PalmerPEPAMP Guitar Amplifier MK2

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!

I've been using this every day now and you can get some incredible sounds out of it. Even as a basic preamp it just sounds fantastic but the overdrive sounds are so versatile and some of the best I've ever heard! The mic placement simulation really sounds realistic and shapes the sound in interesting ways. Combined with the three spot on overdrive modes and their three modes you can really get a sweet sound for almost any occasion.So far I've tried it with a ZT Lunchbox Jr (solid state, transparent clean) and a Marshall Origin 50C with three very different guitars and it sounds really good with all of them. It even sounds great through headphones though the placement of the socket is not very good as it's near the bypass switch meaning you will probably break it eventually if you leave your headphones plugged in.Before buying this I watched several reviews and the sound wasn't that great but the demo by the manufacturer sounded amazing so I bought it anyway. The sound I get matches the demo from the manufacturer so I guess the other reviewers weren't recording it the way they should have been.This is going to be on my pedal board for a very long time.

Probably one of the best guitar related purchases I've made in a long while.I've used multi-effects units for over a decade but recently realised that I spend far more time tweaking patches trying to get 'the right sound' than I do actually playing the guitar.Although there are a few knobs and switches, they're simple and effective enough to let you dial in a reasonable sound in no time so you can get on with playing.The tones are more than acceptable for practice and the aux in is invaluable for practice along side backing tracks.I did see a review mention noise when using the pedal. I haven't experienced this (running on battery power).I do have one minor gripe which is the placement of the inputs and putputs - particularly the headphone output. It's on the top of the unit which I find a bit odd. I much prefer the layout on bass variant of this which has the inputs and outputs all along with front or back of the unit.A word of warning for headphone practice, however - when the pedal is bypassed, the volume jumps significantly. Watch your ears!

I'll give this 3 stars as some reviewers were very happy with there purchase .the build quality and Finnish were good for the price but unfortunately I couldn't get rid of the background hum even though I was running it through a dedicated isolated power supply . I also found that the tone just wasn't for me so I had to return it . This amp is so close but not quite there for me .

Just what I needed a great little pre amp great tones easy to use battery or DC power supply (not included) good variation of tones from vintage clean to British crunch and US overdrive EQ treble and bass. If your looking for an Distortion/Overdrive/ DI box/Direct recording with a small footprint I highly recommend.

Good pre-amp with plenty of features

Fault with both that I received. When connected to mains power, there is a ground hum that cannot be removed with ground lift.I ordered a new power supply and new cables, same issue. Tried with multiple guitars and on multiple circuits, same issue. Works fine on battery but unusable on mains.Great product idea, sadly not usable. I suspect it's an isolated batch issue as I couldnt find any mention of the same issue online.