Macht 402 : Great Little Power Amp

Bought this to put in a 2U rack, along with my Digitech GSP1101, as a live back-up or my Kemper, just in case.

I use the Kemper with a Yamaha DXR10 powered monitor, but wanted the option of using it with a guitar cab (mine is the unpowered Kemper "toaster") and this new Palmer amp fitted the bill perfectly: small, light, powerful. Oh, and a great price!

It seems very well made - a solid feel and quality, notched controls. It's very light, which is important to me, and super-quiet in operation (the cooling fans are silent).

Sound-wise, it seems great - it works well with both the Kemper and the Digitech - with a pleasing warmth to the sound and a very useful 2-band EQ on each channel, to tailor the sound on-the-fly. I have gigged it and there is more than enough volume on tap for any backline requirement.

I particularly like the auto stand-by feature, too.

I don't think there's a better guitar-dedicated power amp at anything close to this price.