Posts by V8guitar

  • New Kemper User - UNpowered for shows?

    An unpowered unit will not drive a passive guitar cab, so you have multiple options:

    1) Just use IEM's - but other band members need to hear you as well, so they also need them

    2) Use the in house monitors - this is the most common solution but assumes a venue has a foldback system. Virtually all do

    3) Buy a powered Kabinet

    4) Buy a separate power amp and use a cab - either FRFR or Guitar cab or Kabinet

  • New Kemper User - UNpowered for shows?

    Quote from munkienl

    YMMV but i tested a powered Kemper in the shop and found that it ran warm. I don't like electronics that go warm if not hot. My unpowered Kemper runs nice and cool. There are lots of possibilities, do a search here, FRFR amps etc.

    Having run a powered Kemper for 8 years with no issues not quite sure what your point is....

  • Show your latest guitar

    Quote from Kahuna59

    V8guitar : I thought of you when I saw this. Sure, it's not purple, but it's V8 and pretty cool.


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    Dude thanks for this! I love it!!!

  • Kemper still in the game.

    A gig bag would scare me to death but yes I suspect its not as bad as we might think - its because we are used to hard cases..our bass player transports his Dingwall in a gig bag - which is more expensive than any of my guitars, and no issue so....


    Back to the Kemper 2 - I'm a bit on the fence. I think its important to always push the boundaries - I didn't know I needed a Kabinet until they created it, but I'm also extremely happy with what I have.


    I would never have believed 10 years ago that I could have a super convenient all in one solution that was so flexible, portable and easy to set up. I played last night at a festival and 3 wires ( power, speaker and ethercon) and done. No sound check, but he took a line level and boom straight in - sound was fab...and I was playing my acoustic and switching to electric via the same outputs etc. Just so easy.

  • What kind of music are you listening to right now?

    Quote from MuddySludge

    Great Performance 8)

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    I REALLY like this - thank you for sharing it as never heard it before. Simon Phillips is the most unlikely looking rock drummer but he is brilliant...in fact they are all great. Love the vocals, bass is shit hot and Greg's solo is also really inspiring!

  • Should I get another Kemper

    Quote from 4sqbbs

    Well, the Kemper arrived today, only had a short time to power it up and have a go but all seems well so far. Updated it and played through my valve amps cab with a celestion blue in it with some two rock profiles.. sounded amazing, really great. Thanks for the help everyone, just got to order a cab now, I think I'm just gonna go down the normal guitar cab route, tried FRFR in the past and wasn't a fan, not sure I want to bother with the Kone either but we'll see.

    Really pleased for you!


    I will just say again, guitar cabs add massive colouration. The KPA is there to emulate the whole signal chain and so you make a profile including the cab, artificially remove it and replace it with a real cab - the results are less predictable.


    I agree with you on FRFR in that it can be very clinical but not all FRFR's are equal.


    The Kone is meant to be a solution in between FRFR and a guitar cab, giving you the best of both worlds. For me it works brilliantly although not the same for others. If you can find a way to try before you buy then I would suggest its definitely worth a shot.

  • wireless

    Quote from JEverly

    I have seen good players playing all levels of gear. Why do people assume that if someone has expensive gear that they can't play as well as they do? I have made a decent amount of money playing my guitar. I use a variety of guitars and other gear, some expensive and some not. Should we all be ridiculed for having an expensive Kemper on the stage?


    To me these complaints sound more like jealousy. I have seen people crap all over PRS guitars, until they can afford to get one. Then they brag about them to everyone. I have never subscribed to any of this. We all get to spend our money on whatever we want to. It has nothing to do with your level of skill.

    I don't think anyone is saying because you have good gear you can't play. I think the point is that gear is not a substitute for good playing - which i know you also did not say this.


    The way I look at this - I love gear and will spend what I want to spend - as long as my wife allows it. I'm a mediocre player at best, I know gear does not make me play better but it does sometimes inspire and I also know I have the best shot and sounding as good as I can - gear is not the limitation.


    Lets be honest an Epiphone sounds nearly as good as a Gibson, a Squier nearly as good as a fender....but you don't feel as good unless your vibe is to enjoy playing junk and squeezing as much out of it as possible - which is also valid. I had an Epiphone Les Paul and Gretsch Electromatic for my Cult tribute band and I've now upgraded to a 70's Gibson Les Paul Mick Ronson copy and full blown White Falcon. I love them and feel privilidged to own and play them but I don't sound any better.


    No one should feel guilty playing good or expensive gear and I don't think that is the intention of any of the comments so far.

  • Should I get another Kemper

    Quote from 4sqbbs

    Thanks everyone, I've ordered the power head for now, I'm gonna use it in to the speaker in my valve amp for the time being but I might pick up a kone or it's own cab if everything is ok with this one.

    Fab. I have the powered rack and love it. I use a Kabinet but I have run it with a 4 x12 and FRFR previously.


    Just be aware that the speakers make a huge difference to the sound. Way more than I ever realized..

  • wireless

    I agree and actually the KPA has helped with that. I chased True Bypass for so long and I no longer worry about a pedal board at all now.


    However, I'd buy anything that made me sound better than I actually am :)

  • Should I get another Kemper

    Quote from 4sqbbs

    Thanks, yeah I think I'm going to give it a go. I've had some reliability issues with my valve amp so it's not like they're indestructible either! I'll be sure to post back here once it turns up.

    Do you know anyone that has one? Always worth trying someone else's as well :)


    Good luck dude.

  • Should I get another Kemper

    Quote from 4sqbbs

    Well the itch really is for that Two-Rock / dumble style clean, but of course it comes with a high price tag and also an element of risk that I don't actually like the amp after taking the plunge (I can't try before I buy) so the Kemper removes that really given a profile is much cheaper than a Two-Rock..


    When I did have the Kemper and used it after the hiss had dissipated it was great, used it with the Kone and loved it, but I just couldn't get past the issue. Seeing so many that have owned one for years (a decade for some!) with no issues makes me think maybe give it another go. The shop I'm looking at has a good returns policy so I'm thinking it's relatively low risk.

    Then I would go for it.


    My concern was that it was on an issue with the Kemper but somewhere in else e.g. through a DAW. That type of hiss is definitely not normal.


    The Kemper for me has bene the most fault free, reliable guitar tool I have ever had. I only have experienced 2 issues in 8-9 years of ownership:

    1) I did have an issue with it crashing, but that was an identified software issue with a beta release. That was resolved very quickly

    2) The ethernet connection became loose - I had that swapped out and now have it per connected so it won't ever happen again.


    I played a show 2 weeks ago and one of the guitarists had an ENGL ( I used to run ENGL's so I'm a huge fan)...and during sound check, a valve went...he became very interested in my rig after that :)

  • Should I get another Kemper

    The problem is you never located the fault and so that risk will exist.


    I've had my Kemper for over 8 years now, never experienced that type of issue, so definitely not typical.


    A Two Rock and Kemper are totally different beasts so it does depend on what that itch is, but of course I did vote Kemper :). What is probably most telling from my perspective is since I've had my Kemper I've NEVER had that itch....used to have it all the time, buying amps, cables, pedals....now its only guitars....so....

  • wireless

    Quote from Dynochrome

    Not TRYING to be opposite but..

    I really can't hear the difference between My Line 6 G10 and an expensive cable. Recorded in a mix I don't think Eric Johnson could.

    The latency isn't any worse than standing 3' from the amp and I'm usually farther than that.

    Sometimes I'll have my amp in the live room and run my G10 and end up recording with it. It doesn't sound any different than using a Mogami gold cable. Not saying the G10 is the best wireless ever and I'm sure it's not, but It sounds like a cable to my ears.

    Personally I went down the whole Van Damme cables and George L's....and I felt it was a waste of money. Why? I didn't do a back to back test so I can't claim if they sounded better or not, but if they did it was a very small difference e.g. putting on new strings probably has a bigger impact.


    The actual point is, we like what we like and sometimes we also get used to or work around things that aren't perfect e.g. the Hendrix example. It also doesn't matter if its really not better, if it makes someone "feel" better, they play better.


    The only comparison I have is I have played live using my Sennheiser wireless, recorded the gig, and then overdubbed at home using a cable...I could not notice the difference.


    JEverly - yeah here in the UK I can get Van Damme cable for £2.50 a metre or 12m lead with Neutrix connectors for £45 so supply must be harder in the US.

  • What kind of music are you listening to right now?

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    Ryan Martinie truly is one the most underated bassists ever IMO. Always loved this jam. :)

    I like this...sort of :)

  • What kind of music are you listening to right now?

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    This guy is badass.


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    In the UK we haven't been exposed to Hee Haw but apparently he was a big influence on many country players and John 5...

  • wireless

    Quote from Dynochrome

    Make sure you check out the latency, that's where some corners can get cut that you won't want. Even with a perfect connection without droputs that cloud will still be hovering.

    I suspect ( but I don't know) for indoors and what the OP needs it for, its unlikely to be an issue

  • wireless

    Quote from Morph

    Without starting a new thread, does anyone have a recommendation for cheap wireless? My xVive are dying and I need something for use in the house. They won’t be gigging

    Is the Boss Wl 20 too expensive?