Is the Kemper Profiling amp a game changer?

[Dean Aka Nekro]

Cornford's are definately in the Bad Cat type of realm (just made over here oppose to the US) so I can totally hear the appeal mate. Richie Kotzen has a signature model head/cab for example. Really nice amps all built to top-notch standards from any of the ones I have ever tried (obviously not my type of sound as I go for abit more gain than even thier hottest model puts out but they do what they do really, really well). Think they do one called the 'Hellcat/Hellcat MkII' IIRC so it would fit in your kitty filled world

F, I do not know, I mean you know I tune down real low and have been doing for years as have some of the modern metal and 'djent' bands of late. Perhaps its Devin Townsend rubbing off on more than the metal crowd with the four Devin Townsend Band albums? But really do not know/have a concrete answer my friend

[JHERCULEES1]

besides needing to try one myself before I made any final decisions I have to admit that I would likely wait a year or two before even thinking about one. My dad always had an expression about things that offered a lot..."just more things to break" so my first concern given the cost and complexity is will it last?

There are a lot of tube amps in the same price range that are sweet to say the least and many of the potential problems I could handle on my own now but if I had to take it in for repair it would be less likely that repairing a tube amp one would have to wait for "specialized" parts. I imagine there would only be a few choices of places to get this amp repaired and there seems to be a lot that could wear out or break.

How rugged is it? Are the buttons solid feeling or do they have that loose feel like some things? What about the pots? How do they feel? Do people expect this amp to last several decades or is this more like a POD that will be obsolete as time goes on being replaced by newer models?

I dont exactly get the feeling that one day the first version that is out now will be "classic", with tube amps they really do not get obsolete as we see in all the re-issues out there. I know I can get the tones I want from many different tube amps, I'm sure this amp will give me any tone I want but the big concern is which is the wiser investment.

There are plenty of examples to take from where something new and cool like this soars, impresses everyone, gets copied by many companies and either wear out or become obsolete to quickly (like ipads). I imagine there will be many firmware updates but as an old school rock and roll guitar player I would have to know it's going to be as rock solid as say my boogie sob which is likely around 30 years old

I don't think this product is designed for you. You're a guy who loves to have a lot of tube amps around and has the money and space for it. You can buy nice mics and you have a place that'll allow you to record. You like the "thingness" of a real amp. I get that. I have it too, but my restrictions make me force that into other things like guitars or synth modules.

I think this person is designed for the person who does't have the ability to record a tube amp at full volume. Maybe an apartment dweller who doesn't have the space. It's also for someone like me, who even if I had all of the above, would want it because I like to loop my guitar and doing that post amp is wrought with feedback issues. It also has potential to be a lot of things no amp you own can be. What would a fuzzbox in front of a 60s console radio sound like? I can do somethings like that using simulation and convolution software but this seems to take things to a different level.

I agree with above I love amps too but I live in an apartment I cant even turn a tube amp on above level 1 without someone complaining and calling the cops , so theres no chance I can mike up a guitar amp here , so products like the kemper are a neccesity for guys like us Im all for it , I enjoy my kemper

[JHERCULEES1]

Tomorrow's obsolete junk. A quality tube amp, on the other hand, will last a lifetime with some care.

youre probably right , but what good is a tube amp if it stays in the closet for years because you live in an apartment and you cant turn it on anyways ?

Should I stop playing guitar altogether then because I cant use a tube amp ?

[Hink]

besides needing to try one myself before I made any final decisions I have to admit that I would likely wait a year or two before even thinking about one. My dad always had an expression about things that offered a lot..."just more things to break" so my first concern given the cost and complexity is will it last?

There are a lot of tube amps in the same price range that are sweet to say the least and many of the potential problems I could handle on my own now but if I had to take it in for repair it would be less likely that repairing a tube amp one would have to wait for "specialized" parts. I imagine there would only be a few choices of places to get this amp repaired and there seems to be a lot that could wear out or break.

How rugged is it? Are the buttons solid feeling or do they have that loose feel like some things? What about the pots? How do they feel? Do people expect this amp to last several decades or is this more like a POD that will be obsolete as time goes on being replaced by newer models?

I dont exactly get the feeling that one day the first version that is out now will be "classic", with tube amps they really do not get obsolete as we see in all the re-issues out there. I know I can get the tones I want from many different tube amps, I'm sure this amp will give me any tone I want but the big concern is which is the wiser investment.

There are plenty of examples to take from where something new and cool like this soars, impresses everyone, gets copied by many companies and either wear out or become obsolete to quickly (like ipads). I imagine there will be many firmware updates but as an old school rock and roll guitar player I would have to know it's going to be as rock solid as say my boogie sob which is likely around 30 years old

I don't think this product is designed for you. You're a guy who loves to have a lot of tube amps around and has the money and space for it. You can buy nice mics and you have a place that'll allow you to record. You like the "thingness" of a real amp. I get that. I have it too, but my restrictions make me force that into other things like guitars or synth modules.

I think this person is designed for the person who does't have the ability to record a tube amp at full volume. Maybe an apartment dweller who doesn't have the space. It's also for someone like me, who even if I had all of the above, would want it because I like to loop my guitar and doing that post amp is wrought with feedback issues. It also has potential to be a lot of things no amp you own can be. What would a fuzzbox in front of a 60s console radio sound like? I can do somethings like that using simulation and convolution software but this seems to take things to a different level.

I agree with above I love amps too but I live in an apartment I cant even turn a tube amp on above level 1 without someone complaining and calling the cops , so theres no chance I can mike up a guitar amp here , so products like the kemper are a neccesity for guys like us Im all for it , I enjoy my kemper

I have the same issue, I have an iso cab and two weber attenuators...the cops have no idea who I am Before I moved here I lived for 15 years in an apartment that was just a few feet from a very major road and an ambulance route, the problem there was not bothering others because with an attenuator you can get the volume pretty low, the problem was keeping outside noise out. I like the weber attenuators because of the fact they use basically a speaker motor (their term not mine) which reacts like a speaker. I can kill the volume no problem and now I can do so without fear of outside noise getting recorded.

With that said, since I wrote the above post time has progressed and it seems things are going well for those with a Kemper, the bottom line I think is where there is a will there is a way and this is another awesome way of recording guitars