SM400 Review

The SM400 stomp box is one hot piece of gear that gives you increasing distortion drive, intense sustain and the roaring sound of an overdriven stacked tube amp when slamming down the pedal.

Ease of Use:	9
Sound:	9
Reliability:	9
Impression:	9
Overall rating:	9
Users rating:	4.1
Comments:	9

overall: 9

Reviewed by: Grif22, on august 21, 2008

Price paid: A$ 40

Purchased from: Gosford Music Centre

Ease of Use: The pedal basically explains itself. It has level, low, high and dist knobs, and with some quick experimentation, it's easy to find great sounds. I was a bit miffed as to how to install the battery, but a quick read of the manual explained it (it's actually under the pedal switch itself). The manual is very brief, but it does the job. // 9

Sound: I'm practicing with my Ibanez bass amp, and my Epiphone Les Paul 100, and it sounds fantastic. I can match sounds from Lenny Kravitz, Rammstein, Linkin Park, The White Stripes, etc. mostly by adjusting the tone and level knob. I'm sure I could get much more if I tried. It gets a little noisy when you max everything out, but that's to be expected. // 9

Reliability & Durability: People seem to have a problem with Behringer pedals because they are made of plastic. however they are of solid build, and I would certainly gig it without a backup. // 9

Impression: I play a variety of rock music, from metal to just normal rock. I start using this pedal at around the Heavy Rock music stage, and dial up the Distortion as I go from there. I've been playing seriously for about a year. I researched these pedals before I chose this one, so I didn't need to ask anything about it. If it were stolen or lost (as with my guitar) I would donkey punch the thief and take it back. Failing that I would buy a new one. The most comparison I did was to sound clips of other pedals, and I think this sounds almost as good as Boss's equivalent SM2 pedal, which is more than twice the price. The most "comparison" I did was between this and the Behringer Delay pedal (DS100 I believe) which I will probably buy next anyway. I do kind of wish it had a knob for Mids, not just high and low, but I'm still happy with this. // 9

Comments

[fretsonfire74]

This is actually decent. A friend of mine has one and he upgraded to a Boss MT-2, but it's actually pretty good.

[Tyler Durden]

these are cheap and not worth the $$$

[_GoingBlind_]

its worth every penny.....40 dollars....it has the durability of my kids toy. I broke one at my local music store, I stomped and the pedal seperated from the box. First thing the clerk said was not "ur buying that" it was "cheap POS"....good luck with that thing dude.

[higherworlds]

no knobs for the mids, that lame! i would only buy behringer if i were a lameass.

[MertaN]

I have a Behringer Ultra distortion.
They're cheaply made, but they give a pretty wicked sound.
Behringer guitars on the other hand.
Pice of crap.

[~Shred Hero~]

Anything behringer is cheap. Yeah its only $40, but its cheap, it is bound to fail somewhere along the line. Danelectro FAB's are way better, and cheaper.

[Gryphon999]

Behringer pedals are very nice to begin with if u have a amp without any effects or so (like me). But after half a year I started to hate the Behringer pedal so I upgraded to a Boss MT-2 which is great IMO. And I dont regret I bought on of those Behringer!!

[SylKain]

It's pink...enough said

[master_exploder]

its pink, but im buying one