Posts by jamessabbarton

  • Rig Manager Mac Public Beta

    Us Mac owners having been missing out on the Rig Manager; but having downloaded the Beta, it's been well worth the wait. I am thrilled with how it looks, what it does and how it does it. I have now completely reorganised my Amp collections and I really love the fact you can checkout a profile without having to load it up first. My KP amp is the best thing that has happened to my music in 45 years of playing, and this software is the cream (and the cherry) on top...I will never be without a KP...


    Thanks to all involved...you are awesome!!!


    James

  • New possible (?) Owner from Vienna

    I didn't like mine for the first couple of days...I thought every profile sounded the same, and I couldn't get the right tone and my guitar squeeked. But then I found the profile that sang to me, and my guitars purred. I got my favs from the Amp factory or Paul (okstrat here). Tried loads...but settled on Paul's Racktifier. Also, try different cabs as well, makes a huge difference.
    I think the main thing to think about is that we all like different things, clean, crunchy, scream, toffee smooth, but really, in my case anyway, I only really have two sounds, acoustic clean (which is easy), or weapons grade heavy (not so easy). I can get the latter from any rectifier with the right mix of subtle echo and chorus. It's worth pointing out I had the same problem choosing a real amp in the late 70's, AC 30's, Marshall's...oh, and a guitar can make a heap of difference too...try loads of stuff...you'll find the one eventually...
    Good luck
    J

  • Hello to you all from an old fart

    I'm, lets just say older; reading the forums, I don't think you can purchase a Kemper if you are under the age of 50! When I got mine, they demanded to see my bus pass! (English joke)
    I once had two Marshall 4X12 cabs with 100w head split by a stereo chorus - amazing sound. My little young Kemper is the first modeller that has allowed me to recreate that; with a little help from Pete (okstrat on here) and his superb profiles...
    :thumbup:

  • Single coil, excessive twang at high gain

    Guys, thanks for all your comments, and thanks to you all - I've cracked it; changed the setting as suggested by and44 and this took out 98%, played with a few other settings without much happening, then decided to try different cabs and hey presto - no twang, and a blitzingly heavy, smooth tone...awesome...thanks everybody...once I cracked it, I found easy to kill the twang everywhere...


    J

  • Single coil, excessive twang at high gain

    Makes logical sense...I'm at work at the moment, but as soon as I get home, I'll give it a try. The pickups are raised very high on both guitars, and I'll certainly check out the parameter you mentioned.
    As for the pack; best £40 I have ever spent. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye...like the subtle depth and stereo image with some really clever use of chorus and delay...and (as it says in the blurb somewhere) it's not about the amps, the concepts can be applied globally, something not really exploited with the supplied profiles. The KPA supplied set has lots of profiles, but with very little variation, but the pack is just a few profiles with a lot of variation...I have now totally altered all the rigs I had set up before by applying certain ideas I got from playing with the pack...double thanks, great job....
    J

  • Single coil, excessive twang at high gain

    Quote from guitarnet70

    What about turning down treble and presence?

    I have tried quite a few EQ settings as well as those on the amp model, all to no avail...it improves it a bit, but it's still quite bad...also, might help in diagnosis too, turning down the volume on the guitar improves the problem quite a bit, but then all sustain and the body of sound goes as a consequence...
    Thanks anyway...J

  • Single coil, excessive twang at high gain

    I just got the Rock Pack from theampfactory and I love it,
    it has changed the way the KPA works for me…just going through the general
    settings being used is a real eye opener. There is nothing quite like practical
    working examples to explain how it all hangs together…and soooo much
    variation!!!! Great job…better that ten manuals...

    I have a small problem though – it’s my guitars not the KPA or rock pack profiles!

    I have an Ibanez Jem 77 with gravity storm pickups and the
    lead sounds are just awesome!!! It just sings with some of the rock pack
    profiles without adjustment, straight out of the box…

    I also have a PRS custom 10 top, it too, is as rich as a
    bowl of melting ice cream without effort. And let’s face it, one really only
    needs one awesome profile to be a happy bunny; and I now have several, built
    based on knowledge gained from the rock pack…so, thanks to the factory chaps!!!

    But… I also have a Fender custom shop 61 relic with Abigail
    Ybarra pickups and a USA standard with Seymour Duncan hot rails. Both have a
    really annoying high pitch twangy warble when overdriven - clean is fine, but I don't like clean much. I have tried
    adjusting the input parameters, but no change. It does it with all amp models
    and every profile, I know it’s a setting, and I’ll probably find it eventually,
    but any help or ideas would be welcomed with warm smiles and a hot cup of tea…and the relic is by far, for me, the most beautil guitar I have ever had...I prefer the rich lead type sounds, Gary More (RIP man), Satch, even Blackmore to an extent...

    Thanks chaps

    J