As a pretty good guitar player who "Could not pour piss out of a boot if the directions were on the heel" I really appreciate this video! If you kept these coming and really got down to the rea basics and I mean really down, you'd have a lot of very faithful followers. The guys in the music stores can't even tell you how to use these!! I'm talking about a Kemper for "REALLY BIG DUMMIES" ... this is really needed for this... I'd pay good money for a really good course!!! I'm talking about hundreds of dollars no problem!!!!
Note for posterity: The term _chicken head_ has described these types of knobs since the early days (1940s?) of amplification. It's got the beak in the front, and the rooster comb in the back. Good vid, thanks Zach! I'm taking a crash course, getting transitioned to my Kemper. In your *13 must know Kemper profiler tips & tricks* vid, you mentioned shooting for 1,000 subscribers, and I see you're approaching 1400--well earned my friend. I'm pleased to count myself in that total. :,)
I honestly appreciate this short tutorial. Any well done video and opinions I listen to. I have had my Kemper for approx 6 years and it's great. I use a real cabinet behind me for some stage monitoring. This has proven to be my favorite setup so far. I monitor out to a real cab and turn off the cab in the monitor out settings. Thanks again and please keep up a thorough informative series of tips and even tone tweaking settings that you like. I would like to see an acoustic guitar with the Kemper video from you. Please consider this.
As a gen Z kid, my entire guitar journey has been handicapped by modeling amps like the Spark. I’d love to get into tube amps, but, seeing as modeling is comparable if not better for cheaper, I really don’t see any alternatives. I don’t have the money to throw at analog amps without assurance it’ll be good; digital brings everything to me with no risk 🤘
Super interesting perspective! It'll be interesting to see how future generations are brought up in the guitar universe without the same access to traditional tube amps - I genuinely think modeling and profiling will only continue to get better and tube amps will likely become more of a "retro" experience.
Tube amps and large cabinets are amazing, until you have to move them somewhere else... Unless you have your own (large enough) recording studio, or maybe just a rehearsal space, digital is just better. I started with a large pedalboard, tube head, cabinets, microphones etc. and now I just use a multi effects unit because it's so much more convenient, sounds great and IRs give so much more options. It's good if you can learn how the actual amps work so you know how to use the modelers, because they have some interesting quirks, but for home use there's no point. At home an audio interface and a PC is all you need.
I have a Line 6 Spider IV 75w for live and a Positive Grid SPARK-GO for jamming basically anywhere. I'm using a bunch of guitars, Jackson Dinky, Ibanez ART series, American Strat, LTD, and I also play acoustic, got a Martin, Yamaha, Sigma, Dean, and Ibanez. Now all I need Is a clone of myself to jam with!
This is the most useful tutorial for the Kemper Profiler yet. I will watch all of your video's. One question though.... The Kemper comes loaded with hundreds of profiles, can they be deleted so I don't have to dial though all of them every time I start it up just to find the one or two profiles I use most or is there a way to re-arrange them to bring them to the front of the menu? Thank you.
Hey David! Thanks a ton for watching and for the kind words. You can absolutely plug your Kemper into the Rig Manager and mass delete a ton of rigs. My recommendation is to save them on your desktop (most files sizes are 5-6KB) and if you ever want them again you can easily load them into your Kemper.
Hi Zach, can you make a video on factory resetting a Kemper and what is included in any profiler variety, with Kemper being on the market for more than a decade there is a used market for it and I bought mine used as well. I do not see any videos on RU-vid about factory resetting and a fresh start. Not looking to profile amps but using it for studio for guitar and bass recordings. I also dont see any tutorials on using the rig manager and understanding the difference between the browse and perform and the different type of files available for download, profile files etc and how to use them. Any other links or available material would be gratefull! Cheers and thanks for the content!
Hey there! Congrats on the new buy! You'll love the Kemper world! Tone Junkies has his Kemper 101/201 videos that I think will help answer your Browse/Perform confusion and the differences more in depth. However, I'm not sure of anyone that has made a video on factory resets and the stock profiles besides many of the early announcement videos. I've got a few more kemper videos coming out in the near video so hopefully I can help answer your questions on the unit! It definitely takes a bit of time to learn!
Hi mate, is there a way to record into the daw so that the daw just records the guitar without effects? What I mean is I want to hear the effects from the kemper when I am playing and recording but I only want the daw to record the sound without the effects from the kemper. Thanks
Hey there! Yes you can. You can re-amp the Kemper and send a dry signal along with your wet signal. Check out this thread: www.kemper-amps.com/forum/thread/44879-best-way-to-take-di-dry-signal-when-tracking-with-kemper/
@ZachBrobstMusic thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it! So if its a distorted preset, I can send it to the daw and it'll record the guitar with the distortion but won't record the delay and reverbs with it?? If so hiw do i actually do it, do use the spidif input and outputs at the back to go into a left and right channels on the digital interface? Thanks again!
So it capture a specific setup of the amp? Meaning that you can’t simulate, for exemple, how the amp will respond to volume (valve saturation) or ad and reduce the gain in the profile?
You are correct that a profile captures a specific amp setting. You can attempt to add gain to it using the gain knob via the Kemper unit but I wouldn't recommend doing that too much since it'll add a degree of "digital"ness to the profile. However, using some of the drives/distortion pedals before the amp profile block does work really well
Thanks for the easy to understand video! Would you recommend getting the head or would the pedalboard version be better for just jamming by yourself and having fun? And if you buy the head, do you have to buy a special cabinet to play it or can it plug into a combo amp or something?
Hey Paul! I actually just sold my head unit to buy the Stage. When I first bought the head 4 years ago I played live a lot and wanted a cabinet for stage volume, however, now I just play with headphones and go direct for live usage so I think the Stage is easier for me!
Hi Zach, Thanks for the video. I am just starting to play guitar and at 71 years young I am not very tech savvy. Would you please be kind enough to advise which Kemper, not complicated to use, I should buy. Thank you so much. Greg.
Hi Zach, Thank you for your prompt reply. There are different models of Kemper on their web site, Classic profiler and Stage or profiler etc. I would like to buy the least complicated one to understand and operate. Kind regards. Greg.
Hi Zach, Thank you so much for all your help. It's rare to find a person who is genuinely interested in helping others. Kind regards and good luck for the future. Greg.
Tell me something (complete profiler noob here): How these amps respect the actual quality of the guitar? I mean, the guitar signal is completely transparent for these devices, as if one connects it to an actual amp or these can transform a Squier Affinity Stratocaster in the original SRV Number One? I mean... If I connect the cheapest Squier no matter what I do it will sound as the cheapest Squier or will transform it in a Custom Shop?
I think these units respect the quality of the guitar very well and accentuate the personality of whatever instrument is plugged in. In my opinion my Kemper allows me to hear and feel everything I would (or wouldn’t like) about an expensive guitar or cheap guitar
Thank you for your reply. It's a genuine question I have, because one tries to finesse the sound of our guitars to our preferences, how they feel for us, we change pickups, caps, pots, nut, whatever we feel that can add something to it and then here comes this new technology where it seems that all that simply doesn't matter anymore? @@ZachBrobstMusic
Thanks for this tutorial.. not many explain how easy it is to actually change these profiles.. I was looking to pick up a Kemper instead of buying 500 more amps.. but wanted the BERST home practice rig I could.. should i be looking at the POWERED version with Kemper FRFR as i dont really use an interface and monitors..?
@@ZachBrobstMusic thanks.. is it a good practice amp in your opinion.. not to wake the wife?.. good for fender reclean and classic rock as well as metal?
@@bjstein4242 I noticed FRFR cabs take some getting used to live. Because an FRFR has different frequencies than a traditional guitar cabinet being pushed I find that I need to be louder on my Mission Cab than I felt I needed to be on my guitar cabinet to cut through a full band. With that said, however, I don't know how the Kemper cabinet cuts in a live mix. All in all, though, the Kemper is a fantastic tool and I'd strongly recommend using an FRFR so that you can truly get the most versatility out of your profiles. I think you can go from crystal, chimey Fender tones to huge 5150 tones without an issue and they all sound amazing.
Hey Zach, currently doing a short reel about the Kemper and i am wondering if i can use just a shor 15 SEC clip from this video to show the Kemper, of course i will mention you in the Video so people know where i get it from, If you don't want to that's ok, let me know and i will not use it, but thank you in advance.
You have to have a computer to use it properly so might as well buy neural plugins and some outboard effects and a midi foot switch. I own a kemper stage but I end up using the computer more .
