I really like the idea of a programmable looper. I've owned this Palmer for about a year, and I set it up with Lava solderless kits. I ran about five pedals through it and it worked as expected. I was able to easily program banks of effects so I can switch in and out as many effects as needed with one kick of a switch. It's built tough and hasn't given me any problems except for the nut coming out of the guitar output jack, but that was an easy fix. I started out with four banks, with four presets in each. It’s very straight-forward. No midi, no channel switching…One thing to note: I programmed the banks for a smooth transition of songs in a live situation. It took some time to remember that the intro of a song could be bank 2, channel 1, and then the rhythm is bank 2, channel 2, bridge is bank 2, channel 3 and the solo bank 2 channel 4… This is an extreme example, but when moving the songs in a set list around, sometimes I either reprogrammed the Palmer, or improvised with settings I was confident. I didn’t want to have to jump from bank 7 to bank 4 in a situation where we were transitioning songs without stopping. I am not sure that I like the metal plate or “shelf” under the input and output jacks. It certainly helps with screwing the switcher into a board, but really made right-angle cables difficult to use. I got away with it because Lava's heads are small and I put them all in at the same 45 degree angle, but it was still very tight, and one of the cables was… read more under enough stress to short it's connection. I didn't want to use straight 1/4" because real-estate on the board is tight enough. So, after a year of use I was switching some pedals around and I got a short that was killing my signal. With twice as many connections as I would have going straight from pedal-to-pedal, and a time consideration, I pulled the Palmer off my board and went to connect each pedal in a chain. The signal boost I experienced was very noticeable. It really seemed like I was getting a better signal by not using the looper, which is counter intuitive to its design and purpose. Could it be because one of my pedals had a buffer and the looper is true bypass? I don't know, but now I'm thinking of what it will take to get my quick switching without the Palmer. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of user info on this product, which is why I'm doing this review. If it helps, here’s my chain at the time: EB Volume pedal to the input of the palmer. Loops - 1. ZW Wah, 2. Fulltone OCD, 3. Analogman KOT, 4. Maxon OD9, 5. EHX Soul Food, 6. Wampler Faux Tape – out from the Palmer to the amp’s input. Yeah, I’m an overdrive addict. A Manufacturer support rating is required to submit a review, but I didn't need to use their support, so I'm giving 3.

Musical Background:
twenty plus years of gigging and studio experience.

Musical Style:
punk rock, hardcore, metal, blues, rock. read less