Behringer Review: GX210 Ultratwin

History:

Purchase: I got this little deal from Ameican Musical Supply (www.amercanmusical.com, check it out) for about $200.00 and free shipping. This was about a year and 4 months ago and now it costs like $150.00! I had been checking out other 50-65 watt amps like the Fender Princeton 65, a Crate 65 watt, and a Rouge, NEVER BUY A ROUGE,stuff like that. The only difference was the price, there was a 100+ dollar difference!

What I Like About This Behringer GX210 Ultratwin: I like the effects and how much you can change each one's parameters, not to mention the effects are of pretty high quality for this price range. It also has a crisp clean channel that stays clean even at high levels (6 or above), which is because of the great Jensen 10"ers. I also like having the versatility with all of the I/O in the back. You can hook up a tape player/recorder and lay down some rhythm and play lead to it! It seems to be fairly well built too!

What I Do NOT Like About The Behringer GX210 Ultratwin: I absolutley hate the overdrive channel, i need thick, heavy distortion for jam sessions and i still have to use my Digitech Metal Master to get it! But I can live with it! I also got tired of lugging the thing (probably 40-50 lbs) to practice all the time, so I got some cheap casters and put them on it. Now it is effortless moving it around (and fun too!). The other thing I don't like is the knobs stick out to far from the edge of the amp itself, so after a year of practicing and moving it around i lost one of the effect parameter knobs! But it still works fine!

Behringer GX210 Ultratwin Quality Rating: It seems to be well built. I haven't dropped it off my deck or anyhting, but i can sit on it and play and it has got knocked over once or twice at insane practices. It only has a few dents and scratches, but that makes it look more like a well-used amp! The overall construction is very well built for this price range!

Review Summary: If I had to go back and choose again between those 3 amps, I'd still pick this one. Not just for the price, but the durability, but for the look too. It looks like one of those Vintage Fender's that sell for 700 bucks! If you are a begginer or the next Steve Vai, this amp is definitley worth every penney. Sure, you can't play at an arena in front of 10000 people, but for practice, this make perfect!

Rating of this Behringer product: 5

This Behringer GX210 Ultratwin Guitar Amplifiers Review Submitted By: Jacob aka Sloth, of 3rd Time Around

Review Date: 2004-05-15