Behringer just Won't Stop Dropping Bombz.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:45 pm

And you can and you won't and they don't stop:

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/mu ... m?lang=ENG

Flanger Machine aka Line6 LiquaFlange

Filter Machine aka Line6 Otto-Filter

Echo Machine aka Line6 Echo Park

Ultra Shifter/Harmonist aka Boss PS-5

Rotary Machine aka Line6 Roto-Machine

Reverb Machine aka Line6 Verbzilla

Compressor/Limiter aka Boss CS-2

Chorus Space-C aka Boss Dimension C Chorus

In short they just gave the finger to Boss (again) and gave a resounding "Fuck you too!" to Line6's Tonecore pedal range.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:46 pm

Does anyone know if thiese sound the part?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:49 pm

Nah they just got announced at MusicMesse. Feedback from NAMM was that the first new 07 batch of releases were a level above in quality than their initial run of Boss Clones.

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:51 pm

Beautiful. I think getting it right up Line6 is rather poetic.

Again I do wonder if Behringer will be in the position to buy someone out in the next few years.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:54 pm

Why bother? They're turning over pedals faster and for less than everyone else as it is and pretty soon I won't be recommending starter guitarists anything but these stompers as their first pedals. They don't have the time consuming design & test phase to worry about - their business model is really clever. I don't care that it's not "ethical" or whatever - they are filling a hole in the market.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:59 pm

Thats freaking ace! i love behringer!

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:01 pm

Its business practices though. Once that have cornered the entire musical starter market and some of the medium then they will have no where to go. They can't keep growing. At that point you have to make a move up market and its much harder for someone seen to be a budget maker to move up the field.

Mackie, Soundcraft and a few others have started to move into Behringers market with some affordable and decent mixers.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:03 pm

There's always more. They do keyboards, guitar effects and guitar cabinets mainly. There's room to expand into all flavours of guitar amplification (not just Peavey XXX, JSX and 5150 territory), fully expect them to have a tweed amp at some point. Guitars are only around the corner. They will not stop.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:23 pm

i won't buy them, i bought their chorus, and the bypass sucks
tone sucker, as well as hearing swooshing chorus sounds in bypass mode. fuck that, i'd rather spend 3 times as much and not have a sucky pedal that's going to fall apart.

the effects themselves are pretty good though.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:24 pm

yeah I'm thinking they're beginner fodder, interested to see what "better quality" means. Might be worth throwing a TB loop to put like 8 Behringer pedals in.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:25 pm

yeah. i've thought of that. also, they have some funky power jack that my supplier doesn't like.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:05 pm

deadonkey wrote: that my supplier doesn't like.

Haha, you make it sound like you get electricity from some dodgy geezer on a street corner.

"'Ere.. Johnny.. got some, uh *sniff*, 240 here you might like the look of.."

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:27 pm

Mike wrote:yeah I'm thinking they're beginner fodder, interested to see what "better quality" means. Might be worth throwing a TB loop to put like 8 Behringer pedals in.

I would go absolutely insane if all my pedals weren't in a TB loop. I NEED MAH TONEZ

I'm going to buy their Hyper Fuzz (which I will dub the "Hyphy Fuzz" and ghost stomp the pedal) and the Echo Park copy, and if those suck, I'm going to take the fight to Behringer.

Even if it means pursuing them all the way back to the ghetto.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:35 pm

the Line6 stuff seems like an odd choice.

I wish they'd clone the Zoom analogue pedals - powerdriver, trimetal, and most importantly, UF-01 ULTRAFUZZ!!

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:41 pm

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:01 pm

aphasiac wrote:the Line6 stuff seems like an odd choice.

I wish they'd clone the Zoom analogue pedals - powerdriver, trimetal, and most importantly, UF-01 ULTRAFUZZ!!

No. THAT would be a stupid choice, seeing as those pedals sold so poorly they were discontinued.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:31 pm

aphasiac wrote:the Line6 stuff seems like an odd choice.

I dont think so, they'r epopular and versatile.

I'm totally getting, like, 4 of those.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:05 am

Ultrashifter/Harmonist, totally sold on that one, as well as the Echo Machine. trails, man, trails. Not bad at Â£39, either.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:26 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:I'm going to take the fight to Behringer.

Even if it means pursuing them all the way back to the ghetto.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:23 am

ekwatts wrote:Ultrashifter/Harmonist, totally sold on that one, as well as the Echo Machine. trails, man, trails. Not bad at Â£39, either.

it's Â£39?!?