Hi guys,
So I haven't posted in this thread yet, here I go.
For the last 7 years, I've been dragging around Marshall amps and 4x12 cabinets to every gig.
In the beginning my band thought it was cool to rock Marshall full stacks everywhere, but that quick changed when we had to set those up every time again.
Coming from a full stack, I made the decision to go with a half stack because that would save my a lot of hassle.
Then I bought my dream amp but I wasn’t aware that the amp itself didn’t feature a dedicated clean channel, which made me buy a 12” combo to go along with that for the cleans.
And due to the fact that I like to swap guitars (and have a backup) during a show, I had to buy another car because all of that wouldn’t fit in my old one (#luxuryproblems).
After giging with that setup for a few years, recently I changed my mind about things because of the endless built up my band has combined with a soundcheck and setting up in-ears.
(Roughly 1,5 hours to set everything up.)
Besides that I don’t want to ruin a collectable Marshall amp by taking it with me to every gig, so my cousin introduced me to Kemper (he has a powered toaster).
I was amazed how good it sounded, mostly about the fact that the profile of my amp just sounds like the real deal!
I’m looking forward to take the Stage with me to rehearsals and gigs.
The fact that have my live setup available anywhere makes it really cool!
I still love the look of a stage filled with Marshall 4x12 cabs, but I guess we have to take a look at some dummy ones now.
And also, I might need to get my gym membership renewed as I don’t have to weight-lift all that gear, every time we’re doing a gig!
I’m already digging the Kemper Profiler Stage, but I have the feeling that I have only discovered like 20% of all its features.
Been playing it non-stop since the 2nd of August.
I guess I have to get a new gym subscription
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Welcome to the forum!
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Welcome! Sounds like a plan to win!
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Welcome!
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Welcome to the forum! A gym membership sounds like a good idea, especially since you're probably going to want a pair of powered Kemper Kones to go with your Stage.
They're not out yet, hence the need to body build in preparation
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Welcome to the forum! A gym membership sounds like a good idea, especially since you're probably going to want a pair of powered Kemper Kones to go with your Stage.
They're not out yet, hence the need to body build in preparation
Those kind of comments are bad voor my GAS hahaha :p
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Welcome, thanks for a good story.
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Hi and welcome to the family!
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Welcome Sir
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Welcome, Brent.
No need to use dummy cabs; you could try mounting an FRFR cab in a Marshall 4x10 / 4x12 enclosure.
No need to get fancy. I'm thinking you'd only need to lug the empty box to a gig and rest the FRFR unit inside on the base panel. Two 4x enclosures if you wanna look heavier, maybe with an FRFR in each for stereo? You'd have to remove the speaker-mounting panel of course.
Just thinking out 'loud...
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Welcome and congrats on your decision... it is so easy to get used to lightweight stage equipment
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Welcome Brent. back when I was traveling/gigging all the time people would ask me what it was like being a musician. I would tell them that being on stage was the easy part, a lot of the gig was like being a long range truck driver and furniture mover.
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welcome and thanks for sharing your story.
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Hi and welcome...
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Welcome, now to get some new guitars??
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Welcome to the Family
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My previous rig was a 4U rack (Voodu Valve 1U preamp, a 1U power amp, rack wireless and a Furman) and a 1x12 cab. Wouldn't fit in the new car.
Since rack mounted gear was no longer an option I started looking around for an alternative and discovered the Kemper. And there was a toaster-sized head that actually fit in my car. Sold! Never mind the fact that, you know, it sounds incredible. After playing it for a week I sold every tube amp I owned.
I think you guys should invest in a rear projection screen and just put up pictures of the Marshall stacks.
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Welcome, now to get some new guitars??
I’ve also just bought another Les Paul ?
GAS was real man haha
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My previous rig was a 4U rack (Voodu Valve 1U preamp, a 1U power amp, rack wireless and a Furman) and a 1x12 cab. Wouldn't fit in the new car.
Since rack mounted gear was no longer an option I started looking around for an alternative and discovered the Kemper. And there was a toaster-sized head that actually fit in my car. Sold! Never mind the fact that, you know, it sounds incredible. After playing it for a week I sold every tube amp I owned.
I think you guys should invest in a rear projection screen and just put up pictures of the Marshall stacks.
Yeah a screen would be awesome too!
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Welcome!
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