There is a video in which Bonamassa emulates Danny Gatton, who had been a teacher of his or something, and Jeff Beck. And he does a great job, but then Bonamassa is so good...And Beck can impersonate Gallup, but he had his own evolution, and Clapton is not a clone of F King, BB or A King, though he borrowed from them...Finding your voice is as complicated or even more than cloning another. Guitars are complicated beasts. How you play the notes is a key element. The fretting hand, the pick attack. Not just the notes and the timing.
Posts by CJGOMEZ
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That tone is in our hands to a great extent is a truth that should be universally acknowledged to avoid endless holy grail amp and guitar seeking. The more we play and focus on our technique the better chances of getting there.
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Thank you, Mick.
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Silly question, but have you checked all input and output levels? Have you changed something or the gremlins came for a beer? Any bad cable?
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And playing unplugged also unmasks a lot. ?
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A direct profile always turns on the FR Mode unless you add a cab.
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Less is often more!
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That's why playing traditional blues stuff can be a bit more demanding than playing classic rock: nuance is everything. Bad technique is not easy to get away with. Even the ghost notes and slaps are tricky. It may be less flashy, but not that easy! Well, SRV, Eric Gales or Bonamassa and many others do master that and then some.
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You can always reamp with the Kemper effects later, with the mix in mind. A dry direct signal is always a safe measure. You can record also with effects if it is more inspiring (it usually is) and then reamp if necessary. It is annoying when you realize your take has too much gain, reverb or whatever.
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In FRFR Mode, yeah
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If you don't have monitors at least try with headhones.
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you will.?
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Older modellers used a lot of compression to combat the feeling of latency. Maybe it is this that you’ve been used to?
What old floorboard did you use? A Boss floorboard? Anway there's no difference playing legato on a real hardware amp and a kemper. I used to use amp sims in the computer and when I bought a kemper I realised how sloppy I had become playing guitar. Simply because, at least then, amp sims masked a lot. Maybe that was the case with your old floorboard?
Agreed. The Kemper is less forgiving. Like a real tube amp. You may be used to high compressed gain. The Kemper is pretty expressive, so articulation matters a lot. You will get used to It.
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Both for reamping. Out if you don't reamp.
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Check the appliance wattage and the transformer's max wattage capacity.
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Bert's latest clean profiles are very well balanced. You pick up a Strat and you may use the treble pickup and it sounds great. With some other clean profiles out there I often find the neck pup is the only option, cause they are way too bright.
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Look up step up/down converters. About 70 bucks at least.
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Using a 220 volt machine at 120 volts will most probably mean it just won't work because the voltage is too low. You would need a voltage transformer, preferably a good one. It is much worse the other way round: you would fry it, I guess
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Yeah, that's why I said we are asking perhaps too much from a Kemper machine, though these guys at Kemper do listen and provide the machine more and more possiblities with the updates whenever possible. The SPDIF limitations to earlier heads excluded...? But the more versatility the harder the learning curve, which is a minor issue perhaps .