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A lot depends on your own self discipline and the needs ........home player needing to be quiet ,always gigging/on the road
Kemper is very tidy ,light and convenient
I found that Kemper was a total distraction and I 'played' the Kemper more than the guitar !.....or should I say 'played with'
Were you expecting scientific proof?
Home use is where having a chance to actually hear the kemper in detail I always preferred powering up an actual amp even if it involved not getting the best out of it due to low volume.
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Thanks for all great responses. I purposefully haven’t responded so far as I wanted to consider peoples views and digest the information instead of acting on impulse. But here are some thoughts based on what I have read on the thread.
I do have an issue with buying guitars and amps. I am always looking for a new price of gear that is better or different. But this is only true of guitar related items in my life. I have very little interest in material possessions in general and don’t buy many things – except guitars and amps.
“What will cure amp GAS is the realisation that you don't need accurate representations of particular amps, you just need a clean sound and an overdriven sound you like. Or clean-ish and more overdriven, or overdriven and really overdriven, if you prefer. Or just possibly three sounds, if you like truly clean, moderately overdriven and heavily overdriven.”
You are completely right! For 4 years I gigged a Fender Standard Strat into a HRD and 4 pedals and never once even thought about other gear as what I had was perfect for function work. But then something happened. I think YouTube was the biggest culprit.
But back to amps specifically……. Although I am quite happy with my current clean/crunch/lead tones I would still like to explore the digital modelling/Kemper route, but I am going to restrain myself and try one before I invest any further money, probably because I don’t have any and because have bills to pay. So now to find a Kemper before my GAS for one subsides![:) :)](/plugins/EmojiExtender/emoji/fb/1.gif)
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I am going to try the 'not thinking about it' technique to see if it cures my gas.
I tried a Helix back to back and thought that was even worse.
But thanks for the insight!
Nothing has cured mine, as you can see !!!
Thr strength of any modeller is what you are playing it through
I have kept my valve heads and combos and use the Helix into the fx return or use 4CM. By keeping your existing amps, you always have to option to switch between modelling and physical amps if you need to. I'd definitely recommend this, so you can periodically check you don't feel you are missing out using modelling or get a fix of blasting through a real amp.
I know you said you want the minimum connecting of laptops, but if you have an audio interface, you can download demos of most of the main modelling VST's and run the line out of the interface into the fx return on one of your existing amps to get a feel for if you like using modelled amps and FX. Just remember to bypass the cab model in the software. You can get a lot of learning done for not much money trialling this way.
Some basic pedals and a Roland cube
Strymon Iridium into the PA
And this week in Sheffield...... Some decent pedals through a Boss Katana!!!!
My head is spinning.
Must point out that all 3 guitarists were phenomenal players.