Behringer EQ700 Reviews

Not of serviceable quality

I ordered this to adjust the EQ of my guitar and boost the signal. The problem was that, on a battery, the pedal added noise to the signal, a heavy hiss in a rotating phaser type of pattern. This was exaggerated by the dirty tone on the amp. On the power supply it was even worse. The body is very plasticky and poor quality. The way the unit opens to change the battery is a joke. You have to remove the foot stitch by means of a spring loaded plastic piston at each side which you have to somehow at the same time, and replacing it is even more difficult. I was afraid I would break it. The EQ and the Db boost worked as it should, but there was just too much noise, so I returned it for a refund .............. :-(

Graphic equalizer

awesome quality and sound in one!

Get one. Its worth it

So what if the shell is plastic. It does what it need to do well. Just take care of it. Don't stomp too hard on it, and it'll last.

Love this eq for my acoustic guitar

It does just what I need it to. I don't have enough eq on my desk to sort out problem frequencies on my acoustic guitar. This pedal solves the problem.

Bargain Pedal

It works very well, everyone knows that has a plastic enclosure, but is seems that it's harder than my feet, so ok for me. the only thing you should know is that it has the AC clable connection on the side. If that is ok, no problem with the pedal, I've been using since few months and I found zero problems

Cheap pedal, cheap quality.

Pro:

It offers a lot of frequencies and range to change them.

Cons:

It has some "effect" as the sound is coming from another room. Spring quality is poor.

Worth having

I wasn't sure I needed a graphic EQ, so I got the Behringer to dip my toes and as my first pedal from them I was pleasantly surprised with the quality.

Not completely transparent, and the bands boost the signal when set to 0, but with some tweaking it's a very usable pedal and the hiss is negligible.

Sturdy enough for live use, especially if left always on.

Big difference for small change

Didn’t think I needed an EQ but thought I’d try this because it was SO cheap. It’s capable of making a huge difference to your tone, well worth the money and then some. Only 3 stars for quality because of the plastic housing but it still feels pretty solid if you don’t need access to the battery compartment.

Exactly what I was looking for

This is a high-quality, low-price pedal - I highly recommend it!

I was looking for a way to boost the level of my guitar during solos. I found that boost pedals not only made my guitar louder, but altered the tone in ways that I didn't like; they also introduced a lot of unwanted noise. All I wanted was something to make my solos stand out.

I had seen articles on the internet suggesting that an EQ pedal, placed last in the signal chain, might do the trick. My idea was to try the least expensive REPUTABLE product that I could find, and this Behringer seemed to fill the bill.

It turns out that this is exactly correct! With all the bands set at 0 and the level bumped up a couple of Db, this pedal gives my sound a small boost without altering the tone at all. Even better, the Behringer EQ700 is extremely quiet!

Although I don't use it as an EQ per se, I have played with it in that role and it seems to do very well. In fact, if I decide to add a graphic EQ type pedal to my chain, I will buy another one of these.

My only word of caution would be that the casing is made of plastic. I suspect that if you are very hard on pedals and are stomping on this one a lot, it will eventually break (and probably at the worst possible time). However, since I use a loop switcher, I never need to activate the footswitch on this pedal, so I expect that it will last a very long time.

Overall, I highly recommend this pedal as a level boost!

Great EQ pedal

It's a great EQ pedal, does its job, the only downside is that it's made from plastic, but it's a pretty strong plastic, it's not something that breaks in the first few weeks.

Great pedal for the price.

I find the pedal works just as well as the boss graphic eq of similar format. I use it in the effect loop of a high gain amp such as a Peavey 6505 to cut out certain frequencies in the end of the signal chain for making vocals in the band mix stand out or for reducing certain frequencies that build up form pre-gain eq settings. It does the job well. Build is ok. Can also be used as a boost.

Great as a standalone EQ Pedal - not sure whether it would hold up to continued gigging though

I bought this little yellow pedal to enable me to have a full EQ range of adjustment on my Bugera G20. At first I was getting a lot of whistling, this subsided when I ran the signal through my pedal board. Not sure if this was a fault of the pedal or the guitar I was using (tested with a friends cheap Ibanez stratalike).

Once being run with my pedal board (tested in the FX loop and at the end of my board) it really opened up the dynamics of the amp. It definitely works best though when you subtract the frequencies you don't want rather than boosting those that you do want.

So...

Good points

Price

Sound for the price (can be a little bit sterile)

Range of adjustments on the sliders

Bad points

Feels unsubstantial (no where near boss levels) and I wouldn't want to use it for gigging as the plastic case is a bit flimsy

A bit sterile sounding (to be fair this might be with all EQ pedals)

Strange whistling in certain setups

No indentations for the center of the EQ sliders

Overall, for my use (FX loop on a rehearsal room amp) I'm very happy with the pedal taking into consideration the the price. If I was going to be gigging with an EQ pedal I'd pay more and buy a Boss.

Not very happy with it.

Actually the pedal adds a noticeable amount of 'distortion' on the main sound, a small 'whistle' in the mid to high frequencies when you having the volume above 0 db.

bought as an extra?...

hmmm....mixed thoughts about this!...its worth the money and works well!...I just don't like the slider action with NO centre detent...! trouble is Boss equivalent is too expensive to buy in the first place?.....d;-/