Will it bend? Behringer Fuzz Bender demo

[@fuzexi]

Glad to see this review: I bought one for my daughter for Christmas and it’s a relief to see that it’s not a dud! It’s also solidly built, but the grey paint job reminds me of WWII military equipment!

[@aonortac]

Definitely tone bender tones in there... This being said, lots of vintage gear have cheap parts but snake oil hype over them due to availability and mythological legends around them mainly due to famous players. Here comes a company like Behringer or Warm Audio demystifying the whole thing. Well, it's a good thing for us mere mortals... Rock on!

[@craigpimlott204]

the Klon is the biggest snake oil bullshit induced pedal going ..

[@gravyblue]

There is no secret sauce in the originals. A couple of transistors, a couple of caps and some resistors, arranged in a well known and documented way.

[@idiotburns]

R1

[@1dkappe]

And how many clones have there been over the decades?

[@Charleshowes23]

Remember when effects pedal prices were based on build complexity? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@Poly6Groove]

What’s special about the originals though are the actual components. It’s not so easy and often expensive to source germanium transistors with the exact characteristics today, and they play a part of the tone. But yeah, you could build a perfectly awesome sounding Tone Bender with Silicon NPNs and cheap caps.

[@cosmoschtroumpf]

So it worth the price of what it is, with more regular quality production than original.

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

I love the tiny Pedal Rug! LOL Well done.

[@MidAgeGuitar]

That's a full size Persian rug.. it's just the pedals the size of a small family car.

[@HenritheHorse]

I really need one for my 70s Ibanez pedals, because the paint chips really easy sliding on the floor.

[@TheToneshack]

I got mine from Amazon but you can get them in a bunch of places. They're kinda cool.

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

@@MidAgeGuitar 🤣

[@ribbonsofeuphoria5744]

@@TheToneshackI like the tone rug here. And for an old bloke like me they make a great mouse mat

[@ribbonsofeuphoria5744]

Welcome back!!! I remember your Budda amp clips from years ago (and still listen to them). This is the first clip of it out in the wild. I think this will further help sell a boatload of these. Great playing, thank you for posting

[@TheToneshack]

Ah thank you very much.

[@chrismorgan7494]

That's an incredibly versatile Fuzz. Definitely getting one.

[@charliepayne9248]

Never been one for any Behringer pedal of any description….. Being addicted to the Fuzz, I couldn’t help myself, WOW……! This thing is the beans. The sweet spot for me is switch on Vintage , level at 2 o’clock and attack at 4 o’clock, and i will leave it there. For the money it’s a no-brainer…… Keeping my eye on Behringer pedals. Great review.

[@thejtotheb5419]

the 'mod' mode sounds like total Sabbath at some points. you made this thing sound AWESOME, great demo.

[@tito.tarantula]

Insane bang for the buck. The Fuzz Bender (and Klon copy) won't be available in Germany for another 2-3 months, but I did manage to find a mini oriental pedal rug though. It's arriving tomorrow. Great review, thank you.

[@TheToneshack]

The tone is in the mini rug!

[@tito.tarantula]

@@TheToneshack That's awesome, I didn't realise that. Does the rug add tone to all pedals or will they all sound like a Fuzz Bender?

[@iagobroxado]

What, the ToneShack is back? I had no idea! You were one of my favorite reviewers from back in the day! Your old intro song will never leave my mind lol! Edit: Just watched the comeback announcement video!

[@BradLyons-z5p]

Impressive! Great demo and playing.

[@2010georgian1]

literally sounds better than most vintage stuff hahahaha

[@colbol]

Fantastic playing, pedal sounds good too!

[@SalmiRahman]

INSANE TONE! Good job Behringer 👏

[@wesmitchem825]

Damn that's great it sounds better than pedals I've paid three times as much for that didn't clean up and usually have one usable tone in them

[@TheToneshack]

Yeah this did a bunch of tones. Kinda hard to decide which one I liked best.

[@philfrite5324]

mine arrives tomorrow... looking forward to it.

[@mattc1176]

I got mine today. Really pleased with how the Orig sounds, the Mod I’m much less immediately impressed with - it’s like, where’d all the bottom end go!? But I may find a use for it somewhere. It’s funny because the Orig is I think the 1.5 circuit - and I assumed I’d much prefer the Mk2. But no.

[@philfrite5324]

its odd isnt it. but if you use it in context of a band mix it makes space for bass. most of pages sounds on tracks sound thin on their own.

[@mark_sparks_music]

Good for the price. Some nice crispy overdrive and treble boost tones for blues. Different.

[@RolleHardrocki]

Could this be an actual authentic clone of a vintage Tonebender? Can it have soul for such a cheap price? Behringer have done it again! They made something good even better for a better price!

[@j.schaefer5622]

Great demo and great pedal. Thanx…

[@fedog81]

Nice review! Great playing too!

[@TheToneshack]

Thank you very much.

[@CentaurusRelax314]

The rug really ties the room together. [Behrin-grrrr with a hard G.]

[@kierenmoore3236]

One dude told me it was a ‘hard g’, then proceeded to say Behrin-jerr, repeatedly 😏 … I wonder wth he thinks a ‘soft g’ is … 🤷🏻‍♂️🙃

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

It's a bit difficult to say for sure. Uli Behringer is Swiss, not German, and the company do tend to use the softened g for the brand. I'd pronounce it Beh-ringer, but I don't know if Swiss German is influenced by the presence of widespread French and Italian speech in the same country.

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 Blah, blah, blah … From the horse’s mouth … :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKKbhIOuf8x7jNUsi=C_gJczsH49YUWP1r

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Who cares. When people pronounce it we all know what they're referring to 🙂

[@CentaurusRelax314]

@@Joe-mz6dc Is that the strategy you employ in all matters?

[@pierre-olivierturmel1705]

Even if I was millionaire, I would buy it! Behringer fan since many years and brought mainly synthesizers, wich are excellent! I play guitar too and eventually buy this, the Klon and the Spring reverb 360 for my keyboards.They just released the LM 1, their version of the well-known drum machine of the 80's, Linn Drum, used on a lot of greats hits! 😎

[@ImprovGuitarJams]

I think it sounds great, nice demo and playing!

[@jaimedolcesinnersole]

Great playing! Great demo! Thank you..mine is supposed be arrive in February 🤞🏽😁

[@RichInternationalAir]

Liked and subscribed! Excellent demo. I'm still waiting for my order from Anderton's. 😊 🎸

[@robertbrown1627]

Just bought one !! Sounds amazing!!!

[@thegreatjonzini]

Best demo yet cheers 🥂

[@TheToneshack]

Thank you very much.

[@randydarklight]

Fantastic playing, pedal sounds good too! 😃

[@brimans3092]

Yep it's a fuzz box. If Behringer can make a Moog mini the size of a lunch box then its a given this be OK😊

[@LukeJackandWill]

Behringer are nailing this little series

[@esmeraldo7887]

cool - nice playing - thanks. with the level up that high, isn't a lot of the OD/fuzz/distortion being created by the pedal acting as a boost thats hitting the preamp hard? anyway, i hope you get some behringer tokens/credits for this - i suspect you've help them sell a few.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Yeah, but that's how most fuzz pedals were used back in the day because the amps didn't have a master volume, so the pedal would be on the whole time and the guitar's volume control was the way that the player was expected to transition from distortion to clean sounds. It's not too dissimilar to a treble booster in that respect, just with an inbuilt short that routes some of the signal to ground so that you get more distortion. It's less common for that to be done now with the prevalence of master volumes and switchable amp channels but it was pretty much the only option for most players in the 60s and 70s.

[@TheToneshack]

Thanks very much and glad you liked it. No word from them yet but who knows what could happen. Boost wise, I wouldn't say there is tons of output volume in this one. A bit but not enough to goose the front of a clean amp.

[@titichartay7216]

Love the pedal rug but do like pedal as a fuzz nut. Behringer always does credible work with it's circuitry.

[@BedeLaplume]

Interesting demo. I has a very nice psychedelic-era vintage pedal design enclosure. To my ears, it sounds as good as an expensive Fuzz/distortion boutique pedal. Behringer always surprises me positively as far as gear for the money. By the way, how do you manage to avoid humming noise on your tele? Noise gate? Noiseless pickups?

[@TheToneshack]

No noise gate. Honestly, it's just luck more than anything. I don't really think about it.

[@FraxOwen]

Amazing, great review! So glad i've ordered this and the 69 Vibe. Incredible what Behringer are doing for the price and making these vintage style pedals accessible. I wonder what they will do next? Rangemaster Treble Boost, Fuzz Face, Coloursound powerboost, Echoplex? I have a few Behringer pedals (Super Fuzz, Tape Delay, Vintage Phaser, Chorus, Tremalo etc.) and all of them sound excellent, never been disappointed and always delivered a sound I was after, seems like they've ramped things up to another level with the look and sound of these pedals :)

[@TheToneshack]

I actually just ordered the Vibe. See what thats all about.

[@FraxOwen]

@ I’ve been in search of an affordable Uni vibe clone for a while and Behringer have answered the call :) Enjoy and look forward to your review of that one!

[@JasonT-xp3kh]

What a great demo. The pedal isn't bad either. Subbed.

[@hafstrat]

I don’t think anything they do is controversial. It’s common sense in a world of fetishist hype n snake oil elitism. The reality is the circuit here is exceptionally simple any way. 😂

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I feel like there's arguments to be made about the times when they've copied more contemporary products, misrepresented their products in marketing, and Uli just being a generally unlikeable person who has a history of making some serious PR blunders (such as mocking up a pedal to ridicule one of his critics with a picture that resembled an antisemitic caricature. I don't think that there's enough evidence to claim that he deliberately intended to evoke that iconography, but he does come across as a bit of an ass who is prone to using edgy humour to lash out at people, which creates situations where he crosses the line into something bigoted. It's generally best not to publicly attack people in personal ways because they said something negative about your business as it may not be interpreted charitably by the general public when you screw up.) That being said, as much as I dislike their near monopoly on the supply of specialty parts for guitar pedals and synthesisers and think it's bad for the industry in the long term, they do put out some good products that can't be obtained elsewhere and their prices do make these things much more accessible to people on lower incomes, so I can't really argue against someone that buys their stuff.

[@ImBeyondHD]

Real.

[@LiebsterFeind]

Doesn't seem to be available yet. Tried some of the major "buy links" and got empty search results.

[@royrobles7423]

I plan on buying this...the klon..ND univibe....love em

[@synthorswim]

I love Behringer... This Pedal sounds great!!!

[@matthewbookatz5049]

Can’t argue, sounds great

[@totallykoolyeah]

Cheers for the harmonic content i use their blue amp sim pedal (tech 21) to record, great sounds

[@texacomann]

I❤your video! I have mine tried out yesterday and😊 its a 💀Killer machine! ❤❤❤It! None of the Videos can transport the Feelings while playing this pedal, so you are forced to try out by yourself 😅and, judge by yourself if it fits for your needs because this pedal is so versatile - but this pedal does a phantastic job!

[@philhood4604]

Sounds good. Into what amp? Makes a bit difference

[@leonardo.rafael]

It sounds really nice. No digital sound. Something between a fuzz face (clears so nice enhacing the tubey tone of the neck single coil) and mids enhaced as an mkii but not as fuzzy as a real one ( maybe with humbuckers). Maybe I would prefer to have both separatedly than an hybrid. The mod switch really sounds like a cocked wah for cutting in a solo but that switch may be not practical as a push footswitch or a real wah. This is definitely not a vintage bender circuit since it uses not 2 nor 3 but six SMD (what was that) transistors.

[@PhoenixGuitars]

Well done. Only suggestion…maybe play through the humbuckers on that Reverend or other guitar. I’m sure it’s a stark contrast from the tele. Sounds great though!

[@TheToneshack]

I can do that.

[@BopKitBill]

Thank you ToneShack! ...Now I can live happy! All kidding aside, nice demo.

[@rilatti]

Thanks! The single coils are best choice for that kind 60's sound.... ∽ 18" like SRV/Hendrix sound.... what are pups what do you use at what point?

[@AndrewAHayes]

I watched a video on tape delay/echo units the other day and wondered what my WEM Copicats were selling for, I was gobsmacked, the prices they were selling for, some people were asking nearly 600 quid for a '60s model, I don't think it will achieve that though, my 1970's and 1981 model were selling for around the 3-400 quid mark.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Killer playing mate!

[@leesyrjanen3947]

The mod setting sounds like Dire Straights Money For Nothing.

[@TheToneshack]

Absolutely.

[@alw1340]

This sounds really good

[@snörre23]

Cool, also got shipment notice these days, was prepared to return but this already sounds like i will add it to my (mostly DIY) fuzz collection.

[@neilwarden]

IT'S A WINNER... this and the vibe pedal.

[@ScottyBrockway]

It sounds good, I worry about the durability like all Behringer stuff. The treble boost/mod mode is interesting, might sound better into a cranked Marshall or something.

[@reeveselectro]

die cast aluminium enclosure - really well secured PCBs inside -- its as good as anything 4 times the price honestly ive no idea how they have done it =]

[@josetxu30]

​​@@reeveselectronot trying to have a 3000% profit margin like most of pedals and pickup boutique builders this days.

[@canopy-guitars_and_gear]

Can definitely hear shades of LZ1 in there - as we should! 👏

[@50Something]

Great review and playing! Subcribed!

[@TheToneshack]

Much appreciated!

[@bradleywright7066]

Hi apparently from the release video the MOD is the 1.5 bender, essentially a FuzzFace

[@buckbumble]

The MOD sounds nothing like a FF in anyway but still I did it. Sounds more like a Shin Ei Fuzz to me. The normal mode on this though is tasty. Love the pedal! Wasn’t in the market for a fuzz but I’m buying one

[@mofateam1]

great demo. i have no problem with behringer at all copying vintage gear. they shouldnt steal ideas from small businesses, thats all.

[@BBfanfun]

at this price, don't hesitate to mod.

[@JGStonedRaider]

Mine turned up and was borked. Hopefully replaced on Monday

[@pandorski35000]

énorme ! merci pour la démo

[@lovingpeace9715]

Need a Les Paul and Marshall 😊

[@bradc32]

don't know how they do it for cheap?..radioactive Russian parts from the 70s? when i built mine years ago i think it cost more and i don't have that cool enclosure

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

It's because they own a factory that is large enough to qualify as a small city in China where they manufacture pretty much all of the specialist parts that the boutique pedal companies are using. They're basically sitting on a monopoly and can get the parts directly from their own factory without a markup, then they're manufactured at a level of scale that no other companies can really match and that allows them to undercut their own customers (though only really with products that are pretty much generic. They don't come after modern designs so much for pedals, but if you're only selling clones of old circuits and not doing anything new to justify your product over the same thing from Amazon for £30 you're going to be in trouble)

[@miquelmarti6537]

This sounds very much like the clone I built

[@BigSifu67]

Can you get them in the U.S. yet?

[@TheToneshack]

A couple of the new pedals are on Sweetwater but not seeing the others.

[@jonpaulhollingsworth4732]

Sounds great, a bargain!

[@tubularbill]

Is this pedal available now? I’ve had a hard time finding it for any retailers.

[@pandorski35000]

it's not in most online shops, they say several weeks of wait

[@tubularbill]

@@pandorski35000- ok thank you.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I wish someone would make a cheap copy of a harmonic percolator-esqe pedal.

[@Searchio]

I guess in Times when companies like Fender or Gibson make believe that they are curators of a museum, cultural goods, and history, using silly Buzzwords like "Legacy", pretending responsibility to be the keepers of alpha and omega, even spreading through PR a perception of an altruistic duty without commercial intensions, its hard to swallow for some folks that Behringer can make things sound as good, can "keep it real" sound and look wise, at a ridiculous price point, where other ocidental companies can't compete. It's not controversial. It's the fear that they can do as good as we do, maybe better and we are on the way to loose the alpha as we lost the actual omega.

[@JDStone20]

Sounds great to me! And man, can you really play!

[@ricknorris1466]

Tariffs are coming.

[@CharlesPDog]

Does it clean up?

[@xxxxneoxxxx]

It does. Watch the whole video.

[@ted149]

8:35

[@dougmurphy1777]

Not only controversial for the reasons stated, but also because Keeley makes a pedal with the exact same name.

[@valeriejacobs3093]

I give this video like and hope you will run ads to promote your nice channel

[@SonicProvocateur]

My real vintage Marshall Supafuzz sounds has that half-cocked wah sound. It's a true secret weapon in a mix.

[@spacebarbus]

Which version do you have? Because mine definitely does not sound like the mod setting on this.

[@TheToneshack]

Interesting. Thanks

[@URTH-yb5xh]

Of course its not metal distortion Not everything has to be Its Vintage because a growing number of people realize that the sounds of the past offer something better

[@detroitfunk313]

Sounds bendy to me.

[@Louzahsol]

Here come the cork sniffers

[@rickmccl71]

Bend is in the fingers

[@raycochrane3971]

"...doing good and well..."?

[@mothroyale9076]

It sounds like a distortion to me. Only starts to sound fuzzy when all dialled up.

[@Searchio]

A Fuzz is a Distortion or one kind of a couple of different Distortions. You can say also "a RAT sounds like a or is a Fuzz in some settings". A lot of Distortions sound fuzzy in extreme Settings even they are not intended to sound anything near a Fuzz, supposed to sound tight with controlled bass frequencies for modern Metal. They are Distortion circuits.

[@lancelothogben1297]

Mick Ronson

[@rocknrollboise]

Correction: Fuzz Faces love fender amps, but Fender amps hate Big Muffs (scooped+scooped=gross).

[@liontone]

Every pedal has about $15 worth of electronic parts. The rest is …..

[@LIKEFUNK]

Not a fan of fuzz and never have been, or ever allowing any of it on my signal, I just clicked to get a reminder of how correct I am regarding them is all. They automatically tend to making any speaker and amp sound like it's got a busted arse speaker in it? or the amp needs a service pronto, why players like the sound is beyond me??? makes gear sound muddy and as I said like a cheap bedroom jam session trying to emulate real distortion instead... at any volume.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

To each his own. The fuzz pedal is one of the most significant pieces of gear in rock history. Some of the most quintessential guitar tones ever played and recorded. Satisfaction? Led Zeppelin? I could sit here listing hundreds of bands and examples. You do you though 😃

[@heggy_69]

You are like the bizzaro version of me man, the only use I'd have for "real distortion" would be to make a fuzz sound (subjectively) better lol

[@fugamantew]

Your intro is way too long…

[@duncan-rmi]

my dislike of behringer is only partly because of his shameless knockery-offery; he's not the first & he won't be the last, & as his fanboys are so fond of pointing out, he stays *just* on the right side of the law. the klon clone has annoyed me, then; not because it's yet another centaur knockoff, not because he's copied the damn look right down to the actual centaur logo being identical, but because he doesn't give a shit about copying other people's IP (whether it's legal or not, it's immoral & lazy) rather than come up with an original design to house the things, & because he's poisoned the chinese slaves in his massive labour-camp factory city. whatever people say he's done for the cost-of-entry (which imho has cheapened music-making to a ridiculous degree), he's a bad boss. & yes, anyone with a bit of google-skill & basic soldering chops could make their own one of these in about an hour.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Sounds like elitism to me.

[@duncan-rmi]

well, I don't actually care what you think, because I've been researching this for years & you probably haven't.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Funny they made the pedal accurately large (they could have made it much smaller). Can probably get a smaller fuzz from a cheapo AliExpress shop for the same money (or less). Honestly I'm not uptight about Chinese clones. When UK German or US companies clone a pedal everyone's fine with it. But when a Chinese manufacturer clones something, people act like it's an affront to decency. Haha. Well I can't afford an actual Protein, but I do have a Chinese copy and it sounds fantastic. :)

[@duncan-rmi]

it's an affront to decency to run slave labour in a poisonous environment & to knock off other people's designs. I don't mind replicas, but there's a line being crossed when you copy the artwork to the tiniest detail, &... you know what? just do a bit of googling about the factory where this stuff is made.