56 ICONIC Amps in 1 Tiny Box - Poly Ample

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Touch Sliders - Yes or No? Get Ample here - www.polyeffects.com/polyeffects/p/ample

[@4scoren744]

I prefer knobs. You can get at them with a toe while still playing. Unless you're barefoot, sliders would be a problem.

[@nieko3038]

These companies don’t respect the beauty of knobs. So no for me. I like things simple.

[@Yyz1971]

No. I want knobs.

[@worthmoremusic]

Love the folks at Poly.... Poly Verb to date is still my absolute favorite reverb pedal. Love the Ample too ! Try the BeeBo yet Andy ?

[@DementedAugminish]

I think this series could be one of the coolest desktop recording / home use setups. It being a tactile experience and all.

[@rome8180]

The Victory Sheriff was my favorite dirty sound. I have no idea how accurate it was and don't really care. That's the distorted tone I hear in my head but can never quite achieve. I always end up with something more brittle and bitey. As for clean, I really liked the Magnatone.

[@stuartcarter7053]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the simple yet very cool icons on the top!

[@kramersurfer5280]

that Vola guitar is gorgeous

[@godsinbox]

doesnt seem to be able to take a tune. Bad intonation from the nut?

[@4scoren744]

Excited for this one

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

Classic UK icon :)

[@saml4157]

Hey Andy whats that sunburst guitar with the silver p90s called? Its awesome

[@LordBransty]

Great vid Andy. I'd love to see you do a review of Barefaced Audio cabs and FRFRs. They've caught my attention really. Just wondering if they're worth it.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks! Review is on the way. Spoiler - very impressed so far

[@LordBransty]

@@TheGuitarGeek - Thanks Andy. Oh darn. Time to go without food or heating for 3 months...

[@angelorasmijn7306]

Nice to see Barefaced cabinets! My friend uses their bass cabinets. Can’t wait to see your review!

[@yippy327]

The Marshall JTM45 sounded fantastic even through my Makie CR5-X monitors. ✌

[@thefilmandmusic]

Star caster , should def have slash , ‘f holes’… Interesting product😊

[@tierischguttennisspielen7766]

Top!!Thanks!!🔥🔥🫶

[@phillippitts6294]

It freaking chugs !

[@Corporations8MyBaby]

Great---- now I have to have a Poly Verb and a Poly Ample

[@TheGuitarGeek]

😂😂😂

[@mftorino]

This is what I have been looking for, no menu diving, I hate tweaking sounds endlessly... just varied and great sounds out of the box. I am hestiant only becasue of the touch sliders and software seems to need improvement.

[@SamBrockmann]

Pedal-as-a-pedal-platform for your other pedals. Win.

[@cjbuk74]

This sounds great.. I don’t suppose you know if the Poly Effects cab IR’s can be used in an external IR loader….? this would allow you to use time based effects in an “effects loop” when running the Ample in amp only mode

[@PooNinja]

Sliders YES!

[@PooNinja]

Oooh bareface mmmm talk about room filling cabs mmmmmm 🤤

[@alanrice9768]

A great review of this simple/complicated pedal. One question: I assume it would need a power amp to use it with a speaker cab as opposed to an amplifier?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thank you. Yes, I’m running it through a powered FRFR.

[@gavriloprincip11]

I'm working on a new product that has 56 iconic pedals claiming to be hundreds of amps in a small box in a big box that actually is an amp!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Can’t wait to review that

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

I have never wanted a digital amp more....

[@Old-Skull.]

🙋 One question , why the tape on the headstock of the SG ? BTW , I never said it but I love your reviews, I know you know it but I wanted to say it anyway , you have helped me to make good decisions about what stuff to buy and for that I really appreciate what you bring on, so THANKS Andy and the guys up there .

[@williamphillips24]

I'd love to know how quickly it changes presets through midi or how much a of a gap there is when you do so.

[@bandbaaja]

I think the future of guitar and amp modeling using AI - will be an interface which lets you select a song - and puts all Guitar (or Bass or Keys or Synths) tones from that song as patches on your pedal board. Something that iOS apps like Tonebridge is t trying

[@garycrant4511]

Does midi control all functions remotely ? Does it have software remote controllers ? Anticipating a time when the LED surface stops working, and relacement parts are probably no longer available...

[@teknomanning]

Wayy Cool

[@Intheflesh79]

Butter 🧈 butter 🧈 butter

[@Christocalese]

If you have it set up with dual amps and power it off, does it restart with the dual amp setup?

[@heymrguitarman7637]

Does it actually work reliably though? I had to return my poly verbs bacuase at least half the time it simply didnt work. Andertons told me they'd had lots returned for the same reason yet Loki told me my experience was unique 🤔. If its reliable then its a decnt thing, but once bitten twice shy for me I'm afraid.

[@tubularbill]

Can this be used thru a regular amp?

[@jfinester]

The sounds seem to be really good, but the user interface is pretty gimmicky. I’m with you on the ‘71 Twin Reverb sound-I thought the clean Marshall was a lot better. The early ‘70s was a bad time for Fender’s amp quality-I bought a new Twin in 1970, and that thing was a dog. Perhaps their Twin simulation needs to be EQed better-it seemed way too dark. Which is weird, because my ‘70 had almost no bottom end at all. I used to run the bass control almost all the way up to have any bass at all. I’ve played through some great-sounding Twins, but that one I had was horrible.

[@MartinTheMysterious]

It looks a bit Orange without being an Orange 😅.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

It does!

[@barrydavies998]

What ever happened to Zoom Pedals? I still use and abuse a 701 with wah wah pedal must be ancient to you Andy

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

The SG and JTM45 sounded so Early to mid 70s Judas Priest tone

[@LewWelchThePoet]

🤘👍🏿

[@benemreevren]

05:27 Do not use your Ibanez for ghosting..

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Oh yeah… who you gonna call?

[@benemreevren]

@@TheGuitarGeek Tobias Forge of course..

[@snazzyguy2000]

Hands up anyone who recognized the Ghostbusters riff?😂

[@TheGuitarGeek]

👋

[@nodrog5150]

No noise gate😢

[@RevGerryRM]

I've already seen it😊

[@Barry101er]

Andy’s tasty licks!

[@LemonFacebluesguitar]

What good is a pedal if you caint get that tone unless you have that specific amp I thought that's what modules were for is to get a tone without buying the amp

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I think you’ve misunderstood me here

[@LemonFacebluesguitar]

@@TheGuitarGeek I thought you said to get the tweed sound you had to have a fender tweed amp?

[@juddadam2]

Just throwing it out there, but "B" should have been BOOST

[@DTension]

If trigonometry were a pedal. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something. This product gives me vertigo. James Bond couldn't get this thing to work. I'm gonna buy it. We all know I'm gonna buy it.

[@wolvesandguitars]

would you buy it??

[@S-T-E-V-E]

I think it's suffering from a case of overnumerousness!

[@cestusfr]

Perfect exemple of great sound engineering BUT horrendous ergonomy of use. i can't wait for GEN 2 which i will buy unlike this first gen.

[@DommoDommo]

Clicked the video to see you play that guitar in the thumbnail... and you didnt

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I clicked your profile to see the skeleton in the picture… And you’re not one. The Jupiter is an amazing guitar and I used it to warm up with Ample but it seems I didn’t make the final cut. I use it a lot on the channel so stick around, you’ll see it

[@Stoobers]

I like simple... like my aging brain.

[@stevenralph1332]

Doesn't sound like a twin reverb. . . .

[@SpiralJucifer]

If they get rid of that interface and make a lower-cost version that's controlled by an app over bluetooth, I'm interested. idc if it's a bare pedal with only connectors and a couple lights.

[@tusharkakshapati7610]

Then the tone x mini pedal might be what you are looking for

[@lost-frequency]

allowing control via app over Bluetooth only is a horrible idea. Look at how bad the UAD pedals are because of it.

[@renmad0078]

Nice 🤔but i don't understand why they always want to have a very soft face as the point to sacrifice informations who could help us much more by just wrighting the 2functions with a simple / separator for exemple treeble / reverb and same far all others. For them it's like we use only this pedale to be able to remember all the parameters at once like this in one sight it's crazy 😂🙈

[@josearjona3728]

As always with this company, I have the feeling they wanna make things simple but, for some reason, it´s super annoying for users like me. Horrible user interface

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I do have an issue with them not labelling the secondary functions but apart from that, I am fine with it.

[@heymrguitarman7637]

@@josearjona3728 honestly I had the poly verbs and the UI was great. The problem with that pedal was that 70% of the time it simply didn't work

[@PaulCooksStuff]

It needs 13 more amps so schoolboys can snigger My nagging worry would be durability and repair. Any vaguely competent repair guy can have a go at fixing a worn out mechanical switch or knob. How many know how to fix a slidey led touchscreen computer thingy if/when it goes glitchy a few years down the line. I guess I worry you have fewer avenues.

[@mp5285]

Sounds great but its a bit to much going on to prefer it to just a Laptop with all the amps in the world. becasue, lets face it, its not much else. Its a mini pc that emuates amps. Great Design gretag sound but for 400€ I wouldnt buy it I guess

[@thomasraven]

Great sounds. Worst interface ever. Imagine having this on stage. Terrifying.

[@El-Scorcho]

I hate digital sliders, I want buttons!!

[@SenseiKreese]

It's just so dumb to have such a complicated and convoluted UI like this in 2024 - we have the touch screens. It's not 1993. This is just such a turn off no matter how good it sounds. Just put in a damn touch screen ffs, or at the very least bluetooth and an app to use to make it easy and simple on your phone. Sorry, but the clown making it is living in the past. The world has moved on, this isn't good enough, there's a million better options on the market.

[@laurentnavarre2877]

useless no xlr

Nightmare

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

Equipment like this is just nonsensical to me. I know many people get a lot out of them, but I can't see how they're better than a proper amp with a couple of decent pedals. For gigging, I want something simple, easy to set up, and with one good sound (not 56 sounds; none of which really sound as good as an amp, and only some of which _might_ be ok). At a live gig, you can't go messing with menus when all you want to do is adjust the volume, tone, or reverb. And what happens if the computer at the heart of your device crashes? I say KISS.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I hear you. For people that need this kind of thing, Ample is great. I can totally understand why you wouldn't choose it though.

[@iammoog]

Sounds really great. I was just wondering. You say you're monitoring through the cab, but what's the signal path - via a power amp? Or is it one of their FRFR ones? So much good stuff around at the moment

[@BarefacedAudio]

@@iammoog it’s an active version of our Barefaced Reality 112FR, so it has our Activier 1 amp module built in - and Andy’s chosen custom cosmetics!

[@iammoog]

Ahhh. Thought it might be. You folks have been on my mind ever since we chatted at the first Brighton guitar show.

[@SamBrockmann]

You can't see how it's more advantageous to have several dozen amps and only the need to bring a cab? How is it that you tie your shoes every morning?