Hi,
For some time I have been trying to get the sound of the legendary Trichorus unit as used by Michael Landau in the 80's. But I have always come up short. Until I got the KPA. I thought that with the possibilities in the KPA I should be able to get close to that sound. After some work and listening to a a clip of Michael Landau on Youtube I'm close enough to be happy with the result. Happy enough that I'm not going hunting for an original. This sound works in the context of the tunes I'm planning on using it with.
I have found out that the sound of this rig isvery dependent on the guitar you use. In this tune I used a Tyler Classic with maple board and Hot Lauras 5. When I tried a Tyler SE HD with rosewood board and JTS2500 singles I had to dial in the eq somewhat different. So when you get this KPA Rig you need to keep this in mind.
I also read comments on the wobblyness of the original Trichorus. I have included a chorus in stomp slot 3 that I use to get a certain degree of wobble. This is also something to remember when trying out this KPA Rig. My recommendation is to try the rig with stomp 3 set to Off first to see if you really need that additional wobble. If you want more wobble, turn on Stomp 3 and work with the mix parameter to get the right amount of wobble.
Another point about the Rig is that in stomp 2 there is a boost that you may want to turn off if you have hotter pickups and need more head room.
Finally a word about the compression. If you want more "sprrraaang" (for lack of a better word) in the sound then you can experiment with more compression in the Amplifier section.
You can download the rig from the KPA Rigs page on my web site.
http://www.nermark.com/KPA_profiles.htm
If you want to hear the rig in a musical context here's my latest tune:
Books In Heaven
Welcome!
Mats N