Posts by LiamThompson

Just wanted to post some thanks in here. A few people may have noticed I've not been posting for a quite a few months now, mainly due to my PowerHead blowing up with a big white flash and a bang about 4 month ago. I contacted support and opened a case.

It took me around 4 months to get all organised and finally get my amp sent off to Germany, all securly packaged and insurered via UPS from UK to Germany for £55 and make sure I had some money ready for what I was expecting to be a costy repair fee due to the almost certainty that at least a motherboard was blown in the amp, due to what appeared to be part of an IC fell out the chassis.

My amp was purchased January 2014 so was well out of warrenty period so was all prepared to pay what was needed for the repair providing it didn't fall into "May as well buy a new amp territory".

To my suprise my PowerHead came back to me in just over 1 week fully rerpaired FREE OF CHARGE!

I'd like to offer my thanks to Kemper Support Team for their quick turnaround and great service! Couldn't be happier.

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LiamThompson Where are those two OD5 and OD14 that you speak about? Can't find them.

I'm not sure mate it was 3 maybe even 4 years when I was using JerEvils profiles. Time flies

Sorry about that, SPAM folder and there they are.

Does anyone know how long support takes to respond. I sent the email 9 days ago and haven't even recieved a response yet?

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WARNING:

There are no user serviceable parts inside the Profiler and open it up might results in a warranty issue. Never do that. This is a warning to all those reading this in the future: don't open your Profiler!

From the manual: "Warranty coverage is also voided when the device is repaired by unauthorized persons or tampered with in any way.", "Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate nor- mally, or has been dropped."

LiamThompson Since you've contacted support before you've opened it up, you're eventually fine. But make sure you mention this in your support ticket and refer to this thread.

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No problem, I wouldn't have opened it up if the warranty was still intact. Cheers for the heads up.

Just removed the green metal case shell to take a look at what is loose inside and it's the top of a charred IC chip that has blown completely apart. So it looks like it's a least one blown chip minimum.

Thanks for the input guys.

DamianGreda I'm sure it actually sounds like there is a loose screw in side. Never noticed it before till just after it blew up.

Well....

I've just powered my Kemper amp up and after about 5 seconds the amp made a pop sound, with a small flash of light coming from the main plug jack socket on the back and tripped the fuse box in my house.

I switched everything off in the house and returned the flip switch on my fuse box to restore the power.

I then tried a new power cable with the Kemper and plugged it in as soon as I turned the power on at the wall I got another pop and flash from inside the amp and I never turned the chicken knob to start booting the Kemper up.

I'm sick to say the least!

I've contacted support straight away and just waiting for a reply, being the weekend may take a while.

Have any of you guys had a serious fault like this before and had to send your Kemper away for repair? I'm just trying to gauge how much this is likely to cost me to get fixed? I'm live in England and I'm guessing the amp will have to be shipped to Germany also?

Love my Mesa Horizontal Rectifier 2X12's. If it's good enough for Andy Timmons, good enough for me!

burkard thanks. My rigs were all set to -100 there

Will check this out Burkhard and report back.

This is the first time I've updated to the firmware since the initial update that included the new reverbs was released so assuming something has changed there.

No mate, the exact same delay settings copied and pasted to other blocks work fine.

I take blank profile (no effects any where so all blocks are blank only the stack section active). If I add a delay to X or MOD it works as expected and just adds delay. Copy that exact block to DEL or REV and the whole rig drops by 3 dB or so. None of the parameters have changed in the settings anywhere I look.

Is anyone else experiencing this with 5.7.7.14448 release?

If I add a delay into either of those slots the rig volume drops by about half. This doesn't happen with slot X or MOD.

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I just had the same high pitched squeal occur with LiamThompson profile. I'm still with release 57214219.

This is all good to know as I haven't updated to the last few firmwares.

A good read Mats

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Awesome Liam. I think I spotted that one and thought it would make a great partner for my Rosewood 513 but didn’t pull the trigger because I really need a hardtail PRS. Ikm on the lookout for a Rosewood McCarty I think.

Good to seethat one went to a good home

Yeah was actually a 513 rosewood I was after initially but couldn't resist this.

Just purchased this 2008 PRS Custom 22 Rosewood Artist Package on Sunday, absolutley outstanding guitar, the best I have ever played.

I was expecting it be great but this is something else! The rosewood neck plays and feels exceptional.

Rosewood neck

1 piece mahogany body

1 piece 10 top artist quilt top

Dragon 2 pickups

Wide Fat neck

Sheepfan mine was set the same (6dB) from the factory.

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These are outstanding profiles, thanks a lot! With EBMM these sound really kickass, excellent Higain tones of an really good Marshall =)

Thanks, EBMM Axis should work very well with these are they were nearly all created and dialed in using either one or an EVH Wolfgang USA.

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Thank you very much Liam.

Just a question: did you cut some high frequencies?

I find them not very open or airy, they have a very little presence...

I tried them with strato and les paul.

Thanks again!

I generally low pass at around 12 to 10 kHz as I like to mic right on the edge of the cap seam on the speaker which can be quite bright on Marshall type circuits, running V30's and an SM57, but introduces a little fizz that I don't like to hear.

I generally prefer sounds a touch darker as these settings are to be used at high gig volumes on the real amp, in a recorded mix I'd be tempted to set more treble on the amp to help them cut.

What are you playing them through? Generally I use either a real Mesa Cab 2X12 the one which is the cab I profiled with. Straight through the PA, or if at home through Grado headphones or a Friedman ASM-12 wedge.