Been interested for at least two years, spent a day with a powered Kemper in the summer and have been obsessed ever since. Finally took the plunge a month ago. It was a big deal because, after dozens of amps, I'd finally found the "keeper", which I had to sell to fund the Kemper, Remote and Yamaha DXR10. Half a dozen gigs later and it's just getting better and better. I haven't quite got my heavily overdriven/distorted sounds dialed in with FR/FR (or maybe it's just my ears that need dialing in?) but I know I'll get there. No regrets and very happy indeed.
PS. don't normally get involved in forums but this one seems worth getting involved with.
New Kemper in Lincolnshire, UK
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Welcome then to the gang.
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What surprised me at first was that the sounds I dialed in at home sounded terrible at volume with a band on my first gig with the Kemper - especially the heavier sounds.
This shouldn't have been a surprise because I have always known it to be the case with valve amps, but I suppose I thought that the FRFR speaker, which I'm completely new to, would sound the same at loud volumes as it does at quiet volumes. I now realise this was naive!
I have now got some truly great, organic and natural-feeling clean, breaking up and overdriven sounds but I'm still struggling a little when I switch to the higher gain amps which I've dialed in. Not really heavy, but between noon and, say, 3 o'clock on the gain dial, which is as heavy as I'd go. The sounds are a little over-compressed, nasal and artificial-sounding. -
Welcome to the family
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Welcome!!
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Welcome to the forum!
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Thank you for the welcomes!
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Welcome. Yes, this forum can be a big help!
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Welcome!
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Welcome to the gang, your tone will come it's just a case of finding that right profile for you, it will come
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Thank you! I played another gig with the Kemper last night and loved it. Still wasn't quite there with the heavier tones but I managed a few tweeks on the fly, while the singer was having a fight with someone in the audience, which got me a lot closer.
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.... but I managed a few tweeks on the fly, while the singer was having a fight with someone in the audience.......
Sounds disturbing... where do you play? -
Welcome to forum of Tone
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Sounds disturbing... where do you play?
This was in a very crowded pub. The singer is very volatile and doesn't like people standing too close to him. Unfortunately, it was so crowded that someone knocked over his mic' stand and, well, that was when I had a few valuable minutes to do some tweeking.
I'm happy to report that the night ended well, with everyone as friends. -
Classic, Horspip!
Well done on the purchase, mate, and welcome to our happy home... of tone.
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Enjoy
Fero
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