Members wiklund87 Posted October 18, 2010 Members Share Posted October 18, 2010 Play'd this one through a Simon Neil(Biffy Clyro) Stratocaster today... and I really dug both the amp and the guitar! The owner at the store said he think Palmer got inspired by Mesa, but I can't really tell since I haven't played a lot of Mesa amps... atm I'm fine with my night train, but if I ever go for a 2 channal amp I'll probably get the head: Anyone else tried these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members juri Posted October 19, 2010 Members Share Posted October 19, 2010 Never heard of these amps but I thought Mesas had 2 rows of EQ knobs, one for each channel. Kinda seems to be very useful if you need to switch channels mid song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Pain-MD Posted October 19, 2010 Members Share Posted October 19, 2010 Never tried one, but those look so cheap. If going by looks, I wouldn't expect those to sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wiklund87 Posted October 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2010 Never tried one, but those look so cheap. If going by looks, I wouldn't expect those to sound good.yea they look a little cheap, but it sounds really good... believe me.. try one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bogui56 Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 Play'd this one through a Simon Neil(Biffy Clyro) Stratocaster today... and I really dug both the amp and the guitar! The owner at the store said he think Palmer got inspired by Mesa, but I can't really tell since I haven't played a lot of Mesa amps... Anyone else tried these? A bit of history, Palmer has been in the business since about 30 years. In the early 80's they started building hand wired all tube amps in Germany, close to Frankfurt. At the time their amp were the best money could buy, would easily blow away all Mesa's Marshall's and what have you. All local studio guitarists had to have one and swore by them. So Palmer wasn't really inspired by Mesa, they kicked their ass from the start. Later Palmer switched to producing high quailty rack helpers, like the first ever well sounding speaker emulators, DI boxes and lots of useful stomp boxes. At the time I couldn't afford any of their Amps and later after they stopped producing them I couldn't find anyone who would let go of one. Now that they are building them again, I certainly want to try one, but haven't found a store that has them around where I live now. The only test of them I found online was from a German Guitar magazine. You can find the link to the article on the german thomann cyberstore page: http://www.thomann.de/de/prod_review_21030_AR_248648.html Title of the article is "Love at first sight..." To translate the key points: Looks a bit low key but is of high quality build and sounds absolutely fantastic and has a very wide range of sounds. They claim it can easily compete with anything california made, which usually costs 3 times as much. Am very tempted to buy one, although I have a Blackstar HT5 and my neighbors already hate me for having it, even despite the 5W Maybe my babble helps your decision making process... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 I had no idea Palmer made amps. This is exciting news to me. I've been using a Palmer Speaker Simulator in my home studio for years and it's an amazing peice of high quality analog gear. 50 watts is a little more power than I need, but I'm going to be paying attention to what's coming from Palmer for now on. btw, I just looked around online, I don't see anyone selling Palmer guitar amps in the U.S....yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 I wouldn't mind trying that head... but there's a lot of amps you could get for that kind of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bogui56 Posted November 23, 2010 Members Share Posted November 23, 2010 btw, I just looked around online, I don't see anyone selling Palmer guitar amps in the U.S....yet. I checked on their web page (http://www.palmer-germany.com)They list http://www.toursupply.com/ as their only official US dealer, maybe check with them if they plan to bring some amps over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jmiksche Posted April 10, 2013 Members Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi, I sell Palmer amps. I'm getting a head in in about a month at Jimooskie Guitars, based out of Modesto, CA (www.jimooskie.com). I'm an online guitar/bass shop, but I like to order equipment every so often to give my products a test run. I play in a hard rock band, so when the amp comes in, I'm going to give her a live try. Then I'll post a vid demo on my site. Since it'll be a demo amp at that point, I may be able to offer a very competitve price. What I've heard about the amp is that it's quite solid and very loud. As far as price, it's reasonable while attaining boutique-amp tones. I understand that it doesn't have a direct line out, which is a bit of a drag. Just throw a 57 in fron of the cab, right? Anyway, I'll let you know how it sounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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