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View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I picked up the Friedman BE50 pack and it's a thing of beauty.
Thing I really love about the Kemper is how it keeps the bass thud and thump of the amp and retains a clarity and definition I've not found elsewhere.
Like I said a week or so back, I had a flirt with amps again and it's really pointless when the Kemper does such a great job of sounding awesome.
I also bought the TopJimi Hiwatt pack and that sounds superb too, for cleans. Makes a nice pedal platform.
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That said, would be nice to have a crossgrade or upgrade price.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I remember when I dropped a load on his helix stuff - was a massive rip-off, and that's kind of tainted my view of him.
Still think top Jimi and Big Hairy Profiles are the best ones, for my style of playing anyway
No offence as this is by no means aimed at yourself, but I've never got why people buy preset packs, makes no sense to me.
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I have noticed a lot of differences between a lot of the commercial profiles and think now there are generally 2 types of studio profile, ones that are mix ready and ones that are play ready. Let me explain - I love Top Jimi profiles, I often switch between his AFD Caswell, #34 Slash, Friedman Brown Eye and EVH 5150. Despite having their differences they are all great sounding profiles and you can switch between them without it being noticeable. I also like M Britt profiles but if I switch from a Top Jimi to an M Britt profile then suddenly the M Britt profiles sound ridiculously bass heavy and boomy. After a few minutes of playing my ear adjusts but when I switch back to a Top Jimi they now sound unusably shrill and thin.
Now I know there are quite significant tonal differences in all amps and some will naturally be bigger and bassier sounding than others, but if we take similar amps from both profilers the difference is still there. The M Britt profiles are more pleasing to play when just practicing and playing alone but the Top Jimi profiles sit in a mix better when jamming along to backing tracks etc.
But it is almost impossible for me to flip from one to the other in one practice session because the difference is too noticeable. I have started to use the studio EQ to tweak the bottom end. By adding a couple of db of gain at 150hz to the Top Jimi profiles and taking a couple of db of gain off the M Britt at 150hz (depending on the profile, the clean stuff doesn't need it as much) then I can switch between them without noticing the difference and without it affecting the overall character of the profile. I am probably going to find myself in a position where I have 2 versions of every profile, one for practice and one for recording, but its the only way I can find that allows me the freedom of playing any profile I want in one given session rather than having to only play music that uses a Top Jimi profile because switching to an M Britt sounds too bad.
I'm assuming these differences are all down to how the cabs are mic'd etc, so saying there are two types of profile is a bit too generic but it does seem just adjusting the gain at 150hz can compensate a lot for differences in profiles. I don't think I realised the complexity of it all until I got a full Choptones pack and saw the sheer number of options for a single amp - all of the mic and EQ choices for one amp make you realise just how difficult finding a profile you like can be. There was only one profile that sounded how I expected in the JCM900 pack and theres like 80 profiles in there or something so if you just go on the rig exchange hoping to find a good sound for 'x' amp then its really a shot in the dark because to find a profile that sounds how you expect requires someone to have used a specific mic, cab and EQ setup. Its a total minefield.
Does anyone else find there is a huge difference in some profiles to others? I'm using studio monitors (Presonus Eris E5s) and wonder if it is less of an issue if playing through something that naturally has more bass like a PA speaker? I'm assuming all of this issue is in the cab section of the profile and if you play through a power amp and guitar cab then this issue doesn't exist?
I get what you are saying about stage sound and studio sound, I'm just curious if similar sound variations occurs in the real amp world?
It's something I've done with the Helix, AX8 and Kemper by searching with a narrow Q band for nasty frequencies and then cutting them.
id love to revisit a helix now I’m used to playing through studio monitors, I may have to try the 15 day native trial!
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are you using them into kemper?
With drives in particular I find stomp boxes react different into helix amp than they do valve amp, and helix drives hit helix amps and valve amps differently.
I much prefer helix drives > helix amps and analogue drive > valve amp.
Gonna do a similar test with modulation when I get some free playing time.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922