help fixing a broken Behringer Delay

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:19 am

My DD400 decided to stop being fun and is now a little broken. I have a feeling it might be the input jack so before I take the back off I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what to look out for?

The symptoms at the moment are that no signal from the guitar is coming through the pedal either when it is switched on or off. I do get some nice swooshing noises though from the background noise.

I will take pictures later when I get home and get the back off.

Cheers

lorez

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:14 am

I think you've just persuaded me not to buy a Behringer pedal.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:57 am

johnnyseven wrote:I think you've just persuaded me not to buy a Behringer pedal.

they are normally fine as most people on here will testify. I can't complain as it was Â£15 and it was probably my thugish ways that may of caused the issue. See Hurbs demos about build quality for re-assurances though. Don't let my experience put you off though. I would definitely buy behringer again

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon May 10, 2010 12:59 pm

johnnyseven wrote:I think you've just persuaded me not to buy a Behringer pedal.

Yeah, one pedal breaking is enough to write off an entire company.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:41 pm

Obviously all manufacturers make pedals that may at some time break, but when the reliability of a particular pedal (or manufacturer) comes into question right at the time you were thinking of buying one would it not make you think twice?

Personally I have no time to be dealing with pedals whose reliability has been questioned. However i'm not going to stop buying pedals altogether just because they may break - i'd rather stay away from ones, or manufacturers, that i've heard have done.

Post by **Doog** » Mon May 10, 2010 2:37 pm

I'd try just re-melting the solder going to the input and output jacks, see how that goes.

I had a similar persistent problem with my Nobels OD-R, which also has plastic PCB-mounted jacks like I imagine the Behringer does. Doing this a few times helped extend it's life, although it eventually died outright, bah.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:18 pm

johnnyseven wrote:Obviously all manufacturers make pedals that may at some time break, but when the reliability of a particular pedal (or manufacturer) comes into question right at the time you were thinking of buying one would it not make you think twice?

Personally I have no time to be dealing with pedals whose reliability has been questioned. However i'm not going to stop buying pedals altogether just because they may break - i'd rather stay away from ones, or manufacturers, that i've heard have done.

I've heard of more Marshall pedals breaking than Behringer ones so you'd better stay away from them too.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:21 pm

Doog wrote:I'd try just re-melting the solder going to the input and output jacks, see how that goes.

I had a similar persistent problem with my Nobels OD-R, which also has plastic PCB-mounted jacks like I imagine the Behringer does. Doing this a few times helped extend it's life, although it eventually died outright, bah.

Thanks Doog, I will take a look and probably give it a go and see what happens

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:32 pm

Reece wrote:
johnnyseven wrote:Obviously all manufacturers make pedals that may at some time break, but when the reliability of a particular pedal (or manufacturer) comes into question right at the time you were thinking of buying one would it not make you think twice?

Personally I have no time to be dealing with pedals whose reliability has been questioned. However i'm not going to stop buying pedals altogether just because they may break - i'd rather stay away from ones, or manufacturers, that i've heard have done.
I've heard of more Marshall pedals breaking than Behringer ones so you'd better stay away from them too.

Thanks for the advice.

James · Post by **James** » Mon May 10, 2010 4:12 pm

EHX also have a worse reliability reputation than Behringer.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon May 10, 2010 4:50 pm

James wrote:EHX also have a worse reliability reputation than Behringer.

AGREED !!

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon May 10, 2010 7:32 pm

I've never had any problems with any of the EHX pedals that i've had or still have, but then that's just me and i'm not everyone.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon May 10, 2010 7:47 pm

johnnyseven wrote:I've never had any problems with any of the EHX pedals that i've had or still have, but then that's just me and i'm not everyone.

Exact same thing applies to this broken Behringer.

edit: I'm also going to shut up now because I'm derailing this thread, sorry.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:24 pm

Yeah, it's luck of the draw really... bad batches can happen with any company.

I had 2 consecutive memory toys faulty right out of the box, I'm now a bit scared to step on the 3d one too hard lol.

Everyone has a different experience... there's lot of people out there that are negative without any valid reason except hearsay.

Not saying that applies to anyone here.

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:10 am

lorez wrote:
johnnyseven wrote:I think you've just persuaded me not to buy a Behringer pedal.
they are normally fine as most people on here will testify. I can't complain as it was Â£15 and it was probably my thugish ways that may of caused the issue. See Hurbs demos about build quality for re-assurances though. Don't let my experience put you off though. I would definitely buy behringer again[/quote

ditto! they are sooo inexpensive and work very well. I haven't had bad luck with my DD400 and all companies have their mess ups. cobascis had to send both his rat and small clone back because they didnt work, right out of the box mind you. i believe behringer to still be a reliable company even after this