Behringer pedals. Thoughts?

[Jon the Art Guy]

I replied to a request for the FZ2 from Boss with that Behringer makes a clone of it with low cost build quality. Same with the HM2, and a TOOOON of old Boss circuits, as well as some EHX and Duncan circuits. What do you all think of Behringer for this?

Here's the list I found, probably on a diy forum.

Distortion/Overdrive/Fuzz
 
ULTRA DISTORTION UD100 - Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION OD100 - Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion
OVERDRIVE OD400 - Boss OD-3 Overdrive
VINTAGE TUBE OVERDRIVE TO800 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
TUBE OVERDRIVE TO100 - Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
BLUES OVERDRIVE BO100 - Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
ULTRA FEEDBACK/DISTORTION FD300 - Boss DF-2 Super Distortion & Feedbacker
HEAVY DISTORTION HD300 - Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
HEAVY METAL HM300 - Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
SUPER METAL SM400 - Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal
ULTRA METAL UM100 - Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
ULTRA METAL UM300 - Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
SUPER FUZZ SF300 - Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
ULTRA FUZZ UZ400 - Boss FZ-3 Fuzz
DISTORTION-X XD300 - Boss XT-2 Xtortion
POWER OVERDRIVE PO300 - Boss PW-2 Power Driver
VINTAGE DISTORTION VD1 - Electro Harmonix Big Muff
DISTORTION MODELER DM100 - Digitech HotRod Distortion
VINTAGE TUBE MONSTER VT999 - Nady TD-1 Tube Distortion
VINTAGE TUBE OVERDRIVE VT911 - Chandler Tube Driver
WARP DISTORTION WD300 - Hughes Kettner Warp Factor
 
Phaser/Flanger/Filter
 
ULTRA PHASE SHIFTER UP100 - Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
SUPER PHASE SHIFTER SP400 - Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
VINTAGE PHASER VP1 - Electro Harmonix Small Stone
PHASER PH9 - MXR EVH Signature Phase 90
FLANGER MACHINE FL600 - Line 6 Liqua Flange
SUPER FLANGER SF400 - Boss BF-3 Flanger
ULTRA FLANGER UF100 - Boss BF-3 Flanger
HI BAND FLANGER HF300 - Boss HF-2 HiBand Flanger
ROTARY MACHINE RM600 - Line 6 Roto-Machine
FILTER MACHINE FM600 - Line 6 Otto Filter
 
Chorus
 
CHORUS ORCHESTRA CO600 - Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
CHORUS SPACE-C CC300 - Boss Dimension-C DC-2
CHORUS SPACE-D CD400 - Boss DC-3 Digital Dimension/Digital Space-D
ULTRA CHORUS UC100 - Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
ULTRA CHORUS UC200 - Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
 
Reverb/Delay
 
DIGITAL REVERB DR100 - Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
DIGITAL REVERB/DELAY DR400 - Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
DIGITAL REVERB DR600 - Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
REVERB MACHINE RV600 - Line 6 Verbzilla
DIGITAL DELAY DD100 - Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
DIGITAL DELAY DD400 - Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
DIGITAL DELAY DD600 - Boss DD-6 Digital Delay
ECHO MACHINE EM600 - Line 6 Echo Park
VINTAGE DELAY VD400 - Boss DM-2 Delay
VINTAGE TIME MACHINE - Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
 
Tremolo
 
ULTRA TREMOLO UT100 - Boss TR-2 Tremolo
ULTRA TREMOLO/PAN TP300 - Boss PN-2 Tremolo / Pan
 
Octave
 
ULTRA OCTAVER UO100 - Boss OC-2 Octaver
ULTRA OCTAVER UO300 - Boss OC-3 Super Octave
SUPER OCTAVER SO400 - Boss OC-3 Super Octave
ULTRA SHIFTER/HARMONIST US600 - Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
 
Wah
 
HELLBABE HB01 - Dunlop Crybaby from Hell
ULTRA WAH UW300 - Boss AW-2 Auto Wah
DYNAMIC WAH DW400 - Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah
 
Compressor
 
COMPRESSOR/LIMITER CL9 - TC Electronic Compressor
COMPRESSOR/SUSTAINER CS100 - Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
DYNAMICS COMPRESSOR DC9 - MXR Dynacomp
 
Other
 
ULTRA VIBRATO UV300 - Boss VB-2 Vibrato
SLOW MOTION SM200 - Boss SG-1 Slow Gear
BASS SYNTHESIZER BSY600 - Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
PREAMP/BOOSTER PB100 - Nobels PRE-1 Preamplifier
 
ACOUSTIC MODELER AM100 - Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator
ULTRA ACOUSTIC MODELER AM400 - Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
V-TONE GUITAR GDI21 - Sansamp GT2
TUBE AMP MODELER TM300 - Sansamp GT2
 
SPECTRUM ENHANCER SE200 - Boss SP-1 Spectrum
GRAPHIC EQUALIZER EQ700 - Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
 
INTELLIGATE IG9 - ISP Decimator / MXR Smart Gate
NOISE REDUCER NR100 - Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
INSTRUMENT/AMP SELECTOR AB100 - Boss LS-2 Line Selector

So what do you think? Would these pedals be a good idea to pull apart and inspect for design ideas? I don't think they're moddable, as a couple of the gutshots I saw were smd and plastics.

[Madferret]

My only experience with Behringer stuff comes from DJ and rack equipment. Most of the stuff I used worked OK but was maybe a little cheap and cheerful. I've never used their guitar effects but it looks like they've based their pedals on some decent circuits.

[mirosol]

Most of those should just be rehoused and switching swapped for true bypass..

Saddly people don't seem to get those either. Quick look at ebay listings reveal that most sellers ask more for used units than some stores sell them for new..

Boss OC2 and SansAmp Bass driver are the two i've been thinking about buying and rehousing for some time now...
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