I had a Kemper and liked it, but to get the best out of it you have to buy premium profiles from guys like Tone Junkie and Michael Britt. Nowadays, I use an Axe Fx 3 and will never go back. It is the best piece of gear that I've ever purchased. They also very good about firmware updates, which is seriously lacking with some of the others like the Quad Cortex.

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Posted by rexorotten

Missouri

Member since Oct 2013

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Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:50 am to Easye921

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I had a Kemper and liked it, but to get the best out of it you have to buy premium profiles from guys like Tone Junkie and Michael Britt. Nowadays, I use an Axe Fx 3 and will never go back. It is the best piece of gear that I've ever purchased. They also very good about firmware updates, which is seriously lacking with some of the others like the Quad Cortex.

I have a Helix and really like it, but I'd like to pick up an FM3 to try out before long.

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Posted by Kcprogguitar

Kansas City

Member since Oct 2014

891 posts

Posted on 12/19/23 at 11:10 am to Easye921

There are great profiles available on the rig exchange, you don’t need TJ or Britt to get a great one. I found a Brunetti Maranello profile that just rips. The stock AC profile is a great platform for building a clean rig. You can make a Kemper sound as good as any tube amp, it just takes a bit of experience and time. If you gig, modelers/profilers are absolutely the way to go. FOH quality is the same every time, stage sound is the same every time…and quieter. If you’re a player who flies to gigs and rents a back line, Al, you need to take is your guitar and a thumb drive.

Tube amps? Love them, but they’re really starting to become too expensive to maintain. Tubes are stratospheric expensive. Which might further drive modelers/ profilers to the next level of development.

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