Posts by 9991ab0f87af930c41002361c92c39459901044d

Recently, I bought a Kemper remote. It certainly is a great addition to my rig and gives me a lot of control flexibility while performing. I found the looper very useful for song writing but have not been able to hear the Kemper’s playback with the looper on output. When set to output I only hear it on my headphones. With the looper on input works as advertised. I do want the ability to layer different tones and would love to listen to the replay on my speaker cab. I certain that I am missing something simple and all will work as expected. Looking forward to your input.

Thanks in advance.

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I have connected my wireless system in front of the Kemper and it worked correctly. Reconnected the cable and a minute later it cut out. This made me suspicious of a signal bleeding back to the Majesty pre amp. I shot the voltage at the input jack and got 0 VDC and .03 VAC. I compared those results to a Fender Blues Deluxe and BlackStar HT60 MKII and got the same results. Since the Majesty has a TRS output, I got suspicious that the jack from my cable may be the problem. I Compared to the jack of my Audio Technica transmitter pack to the Live Wire instrument cable, the gap between the tip (center conductor) and the post (common) of the jack look to be less and slightly compressed in the instrument cable. The jack on the Wireless is a switchcraft while the cable is unbranded. All my cables are Live Wire, so had to buy a new one. Got me a quality Diaddario instrument cable, paid quite a bit for it. Now I have been playing for a couple of hours frustration free and without signal loss.

I suspect the the output jack of the Majesty, been TRS, that a compressed and or reduced gap between the center conductor and the post of the cable jack could cause a short between the magnetic pickups and the piezoelectric conductor. This would allow the output signal from the guitar to bleed back to the pre amp of the guitar causing it to act up and finally cut off. Also it explains why this did not happened with my other guitars since they have TS outputs. Although the Majesties did not experience any problems with my other amps. I believe the Kemper is much complex than any amp in the market today and so is the Music Man Majesty. May be that makes them more sensitive.

Though I share this with you all as it may as well help someone in a similar situations.

Quote from Burkhard

It appears, the output of this Monarch Majesty can be used in mono and stereo configurations.

How is it set and are you using a TS (mono) or a TRS (stereo) cable to connect the guitar to the PROFILER? Have you tried a TS cable?

Which input are you using? Front INPUT or ALTERNATIVE INPUT? The rear input is balanced. I'm wondering if you are perhaps playing a stereo signal into a balanced input.

Majesty in Mono configuration with a TS cable. I have tried four different cables all same brand (live wire). I have been using the front input exclusively. I could try the rear one.

Is the front KPA input stereo compatible? I do not have a TRS cable but I could get one an try.

Quote from paults

Guitars with active electronics aren’t a problem for the KPA - there are many people using EMGs, as well people who use Clapton Boost circuits.

9991ab0f87af930c41002361c92c39459901044d from your description, it sounds to me like you may be inadvertently pressing the Mono/stereo mode Momentary switch on the back of the guitar (or it is being triggered by your onstage movements). If something causes the Momentary switch to change the guitar output to stereo while you have a mono cable connected to the guitar, it sees likely that you could have issues until it switches back to Mono.

Paul I just tried your recommendation yet it still cut off. Since I have three Majesty guitars and all three behave the same way I believe that it may be due to the proprietary on-board electronics on the Music Man Majesty. As you pointed out not related to EMGs or Fender booster circuits.

Any other Ideas?

This is happening to me too. My Kemper cuts out to about 30% and then it just cuts to 0% while playing. The common denominator are my MusicMan Monarch Majesty Guitars (2X6 string and 1X7 string). This does not happen with my passive guitars. Is a shame that I am finding my self on this predicament because all this gear is extremely expensive. I am certain that it has to do with the guitar preamp. When the problem hapens the guitar starts behaving oddly. the Magnetic pickups become inverted in the way that neck becomes bridge position and bridge position becomes the neck. Some time the coil split just have no effect or the piezo volume becomes the entire system volume. When that start happening then it is predictable that the volume will cut off and only it it resets by cycling power. For the guitar to reset I have to remove the batteries, plug the guitar wait a few seconds and install the batteries. Them everything is back to normal but if plugged again is a matter of minutes before it cuts out again.

In conclusion the MusicMan Monarch Majesty Guitar Pre Amp does not like the Kemper.

If anyone knows of a solution to this I will be in debt to you. I like my KPA but I like the Majesties slightly more.

My KAP power rack unit cuts out with active pickups. I plugged a Musicman Majesty 6 and a 7 and both cut out within 4-5 seconds. The go from full blown perfect tonality to dull, thin sounding and about 20 dbs lower. I have to unplug and reconnect but the same happens again. Removing the batteries and installing them resets it but 4-5 seconds later the same happens. Am I missing something? A setting? May be.