A bit of a dead thread, but I have the Kemper and I have Arc Effects Klone V2
Arc Effects Klone V2
as well as Timmy
Timmy
I completely love the Klon Klone and it sounds fantastic in front the Kemper. The Timmy is even more flexible but doesn't impart that 'warm sheen' that most Klon clones are famous for.
I cannot replicate this sound exactly with the Kemper's stomp boxes. This video shows an approach using a combination of the Green Scream and an EQ to create something more Bluesbreaker pedal. For me it doesn't really ever sound like a Bluesbreaker pedal or a Morning Glory but rather like Green Scream with a softened mid hump (but I still hear a bit of the hump). Kemper OD Stomps It does however sound good and creates something totally useable.
So I love the Klon clone and the Timmy but to be honest for the last couple of years I only break them out very occasionally. I wanted to simplify stuff when I was getting the Kemper and anything that requires a power supply and multiple connections, any one of which could fail is not simplifying (for me).
Instead I use different amp profiles with different flavours of gain for different levels of distortion and I use the Kemper's Compressor/Treble Booster/Green Scream (down low)/Green Scream (set higher) or the Mouse to create flexibility with a particular profile.
I cannot even replicate the low gain level sounds of a real RAT pedal with the MOUSE ... but I don't really care.
I can get so many different gain sounds from amp profiles that I could never get from putting a box in front of an amp and I can add flexibility to those profiles with the gain STOMPS so I have a huge range of sounds at my disposal.
...and you know what? I never have to check batteries, wonder what is the best place to put a new pedal in the signal chain, wonder why my Fuzz Face sounds so different today than yesterday or if one of the connectors is loose. On top of that, it is so QUIET! People forget about how much noise those pedal chains insert into your signal path until they aren't using them.
So I have a Klon and a Timmy and, as Tony the Tiger says, "They're great!". I pull them out every once in a while when I want some their particular mojo but I don't really feel I NEED them ... at all.
There are so many choices of great amp profiles with gain. I don't feel I need to rely on outboard stompboxes.
But if you really want the sound of a Klon, you should get a Klon or one of the clones. You can't make stuff sound EXACTLY like stuff it isn't.