Awaiting my powerrack + remote

Hi there! I've bought my power rack + remote but apparently have a 2-3 week wait from the supplier (GAK in Brighton, UK). That was a week ago, so hopefully it's not too far away now.

I play at church each week so will be using it there live but have mostly bought it for recording purposes. Can't wait.

I've chased the modelling dream before - I had a v-amp 2, then a Line 6 Pod X3 Live but have always defaulted back to one amp, and maybe a pedal or two. I typically play dirt cheap bargains of guitars (including Harley Benton) through dirt cheap pedals (including Joyo) and into my quite cheap Laney Cub12 (great amp for the price). Basically, I'm Henning Pauly (EytschPi42 on YouTube) except I like the Kemper. Well, I like the idea - haven't been able to play it yet.

Quote from Freisegler

Welcome to the Kemper Zone! It's very much worth it!

Loads of profiles to be had but try out the free ones first. The learning curve isn't that steep, but RTFM. <img src="https://www.kemper-amps.com/forum/wcf/images/smilies/wink.png" alt=";)" />

How's Brighton these days? Haven't been back there since having completed my degree at…

I will download the free ones that have a good reputation (a Morgan AC20 profile is apparently good) - though I'll have to register the Kemper first. And I'm obsessed enough that I have already RTFMed

GAK just happens to be the cheapest online at the moment but I do also live near Brighton. It's definitely been on the rise, in terms of cultural importance, especially in the last 15 years as there are a ton of creatives, hipsters, musicians etc. in the area. They've just opened a weird tower/viewing platform and the trains to London are particularly rubbish at the moment.

Random Brighton band plug: Fickle Friends - very smartly crafted 80s-inspired indie pop. They're friends of friends - unlikely to hugely appeal to the typical Kemper user but they work extremely hard and are very tight live.

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Well, given what you're used to hearing, I'm predicting that you're in for a shock.

I hope so

Certainly it's a massive upgrade. But I've had, and played through, more expensive gear in the past which I don't think warranted its price tag as far as tone was concerned (e.g. a number of Ibanez guitars, Fender Twin amp (2001) - not hating them but the cheap brands I mentioned are ridiculous as far as value is concerned). The Laney has costs about 1/5 of the Fender and has a much more useful tone for sitting in a mix in the kind of music I play. I've not owned boutique pedals which I'm sure are better but the Joyo Sweet Baby eats Boss overdrives for dinner.

I will be profiling the gear I have and intend to prove that there is great tone to be had there. We'll see how that goes

Just been given an update - end of the month! That's like... 3 more weeks!

Deep breathing...