Behringer Hell Babe Wah...

[Dave Eason]

Anyone else had a play with one of these? 
Just interested!    Great features, and quite unusual, the range and boost features are damn useful, and it does sounds good, BUT there's a pop when you kick it in, and im not too sure about the auto on/off thing.  Basically, the thing has a springloaded rocker pedal, where by when you press down, it automatically drops the effect in and bypasses when you take your foot off and it springs back.  Kinda unusual and useful, but it pops, and you can't ever use it half %^&*ed.. which I like to sometimes!  I guess you could take the spring out?  Actually, i suppose its a bit like the Morley stuff with the switching.

I think some of these dirt cheap stompers are OK for what they do, and are good for modding/those learning and what to open things up and fiddle around.  Only drawback for modding I guess is that there's a lot of surface mount stuff inside, which makes it a bit of a pain.

[RickL]

I've got one and while I wouldn't put it in the same class as a Vox Clyde McCoy or a Coloursound wah it's certainly a good deal for the money. I'm pretty sure the manual mentions that the spring can be removed if you want it to act more like a conventional wah pedal.

I love these cheapy  Behringer pedals. I've been picking them up one at a time as they become available in my neck of the woods. Most of them sound pretty average and the build quality leaves a lot to be desired (what were they thinking when they designed the battery compartment?) but they have kind of a modern EH vibe to them IMO. Some of them even sound pretty good. I like the Blues Overdrive, the booster and the Small Stone Clone. It will be interesting to see what the multi effect, the reverb and the delay sound like when (if?) they are released.

I also have the same affection for the the Dano mini pedals which I think have pretty much the same attributes as the Behringer pedals with possibly better construction. I still don't think there's a better Tremolo on the market for the price than the Tuna Melt.

Wouldn't it be wild if 30 years from now these pedals become as collectable as EH pedals are now (not that I think they will)?

[Dave Eason]

now that'd be the day!

Yeah, I "highly recommend" [to those not loaded or have 15 pound going spare] the blues overdrive and tremolo - some people think it out performs the boss, despite the shoddy build.  These things won't take a heavy stomping too much I should imagine.  You could always re house them and make mods though I guess. 

I'm waiting to see how good a 15 pound boss tuner copy will be! or rackmount for 50 odd..

[Aharon]

For 30 canadian a piece they are alright.I bought a few that includes the chorus,flanger,phase shifter,graphic eq and the a/b switch.
The only one i returned was the noise gate,i did not like it at all,the diy mxr gate i made from Tonepad is so much better.......anywho.....dont know how feasible mods are ,these things are surface mount but worth the money if you are on a budget and don't do death tours...........

[Paul Marossy]

Wouldn't it be wild if 30 years from now these pedals become as collectable as EH pedals are now (not that I think they will)?

That would only happen if they were physically constructed to last that long. Even if they were to last that long, the "bypass switch" would surely never last beyond a few years... 

[Dave Eason]

Old EH stuff is hardly well built though, I mean, when it came out, wow! but nowadays imagine if it was the latest thing and all, the build is terrible. My old clone theory vib/chorus switch is pretty un predictable sometimes! and the thing is well noisy, a 30mA or so beast, as opposed to zvex' ultra cool 3 mA or whatever it's supply current, fuzz factory.