Modern Tech Meets Tube Amp Simplicity - The new POLY EFFECTS AMPLE!

[@timchalmers1700]

I saw you out there with Crowder in Portland, OR yesterday. I took my daughter and grandson. We were sitting 14 rows up to your right at about 2 o'clock. I told my daughter that I've been following your channel for a while. So she watched and listened to your playing and was quite amazed by the variety of instruments you play and the parts you added to each song. I wish Crowder had a longer set, but that's the type of show that it was. Stay healthy out there. It looks like a 7 hour drive to Nampa, ID and then home a few days before Thanksgiving.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks! Glad you guys enjoyed the show. It’s been great being out west a bit. We usually stay on the eastern half except maybe once or twice a year

[@Pulse2AM]

Nice playing in the intro. I use Amplitube 5 and Tonex on my home studio PC, I made some great stereo patches with the Amp 5 effects and both amp models. If ToneX could integrate those two softwares that would be my choice. I understand this pedal cannot save your stereo rigs but you can make them just no saving them,

[@MattLawhonMusic]

Intro jam is so good man, well done

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks! I really appreciate that

[@nickhanson3036]

Love the artwork for the categories of the amps.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Same! The design is great!

[@michaelmervin632]

Michael Excellent video, I just put one on backorder

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Sweet! Thanks!

[@DocMartin3]

I really enjoyed your playing on this demo! Great job!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thank you!

[@markmorrell3494]

Wow. I'm not in Kansas anymore. I was skeptical and now very interested. The amp sound options of the Poly in your video are so much better than and authentic than most emulations. Thank you for a great demo.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Yeah, it’s a great sounding pedal!

[@spmuzak101]

Nice job man… great tones

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks!

[@nicholaspoppin296]

As someone who played the grease monkey for 3 years it sounds almost identical! I’m blown away!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

They are captures of the specific amps so they should be spot on!

[@JeromeFlood2]

AWESOME!!!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Appreciate it!

[@mattsawmiller3277]

Sounds amazing!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Wide range of great tones for sure!

[@BenBollinger]

I dig it

[@willgo7898]

Well done review ... thx. Any opinions you can share of this vs Boss IR-2, especially when it comes to clean and crunch tones.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks! I haven’t played the IR-2 so I can’t compare!

[@otfan522botjournalismisdea2]

Interesting bit of gear. I do wish it had an editor and the ability to save dual amp presets(seems that is not possible at the moment). Guess I am sticking with the ToneXes for now.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Yeah, it will be interesting to see what future updates might bring!

[@otfan522botjournalismisdea2]

@@MichaelWWestbrook meant to add that intro was superb.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thank you, I really appreciate it

[@seanp2k617]

Walrus ACS1 or the UA amp pedals already do pretty well if you don’t want a Cortex / Tonex / Kemper. Kemper was made by the Access Virus guy though so I imagine they’ll still be relevant in 20 years.

[@heymrguitarman7637]

Reliability concerns aside (based on my direct experience with the Verbs), the ability to run two amps in stereo is damn appealing. I love the UI (loved it on the verbs) so that could tip me over on this once its been out long enough to hear about reliability etc. currently i use the UaFX dream 65 which is excellent but i could make a case for more options

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

It was very reliable for me after the last update before release. That includes long use sessions (over 6 hours of it running). Lots of great options for sure!

[@richardlynneweisgerber2552]

dropping out of sight with Hector/Beebo concerns me 338 is it? Not that it isn't Perfect aleady, Maestro I need a lap-style Dobro guru in Seattle area. THANKS! a bit

[@randym3982]

Can you go stereo to 2 amps?😮

[@philh27]

Great review. Most of the tone captures sound excellent, really very authentic. However, I appreciate your honesty and demonstration of some of the limitations. Not a criticism of the pedal, just setting expectations at a sensible level. More companies and reviewers should take that approach. Too many build sky high expectations, which often mean we can feel let down If we pull the trigger and go for it. As you say the JCM800 capture sounds pretty good, but it certainly isn’t the typical tone you would imagine, which would disappoint if that was ‘The Tone’ you really wanted from this pedal.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks, I try to give my honest impression of things. Overall they did an incredible job on it and wouldn’t be surprised if there are updates in the future based on user feedback

[@mattsawmiller3277]

does it take pedals well?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Haven’t done a ton of testing with pedals as I was getting to know the amps but the limited amount I did - Yes, similar to other devices. Stays dynamic and doesn’t squish or get flat.

[@ThreeBeingOne]

Touch interface has my janky senses tingling.

[@alguitarchristie]

Sounds great. Don't like touch screen stuff though. Maybe more for the studio.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

What’s your reasoning on that? I have some ideas but genuinely curious

[@alguitarchristie]

@@MichaelWWestbrook if I was using it at a gig and needed to change it on the fly, i would rather have knobs.I saw a few times, it didn't activate the first time you touched it. It's great sounding pedal though.

[@ThreeBeingOne]

My phone sounds about as good as possible 🙏🏾

[@eanroad]

Do you know the latency? How does it feel?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I don’t know the latency but it’s very low from what I’ve heard. Feels similar to ToneX, very dynamic

[@electricj5]

1.9ms

[@wolvesandguitars]

would you purchase??

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

To be honest, currently it doesn’t suit a specific need for me but if I was looking for a simple direct solution this would be on a very short list.

[@weshuntermusic]

Does it have true bypass?

[@78awhite]

😂

[@mooseymoose]

I'd buy it instantly if the Twilighter capture had the stereo harmonic tremolo, but it doesn't seem to. Meh.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

That’d be a killer update! Maybe mono amp but stereo harmonic trem

[@jinbyun]

Kinda overwhelming, for me at least. I wonder what it's competing against. To the midi savvy gurus, it would be a great pedal, but me, tweaking irs for iridium is plenty tough.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I think in some ways it’s more simple… set number of options at least. No changing IR’s, or captures. You get what you get.

[@Chasetenny]

Tonex is king

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I’ll continue to use ToneX on the road because the features work best for me in that setting but as a grab and go option the Ample is great!

[@LewWelchThePoet]

🤘👍🏿

[@BadHorsie2]

Hello all!

[@ronjinks8932]

None of them sound like the real thing!

[@matthewearl9824]

Too much gimmicky marketing stuff on it. You're actually paying for the touchscreen when they could lower the price point, just putting knobs. Tis a silly pedal.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I could be wrong but my guess is it could actually be cheaper. It also kind of funny to me how many people I’ve seen hating on the touch screen. It works well and is easy to use.

[@matthewearl9824]

@@MichaelWWestbrook Naw its cool. It's just maybe in a real world situation like gigging, the fewer mechanics implemented, the less it will fail. If that touch sensor goes out, the whole thing is trashed. If it is a dial, you can change that pot. But I do believe that the technology in this pedal has evolved quite a bit to the point that it is just as viable. Maybe I'm old school...even though I own all the Fractal products lol. Great review though.

[@heymrguitarman7637]

I had the Verbs and whilst that things basically didn't work half of the time, the screen and UI was excellent. I was gutted to return it but that pedal just wasn't fit for release. However, if this is reliable then I think the UI makes it a really interesting option as it sounds very good on demos at least

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I will say I’ve been using the Verbs as well and it’s been solid. Seems like they’ve worked out some kinks

[@jaeger28]

I think it might be cheaper than actual knobs. Definitely cheaper than knobs with led circles to display actual values. If I can choose between this led touch thingy and knobs without value display, I might prefer this.

[@VanjaSpirin]

It simply doesn't sound good. Some hipster decided to load this thing with weak sounds. It can use NAM prophiles, so the blame is on this hipster. Chug free as well.

[@Cacophaton]

With all due respect, that's a lot of talking for not much playing

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

That’s a fair point but ultimately I was trying to cover a lot of info and sounds as well as my thoughts around aspects of the pedal I thought folks might find valuable in deciding to get one. (limitations, expectations, basic navigation)

[@Cacophaton]

@@MichaelWWestbrook I completely understand your point and I'm not in now way trying to undermine all your work. It's just, when you're trying to understand how this sound, the experience is a bit frustrating. My 2 cents for you to do with it as you please :)

[@justbass4]

God, what an excruciating demo. "Well, we could turn the gain up," but then doesn't. My God.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

😂

[@stagnatic]

Okay, so: A) I have the Strymon Iridium, works as it should; B) been thinking about getting the Milkman The Amp Stereo for the option of two channels, and C) now this, which looks just great! What to do! (Mainly for home recording, into my UAD Apollo, btw.)

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I think they all have their own strengths! The Poly has a wide variety of tones from a lot different amps in stereo.