Palmer Pocket Amp MK 2 - Analog Guitar preamp, DI Box and Headphone amp for Electric Guitar and bass, Black

Im a Semi driver and i was looking for a small practice amp for the road. Some like this model but from other brands are double or more in price. I play bass and it works for my needs very well. Construction and quality is really good.

No bypass for speaker sim. Higher gain sims are pretty noisy. Well build and performance as D.I. very good. Sounds best in bypass mode.

Very well constructed. Sounds great, simple to configure. I'm 40 and don't have time to screw around with all the new software amp sims etc, they sound good, but you'd waste a lot of time dialing in your sound. I love the simplicity of this device; a couple knobs and some switches. Just plug in and play. I'm going to use as a DI for recording too. It plays well with my ME-50 multi-effects. For the price, it can't be beat. There's a similar unit, different brand, that's about double the price! Try this out first and return it if you don't like it. I love it.

PERFECT for stage use. I don't lug amps around ANYMORE.

The range of tones available thru this thing is amazing. Great piece of gear.

it's a pricey bit of hardware but I quite like it. you get the following things all in this box 1. pocket amp that can run off 9V battery of 9V AC adapter (negative center iirc) 2. analog tweed, recto, and marshall sims with some mic placement bits and stuff, treble bass volume and gain knobs. 3. effectively a DI pedal since there's XLR out and bypass foot trigger personally i think the amp sims are pretty good, doesn't sound nearly as digital as some of my modeling stuff, but i feel like the recto could be heavier or stronger, for lack of a better word. But for the price, they're pretty good. The box feels pretty good to hold, not cheap. IMO the pocket amp mk2 is excellent if you're looking for a decent pocket amp, could use a DI pedal, or need some versatility in your pedal board. Based on what i read online, some ppl use it for backup at gigs, but i'm just a bedroom John Petrucci wannabe, so I have little to say about that.

I had high hopes for this emulator. It is the fifth such pedal I have purchased since my decision to stop lugging amps around. The palmer is well made with solid switches, knobs and buttons. Everything you'd want a good pedal to be. But, dialing the sound is difficult as it only has two tone knobs. Treble and bass. It is possible to get a nice clean tone, but the built in distortion settings or adding drive pedals to it, just causes it to become fizzy and thin sounding. I typically play my Gibson studio 50s tribute Les Paul with p90s in it. You may have better luck with humbuckers or a strat. The feature set, especially the headphone out and the aux in are the main reason I bought the Palmer. But I just couldn't get past the sound of the thing. Good idea, needing refinement.

Got tired of lugging around amps. This does the job and handles pedals very well. Sound men love it!

très surprenant,j'aime bien mais pas d'effet,le grain saturé est génial et la puissance de sortie sur logic pro x est idéale ,en conclusion a posséder absolument pour ses maquettes guitare .

Ottimo comoromesso se si suona in luoghi che non possono ospitare amplificatori reali. Fa davvero molto bene il proprio lavoro. Non è proprio plug and play, bisogna smanettare un po per trovare il sound di cui si necessita.

Running this little box through a 125 watt Bose portable PA system and getting probably the best guitar sound I have ever achieved. I love the Fender and Messaboogie settings they both work incredibly well. I must confess I haven’t found the sweet spot on the British Amp setting but hey I got two great guitar amps in one little box. Well made, easy to use, versatile and great value for money!

Es un preamplificador muy útil, práctico, bien diseñado y sólidamente construido. Aunque ya tiene sus años en el mercado no me parece que sea obsoleto, tiene muy buenas prestaciones a pesar de que hay productos que le han superado en cuanto al número de efectos y emulaciones. Es muy útil para grabar guitarras directamente a la computadora (yo lo conecto a un UMC22 de Behringer y de ahí a Logic Pro) y el resultado me parece más que aceptable. Lo único que me desconcierta es el salto de volumen entre el modelo de amplificador "VINTAGE" respecto a los otros dos ("US y "BRIT"), que obliga a hacer ajustes drásticos de volumen y setteo. También siento que no resulta tan clara la diferencia entre los modos "HEAVY" y "CRUNCH". Como sea, no es nada que no se pueda corregir moviendo las perillas hasta encontrar el sonido deseado.

Habe mir den MK2 als Kopfhörerverstärker für zuhause gekauft. War mit allem, was ich sonst im Musikgeschäft ausprobiert habe, nicht zufrieden (Yamaha & Vox Mini-Verstärker mit Simulation). Diese kleine Box hat mich jedoch absolut überzeugt. Spiele sonst Röhrenverstärker, was aber in einer Mietwohnung nicht gut funktioniert. Vor dem Pedal habe ich einen Tubefactor von H&K und ein Reverb-Pedal hängen. Da kein Einschleif-Weg für Effekte vorhanden ist, ist das nicht optimal aber es funktioniert und der Sound ist schön dynamisch. Spiele nur die Vintage-Amp-Simulation, die anderen Sounds sind mir zu bizzelig oder glatt (was sie auch sein sollen). Der Crunch hat mich wirklich überrascht, da er sehr dynamisch auf den Anschlag reagiert und eine gute Verzerrung für eine Simulation liefert. Der Mic-Schalter hat einen sehr starken Einfluss auf den Ton, was mir wirklich gut gefällt, da man so den Sound weiter abstimmen kann. Verarbeitung ist super. Einziges Manko: Wenn man das Gerät vom Strom trennt und wieder anschaltet, befindet es sich im Bypass, welcher dann über Kopfhörer bei mir unfassbar laut ist. Da sollte man auf sein Gehör und seine Kopfhörer aufpassen.