Behringer UV300 Ultra Vibrato Reviews

Great sounding pedal

A great pedal with lots of neat features. The sound is astounding for the price point - it will definitely stay on my board for the foreseeable future. The only drawback is the build, which is just plastic, but it honestly doesn't matter at this price.

Great vibrato pedal!

Essentially a classic Boss VB-2 for very little money. Just great!

Absolute Gem. I like my pedals to clearly have an effect! And this does. Think intro to Peaches or Tender by Blue

pretty good copy of the boss vb-2

There is a lot to like abput this pedal. First of all, it's cheap. Second it has neat features and it's easy to understand and control. It took me no time to find sound that i would use in recording situations. Of course, there are some flaws: it does have a hissing sound in the background sometimes when it's turned on. The other thing is that it's a plastic pedal. So if you're not careful you can break it. But then you can just buy another one for 30eu. So...

Perfect for what it is !

Yes, i just put 4 stars to this really really cheap pedal, but sincerely, for the price, it does the job and it does it good. The effect is nice and it does not destroy the dry sound. Sure, it's light as a feather and won't last a lifetime, but at this price, it's just perfect for what it is.

It's a nice tool and if you fall in love with this effect, you can always look for better and more expensive options.

Sounds like the real deal!

Already knew what to expect, but in my own hands it sounds even better than the youTube videos i saw with this unit. For $30 it can't get any better than this. Awesome sound, gives life to lifeless guitar lines

Just unbelievable amount of fun for 27 euros

Build quality seems ok. Doesn't look like it will immediately fall apart. Definitely ok for the money. Just good fun to play.

Sounds great

I love the sound but i wish the rate could go a little lower.

Im not a huge fan of most vibratos but this one has a really nice and smooth sound to it. i have to give it 5 stars because of the price.

The build quality is what youd expect. I expected the knobs to feel loose but they dont. the enclosure is all plastic and stwitching the pedal on is where you'll feel the price tag the most (the upper plastic bit with the rubber pad doesnt feel solid)

Really good sound

Really good sound. Just don't beat it too much, plastic casing could not take it. Overall quite good.

Does what you need.

And does it well. No complaints.

It does what it says on the tin

It can sometimes be a bit too subtle even with the depth up full.

It does the Mac de Marco modulation thing pretty well.

But it's missing a bit of analogue pazzaz. It's a little too clean and a bit boring, not a lot of character to it.

Don't know if I'd recommend it tbh. Really it depends on what your looking for. I was looking for some nice modulation effects, I think I'll sell mine and try a behringer chorus instead.

Great value!

Great value for money!

Sounds just like the VB-2!

Its the housing, not the sound

Behringer pedals generally sound pretty good! Alot of them are directly inspired by great boss pedals and whatnot.

My only issue with them is the housing and how buttons and potmeters are soldered to the pcb instead of making them modular. These are a large part of what makes these pedals break.

This pedal in particular, I bought it to introduce a small detune to my guitar playing, but wasnt able to turn down the rate enough to get a desired effect. It was still too fast. Oh well.

These pedals deliver fine sound, but they just tend to break down when used as a pedal. When youre looking for that ethereal kind of sound, its often just out of reach of what you want. I can recommend if youre particularly careful. It sounds good and you dont expect too much it will work. This stompbox belongs on a table. Dont even try using these boxes with your foot. What it does, it does well.

Awesome Value!

The Behringer UV300 Ultra Vibrato Effect Pedal does an excellent job of emulating the Boss VB-2 pedal. It works and sounds like you'd expect. It's a great value for money product.

If ya gotta have one!

It works and sounds like you'd expect.

Best budget vibrato

This is a clone of that famous Boss Vibrato from the 80´s, that is now reissued by WAZA and costs a fortune. The sounds out of this really go from smooth and smokey wables all the way in to space exploration like robotic frenzy.

It's a reproduction of a classic vibrato

This sounds good. You can use it for a little accent here and there, or play whole chord progressions with either a subtle effect, or sounding quite disjointed.

The pots are looser than other behringer pedals - there seems to be a lot of variance in quality of these, and the output jack is very stiff (something I experienced with another pedal).

If you expect the jacks to possibly be stiff and pots to have differing levels of stiffness, you won't be disappointed by the sound.

Best value pedal ever

This is the best bang for your buck pedal ever. The rate at it's slowest is still a bit too fast for my taste, but if you're handy with a soldering iron, this can be modded very easily and cheaply. The pedal can create nice chorus-type sounds, as well as a subtle tape warble effect.

Subtle Wobble

This is my 45th pedal overall since 1989 but first Behringer 'compact'. I'm going to ignore the fact that these cost less than £25 and concentrate on sound, performance and features.

PROS:

It sounds excellent, really. Boss-level quality. The effect can be silky-subtle to moderately strong - no useless extreme modulation settings here, which is a welcome change, especially on a budget pedal.

Although, as if to make up for it, the 3-way switch sports an utterly useless 'bypass' setting. Probably because some other 3-knob pedals in the range actually need that switch and it must keep manufacturing costs down to use a common chassis.

Control knobs all feel reassuringly solid and smooth in travel with, I'd say, a little more resistance in feel than Boss ones - less chance of them being brushed out of position by a stray foot. The 'rise' control (an attack or pre-delay before the effect starts) takes some getting used to to hear it, but its certainly worth fiddling with for decent results.

No noise, output issues or noticeable signal loss whatsoever, although I'm using a reasonable quality '1-Spot' power supply so your results may vary. But certainly this is free of the sometimes problematic results I've had with the cheaper TC Electronic pedals which are meant to be upgraded versions of these.

I... um, I really like the 'Olive Drab' colour... goes well with all my other green pedals.

CONS:

The side-mounted power input is awkward and necessitates an L-connector on your power supply cable/daisy chain.

The battery access is a joke - you're supposed to poke open the hinge mechanism with a biro. I can't see that happening easily at a gig or lasting very long without damage. To be fair, it's probably less hassle than the four screws on the back of my Big Muff, plus I never use batteries anyway. But not very practical for regular use.

And finally, as has so often been pointed out about these models - the plastic housing appears to be made of some kind of spongy extra-flexible plastic. Does not immediately install confidence - would I gig with it? Well, I know a bunch of people that have done so for years and I've never heard any off them complain about breakages or any other issue for that matter.

SUMMING UP

When I was 18 I'd use batteries and chuck my pedals into a bag at the end of a practice or gig - this pedal would not have survived a month, let alone still be one my board 30 years later like some of my Boss pedals are. But then again, I'd have had no use for such a gorgeously subtle effect like this when I was 18 and playing Grindcore - these days I have a decent power supply, a pedalboard and more varied tastes.

I'm going to buy the Super Fuzz now, and possibly that pink HM-2 clone.

does the job!

Nice vibrato pedal for a great price. Sounds very good!