Good morning, all. I find myself in a bit of a sticky wicket. I am a proud Kemper user, but I cannot bring myself to go through the process of developing a live rig for my device. About a year ago, I decided that I was done playing live. Well, that changed, and now I'm hunting for a new amp while keeping the Kemper for home studio use. The problem is that there isn't a store within 2-3 hours drive time of my location (Savannah, Georgia) that has either of the two amps that I'm considering. I've been eyeballing the EVH 5150 III and the Carvin Legacy 3 pretty seriously, and they both seem to have their merits. I'm looking for an amp with great lead tones, as well as the ability to pull of classic rock AND hard rock fairly well. There seem to be a number of decent 5150 III demos online, but I cannot find much for the Legacy 3. I don't know if this is because Carvin products are underrepresented as a whole, being available only from Carvin directly. My last traditional amp was a Marshall JVM410H, which I nicknamed "The Adultress" because of her reliability issues. Anyhow, thoughts?
5150 III vs Carvin Legacy 3
- savannahalex
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Why you don't just get a Matrix poweramp and a 4x12 for the stage and you use the Kemper?
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As much as I enjoy my Kemper, I have a hard time diving into doing something like that without having first tested it out. Unfortunately, I live in a town where decent equipment stores do not exist. The closest Guitar Center to me is over two hours away in Jacksonville, FL to the south, or Charleston, NC to the north. Besides, I would much rather bang up a durable tube amp than bang up my Kemper.