Posts by Jimi71

Hey Kemper Fans,

We're happy to announce the new Top Jimi "Pet2C Pack" (20 profiles), which seeks to recreate the sound of a Mesa/Boogie JP-2C Head (100 Watts). The JP-2C is the John Petrucci signature head.

Speakers Used During the Profiling Process: Celestion Vintage 30

Gain Range (Scale: 0 to 10): 0 to 8

Profile Type: Studio, Merged

Rock and metal players, whether they're fans of Dream Theater or not, will love these profiles. We've done profiles which are tailored after John Petrucci's lead, crunch/rhythm, and clean tones. We've also created others that extrapolate off those tones. I'll be using these profiles in my next project.

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C Background Info: The JP-2C is Mesa's first unlimited-build signature amplifier, designed for Dream Theater's John Petrucci. This reissue 2C+ offers the highest headroom clean sound possible, a crunch rhythm that has lead channel gain available, but is tight, grinding and articulate, and the ultimate Boogie lead channel with access to even more saturation.

Profiles available at: http://www.topjimi.com

Thanks!
Jimi

Hi,

We're happy to announce that we've re-profiled the Top Jimi Modern 30 Pack (21 profiles) to include merged profiles and use better mic techniques.

This pack seeks to recreate the sound of a late 2000's Vox AC30 CCH Head (30 Watts).

Speakers Used During the Profiling Process: Celestion 25W Greenback and Celestion Vintage 30

Gain Range (Scale: 0 to 10): 0 to 6

Profile Type: Studio, Merged

These profiles are reminiscent of a classic 60's British combo, but with a touch more gain. We used ceramic speakers for a slightly more modern sound. With these profiles you can easily dial up a very cool mix of classic and contemporary British tones, with a little more of a modern sound than the 63-30 and 64-30 packs.

Vox AC30 CCH Background Info: Vox offered the head version of the Custom Classic series, the AC30CCH, from 2005 to 2010. It features a similar chassis design to its predecessors, with all-tube circuitry including a quartet of EL-84 power tubes. Also included was a top boost circuit, tremolo, switches for output bias and smoothing capacitors, and a built-in spring reverb.

Profiles available here

Any of you who purchased the previous version of the pack or a bundle containing the pack in the past month should have already received a free upgrade.

Thank you,
Jimi

Very cool amp. There's one formerly owned by Joe Satriani for sale on Reverb.

You can really tell this amp has a Bassman heritage. It's kind of a mix between a Bassman and the later Marshalls of the late 60's.

Thanks Michael.

Hey Kemper Fans,

We're happy to announce the availability of a new profile pack for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier -- the Offset '45 Pack. These profiles seek to recreate the sound of a limited-edition Marshall Offset JTM45 head and cabinet.

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Speakers Used During the Profiling Process: Celestion 15W Alnico and Celestion 25W Greenback

Min to Max Gain Range (Scale: 0 to 10): 0 to 6

Profile Type: Studio, Merged

Comments:These profiles are reminiscent of an old Bassman, but with a bit more mid-range grunt. We profiled with Alnico and ceramic speakers to give very early and more modern British-flavored tones. This pack will give you a fantastic platform for rock and blues playing.

Marshall Offset JTM45 Background Info: In early 2000, Marshall Amplification decided to reissue the rarest amplifier the company had ever produced -- the offset JTM45 half stack of which only three were made back in 1962. 300 of the reissue amps were produced, and sold out before they were shipped. The amp consists of the offset-chassis JTM45 head and 4 x 12 offset speaker cabinet with a semi-openback design and four 12" Alnico Celestion speakers.

Profiles available here: http://topjimi.com/NEW-Offset-45-Pack-OFF45-20170209.htm

Thanks!
Jimi

Top Jimi Enterprises, LLC is in no way affiliated with Marshall Amplification or Celestion International Ltd. Any mention of "Marshall", "JTM45" or "Celestion" is strictly for comparison purposes.

Yes, ideally the studio and merged profiles would have identical gain. This is typically the case.

The Kemper has to somehow decide what part of the studio profile belongs to the amp and what part belongs to the cabinet. I have no idea how it could do this, but it does. The cabinet portion is copied over the top of a direct profile to make the merged profiles. I'm guessing that this process isn't perfect and may be part of what happened here. The box used to take the direct tap isn't completely transparent either, which also has some effect. We don't purposely make studio and merged profiles any different.

-Jimi

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I did some more experimenting, and there is definitely something really strange going on... Profiles from the new package with gain at about 6-7 are not even comparable to profiles from the first pack, when it comes to amount of gain. The HBE Low (gain 6.8) from the new pack is maybe comparable to other profiles with gain at 3 or 4. This can't be right? I checked everything from clean sens to effects (none are active or even in the slots), rebooted my Kemper where it checked all the rigs etc, but it's still the same. Are someone else experiencing this? It applies to all merged and studio profiles.

Hi,

You really can't compare anything between the old and new BEye packs. The amps were completely different in character. The first amp had some major issues going on. It sounded like it was run through an AM radio. I'm glad at least one person dug the work we did to resurrect some life out of that first amp.

-Jimi

The pack is on our site now. The YouTube video has the same audio as the SoundCloud file.

I don't know why the Soundcloud link won't work. Argh. Here's the YouTube instead.

After a marathon profiling session yesterday, the new BEye pack is now done. We think the new profiles sound fantastic, and are what you'd expect from this amp.

Those of you who purchased the first BEye pack sound have received an email with new profiles attached. If you didn't receive the new profiles, please send an email with your invoice number to [email protected] and we'll hook you up with the new pack.

Here's the new demo:

Demo Audio

Thanks,
Jimi

We have a different BE-100 in our hands now. I'm happy to report that this one sounds MUCH better. Will send out new profiles to everyone who bought the previous BE-100 pack when the profiles are done.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

-Jimi

Thanks Michael.

I do have another BE-100 on the way. We'll see how it sounds.

-Jimi

Thanks timowens!

-Jimi

If you bought the previous pack in the last month or so we'll send you the new one for free.

Thanks,
Jimi

Yeah, I bought it used. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore.

I found another one that I think I'll buy. Assuming that the merged profile results will be better, I'll re-profile that one and send everyone who bought the pack a new set of profiles.

-Jimi

Hey Kemper Fans,

We're happy to announce the availability of a new profile pack for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier -- theTangerine 30 Pack. These profiles seek to recreate the sound of an Orange AD30 head.

Speakers Used During the Profiling Process: Celestion Vintage 30 and Celestion 25W Greenback

Min to Max Gain Range (Scale: 0 to 10): 2 to 8

Profile Type: Studio, Merged

We've redone these profiles from scratch to include improved mic techniques and merged profiles. They remind us of a mix between a Vox and a modded vintage Marshall. The cleans are not totally clean, but with a low output pickup or dialing back the volume knob, they are some of my favorites. The thick, chunky overdrive is fantastic. A very versatile profile pack.

Orange AD30 Background Info: The AD30 is a classic British amp. The amp is a 2-channel, 30W head with (4) EL-84 output tubes. Channel 1 has a vintage flavor to it, with more bass and a little less gain than Channel 2, which is slightly more modern and has a subtle mid boost.

Profiles available Here

Thanks,
Jimi

Damn, I spent a fortune on that amp, and the consensus seems to be that it was bad. That sucks.

I'll look for another one and see if it's any better.

-Jimi

We maxed out the Bass, and had the FAT switch on for all profiles. There wasn't any more bass to be had. The Stevens-100 had much more bass and a much fuller sound.

Hey Guys,

We've decided to remove the merged profiles from the BEye profile pack. There's nothing wrong with the merged profiles -- that's what the amp actually sounded like in the studio. But people have been unhappy with them because they sound a lot different than the studio profiles and lack low end. The BE-100 has remarkably little low end -- it's like there's a 4-pole high pass filter at 500 Hz.

We had to do a lot of work with mics to get the studio sounds to what we thought sounded good. If we hadn't done that, everyone would have hated the amp. I think we got some good studio tones.

If you are a guitar cab user, we recommend using the studio profiles and removing the cab.

Thanks,
Jimi