Roland sued them over this, because Behringer ripped off all the BOSS pedals looks, and I think that Behringer had to change their pedals to make them less of a rip off of BOSS designs.Įven if it’s legal – because somebody like Tom Oberheim doesn’t have the resources to defend rights to old trademarks or designs – it still seems douchie to rip off Tom Oberheim or Dave Smith or other people’s designs, when Behringer could just as easily come up with something original. While it’s OK to clone circuits out of patent, you can’t just rip off the look of other company’s designs and try to trick people. The other issue with Behringer pedals (and synths, too) is that they very clearly rip off the look of other company’s gear, instead of doing something original. With the Behringer pedals, it’s pretty obvious where they’ve cut corners. They’re made like fucking tanks! I know a lot of people with 20, 30, even 40 year old pedals and they’re still going strong.
Just cloning the circuits of popular pedals is probably good enough for people that only play at home.īut there’s a reason why people still buy EHX and BOSS pedals. The Behringer pedals I’ve tried could break if you stepped on them too hard. Every other pedal I own is made of metal and is designed to be stepped on. The battery just rattles around in the case and can slam against the PCB. Maybe the one’s I’ve tried were exceptions, but the Vintage Phaser I could probably destroy just by dropping it onto the floor. The issue i have with the Behringer pedals is that they just aren’t made well. Like you said, everybody does it, and there’s really no reason why anybody shouldn’t be able to make a decent clone of old analog designs. I don’t think anybody takes issue with the copying of circuits that are out of patent.
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