Why don't shops stock Behringer pedals?

quicklickpaddy · 29-01-2011 09:09PM #1

This has been niggling at me...

I, like a lot of you by the sounds of things, am fairly pedal crazy and can't get my head around why Irish shops don't stock Behringer and the likes. I know they're not the Mae West but at the same time lots of people I know have them.

What annoys (or maybe it saves me...) me about it is, one of the things I don't have is a Tremolo... Now, I'm not gonna go spend €100+ and go buy Boss or anything above if it was to play around with and see what use I had for it. But if it was say €25 (off the top of my head I think they're 14.90 from Thomann) for it I definitely would. The Behringer Reverb also looks pretty cool. And from my experience with Behringer as a whole, they're not all that far behind Boss in terms of sound quality - at least not as much as the price difference would suggest. I've had a CS-3 and I have the Behringer version now which I bought off adverts for a tenner and if anything it's better than the Boss... But saying that, the CS-3 really is shite.

Is it just me or is there actually the demand out there for them? Not to mention the beginner market for pedals...

bad2dabone · 29-01-2011 09:41PM

I asked the guy in Perfect Pitch and he told me Behringer didn't supply high street retailers, he's tried to get them in before but was refused for some reason. Dude seemed pissed off by it too.

Jagle · 29-01-2011 09:46PM

and the fact they are terrible quality, i dont really mind em if they arnt going near your audio signal, ala there bcf, bcr controllers but wouldnt dare put something from B on my audio chain

punchdrunk · 29-01-2011 09:49PM

they're ****e,save your money and buy used on adverts!

Squidgy Black · 29-01-2011 10:03PM

I've ordered two from thomann, just a couple of wierder effects to mess around with that I wouldn't usually use anyways, an octaver and a phaser.

They're no subsitute for the boss pedals or any other big brand, but for messing about they're fine.

They're not AS bad as people make them out to be, but they're not really good either.

quicklickpaddy · 30-01-2011 01:03AM

Jagle wrote: »

and the fact they are terrible quality, i dont really mind em if they arnt going near your audio signal, ala there bcf, bcr controllers but wouldnt dare put something from B on my audio chain

punchdrunk wrote: »

they're ****e,save your money and buy used on adverts!

Yeah I even said that. They're not great but I'd still buy things like the tremolo and that... Look up the comparisons on youtube sure... Not a massive difference with things like that. I'd stay well away from things like distortion, phasers etc. They're still useful for smaller thigns... Maybe another compressor for the end of my chain or a tuner... Things like that. I'd buy them on impulse if they were so cheap!

-=al=- · 30-01-2011 10:21AM

i bought 3 when i was in sweeden one time, handy lil things, i used the tube screamer purpley rip off one for a while it wasnt that bad

everyone feels the same usually, they're not that bad but they're not that great but for the price, cant really complain

punchdrunk · 30-01-2011 10:43AM

thing is the behringer trem is 20 quid new on thomann or there abouts
which means they'd probably be hitting €25-30 in shops here
I'd rather bargain hunt for a Boss trem for the sake of an extra tenner on adverts,if you get a good deal on a boss you'll easily make your money back selling it on later

rcaz · 30-01-2011 02:20PM

I don't get the 'Behringer pedals are ****e' argument - all they do is clone other pedals, and do so very accurately. Of course if you'd rather hunt down the Boss version of a pedal that's still in production you might get it for pretty cheap and have a better resale value, but what if you want a Boss DM3? Spend ages looking for it second-hand and spend over €200? I'd rather get a Behringer VD400 and keep the €160-odd change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dIXnLZwBg

Also;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QL-6eTHSHQ

population · 30-01-2011 04:07PM

hmmmmm

Bought a behringer reverb pedal on Adverts about 3 years ago and sold it on within a week. Truly was muck

Owen · 30-01-2011 04:13PM

Don't know why the music shop told a previous poster that Behringer wouldn't supply normal stores, I've seen plenty of Music shops with Behringer stuff down through the years, and some Hi-Fi shops (Munster sounds for example) have loads of Behringer gear on the shelves.

unclebill98 · 31-01-2011 06:43PM

The build quality on there stuff is crap. They have some very good units, like some of the rack mounted stuff for a studio. You get it put it in a rack and it never moves. I would not fancy having one of there products that you then stomp on every night!

I've been into 2 repair shops recently and they do not rate the stuff very high at all.

Lastly, I'm using the same Boss tuner pedal for over 14 years..... still works fine.

Strings.ie · 31-01-2011 09:56PM

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Don't know why the music shop told a previous poster that Behringer wouldn't supply normal stores, I've seen plenty of Music shops with Behringer stuff down through the years, and some Hi-Fi shops (Munster sounds for example) have loads of Behringer gear on the shelves.

Behringer made a big change last year to their distribution network cutting out the local wholesalers & supplying dealers direct. They're also picking/limiting which dealers in each areas will carry their product. For example, Germany now has just 3 dealers. That's why you won't see their products in most shops.

Squidgy Black · 27-02-2011 04:19PM

I don't mean to be digging up old threads, but I bought two behringer pedals a while back and I figured I'll review them a bit.

Their Phaser (PH9) is a great pedal, real subtle phase, steady enough enclosure, good strong switch, doesn't mess with your tone too much.

The Ultra-Octaver (UO300) is the worst pedal I've ever used. This thing deserves to be smashed to a million pieces and never seen again. The enclosure's just cheap plastic, the switch is a terrible boss type. The octaves sound absolutely horrible, it just destroys your tone altogether. Don't waste your money on this heap of s**t

rcaz · 27-02-2011 05:51PM

stetyrrell wrote: »

The Ultra-Octaver (UO300) is the worst pedal I've ever used. This thing deserves to be smashed to a million pieces and never seen again. The enclosure's just cheap plastic, the switch is a terrible boss type. The octaves sound absolutely horrible, it just destroys your tone altogether. Don't waste your money on this heap of s**t

Isn't that a copy of a Boss octave pedal, which is also a shocking piece of crap?

Squidgy Black · 27-02-2011 06:48PM

I'm not sure, it probably is.

Never played through the boss version.

I think the EHX Pog series are the only decent octavers from what I've heard.

rcaz · 27-02-2011 07:37PM

stetyrrell wrote: »

I'm not sure, it probably is.

Never played through the boss version.

I think the EHX Pog series are the only decent octavers from what I've heard.

EHX HOG and Octave Multiplexer too? Eventide make deadly ones too, rack and pedal.

Why don't shops stock Behringer pedals?

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