Behringer announces Ring Stinger clone, opens pre-orders
February 13, 2026 · 2 sources
Behringer announced on 13 February 2026 a recreation of the Lovetone Ring Stinger, a ring mod and fuzz pedal from the 1990s, and opened pre-orders for it1. MusicRadar reported the price as $1191.
The pedal combines ring modulation with an octave fuzz circuit, described by MusicRadar as "the metallic, discordant sounds of ring modulation with a punchy octave fuzz circuit"1. Its onboard VCO offers four waveforms, with controls for Depth, VCO Frequency and Timbre, plus LFO Rate and Waveform controls, a Drive control for distortion and a Blend control for the dry/wet mix1. Footswitches engage the octave pitch-shifter and the LFO1.
Connections include expression pedal/CV inputs for LFO Depth and VCO Frequency, a Carrier input for external signals that replace the VCO, and a VCO Output for routing the internal oscillator elsewhere1. MusicRadar lists true bypass and operation from a standard DC power supply1.
MusicRadar reported that the original Ring Stinger was a favorite of Johnny Marr, Billy Corgan and Kurt Vile, and that Lovetone designer Dan Coggins said in a 2019 interview that Ed O'Brien told him the pedal was used for vocals on Radiohead's Kid A1. Coggins, in that interview, called it "the most bizarre pedal we ever made"1.
"Behringer's Ring Stinger is now available for pre-order."
A separate Sonicstate report on 16 February 2026 said Behringer had announced its version of another Lovetone pedal, the Flange With No Name, following the Ring Stinger announced the week before; that report gave no price and directed readers to local retailers2.