Hi All,
People may not believe this, but I've been playing guitar for around 36 years and in most of that time it's been an electric. BUT, I have a confession to make... I've always played my guitars "dry" without amplification. I just never have found it convenient to plug in and play and really enjoy an amplified sound given where I lived (neighbors, etc). I do own a Fender amp back in the States (a Fender Stage Pro 185 I think) which I bought back in 1989 but it has sat more or less unused since then. So all this time, I've sounded like a guy plucking rubber bands, albeit with a fair degree of skill. I'm rather embarrassed about this.
So now I've got this opportunity, having met a really good female singer recently, to play small gigs and part of this set up will be the Kemper unit because of its portability. I know I need a powered speaker to go along with it and I'll probably go with the DXR10 (guide me if that's not a good choice please). But in addition to that, I'm thinking I'll need some sort of foot controller maybe to incorporate different dynamics like lead playing, or pedal effects maybe during songs. Not knowing a thing about live performing and the set ups involved, is it necessary that I purchase the Kemper foot controller, or are there other (possibly cheaper) alternatives to boost volume (for lead playing) for the purpose I just described? Or do I simply kick up the volume control on the guitar itself to accomplish (at least) the volume increase? Any thoughts? What type of simple set up will accomplish what I'm seeking to do here?
Cheers,
IG