Ok, so we can rule out monitoring or signal path issues.
Next in line is the guitar(s) you're using. Michael Britt mostly uses a Tom Anderson Hollow T Contour Telecaster style guitar for tweaking and profiling. Waraba mentioned P90 equipped guitar but that's what Michael Britt uses on stage, not so much for profiling. The telecaster is a pretty bright guitar (basicaly all Telecaster style guitars are much brighter than e.g. Les Pauls). This preference leads to slightly "warmer", more mellow results in his profiles. Not exactly perfect for Les Pauls or other "darker" sounding guitars.Keep in mind that as a gigging artist, Michael Britt might have a tendency to keep the treble "under control". At high volumes, guitars (especially Telecasters) can get pretty harsh in the trebles. So in this regard I do agree with you that his profiles lack a bit of the clarity and brilliance you'll find in profiles specifically made for studio/recording use. That's not necessarily a downside, just depends on your application what's best for you.
Now what can you do about this? Of course there's always the option to try other cabs with the amp profile. But before you start doing this, you might want to try "High Shift" and/or "Character" in the CAB block. I wouldn't recommend to start using lots of EQ trying to compensate for what you miss. It's well possible that Michael Britts profiling style just isn't made for you.
One last remark:
Michael Britt typically has the reverb block engaged with a pretty low mix setting. This adds to the impression that a sound seems to be "thin". Others often use quite a bit more reverb or even delay. Best advise in this regard is to setup a reverb (and delay) that you enjoy with other profiles and then lock these slots so they stay the same whenever you load a Michael Britt profile.
Hey mate,
thanks for taking the time here.
Ok that is something i haven't considered yet that his profiles might adress a specific purpose more live situation then studio use.
It may come from the fact that i saw so many different guitarists using and praising them for like any situation so far. So
i just assumed they would work in the studio as good as live. For gigging purposes that might still work. But the best thing on the
kemper for me is that i can use it with headphones and it still sound realistically like and amp. Many of my favorite profiles have
a realistic tone and feel to them. And thats why i get so frustrated that especially the praised britt profiles can't match them.
Maybe i should read the profile description first. Maybe his profiles are mainly for live situations. From high class profiles I
assume that they were profiled in a flat characteristic without boosting or cutting to many frequencies so that i have a chance
to modulate them to my needs later. But there is so much missing right out of the box.
I usually tend to take all of the effects out of the equation to really figure out what the amp sounds like. Effects come second.
Maybe you right and Britt just isn't my cup of tea.
Hi ZSchneidi,
I don´t know if you are aware that your first posting is quite disrespectful!?
Sorry i think this was a bit harsh from me.
I had no intention to criticize Britt personally. I'm sure he is good with what he is doing.
Maybe its just the pure disappointment and frustration that spoke for me.
This.MBritt's profiles all tend to sound a bit darker because they're tweaked for a live setting and therefore have treble under control.
Also his profiles often make use of his favourite cab and therefore tend to sound more similar than other vendors' profiles that use several cabs and mics.As you have made an opposite experience than what’s common sense here why not make a recording?
That is the real strange part here.
You might be right and his profiles tend to serve live purposes but his previews on his profiles sound great to me.
But using them myself can't live up to the expectations. Maybe there is a huge difference in just hearing them and
playing them myself. Maybe i always need a reference point.
I could try to record and compare those differences i'm talking about.
I LOVE the MBritt Vox pack. It's my go to clean sound. Melts my heart every time and it's super dynamic and responsive.
Also a big fan of the mesa boogie profile.
MBritt does a great job of adding great effect with many of his rigs which act as a great starting point for tweaking.
No complaints here.
I'm using humbuckers.
I got myself the 65 ACE30 PACK from Britt because i love the AC30 character.
And like the 800 pack just pure disappointment. This doesn't sound any good out of the box.
And i dont run those profiles into guitar cabs i rather monitor them via studio equipment.
Maybe thats just the wrong environment for those profiles.
I think he was just REALLY frustrated and was venting a bit. We've ALL been there with gear at one point or another.
I use Mike's profiles with both single coils and humbuckers, and they aren't thin or distant sounding at all with my gear (QSC K10s). I'm thinking maybe something is tweaked in the global settings in OP's Kemper that is messing with his sound. We've seen that many, many times around here.
Could you point out what in my global settings could cause these kind of problems.
Because i really want to find a way to get them to work like you all seem to know them.
Riding an old horse.
Month ago I asked also what‘s the magic behind Michaels profiles, because for me they are too dark and I also got no useable sound right out of the box.
The answer from one of the mods was, that I have to buy a tele......Lol
After checking again I must say that Michael has also done some brighter profiles. A big gamechanger for me was the cab. I tried the profiles with a 1960AV from deadlight studios and the profiles where ok for my taste, but i must say I have a bunch of Miachels profiles and i dont use one.
If you are from the JP fraction, you find more gems in other packs. What’s your experience with the Lars Lüttge pack from kemper?
Maybe trying other combinations of cabs and eq might help but i spend money on those profiles because I want more like
a plug'n'play approach and don't want to put to much time into a single profile in order to see whether it works for me or not.
Other profiles work that way and i i like them i start putting some time into them.
I haven't tried the Luttge packs yet but if you recommend them i sure gonna try them out.
Don't get me wrong guys i'm not here to just bitch about M Britt he must deliver good stuff or else the community wouldn't
praise him like that. I currently more frustrated with myself that i just don't get anything decant from it. Maybe the problem
is me or my settings or just my expectations. I guess i need to record a bit and tell you whats bothering me.