tried and true and accessible.

 

[Roccobagadonuts]

Never really tried their pedals. The synths they have been spitting out for the last few years are rather nice. They started cloning old synths like the mini moog, octave CAT, EDP Wasp and on and on over the last few years. Now their spitting out euro rack modular synth stuff and etc and etc. A bunch of the old synths that cost like 2 grand can now be found in Behringer clone versions for like 300 bucks on the low end... Their kinda turning the synth world upside down because all of a sudden people can get this stuff they always wanted. Was hard to come up with 6 grand to put together a trio of old synths or whatever. But 900 bucks or whatever is a different story...

 

[gary mitchell]

I have decided I am going to sell or trade my Rocktron BA300 for 3 pedals a delay , chorus , and overdrive, not a distortion pedal but overdrive. The Rocktron is awesome and mint condition with manual and power supply, just to much for me to many knobs, to many bells and whistles for me, I need simple. I am a 69 year old dummy. So do you think it's crazy for me to trade

 

[gary mitchell]

I'm pretty sure that Gary the OP had a Zoom B1FOUR and sent it back for being too complex for his needs. Which is totally reasonable, the user interface on effects pedals is pretty tried and true and accessible.

 

[gary mitchell]

I did you think I would learn

 

[fadetoz]

I think Behringer pedals sound great. Just like the pedal they are clones of.
I have zero interest in adding pedals to use with my bass though

 

[fadetoz]

If you treat them well they will be fine. If you are hard on gear you may want something built a little better. I've had 15-20 of their pedals and they were just fine. I a/b tested some against the real pedals they cloned like the delay and Distortion +(DD3- MT2) and they sounded almost identical. I have a Behringer USB interrace now and really like the gear they make.

 

[gary mitchell]

I think Behringer pedals sound great. Just like the pedal they are clones of.
I have zero interest in adding pedals to use with my bass though