BehringerDR600 DIGITAL REVERB Digital Stereo Reverb Effects Pedal

I really like this little Behringer Digital Reverb. I have owned other Behringer equipment in the past, always with good results, so I had no problem trying them again. It may not be what the pros use, but it’s perfect for my situation and at an unbelievable price! I just have a 30-watt transistor amp, that I just use for practice and self-entertainment. The built in reverb is broken and it doesn’t have any extra jacks on the back, for external effects to plug into, so I just needed something that I could run between my guitar and my amp, that didn’t cost too much and that’s exactly what I found. It’s not an extremely profound reverb, but with all of the control knobs, “Level”, “Tone”, “Time” and especially the “Mode” knob, with 7 choices, including a classic “Spring” mode, you can dial in a variety of sounds and probably find at least 1, that meets your needs.

Let's start off with the incessant complaint about Behringer pedal durability: For what the DR600 costs, you are getting very good electronics at a low price and a durable (but probably not so much for professional hard-gigging stuff) plastic case. I have four other Behringer pedals and they are standing up to regular use. No, I am not a professional musician. Now the good stuff: It has clear, distinctive control over spring, plate and hall reverb with decent time control. I'm not sure what room modulation does with this unit but I can't hear a change. I'm using either plate or spring. The level control is effective and the tone control is satisfactory. A bonus is that it has stereo A/B inputs for a stereo setup. I am mono, but it is a bonus for some. Now, a complaint (and one that I truthfully cannot 100% isolate to this pedal): It appears to add a weird electronic burbling feedback to my pedal chain and amps. It is low enough that I only hear it when I am not playing. If I kick the off switch it (mostly) disappears. Moving my in/out cord from the A jack to the B jack helped. For the price and sound, I can live with it. I am very happy with it. Think price and good competitor circuit emulation.

Not a bad pedal for the price. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised by the various Reverb effects the pedal can produce. Clearly it is not the most expensive reverb unit available but it is a decent piece of gear for the price. I am using it with my Fender Stratocaster HSS guitar into my Marshall MG10CD practice amp and it truly gives amazing results. I have also used it with a microphone to give the effect of vocals sung in a concert hall or at least something bigger than my living room and it works great. I don't know about battery life yet since I haven't had it long enough to know for sure, but it seems to do just fine on a 9-volt alkaline battery. I have ordered the Behringer AC adapter for it just in case it eats batteries. I will admit as other reviewers have mentioned the extremely bright blue power light is nearly blinding and you actually need to cover the light to see the control settings but a piece of black tape takes care of that problem. I like the two-channel feature since I can run 2 separate guitars or a guitar and a mike through it at the same time although the usage is somewhat limited since any adjustments affect both channels. It is worth watching for sale prices for the unit on Amazon or Buy.com. For the price, I have no complaints. I'm sure there are better professional quality units available that would beat this one out, but you are not going to do better for the price. Other than the ultra-bright power light I have no complaints. This seems to be a solidly built and versatile unit. I would give it 5 stars except for the ungodly bright power light!

So a bit of background, I stopped playing guitar over 20 years ago, and since I was a teenager when I played all I had were the obligatory distortion and wah pedals. Fast forward and I'm getting back into guitar again and building up knowledge on what each pedal does by playing around with them. The quality of the reverb on this pedal is great, as is the ability to switch the type like spring, hall, etc. The casing is plastic so it probably won't be able to withstand too much abuse, but at this price point it's a great starting point to learn it's capabilities before graduating onto a more spendy pedal.

I wanted a low cost Reverb device for my Behringer MS-1 Synthesizer. I didn’t need anything with too many options just a few types of Reverb, Spring, Plate, Hall would be enough because the MS-1 is a pretty basic Mono Synth for Bass and Lead lines and it’s not terribly great for making complicated deep lush ambient sounds. I also already own a Zoom Stomp 70CDR and Hall of Fame 2 for my other Synthesizers and Mellotron.For a Synth like the MS-1 which is only $199 I can’t justify buying a pedal that costs more than the instrument.This Behringer Reverb fit my needs perfectly. It’s simple, quiet , sounds great and adds just the right amount of Reverb options to make the MS-1 sound full and rich. The price can’t be beat.The build quality is pretty good but it is plastic not a metal case. That’s fine for me as it will just sit on my music workstation next to the Synth not in a Pedal Board in a live playing situation. Not sure how it would hold up to that.One thing to note, it does not use a battery so you have to get a 9 volt power adapter. Sort of odd that Behringer doesn’t bundle one with it even if it added to the price. Anyway I did buy the D’Addario one which is only $11.UPDATE AFTER a week. I was wrong, this pedal does take a 9 volt battery but you have to push two clips on the left and right of the foot pedal itself to remove it to access the battery. Once you do, the spring that controls the pedal pops out and it's very difficulty to put back together. When I finally got it back together the pedal would not turn off, and the pedal motion was stiff. I tried opening it again and re-seating the pedal but it still did not align properly a d stop working. VERY POOR DESIGN to have to take it apart to put a Battery in, ridiculous. I RETURNED it and will buy a better quality and designed pedal!