Collectible Behringer Pedals?

Flanging_Fred

I’ve noticed recently that some discontinued plastic Behringer pedals are starting to fetch decent money on the s/h market, sometimes selling for more than the pedals they are clones of.  Things like the pitch shifter, Power Overdrive and Ultra fuzz seem kinda expensive for what are budget plastic clones.

So is this a ‘thing’ now? did I miss an episode of the JHS YouTube channel?  I know everything is going up in price but this seems like it’s being driven by something beyond just inflation.

steer

I'm not a snob, but surely not?

ICBM

Anything that's discontinued is automatically worth more - it's in the rules.

Flanging_Fred

Just seems a bit odd that people are paying over a hundred quid for a plastic copy of a pedal when you can get the original (usually Boss) for cheaper than that. Maybe I’m just out of touch or I’m unaware of the reasons behind why that’s happening.

darthed1981

The orange fuzz one is good - you can buy that everywhere.

susbemol

Surely that says more about how ridiculous the guitar gear market is than the value of their products?

Flanging_Fred

darthed1981 said:

The orange fuzz one is good - you can buy that everywhere.

Yeah, I got one of those when they were 17 quid for a new one. Maybe that skewed my perspective that they were all pretty cheap. That’s a fun pedal though for sure and well worth the meagre outlay.

hollywoodrox

I think the equivalent one of the Boss Dimension C is highly desirable 
  

LionAquaLooper

I have a few Behringers and these 4 are now discontinued and have at least doubled in price because they're hard to find used now

BO300
OD400
Echo Machine
Reverb Machine

GoFish

TBF, the Echo Machine is the Line 6 Echo park but improved, apparently, so I can sort of see that.

Last year I sold a Reverb Machine and an Ultra Fuzz for what I paid, no more. So relative bargains are out there.

distressed

GoFish said:

TBF, the Echo Machine is the Line 6 Echo park but improved

This is good to know. I used to have Echo Park and really liked its sounds and options, but it almost doubled the weight of my board and I didn't like the switch, so I got rid of it.

LionAquaLooper

I liked the Echo Machine so much that when my first one broke (one of the input or output jacks stopped working), I bought another one immediately when they were still £30.  Then I realised the first one wasn't broken at all.  Luckily I didn't bin it!  

I recommend buying an SF300 now while they're still £30, even if you don't like fuzz.  That pedal is highly rated and will most likely be discontinued as well at some point.  

JezWynd

The Echo Machine is a cool pedal but the lack of notches on the selector pot is a pain. Personal faves are the couple of mxr style metal boxes they put out - a 2 stage phaser and an excellent sounding compressor.

ROOG

"Ooo oo Mr Peavely" I must check my cupboard full of budget pedals for 'gold' :0)  

thecolourbox

JezWynd said:

The Echo Machine is a cool pedal but the lack of notches on the selector pot is a pain. Personal faves are the couple of mxr style metal boxes they put out - a 2 stage phaser and an excellent sounding compressor.

Their metal box Big Muff (Vintage Distortion, VD fnar fnar) and Memory Man (Vintage Time Machine) were also quite good, albeit basically because they were the same as what they were ripping off

Nerine

Probs driven by all the Behringer memes on pedal Facebook groups. 

Pedalboards of Doom 
Pedalboards of Actual Dickheads

ThePrettyDamned

Discontinued = worth more if it's a recognisable brand. I'm waiting for people to twig a couple of super cheap discontinued pedals I've got so I can make some money...

Same happens to Boss pedals. I wanted the adaptive distortion but missed it. Now it's doubled in price, and often listed as "rare" lol 

Revolutions

ThePrettyDamned said:

Discontinued = worth more if it's a recognisable brand. I'm waiting for people to twig a couple of super cheap discontinued pedals I've got so I can make some money...

Same happens to Boss pedals. I wanted the adaptive distortion but missed it. Now it's doubled in price, and often listed as "rare" lol 

Boss pedals regularly only become cult when a famous band talks about using a discontinued pedal. I’ve owned a lot of the early MIJ models & apart from the obvious big hits + a few surprises, most would only be worth keeping as part of a collection.

the Behringer thing makes sense for the circuits that are more than clones, otherwise when you start paying £50+, plenty of 2nd hand clones from small boutique builders become an option. 

Maybe people collect Behringer pedals like Boss? I have a couple of the vintage style pedals of theirs: the original bi-phase & an octave divider. They’re just decorations though. I do want the new-ish spring reverberation unit for my little home studio.

nick79

On the strength of this thread I’ve just ordered an sf300, £22 from Amazon. Can’t go wrong at that price surely?

Revolutions

nick79 said:

On the strength of this thread I’ve just ordered an sf300, £22 from Amazon. Can’t go wrong at that price surely?

Good choice. If you want the sounds it makes, I’m reliably informed it’s as good as the original boss pedal. I love it for overdubs as it’s got two gnarly vintage sounds & the boost is a great drive in its own right.

nick79

I’ve never really played with fuzz too much, and when I have it’s just been whatever is in the Helix. So this will be an education regardless. Gnarly is good though, I like gnarly.