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Unlike some, I think highly of modern (post 2005 or so) Behringer gear, and own many pieces. This offer lasts until they're gone. Wish it had been around when I got my PreSonus 24/48 box. http://www.music-onlineshop.com/
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Good offer.
Seems a lot of people don't like the Behringer for whatever reason.
I have the 2030a monitors picked up second hand little used for £100, more than happy with them.
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Good offer.
Seems a lot of people don't like the Behringer for whatever reason.
I have the 2030a monitors picked up second hand little used for £100, more than happy with them.
Musiclover There are a ton of reasons to not like Behringer. Here's an interesting take from some SR pros: http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php?topic=136246.0Regards, Bob
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Yep would probably have bought another brand of monitor if it had been on offer, but Behringer monitors were the only monitors in the pawn-type shop, at a fair price so took a chance on them. Seem fine so far. Did a google to get a review on them and like you say, a lot of people don't like the Behringer stuff. This post from that link might be a fair summary, Quote,
Behringer should get credit for one thing.. It is probably the first company to expose the west to China's standard business practices.. make a cheap copy of something decent and sell it at a fraction of the price. They flooded our market with dirt cheap products that work(pretty much... most of the time) so the long standing manufacturers had no choice but to follow suit and introduce thier own new lines of dirt cheap products that have all the same corners cut and are sadly.. also mostly built in China, the end result being that overall the bar has been lowered. Entry level gear costs are lower now than they have ever been but performance and reliability have also been drastically lowered, you wouldn't buy a used Mackie CFX console any more than you would Behringer mixer I hope.. cause they're pretty much the same quality level and who knows how long it will remain 100% functional. Congratulations Uli... that's one hell of an accomplishment
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To be honest I don't want to spend too much either way on musical instruments or equipment, my musical ability and earning ability from making or playing music wouldn't justify it. Boy would I not love a Gibson es335 though.  Musiclover
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"Boy would I not love a Gibson es335 though." You and me too brother! 
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I've got a few Behringer products setting around here.
I have the Firebird GX 108 amp and the Mini-amp 4 ch headphone amp.
Anybody want to buy the guitar amp? Make an offer. It works, never had issues with it but I bought it to use at church and I don't play in the church anymore. It collects dust.
The headphone amp is used every day I run the studio. It's on whether I am listening on the cans or in the monitors. It too, has worked flawlessly and does a good job.
Of course, anything can break. I've had cheap stuff that never broke and bought high quality and high priced gear that did. Of course, service after the sale is always important and I was able to get the parts fixed and back in service quickly.
Good quality gear is almost always better since it tends to be better built and gives better service as well as retains it's value for resale better.
Depending on the piece of gear.... and it's intended use, unless it's a non-critical purpose, I will tend to choose the better gear every time. My main guitar is Gibson and Fender, my main guitar amp is Mesa, my mic is a Rode, my interface is a Focusrite, etc.....
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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"Boy would I not love a Gibson es335 though." You and me too brother! In 1970 I bought a NEW 1968 Gibson ES-335 TD (Walnut - don't know why folks hated that color, I hated red LOL) for $525. Still have it and play it now and then. Don't drool too much however, in today's dollars that's about $3,229.21 - which is about what a new ES-335 goes for.
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"Boy would I not love a Gibson es335 though." You and me too brother! In 1970 I bought a NEW 1968 Gibson ES-335 TD (Walnut - don't know why folks hated that color, I hated red LOL) for $525. Still have it and play it now and then. Don't drool too much however, in today's dollars that's about $3,229.21 - which is about what a new ES-335 goes for. Yeah, Larry, but the new ones can't compare to a '68. Walnut?I hate you, Larry.
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"Boy would I not love a Gibson es335 though." You and me too brother! In 1970 I bought a NEW 1968 Gibson ES-335 TD (Walnut - don't know why folks hated that color, I hated red LOL) for $525. Still have it and play it now and then. Don't drool too much however, in today's dollars that's about $3,229.21 - which is about what a new ES-335 goes for. Yeah, Larry, but the new ones can't compare to a '68. Walnut?I hate you, Larry. Walnut, Naw for me its got to be that cherry colour or as you yanks spell it color. I have an old little known Grant copy, had some trouble getting it to stay in tune, trapeze tailpiece, have managed to get it to settle down a bit now. A few things I like about cheap guitars provided the action is comfortable enough is you can chuck them in any corner not getting too worried about having the odd dent here and there, whereas with the real thing its probably going to be cased a lot of the time. If the truth be told a good guitar player can probably make a copy sing whereas the average intermediate player with the real mccoy such as a Gibson es335 will still sound like an average player. But then if you have all this dosh rolling in from playing one nighters.....its time to treat yourself this Christmas! "Hey Santa get me a Gibson cherry ES335" Musiclover
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Hope you get a "cherry" Cherry ES-335 for Christmas
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Well - back to the original topic - I just picked one up - been looking for an inexpensive used Audio Interface on Craigslist - but new even better. I'll report back about the reliability (hopefully after 10 years of use lol).
BTW - why such a love for the ES335 ? I've not played one, but what has captured the hearts of all you guitar players for this particular guitar ?
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Well - back to the original topic - I just picked one up - been looking for an inexpensive used Audio Interface on Craigslist - but new even better. I'll report back about the reliability (hopefully after 10 years of use lol).
BTW - why such a love for the ES335 ? I've not played one, but what has captured the hearts of all you guitar players for this particular guitar ? That's a bit like asking why did you pick the woman that you married...lol Seriously though I just like the shape and and cherry colour, If I was to buy one. Although the strat and les paul are probably even more popular, I just don't like the shape of them either. I do like the Gibson sg standard shape. I would prefer the shape of a fender tele over a strat any day. Saying that I don't have any of the above, just have a sg and es335 copy, along with a few cheap acoustics. For some reason or other I do like light weighted guitars and most of the solid bodied electric I have tried picked up lately seem too heavy, maybe my years are beginning to show. Musiclover
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Well - back to the original topic - I just picked one up - been looking for an inexpensive used Audio Interface on Craigslist - but new even better. I'll report back about the reliability (hopefully after 10 years of use lol).
BTW - why such a love for the ES335 ? I've not played one, but what has captured the hearts of all you guitar players for this particular guitar ? You can blame that on BB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_(guitar) Or, Clapton, Grohl, Orbison........ http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Top-10-Gibson-ES-335-Heroes.aspx
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BTW - why such a love for the ES335 ? I've not played one, but what has captured the hearts of all you guitar players for this particular guitar ?
One word: Tone The tone of this guitar model is unlike the tone of the SG or the Les Paul or anything else in the line. That's why there are many different guitar models..... they all have a distinct characteristic tone and sound. Another word: Versatile The ES335 has a clean full tone that is favored by jazz and blues players. In addition, the thin line-hollow body is great for catching and riding feedback at higher volumes which is why Ted Nugent likes to use them with stacks of Fender amps. The pickups distort smoothly and predictably when pushed and lend well to most styles of rock and blues. Chet Atkins also liked using this guitar and his music tended to be squeaky clean and super precise. It just works so well across a really wide range of styles and people love them. I've never personally owned one. I have played a few in my day, but none of them were mine.
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Herb, you beat me to the punch. Tone is the only reason to buy a guitar. Actually tone is the only reason to buy any instrument.
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Mario, I respectfully disagree about the tone thing, but only in my case. It happened because I didn't know what I was doing.
My first serious electric was a 1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman, purchased in 1974. I liked it because of the wide, almost flat fingerboard—basically an acoustic with a volume control. I used it for jazz, blues, and rock—but could not (except for a Stratocaster) tell one electric's sound from another. I sold it five years later, still with no idea what I had my hands on. I almost immediately realized I had made a mistake, but it was too late. The Savannah plant closed its doors six months after I let it go, and the value quintupled.
Let's just say I learned a lot in the 35 years between then and now. I was made a gift of a pristine 2012 reissue G6122-1962 which is a very close replica of the '64. (Pat Marr was visiting when it arrived.) It's everything I remember and more. That's not just a saying; now I fully appreciate the sound which before was just "electric." I was always there with the action. I began as an acoustic fingerpicker.
Bottom line: Happy (and better educated) camper.
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Ryszard it sounded like you were agreeing with me! You bought the Country G and played jazz, blues and rock with it. What if it sounded like crap would you still have bought the reissue? I doubt it.
But your experience with the Country G is the same as mine! I am still kicking myself in the @ss for selling it. Of all the guitars that I have had the Country G is the one that I miss the most. Which leads me to this question, how does the reissue sound and play? Is it an exact replica of the original or is it very close?
Thanx for your time and we may want to continue this discussion via PM so we do not steal this thread.
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Ryszard it sounded like you were agreeing with me! You bought the Country G and played jazz, blues and rock with it. What if it sounded like crap would you still have bought the reissue? I doubt it.
But your experience with the Country G is the same as mine! I am still kicking myself in the @ss for selling it. Of all the guitars that I have had the Country G is the one that I miss the most. Which leads me to this question, how does the reissue sound and play? Is it an exact replica of the original or is it very close?
Thanx for your time and we may want to continue this discussion via PM so we do not steal this thread.
Mario, Hey, it's my thread—I can hijack it if I want to!  The Gent reissue is a faithful replica of my '64 model; anything, it's better. I had played them when they first came out in the late 90s, so I knew what I was getting. In fact, I bought it sight unseen from a dealer in Maryland through Reverb. It arrived in mint condition. The Gretsch specialist where I do business recommended D'Addario NYXL strings. They themselves make a significant difference in sound and playability. They lend a warmth that is difficult to describe, stay in tune, and last a long time. The only differences between this 2012 model are the tuners and one of the pickups. It has Grover "stairstep" keys, versus Grover "lima beans" on the '64. The old one also had one Filter'tron and one double-bar pickup. I haven't been able to determine whether that was the original configuration or an aftermarket mod. The new one has two Filter'trons. Any way you cut it, it is a fabulous axe. I wish I was as fluent as I was when I was playing live, but I'm having fun working on getting it back. R.
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Hello All,
Just wondering if anyone purchased the Behringer since the initial post and would like to share some comments.
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The price has gone down to $49.99 since my original post. It goes on until they sell out.
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