V-Amp 2 - How Bad Could It Be?

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00:00 - Hello
01:35 - Tones
04:16 - 80's Cleans?
06:35 - FX
09:19 - NU-METAL
13:09 - External IR's
16:23 - Edge of Breakup?
19:10 - Conclusion

[ynot]

Years ago, I had the V-Ampire 120 head. At the time, it was the best $200 spent. Played hundreds of gigs with it. Got laughed at by the dudes in Theory Of A Deadman when we opened up for them, until they heard it lol...Damn thing went end-over-end down the stairs at my old house and still worked!! 🤘✌️

[Yosser]

Goes to show that guitar modellers really haven’t come that far in 20 plus years lol The other thing is if you used this at a gig, absolutely no one would either know or care. It’s only guitar players that are bothered about such things.

[Dan_Ranger]

Had both and sold the Pod. The V amp just sounded better for half the price.
Still sounds better than some modellers 10x the price 😂

[elevenAD]

Honestly i have been more than pleased with every Behringer product i have purchased. Dont know why i always expect them to suck because they never do, they are just cheap.

[tubetwister]

i own the v-amp2 for about twenty years now and this thing sounds better then 99, 9% of the vst amp sims out there, the high priced included. no hiss and fizz, sounds very natural and fat. love it.

[vincelupone]

it could literally be anything, any piece of gear on the right side of the video and it would still sound amazing. That's the mark of a truly killer guitarist, any piece of gear sounds great in their stead.

[petesmith]

This video verifies something that many of us who have been using modelers/profilers since the early days when they first started being released in the 1980s know; todays units (Fractal, Line 6, Kemper, etc.) are working on the last 20% of the potential of modelers because the first 80% has been available for a long-time. This last 20% comes at a huge cost (the 80/20 rule) relative to the benefit! Certainly my Axe Fx III Mk II Turbo s cable of producing tones that this sub-$100 u it can not…but my Fractal unit coat 25 times as much than the V-Amp! So, for many people, a much less costly unit, such as an Eleven Rack which are currently available used for less than $300, would provide as much utility as a much more expensive current-day modeler.

[brianpeter]

Lol, Leon Todd does for the Behringer V-Amp- 2 what Josh Scott did for the Bad Monkey... pre-video: $60... post-video... $600! That sounds fantastic, especially that first factory preset floored me at how good it was out of the box.

[jefgirdler]

What I love about these old modelers is they’re just fun. Sure it’s “a toy” by most modern standards but what is a toy if not a fun piece of kit that sparks creativity? I don’t think that’s a bad thing. And it’s kinda like getting really good at using GarageBand or a hardware four track - sometimes you can crank out actual gold with it.

[johnmacdonald]

I find it shocking that Behringer hasn't dominated the industry. Every product they released has been amazing. From mixers to effects to amps and speakers. Yeah alot of their stuff are clones or at least reasonable facsimiles of other brands stuff but they did it so well and at a fraction of the price. I'll be a Behringer fan for life.

[huskeeeeee]

Heads up from an almost 10 year V-Amp user: whenever the LED on the bottom right corner of the screen area is on, you're using the secondary amp model (the one that's written in grey). Choosing the secondary models is as simple as pressing the TAP button when choosing an amp model.

[BigMikeGuitar]

When I was a Sales Manager at Guitar Center I was asked by a Behringer rep. in WA. State (back in the day) to do a promotional clinic for the V-Amp, and I was so impressed with it I actually bought one. After the clinic they compted' me with a matching FCB1010 Midi Foot Controller. I still use it today for daily shred practice, which saves putting wear and tear on my big tube amps. Over the years I have collected all three versions, V-Amp 1, 2, and 3, and yet I still play the first version. In addition, I recently (yesterday - lol) picked-up a "Behringer LX1200 V-Ampire Guitar Amplifier Head (2x60 Watts), " which features the same tech, for only $100. The V-Amp 1 gets the job done for me, and my practice routine benefits from sitting down, flipping a single power switch with no messing about, and using a consistent sound as a "standard candle" to gauge my technique and progress. Cheers~

[migueloscar]

Very underrated unit, I still have the rack version I bought back in 2004 and after having and trying many other units over the years including those of Line 6, Digitech, Zoom, Mooer, Yamaha etc I revisited this one recently and I have to say it sounded better than ever to me.

[ITheNightmare]

I just got the V Amp 3 myself last year. It's a really good product for it's price, I just paid 35€. I use it everyday, you can get really fast good tones. All important effects are build in and there is just one knob to set them up. So there is nothing confusing, I think this probably one of the best options for a beginner or someone with a small budget. Also this device is not huge and at least the V-Amp 1 and 2 came with a bag back then, so it's perfect for traveling. Personally I use it for fast demo recordings at my desk and I prefer playing over it at night, because you can connect it via cable with everything like a bluetooth speaker. My Boss Katana 100 is way too loud even at the 0.5w option. I just can't recommend Behringer products enough, they got a lot of good sounding pedals and amps for it's value.

[blumeenie]

I have a friend from Louisiana that has played with Steppenwolf for many years and he used one of these on tour, especially in Europe. The band would carry empty Marshall cabs for show but the V-Amp was plugged into the desk. Seems to have worked for him.

[nicholastotoro]

It's funny how, like in real life, your cab makes such a gigantic difference. These and the POD are usable even today with good IR's.

[coalfacechris]

Hi Leon, The Pod, the Johnson J-station, and you were around then, you know how revolutionary they were. Owned the J-Station since ~2000, turn off the cab sims, plow it into any guitar power amp -still good now!

[cradlecap]

I had one of these. Someone gave it to me for free. The marshall tone was great. The rotary was particularly good as well. I left it on a grass verge by accident. It rained all night. I found it and dried it out very slowly over a week. It still worked.

[lostwisdom]

The secret to these old modelers is to shut off the cab, and use your own impulse responses. Totally changes the game.

[djay]

''Let's see how greasy and 80s we can get." All the 80s, by the sound of it. That first preset tone could have been on any record in the 80s.