Behringer Ring Stinger is a clone/replica of the famous 90’s fuzzy ring mod guitar pedal from Lovestone, a company that just made a comeback.
Behringer is not only shaking up the Synthesizer market, but also the guitar pedal market. Like in the synths, they are focusing primarily on discontinuous pedals that are often very expensive and rare.
That they pay little attention to the original developers and their designs is nothing new. With the Ring Stinger, Behringer has now announced another classic pedal recreation. However, this doesn’t come at the most ideal time.
Behringer Ring Stinger
The Behringer Ring Stinger is a clone/replica of the 90’s classic fuzzy ring modulator pedal from Lovestone.
Cool at first, but it leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth. Lovestone, the original company, announced a comeback in Summer 2025 with the help of ThorpyFX, with pedal releases in 2026. A Ring Stinger comeback is quite likely as well because it’s one of their famous pedals.
Now Behringer’s clone/replica is coming before the original designers of the circuit have even restarted their work.
I have a feeling they’ll soon be getting a letter from a lawyer, and Behringer will have to rename or even redesign the pedal because it looks almost identical to the original Lovestone Ring Stinger, except the connections are on the back instead of the frontpanel.
What Is Ring Stinger
Like the original Ringer Stinger, it’s a fuzzy ring mod pedal featuring a ring mod, pitch shifter, oscillator, and LFO.
The ring modulator manipulates your signals, creating metallic and harmonic overtones. The effect can be controlled with the frequency knob. You can add a VCO with selectable waveforms for even more control over the pitch and modulation.
With the built-in pitch shifter, you can have real-time control over the pitch modulation, producing unique and experimental tones.
The drive circuit adds extra spice to your sounds and brings that famous fuzzy character to the ring mod sounds, making it very unique. Even on synths.
Then, you have a filter section that incorporates filters to shape and sculpt the modulated signal. The timbre knob gives you hands-on control.
The multi-wave LFO (low-frequency oscillator) on the right side provides rhythmic modulation patterns for dynamic soundscapes. You can control the depth and rate of it with dedicated controls. There is also a footswitch that activates the LFO.
The blend pot balances the dry and modulated signals for precise tone blending/mixing.
On the connection side, it has a DC power input, a main mono output, expression pedal inputs for LFO depth and VCO (incl. CV), a carrier in, a VCO out, and a main input. According to Behringer, the Ring Stinger has a true bypass circuit.
First Impression
It’s always nice to see a well-known but rare pedal make a comeback. This allows more people to experiment with it. The release timing feels a bit off, since the original developers just came back.
We’ll see if the Behringer version ever actually comes to market and if it needs any modifications. That’s happened quite often before. Even with the Moog pedals.
Behringer Ring Stinger price is TBA. It is now available from the factory, but depending on the retailer and the delivery method (sea freight/flight), it will take weeks or months.
More information here: Behringer
