A vintage-voiced overdrive at a price where the pedal costs less than the cable to it. Like almost every pedal, it expects 9 V DC center-negative — the convention that destroys pedals when it is ignored.
Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive
A vintage-voiced overdrive at a price where the pedal costs less than the cable to it. Like almost every pedal, it expects 9 V DC center-negative — the convention that destroys pedals when it is ignored.
Type
Overdrive
Voicing
Vintage tube-style (Behringer states)
Power
9 V DC, center negative — supply not included
Amazon reference
B000KIRT74 (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
0689076111812
Forty-three dollars for the effect most electric players want first
The classic overdrive voicing, which is the reference sound for blues and rock rhythm
No power supply included, and the wrong one can destroy it in seconds
Best for: A first pedal, in front of a clean amplifier.
Overdrive is the first pedal nearly everyone buys, and at forty-three dollars this is a low-risk way to find out whether you like it in front of your amplifier.
The voicing is the classic tube-screamer style: a mid-focused push that makes a clean amp bark without turning everything to fuzz. It is the reference sound for a great deal of blues and rock rhythm playing.
The important part of this page is not the sound, it is the socket. Pedals expect 9 V DC, center negative, and a supply of the wrong polarity or voltage can kill one in seconds. No supply is included here. If you already own a pedal power supply, check its polarity symbol against the one printed on this pedal before plugging in.
Behringer does not state true bypass for this model, so this page does not claim it.
The questions players ask
What does center negative mean?
The polarity of the DC plug: the outer sleeve is positive and the center pin negative. It is the pedal convention, and a supply wired the other way round can damage a pedal immediately. The symbol is printed next to the socket on almost every pedal.
Can I run it from a battery?
Most pedals in this class accept a 9 V battery, and the manual states whether this one does. A battery avoids the polarity question entirely, at the cost of remembering to unplug the cable so it does not drain.
Two gain characters in one enclosure: overdrive for a pushed amplifier sound and distortion for something heavier. Same 9 V center-negative rule, same absence of a supply in the box.
Type
Overdrive and distortion, two modes
Power
9 V DC, center negative — supply not included
Amazon reference
B002EWM1EA (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
0736211844170
Two distinct gain characters for the price of one pedal
Distortion mode covers heavier styles the TO800 deliberately does not
No supply included, like almost every pedal at this price
Best for: A player covering several styles who does not want two pedals yet.
A metal music stand with a triple-braced base and double support, adjustable between 78 and 170 cm (66.9 in), that still folds for storage. The stand to buy when the light one has already tipped over.
Material
Metal
Base
Triple braced, double support
Height range
78 – 170 cm (30.7 to 66.9 in)
Folds
Yes
Manufacturer reference
CY000009-1-EU
Amazon reference
B0DKW9X82J (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
5060987642278
A triple-braced base does not tip under a hardback score or a tablet
170 cm (66.9 in) at the top of the range covers a standing player, not just a seated one
Twice the price of the folding wire stand
Best for: A standing player, a heavy score, or a tablet that must not fall.
A USB-C MIDI cable with a 32-bit processor inside it. It can filter, remap and route MIDI through free software, and in its second mode it links two instruments directly with no computer in the chain.
Mode 1
USB MIDI interface — computer to MIDI hardware over USB-C (maker’s bullet)
Mode 2
Smart MIDI Cable — links two MIDI devices directly, without a computer, powered from the MIDI Out port. The only cable on this shelf that works with no computer (maker’s bullet)
Processor
32-bit — the only processor published on this shelf (maker’s bullet)
Processing
Routing, filtering and mapping, configured in the free UxMIDI Tools software for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. The only configuration software on this shelf (maker’s bullet)
Message support
Stated to transmit all MIDI messages including clock, sysex, MTC and MPE — the only listing on this shelf to name a message type (maker’s bullet)
Platforms
macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux and Chrome OS (maker’s bullet)
Plug
Retractable USB-C, with dual-tone MIDI connectors (maker’s bullet)
Channels
CME puts nothing in writing on this. Both other MIDI cables on this shelf publish 16
Length
CME puts nothing in writing on this. One of the three MIDI cables here publishes a length
Manufacturer reference
S-F000C12
Weight
89 g (3.1 oz) in the product record
Amazon reference
B0DQYJJ3L2
EAN
8885011101517
Connects two instruments with no computer in the chain — nothing else on this shelf does that
Filtering, mapping and routing in a cable, configured from a phone as well as a computer
Five times the price of the least expensive item on this shelf, for a cable
Best for: A rig where a controller has to drive a synthesizer without a laptop, or where incoming MIDI has to be filtered before it arrives.
A three-and-a-bit-foot stereo lead in oxygen-free copper under a braided jacket. The shortest cable on this shelf, which on a desk is the point rather than a compromise.
Connection
3.5 mm (0.14 in) TRS to 6.35 mm (0.25 in) TRS, stereo, male to male (from the title)
Length
3.3 ft — the shortest length published on this shelf (from the title)
Conductor
Oxygen-free copper with shielding — the only listing on this shelf to name oxygen-free copper (maker’s bullet)
Signal
Stated to support balanced to unbalanced transmission, with strong anti-interference capability (maker’s bullet)
Jacket
Braided outer cover with gold-plated connectors (maker’s bullet)
Named compatibility
Yamaha, Casio and Roland keyboards, digital pianos, bass amplifiers and home theatre systems (maker’s bullet)
Shielding
Described as shielded. No layer count or coverage is published; one cable on this shelf publishes two layers (maker’s bullet)
Manufacturer reference
190 0027
Weight
30 g (1.1 oz) in the product record
Amazon reference
B0FPQZ3SZQ
EAN
0826341058438
The shortest lead on this shelf, which on a desk means no coil on the floor and less aerial
TRS at both ends and said so, where most listings here describe stereo without naming contacts
3.3 ft will not reach from a desk to an amplifier across a room
Best for: A desk: interface to monitor, or laptop to a 1/4-inch input, with nothing left over.
