The Penny has dropped!
My guitar is now dialled into the Kemper - the 'elusive' clean and dist sens are all set.
Main issue to getting it to hit the ballpark with other profiles was the clean and dist sens settings, and RAISING the pickups. I'd had them set too low, so the bridge was sounding anaemic and too much treble - no bass punch and 'weight'.
I just followed orders on a clean profile - bridge pickup - and HIT THE STRINGS HARD - backing off the clean sens until we just slightly hit the orange on the output..
All set. Dist sens left on good ol' 0.
So, I just went to town with my ears and screwdriver - started off too high, then down, down until I hit a sweet spot between power and tone
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...DAMN!!
That's it, game over man, game over - rigs are sounding like their amps - I'm getting that oomph and low end, with everything else in between
I've been blown away by the Kemper since I got it some 8 months ago. But, until my guitar was dialled in - it was only hitting 95% - now with that done, I realise what a game-changer this is to the amp world for musicians. Being able to dial up a tone and jam away with your cd collection, create your own amp 'mixes' for a song in performance mode.
Just super, super stoked to get the tonal foundations laid...thanks to all that answered my previous questions, gripes and is this right / is this wrong - I hope I can help further users in the future.
Must.go.play.guitar....*insert huge grin on face*
Tonerider