Hi all. My ProfPwrHDwRMT arrived last Wednesday. I'm a forever tube amp guy with too many amps*, too many effects*, and too many guitars*. The most technical bits about my previous setup were the board switch for eight analog pedals and two Eventide H9's. I was admittedly apprehensive about the new technology. My oldest friend (current band mate and we learned guitar together in ninth grade) bought a Helix six months back. So I've been watching his progress and listening. What I think is not important. That said I will admit envy, when he could set up and tear down in 15 minutes for concerts, and I was meeting and leaving with the goddam drummer, for chrissakes. So I did the usual survey, and quickly settled on a Kemper. Note above, I have lots of old tube amps, have built quite a few, and fix them for close friends. This, coupled with tube-tone snobbery. I have lived and worked a lot in Germany, and respect them immensely (the food is phenomenal there btw). So I'm talking too much. The Kemper is terrific. I understand enough so far, to have duplicated everything I need in a Performance mode for our entire song list. It sounds phenomenal. The best word that keeps floating to the top is uncanny. Sure, I have a few questions, but I'll sleep on them for another day until I have to cry uncle. To current long term users: you were smart and you were right. To the guys who design and build this stuff (one of whom talked to me on the phone last Monday): Sie sind der beste. Sie haben ein wunderbares Produkt entworfen und hergestellt. Sir sind der neue Leo Fender.
Hello - new owner in Detroit Michigan USA
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Welcome to the group!
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* Note: Vintage amps stored for kids. New amps for sale. Vintage effects stored for kids. New "boutique" effects for sale. All guitars still necessary - Variax falls short.
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Welcome to the forum skydog
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Welcome on board
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Welcome to the forum!
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That's a helluvan endorsement, skydog!
Welcome, mate.
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Welcome
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Welcome, Skydog!
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Welcome to the Family From a fellow Michigander (Holly)
Where about do you live and what's the name of your band and where do you play -
A Duane Allman (?) fan is always welcome!!
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welcome to the group
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Awesome! Welcome and enjoy.
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Welcome to another Michigander! (I am in New Hudson).
I smile ear to ear when plugging in my Kemper rig to our bands FOH now (set my rack on top of our X32 Rack mixer, plug in power, 2 XLR's that are color coded and bound in plastic conduit from the mixer, plug in my Ethercon connection to my foot switch and .... DONE!
The other guitar player still shleps around his tube amp rig and pedal board. The poor soul
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Welcome!
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Welcome and enjoy!
"too many amps*, too many effects*, and too many guitars - I don't believe that is possible
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Welcome!
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If my wife isn't listening, I agree about guitars and amps. But many effects and a few of the newer amps are going up for sale.
In age-order, I have an original Tone Bender, Univibe, ram's head Big Muff, MXR, TS, Rat, and Klon. (All very low cost, purchased when new.) I finally realized a few months back, that most all the boutique fuzz, overdrive, and distortions I've been buying are just iterations of these original designs. I have too many of these.
I simply wanted to capture the sounds of my Vintage amps in overdrive. I tried all the best brakes, but no luck. Tried the best attenuators-reamp unit. It was better but still not there. Now I have the Kemper, and in one action I have what I want to hear. It is possible, that the Eventide H9's may be redundant - we'll see. The vintage amps aren't going anywhere. They will always be great at outdoor venues where they can breathe. I can only hope, that they continue to appreciate like old radioes. With indoor venues, almost all are too loud. Plus, I am tired of a heavy pedal board, two or three amps with Powerstations, cables everywhere, etc.
Quick story from this first weekend with the Profiler. I searched Rigs and didn't immediately find a tweed champ. So I tried a first profiling exercise with my 1959 champ and an SM57, watching the YouTube tutorial. As a test, I cranked the original Layla in the studio through the studio loudspeakers and played along with Duane's slide parts. Near the very end of the second half of the song, I looked up and my wife was standing there. I turned everything down, and she told me that she needed to discuss my son's upcoming wedding details. Then out of the blue, she added, "Why were you playing and I couldn't hear you?" No kidding, I was just as loud as the guitar tracks. The fact is, the tone and feel were identical to the recording. A week ago, I would have argued that this was unlikely. Eureka.
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Awesome I had a very similar experience with my wife