The Kemper "Look"

Me too! I also find the mint-green and white color combo an excellent choice!

I'm a big fan of the looks too, I think it's a great piece of industrial design.

Funny my little 3 year old nephew came by the studio the other day and couldn't stop looking at the KPA, think it was all the lights etc on it.. he told me : " I want that, can I have one? "

Me too. One of the coolest, of not the coolest looking piece of gear I have in my studio. And I am lucky enough to have some pretty cool looking pieces....

And do not underestimate the "woman acceptance factor". I have my studio at home stuffed with the nicest bunch of tube amps, cabs, outboard gear, guitars... whatever... But it was the KPA that made her say "Wow, this really looks awesome... What is it???"

Spot on, Bill. I often think of Radar O'Reilly's Korean War-era military shortwave from M*A*S*H, only minus the phone cradle. During last NAMM there were some pics where Kemper was experimenting with an all black finish; I think they should have just gone with the camoflage paint, it's halfway there already!

-djh

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And do not underestimate the "woman acceptance factor". I have my studio at home stuffed with the nicest bunch of tube amps, cabs, outboard gear, guitars... whatever... But it was the KPA that made her say "Wow, this really looks awesome... What is it???"

Yup similar experience here, my wife loves my KPA almost as much as I do

Well, I for one LOVE the look of the KPA.

Me too! Love the lunchbox format and the design. Best UI ever for this kind of units.

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I think it's the ugliest piece of equipment that I have......am I the only one who doesn't like the look of it ?

No, you're not alone, I recall quite a few folk on TGP dissing the looks, no idea what they class as looking good though. Personally I love older analog gear, Fairchilds, old EMI kit, vintage functional design aesthetic. The KPA fits right in with that (and lunchbox amps which I also love).

i like the fact that some people just love or hate the Kemper
Id rather choose interesting over bland anyday. There was outrage over the fact it wasn't a rack...oh dear me-!
Art deco sci fi all green and silver and i love her looks

First thing I thought when I saw the KPA - "It looks like an oscilloscope".
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I was right.

Heh, I had somewhat conflicting thoughts about the looks when I purchased Kemper. Now I'm totally in love with the design. It has retro fascination that I can't resist.

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First thing I thought when I saw the KPA - "It looks like an oscilloscope".
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I was right.

me, too

when will there be the black edition?

Man I dig the photos and the Kemper look.

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It's been sitting on my desk for a day-and has gotten a ton of comments. I know a lot of folks have wanted a rack version-but you arent going to get all the knobs on the face of anything less than a 4U form factor. Until you put it all in menus which would remove the charm. Short of a flip down type of thing, I dont see it happening. Besides, stick a mag44 in the back and you have a little monster not much different in size from the rest of the lunch box type heads out there.