Now then!
Steph here, all the way from Holland.
I used to swear by my tube amps...a Marshall JCM2000 TSL100, Engl Powerball II, Engl Tubetoner and Vox AC50 Classic Plus.
Oh, and by my Strymon effects!
So the other day I walked into a guitarshop, had a look at some nice Soldano's, Victory's and Jackson's and go chatting to the owner.
He tells me about this thing called a 'Kemper' and points out a device that, in my mind, resembled a 1982 clockradio from Russia. Bought in a supermarket.
And so I told him.
He then tells me I should have a go on it and I tell him I don't need to because I'm not going to buy it anyway as it will be shit, as are all things non-tube...
He then hooks it up regardless and starts playing.
Oh dear...
I was really looking forward to ripping the piss out of it but I just couldn't!
I sold the two Engl's that night, and all of my Strymons the next week!
So now I have a Kemper sitting on top of a BlueAmps 'the Beast' where once stood my Marshall JCM...
It looks rather silly and a bit lost but it sounds like...well...anything I want it to sound like!
Loving it!