He's not claiming that all amps sound the same. The idea is that many of the things that we pretend are having a significant impact on the tone are not and the real tonal sculpting comes from how the amp designer uses eq and gain stages. To my ears he showed that, so I won't be talked out of it. I'm happy to listen to any alternative experiments.
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He's never claimed that people shouldn't work on their sound. He has fantastic tone and has worked hard to achieve that. I think dismissing him as click bait is unfair and misses the whole point.
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Of course playing technique, speakers, gain, EQ, etc. The point he's trying to make is that many of the things the marketers at the instrument companies have convinced us of are BS.
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Finally someone mentioned this..
Sorry folks.. imo all these videos are click bait. Funny,entertaining etc but they say absolutely NOTHING.
I think the point of his videos are to let people hear differences rather than talking about them. I rate his skills and ears over most people, so waving a dismissive hand at him is a bit arrogant I think. 🙂
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As above - there's no need for the actual Vox amp in that situation. It's just adding lots of weight and messing with your sound. A simple powered cab or Kemper Kab is a much better idea unless you want the weightlifting effect and a tone that doesn't sound like what the audience hears.
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I don't understand how you can not find a great sounding reverb easily with the Kemper. Have you tried adjusting the reverb parameters or are you just looking for one in a profile that's exactly what you're after?
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I think the Powered Kab is a great choice.
In the meantime if you get the output level from the Kemper low enough going into the Deluxe, and keep the volume on the Deluxe low enough to keep it from breaking up, and keep the reverb on the Deluxe at zero, and disable the Cab section on the Kemper you may have something not too terrible just for having fun.
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Hi there!
You don't want to plug the Kemper into the front of a guitar amp as the amp will add a preamp to an already complete sound, expecting a raw guitar input.
What Kemper device have you got?
Also, what Fender amp? Does it have an effects loop?
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OneEng1 - based on the video I would suspect your preamp tube swap changed the gain in that stage and if you could make that up right after the tube the difference in sound would be almost negligible.
I'm not an electronics expert, just a performer. 🙂
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Which one of you is going to try building a tackle box rig using EQ and distortion stomps?
Tone is in the Tom Anderson guitar. 😉
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That's an incredible piece of work and it really does blow many myths to bits! His videos are gold. I've definitely suffered many of the preconceptions he talks about in his videos.
The saying "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." is great. 😀
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I often play out on a holiday island near here and take an Uber and Ferry to save the extortionate overnight downtown parking. I need to be able to carry it in one go and be modular enough for a Prius Uber.
I use the Stage bag for my Kemper remote, cables, and effects, etc. The power head, Mission pedal and Voicelive goes in the other Kemper bag. My guitar goes in my left hand.
I also have one of those Stanley tool things, but it's a pain to pack and unpack while still protecting things, so even when I drive to gigs I don't use it anymore.
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I don't know if Kinman is still selling pickups, but their Woodstock set is what ended up as my final set in my Strat. Just great and quiet, but expensive. They used to do more vintage sets as well.
It's also hard to go past Lindy Fralin and Tom Anderson - they both make stellar single coils in various outputs.
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I agree - that's just my strategy for protecting the profiler once you've already bought one, like me.
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The first step when getting one should be to discard the shoulder strap and only ever carry it by the handles IMO. That hardware is a design flaw and made with weak casting material - again IMO.
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There are a lot of very good factory profiles and free ones in the rig exchange. If you're a professional you want to avoid the ones that sound great in a bedroom, but have never been road or studio tested.
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Sorry I offended you. But "EQ Treatment" is tweaking which was my point. The jest was for someone else. I don't expect everyone to get it but there are similarities.
I wasn't offended.
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In my case I use mostly purchased profiles from the same seller as there's a consistency across them and they're great sounding with my guitars. He also includes performances with some of them that I've found to be really useful.
I never use IRs and don't see a need for them with the Kemper.
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Well, if one gal is not perfect then I just don't throw her away for the next one. I teach her.
I don't think that's a useful analogy. I strongly suggest just moving on to a new profile if the one you're using on stage or studio doesn't sound great after EQ treatment.
