BIG COUNTRY!!!

So the other day I found out that the way Big Country got those soaring leads was by using an MXR Pitch Transposer (along with chorus/reverb/etc).

The Kemper has a pitch transposer, so I threw together this new profile. I've been playing along with Big Country tracks on mp3 and youtube for several days and believe it or not, this profile sounds very similar to what I hear on the recordings when played in context. By itself it's sort of nasty lol

I've uploaded the profile to the rig exchange, just look for Big Country, it's the only one there, which automatically makes it the best Big Country rig on the exchange!

Probably the gain and the delay mix need to be dialed back but play along with some Big Country tunes and you may be surprised. Be sure to roll back your guitar volume for the rhythm parts, this profile seems to get you there through the whole tune.

Let me know what you think!

and by the way, the chorus can be too much. It's stomp box #2 and should be shut off when doing fairly mainstream sounds but it works ok for solos.

Another thing, I tried this out using a humbucker guitar and it's pretty overwhelming. I created it with a strat and it seems way more suited for that.

And here's a test track!

https://drive.google.com/open?…sLXuVO24PWn_yGgQZv8kWG6v_

Quote from Monkey_Man

Not bad; sounds pretty-close, man.

If anything, and I'm relying on memory from the '80s, it's not quite-as-bright? I know you said it sounds "nasty" on its own, but it's possible the original guitar tracks sounded even-nastier; they so-often do...

You can listen to "In a Big Country" on YouTube. I may have overdone it with the mids. But once you know there’s a pitch shifter in the tracks, the tone makes sense and you can hear it as the missing ingredient.

I doubt Kemper’s shifter works exactly like the MXR but not much I can do about that.