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BLUE DEVIL GX112
1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the BLUE DEVIL
GX112. With the BLUE DEVIL, you have acquired a Guitar Workstation that sets new standards in guitar amp
engineering. When developing the GX112, our top objective was to reproduce the direct sound of analog
guitar amps as perfectly as we could and combine it with latest DSP technologywhile focusing on a user
interface that can be operated intuitively.
BEHRINGER is an audio engineering company that has been successfully developing products for studio
and live applications for many years now. Our range of products includes microphones and a variety of
19" devices (compressors, enhancers, gates, tube processors, headphone amps, digital effects devices,
DI boxes, etc.) as well as various monitoring and P.A. speakers plus professional live and recording consoles.
The name of BEHRINGER stands for no-compromise quality, fully-featured products and exemplary service
even years after purchaseas well as sensationally low prices, which allow any ambitious music lover to
make their musical dreams come true.
We also set great store by flexibility, which has become a particularly important factor in the music business
over the past few years. Modern guitarists need to offer a broad range of sounds, but should still be able to
play in different kinds of applications at short notice: home recording, studio, live concerts. For this reason, it
has always been our prime concern to give you a Guitar Workstation that offers you a complete set of
functions, but can still be operated intuitively and quicklyno matter what kind of style you play.
Unfortunately, conventional guitar amps are often not fully designed and developed. Moreover, many manufacturers
of traditional-style guitar amps are somehow afraid of using state-of-the-art technology. The BLUE DEVIL, on
the other hand, is a pioneering guitar amp that has considerably more functions than any conventional 2-channel
amp with a built-in spring reverb. Still, you can use the GX112 so that it mimics an excellently sounding
2-channel combo amp with anadmittedlygood spring reverb. However, we recommend that you make
yourself familiar with the BLUE DEVIL in full detail, so that you know what each of the many functions does and
be able to fully exploit the numerous effects and control options provided.
As technology advances, youve got to keep track of latest technological breakthroughs to avoid falling by the
wayside. Since the first presentation of the BLUE DEVIL at Frankfurt Pro Light & Sound in 1998, we have
continuously improved this amp and included many of your valuable suggestions. We have spared neither
expense nor effort, to test different types of circuitry and speakers until the results gave us complete satisfaction.
After all, we really want to give you fully designed and developed products that meet your expectations in
every respect. The BLUE DEVIL shall be a useful tool for years to come, which is why weve equipped the
effects modules of our Guitar Workstation with EPROMS that can be updated. In this way, we can keep on
working on new algorithms and considering your ideas and suggestions. The resulting software updates will
be made available for free on the Internet, so as to ensure that your amp will never be outdated.
Weve packed our entire experience in this latest generation of guitar amps. Many people contributed to this
project of intense development: studio musicians, collectors of vintage guitar amps, music and guitar lovers
alike. We even invited guitar amp tuning experts to help us develop an amplifier that gives you the best of all
worlds:
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Sophisticated analog technology with a feel factor only analog technology can provide.
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Perfect simulation of tube-specific nuances to make up for the drawbacks encountered in tube designs
(short service life, heat dissipation, poor mechanical stability).
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Latest DSP technology to give you a broad range of modern high-gain and vintage-type effect sounds.
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Rugged and solid construction which even withstands roughest handling.
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Intuitive operation, so that you can focus your mind on what is most important to you: your music!
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This manual first describes the terminology used, so that you can fully understand the
BLUE DEVIL and its functions. Please read the manual carefully and keep it for future reference.
1. INTRODUCTION
