Kemper as a Grateful Dead-ish rig

    I play in a cover band that plays a lot of Grateful Dead. Generally speaking it's a modified Fender Twin preamp into a McIntosh solid state power amp and JBL E120 speakers. I use a Sarno Music Solutions Classic Twin Preamp (Brand Sarno makes awesome stuff, his Earth Drive overdrive is my all-time favorite effect pedal and plays well with the Kemper), a McIntosh MC2100, and Beyma Liberty 8 speakers (JBL E120 clones). My friend Ben made a profile of a similar rig that sounds better than my initial attempts at profiling my own rig (it's on the exchange - search JGarcia rig). I'm also a sucker for 60s and 70s Marshalls and it's been great having easy access to them on stage as weil as a buhzillion other killer amps. Here's a few clips using the Kemper:
    Peggy-O
    Here's my old rig to compare:
    https://youtu.be/ak_HQj1Vcqs
    Here's a 74 JTM
    https://youtu.be/Sd3hinnllNI


    Even if you're not a Dead fan this is a great clean rig, cuts through in a mix and great with a bigger band, and a great clean pallet for effects.

    Hey man your second link (your old rig) doesn’t seem to be working.


    Nice Peggy-O tones with the Kemper btw.


    I tried that JGarcia rig a while back but for some reason it didn’t really click for me. I think I’ll have to try it out again.

    Thanks! What kind of guitar are you using? It definitely works well with my Wolf and my other OBEL guitars. I've used it with my Les Paul to with reasonable success. I'm gonna try to get a better profile of my SMS/McIntosh rig over the weekend. If it comes out well I'll post it to the forum.


    Come Together


    Truckin'

    I’m just using a Strat. Middle pickup mostly for Jerry tones, like he did on Europe 72.


    But at the time I think he was just using modified Twins. I don’t think he was using Macintosh power amps in 72 was he? Maybe that’s why those profiles weren’t clicking for me.


    Looking forward to trying some new profiles.