I searched high and low, so I apologize if this was addressed at length somewhere. Maybe I'm the only one who has this concern but I have my first acoustic gig this week with my new Kemper. I'm going to take the plunge and just go cold turkey. I'm leaving all my pedals at home, looper, everything. My question for you is how do you use it live, where do you place it, how do you protect it?
I'm worried if I just put it on the floor that it's too exposed. I don't feel comfortable having it where some oblivious drunken patron could stomp on it. My pedals are on a big board I built (pic below) that sits between me and my mic stand. People would trip and fall before they would step on any of those. I was thinking about putting it on there, but will I ever use these pedals live again? I don't know. Probably. There are places I might not want to take the Kemper. Like 105 degree summer gigs?
I am thinking maybe I would like to have a dedicated board for this and leave space for the wireless and two expression pedals?
My other question/concern is that it sits very flat on the ground, making it problematic at times to hit the right switch. If I mounted it on a pedal board or not, I think I would like to rotate it towards me somehow, either with taller feet on the back than the front or blocks so I can be more accurate when hitting the switches. I can't be the only guy here with big feet that likes to play with boots on? I already hit bank 4 sometimes when trying to engage effect #2, etc.
So I am a little nervous to just go cold turkey! I've been using the same rig for nearly 10 years. lol - I am not sure what to expect but at least it's an easy 2 hour gig, it can't go too far wrong.