Just out of storage (after having given up on this in the 90s). I found myself looking seriously at a 7-string bass (3 strings fretless, 4 fretted). I'm not a bass player, although I just picked up a Geddy Lee for fun. Anyway, when I caught myself contemplating yet another instrument to challenge my sense of reality, I remembered that I had this Chapman Stick.
I was amazed when I pulled it out of storage and found that with a minor adjustment to the neck tension rod, it seemed to be working. I gave up on it shortly after I first got it. I hung it as wall art, and it's been in its case for, I don't know - decades?
Seems like I've saved some money, as this should keep me busy for now.
I was playing this today, and couldn't remember if I'd shared a photo of it with you.
If you look closely, you'll see that this guitar has a bound headstock. This tiny detail sets it apart from the stock versions of this guitar.
I got my Hamer Sunburst Studio GATC in 1990-ish, and played it a lot. Unfortunately, it got damaged, so I shipped it back to Hamer Guitars for repair. About four months later, I got a phone call from none other than Jol Dantzig. He was very apologetic because, somehow, someone had misinterpreted the damage as a factory blemish. Hamer didn't sell "B" stock. Their practice was to crush substandard guitars. He was calling to tell me that my guitar had been crushed. He said that he had inspected the neck and could see that I had loved and played that guitar a lot. He offered to make me a new one and asked if there were any special features that I'd like. The only thing I wanted was a bound headstock to go with the body and neck binding.
Jol said he would go down to the wood room and pick something special for me. He warned me it would take a while to make the new guitar because they were a small factory making handmade instruments, but promised me it would be worth the wait. It took over a year, but this stunning guitar was everything Jol said it would be. As a tribute to the first one, Jol stamped it with the original serial number.
I haven't owned a bass in 10 years, but I picked up this one over the weekend.
I don't play bass because when I do, I just sound and look like a guitarist holding a bass. My last one was a gorgeous fretless Musicman Stingray, and for me, it was a lost cause. Maybe this one will be a keeper. I'm loving the neck.
This is the first Fender instrument I've had in 10 or 15 years.
An idea to "disable cab sim in Trio" may be to use Amp Out and and FX return for the player. (Sorry , but I currently have not Trio+ in my hands for trying by myself)
You could use the Trio+ Amp Out to a separate channel on a mixer. You'd use another channel for the Trio+ Mixer Out.
There's only one input on the KPP (no FX return on the KPP).
This is how I connected the Trio+ with the Kemper Stage. I haven't tried it with the Profiler Player yet, but I expect it would work just as well. This is from the Trio+ Owner's Manual, page 14, with modifications in green.
KPP Monitor Out (with KPP Output Monitor Source set to Master Mono) goes to Trio+ FX RETURN (Trio+ top right). It doesn't matter which output you connect to (Left or Right).
Note: The Mixer Output mix will add cabinet emulation to the guitar signal. Turn off the Cabinet in the KPP if you don't like the sound. I haven't found a way to disable the cabinet emulation in the Trio+.
This was working fine, but tonight, I cannot connect my iPad Pro 13" M4 to my Profiler Player running iPadOS 26.0.1 using Home Network Mode and Access Point Mode.
Both were working fine a couple of weeks ago. I didn't notice sooner because I usually run Rig Manager on my Android devices (which are both working fine)
The only thing that (might have changed) was an update from iPadOS 26.0.0 to iPadOS 26.0.1. I don't recall if I've tried to run Rig Manager on the iPad since that update.
Player is upgraded to Level 3.
Versions - Rig Manager
Android 13.0.5.61298 and
iPadOS 13.0.5.61298
I tried uninstalling Rig Manager on the iPad and then reinstalling it. This made no difference. Neither has restarting the iPad (power down/up).
I also cleared the wireless settings on the Profiler Player (Long long press on the WiFi button).
A second question. (when everything was working on iPad and Android) In the Home Network Mode, I can only connect using a 2.4 GHz home network, not 5.0. I didn't see any mention of this in the documentation.
As far as I see your Player hardware had been exchanged. The replacement unit had not been upgraded. Error 401 means the upgrade code has already been consumed for another serial number. Our support team needed to downgrade the original unit, free up the upgrade code, so that you could reuse it.
Thanks for this explanation. It suggests to me that my upgrades (2 and 3) are secure if anything bad happens to my Profiler Player. That is, even if my Profiler Player had to be replaced, your service department can transfer the upgrades to the new device.
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Here's a sequence - step 1 I've loaded a rig in rig manager. Step 2, I changed the "Presence" setting". Step 3, I executed "Undo All Rig Changes" from the menu. Step 4, Presence setting still in the modified position not undone.
A couple of weeks have gone by, and I have used the KPP III for everything. However, the other day, I set it up beside the Stage I, with both connected to Rig Manager (on Windows). Where the KPP III can feel a little cramped, the Stage felt spacious.
For compatibility, I've decided not to use the Fixed Effects in the KPP III. I don't use a lot of effects, and having four slots on either side of the Amp is plenty for me. Over the course of eleven years, I've never felt constrained by that configuration.
So now, the KPP III and Stage I are functionally the same (absent the screen, effects loop, and better state feedback from the LEDs when using the looper). I'm happier with the portability of the KPP III.
I got the KPP III a month ago, and if only for an incentive to take a deep dive into the Kemperverse, it's been worth it. I had grown too familiar with my three or four go-to Performances, and long ago stopped exploring. I suppose that's appropriate. I shouldn't buy gear as a diversion from playing. And once the gear is working, the effort should go into the music, right? But for the last month, it's been great fun to explore things I had long forgotten, or newer features I had never discovered.
I just got a call, and I have to go out of town for a few days. I'm going to dust off my Steinberger.
I've got the KPP III all set to do everything I'll need with just the footswitches on the unit. I'll take a battery pack and my compact wireless kit. Done.
This calculator is awesome! Will definitely refer back to this. I'm gearing up to program my MIDI controller to be able to control the Kemper Player Level III Looper, which will require NRPN mapping. So this looks super helpful!
XSONIC sells an AIRSTEP Cable Pack that includes a USB-B to USB-C cable. This works with the XSONIC AIRSTEP and the Kemper Profiler Player and Kemper Profiler Stage (but not my other Profilers).
