Hello, all. Finally received my unpowered lunchbox KPA after a 3 month wait. I excitedly set it up at home after quickly scanning the manual. I ended up really liking one of the stock profiles. I based my entire rig around it, with some gain backed off for a cleaner sound, and more gain and effects for a lead sound, and everything in between. I was so happy and blown away with it all, it sounded so good in my studio through the reference monitors. But I really got the amp to play it live, I front and play in versatile rock/dance/funk band that covers everything from Abba to Metallica to Toto to LMFAO to.....etc. So there's a lot of music and sounds to cover. We're the house band at a casino every weekend, so I wanted the Kemper to be my be all and end all solution for guitar versatility. We normally run Pods on stage direct, so I figured the KPA would be so much more pro. To be honest, I was quite heartbroken to hear the sounds coming from my monitor on stage when I finally ran it live. It sounded nothing like the sounds I had spent so much time on dialling in at home. We did have a sound man out that night that was tweaking our mix, and he told me the Kemper sounded really good out front, but I was nonplussed. I was so overcome with the disappointment of the on stage monitor sound, that I thought the Kemper wasn't for me. I decided to take the KPA home and give it another shot, from the ground up. I pored over the manual, and spent some more time downloading profiles from Rig Manager. I ended up with a really good 5150 III profile that is my main base for all patches. I also discovered the OUTPUT button and it's versatility. When I set up for the gig again the following weekend, I was able to EQ the KPA for our stage monitors. Wow, what a difference. I can't believe I almost gave up on this, I have such an incredible sound right now, makes playing that much more fun. I also made a harmonizer patch, just for fun, and to give our bass player fits. I'm a believer, the Kemper is everything it said it was and more.
