🫣 I Purchased a Digital Modelling Amp... Here's Why!
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- 🫣 I Purchased a Digital Modelling Amp... Here's Why!
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"Use what works for you!" Down to the ground guy. That's what I like about you!
Thanks Dan! Cheers mate
The wheel turns... I originally discovered you when setting up my Fender Mustang AMP! Who remembers Mustang Monday? 🙂
Mustang II v2 !! Still works for me - but way better clean than dirty.
I still have a mustang I (v1) that I use to play guitar in my math classroom.
LOL< I still have a Mustang V.3 new in the box from when they first came out. I used it twice. Needless to say, I didn't like it and I absolutely can not stand Kemper or Axe. I'm an old dude still stuck on valve amps only. My needs are very simple as I don't do 1/100th of what Shane does. Like the man said, use what works for you and leave the rest for other players. I hear a difference in digital vs valve. Some say I'm 100% wrong. Maybe I am??? It's just what I know and what I love.
I found him online cause he did a Sean Costello Mustang patch video which I loved. Sean was local to me and a buddy, so I was surprised to see someone on the otherside of the world geeking out on his amazing tone he had. And Shane really nailed the patch.
Rest Easy Sean! He passed away from an accidental overdose back in 2009.
@@joegoliver3 Joe, I'm very sorry for your loss man. Too many of thise we know and love have succumb to the drugs. I've been sober for 30 plus years myself, booze. Somehow by the grace of God, I never got into the drugs. Or said in another way, there but the grace of God go I. Rest easy Sean, you left us too soon.
Don't mind the band-aid on my neck I am just clumsy! I just returned from overseas and need to get back to filming this week! I wanted to put this quick little video together talking about why whatever it is you like using is the right tool for the job!
careful with those "forever chemicals" in the band-aids.
One of the great things about your channel Shane is how positive you are. It’s an inspiring vibe.
Congrats and looking forward to hearing it in your next demos!
Good one Shane. Yeah brother - what works, that's what counts. I'm a valve amp sort of person but discovered the Quilter Super-block USA. I was pretty blown away with the sound and LOVE the portability. I still play my valve amps to - it doesn't have to be one or the other.
I would love something like a Kemper but for now I'll have to put up with my humble little rig: A parts-caster Strat
into a Fender Frontman 25R amp, oh and a Digitech RP360 multi fx used in stomp mode to give me a few effects
at my feet. You've probably guessed right, I'm definitely no professional lol. I just like picking up a guitar and playing
a few licks indoors and maybe the occasional jam session with mates.
Does it make me happy? Yes definitely, I wouldn't be without it. Love watching your channel Shane, It's the best 🎸👍
Stay simple, mate. The moment you start buying more gear, it never stops.
@@castleanthrax1833 You're so right, I did have a bit more gear years ago and was no more satisfied than I am now.
It works. Good shout for your uses!
My favourite modelling amplifier is my 2003 Line 6 Duoverb 2x12 Combo... It really nails the models and has a two amp at once option... It really rocks with a very authentic valve emulation.
I love its retro kind of look. I'm looking forward to hearing it, and possibly, if you do one, watching a demo video of it. Nice one, Shane. 🎸🎸
Yeah man, use what works for you. I switched to a fractal FM9 for my videos (nearly 150 this year!), and it’s game changer. Main reason is it doesn’t blast the voice mic like an amp used to. And I can get every tone I want and am happy with it. Keep groovin’
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day also a fantastic weekend Shane ❤😊
100% agree-- when you find something you like, that works for you in your specific situation-- score!! I love tube amps, but in my case BOSS amps and Helix gear work best for me. Also, super light gauge strings :D Rock on brother!!
Along with my tube amps, I still have my 2011 Fender Mustang IV Digital amp.. and it is still my go to amp. It sounds great and it’s incredibly versatile.
just got a tonex one for similar reasons but so much cheaper than the competition. it's actually insane how much this thing can do and sounds great. your mesa kemper profiles were great back in the day!
I got the free plugin pack, mainly for the Ampeg SVT emulation, which KILLS the old IKMM SVX pack!
BUT the free Marshall style, & Boogie style amp models it has are surprisingly GOOD!
Shane, you do a lot of reviews and studio work and a quality modeling probably make sense to support those needs. There is nothing like a real amp for live playing but there is a place for a modeling amp and using it for your purpose makes sense. I appreciate your honest and balanced approach. Some of the best players out there only use those Kemper amps. So enjoy learning it and using it where it makes sense in your studio. Take Care
Last month I also bought a kemper. I heard the Meulendijk profiles en heard the german kemper channel. Great demo. Now I am addicted after 40 years of tubeamps.
Step 2 would be getting a Fender Tonemaster FR-10 or FR-12 for live performance. I always liked the modeler/profilers for recorded tones, but they felt bad in band situations, until I got an FR-10. Just having the active eq in a guitarist friendly Treble Mid Bass amp configuration has made a world of difference, and it sounds great with every modeler or analog DI amp replacement I've paired it with.
Kemper makes a good product. I purchased a Fractal fm3 a couple of years ago and enjoy the freedom of playing without being sent to the woodshed. Look forward to hearing some of your amp chain creations.
Cool video. I’ve had a similar experience recently with the Blackstar Amped 2. The sounds it produces and features just stuck in my head. Only difference is I haven’t bought it yet lol.
I thought I’d never find anything digital that’d replace my enormous pedalboard, but I’m a line 6 man now through and through. Still can’t get off the tube amps though. It’ll take a lot of dang convincing to change that opinion. Great vid!
I just got a HeadRush Core. You can capture your own gear with that; amp and pedals. I'm excited to get into this process.
I love my CODE 25 by Marshall.
I don't care for the 50 or 100, but love the 25.
Once dialed it, I think they nailed the Marshall tones.
I'm looking forward to hearing it. I'm still considering a Fender tonemaster, but just wish they'd made the attenuation foot switchable. Would've been more useful to have like a gain channel, but then it wouldn't have looked as traditional for them.
I bought a used Fender Princeton chorus solid state amplifier and it sounds great! Less than half of the tube version. It takes pedals really good and the clean channel is amazing.
I’ve been experimenting with real preamps and pedals going into software amps (Softube Marshall Plexi and Amplitube 5). Everytime I take a break and then come back, I can’t believe how good, and how practical this workflow is for recording.
Being obsessive and getting a guitar or an amp stuck in my head is something I can relate too and probably a majority of your viewers
Great vid, since were talking digital. I think it would make a great difference if you had a digital sound measuring device on the wall. A visual idea of how loud you are playing would certainly help,me visualize the sound better.
Good one mate, reckon you're being very humble re your playing; it's great.
I recently had a significant career move/celebration and had promised myself a Kemper head when it was all done. In the end I finished up sticking with Amplitube 5 and instead buying myself a Fender Clapton signature model to pair with a LP Epiphone/Gibson Custom Shop '59 (awesome guitars BTW, super happy). I reckon these days a lot of people are also playing into headphones and maintaining the domestic bliss. Would be interested in videos where you're looking at your Kemper vs amp modelling alternatives. Most of the comparisons I've seen have compared profiling.
Amplitube seems a poverty-pack alternative, but it enables people like myself to get a reasonable idea of a huge number of components in the chain without having to physically buy every one. The industry must hate the digital solutions, but I'm keen to see how well this represents Pro-level alternatives like the Kemper
I have two (four if you include two Rowland micro cubes) and very useful door stops the big ones make. 🙂
I enjoy gigging with a monitor speaker or even just in ears just as much as I do playing with a real amp . I do use analog dirt pedals though I think that's important.
Thanks Shane 😊
The newer Digital Stuff is pretty amazing. Enjoy the ease this may afford you in your work.
If it's good enough for robert fripp's live tone, it's good enough for anyone.
It's from a few years back, but I'm pretty sure he's using it on Live in Mexico City
Good for you!
Ease of use I s a big factor in everything we do if it works for you Rock On. I've never been one to care what other people say or think if I like it that's all that matters.
Congratulations on good deal mate ! I still think they look like arc welders 😆but, I'm sure it's great !
Fantastic start to a video Shane 😂😂😂…. So did I by the way 😁👍
The Player is meant as a “pedalboard” amp, using the effects pedals you already have. The Kemper head (I have one myself) is the best all round solution imo.
No other hardware platform updates and adds to as regularly as Kemper.
Hmm. Kudos for diving into the digital miasma without fear, I remember the old reviews of the Kemper when it came out. Too hard for us non tech heads , I get my best tone when I can smell the curtains singeing from the heat coming from the el84s in my little old Peavey classic 30.
The Mustang III V2 was one of your favorite amps.
The "when something gets into my head comment.." cracked me up..im the same way..😎
Digital modelers are awesome for someone who wants to dabble with stuff or if you don't know exactly what you want. Kemper is pretty high quality and great for touring musicians who don't want to take their expensive stuff on the road.
I bought a Boss GX100 for gigging as it just suited my needs and worked great!
Those look cool, too.
@@castleanthrax1833 I'm loving it - I go straight to PA when I gig, so conversation well.
Thank you. I hate to sound Too old, but I still dig the pre-company sale Line 6 xt/ xt3/ xt3Live. 🤷🏼♂️. My COSM sounds from Roland VS 1880 are good, also. Have used live and recording with easy success 😊. (My AC 30TB ‘63RI UK-made valve amp even likes the sound of itself in the Line6😊…).
I realise this is apples and oranges to a point , but I will be a happy guitarist with what I have.
🎸👨🏼⚕️. 🫶✌️♾️.
I use the Line 6 HX Stomp into a Seymour Duncan Powerstage 170 then a Fender Bassbreaker 12” cab. Lots of great tone and convenience. If it doesn’t sound good, then I practice and somehow it sounds a lot better 🙂 !
Damn - I bought the Kemper back in 2012 at the time watching you testing out Caline pedals. I made the reverse move, sold it last year.
I've got a Fractal FM9 with the latest firmware update and it rocks. Never played a Kemper but they also get great reviews. There really is no reason to avoid pro level amp modelers.
I have a Tube amp and an HRHR with a modeler. Love both, I use them when I need them.
Do you mean FRFR? 🤔
Hey Buddy,
keep true !
There's so much human comedy,
whatever makes you really smile.
Just a (human) thought.
Did you know the one who first discovered how to make fire themselfs showed that to the people around him, those learned it, and tought it to people they knew.
Yet someone found out.
He then invented firemaking himself, showed it only to people he controlled,
and at the end a dozen or more were dead, and the 'inventor' died of hepatic failure.
And there are Millions more of these funny comedies.
Think about it, or watch other people do their l*o things.
Without Rudolf Diesel you maybe had one acoustic guitar, or even two. Exaggerated yes, and no.
Ain't him owed contempt?
Lots of Kemper sellers going back to buy a Kemper lately... :) I'm holding on to mine so far as nothing else replicates the amp feel and tones among other profilers.
Congrats on on the purchase!! Is your main goal to re-profile your current amp collection or is it try a find new amps from others to use? It would be cool to hear different amps played through the Kemper. 😎🎸🎸🎸
Thanks, mate! it's been great clearing out some old stuff to make room for this thing. I plan on re-profiling my current amps with and without my overdrive pedals so I can get that tone ready to go. I have my old profiles but I am going to re-do them coming up :)
I feel your pain, ive just gone back to a katana mk 100w 3 days before the gen 3 came out.
It also makes an excellent air fryer 🙌
Fantastic, I just got one too (2nd hand) so, any tutorials you have planned would be very helpful. Also, do you recommend the Behringer FCB1010 Ultra-Flexible MIDI Foot Controller? Thanks from Sydney. I think you're down here too but not sure where in AUS. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Shane.
If it inspires you it’s good Shane. Could be digital, analog or tube…or any of the above.
I sold my Blackstar Artist 15, even though I liked it, but I wasn't satisfied with the clean channel, and the sound of my dirt pedals wasn't what I was looking for. Recently, I bought a Boss Katana 100 MKII, and even though it's not perfect, I like the sound of my gain pedals through it, and it's very versatile for cleans and edge of breakup tones that work great with my pedalboard. And now they've released a new version of the Katana... 😂 It's fine. 😊
Have you tried Helix - they are also still supporting a 9 year old flagship with regular updates and additions - some killer tones from some of the modelled amps (for example Dumbles, and lots more).
Congratulations. I’m sure you’ll get great ton3s out of it, however I wonder if YT compression will let us truly experience it.
If you want to protect your ears while playing at high volumes, then use some sort of protection. If you don't, when in your home studio, or on stage, you WILL be sorry. And, once the damage is done, and the tinnitus (and hearing loss) begins, there's no remedy, it's permanent damage that'll only get worse.
Would the Fender Twin tonemaster still be your top choice for a digital or solid state amp for gigging? Thanks!
Love it
Yo Shane if it makes you feel better I'm still using the line 6 M13 and Line 6 pod pro rackmount unit original. like u2 the edge had on his old rig', plus boss ME 50 and a few pedals to throw in the mix, I'm still loving the tones man, I feel like a Dinosaur Jnr. It works for me on the Ac30, fender 2z12 and a couple of old laneys. My next guitar related investment is Acreage with no neighbours 🤣🤣🤣
i'm tech minded but could never find myself going down the modelling amp route. I like the simplicity of an Orange Supercrush 100.
I'm not sure if this question has been asked, but what do you use for a power section behind the Kemper?
So, you're ok with the digital fizz over natural breakup?
What's your tech channel called? I love my amps but I also love my modeler an profiler.
have you played with the Tone X pedal?
Kempers kick ass. They sound great. Probably the best if not close to it.
I still wanted him to make keyboard again.
Virus access rise back then gave big name synth company such a scare they decided to actually add feature in keyboard.
What is your tech channel called ?
Never profiled an amp but love the Kemper. Think the Player is still great for those who don’t want to spend 1800 for the toaster. I did the opposite. Have had my Kemper for 4 years and just bought the Marshall DSL-40! But I’ll never get rid of the Kemper. Curious what albums you’ve recorded ?
Awesome
...and here I was thinking you got an old Johnson Millennium 150
I’m shocked you haven’t tried out Tonex yet! It’s like 98% copy of any amp or pedal! Except fuzz!
I am looking to find an Alan Turing modelling amp, any chance on a good deal? 🤣
Shane, you are a pro level player and that Kemper is a pro level tool. Me? I get away with my cheap gear as I play at home, don't gig and only jam with backing tracks. (As a low level player, why waste good players' time?)
You'll improve immensely if you play with better players, and if you're honest with them about your skills, you'll be fine.
I own valve and digital. Both have their place.
He’s going through something. How much did you spend on that space box?
Looks like a Fallout 4 prop. I bought a programmable cheap multiFX just for the ease of use.
I've been using Fender modeling amps since you first reviewed them. The Mustang amp models were great. I now play a Fender GTX and a Marshall Code. Playing in a cover these modelers cover all the bases.
You’ve gone to the dark side 😆I’ve owned both tube and modeling over the years, I’ve got 2 AC 30s and a katana Artist mk 2 I only play at home for fun and play my Katana 90% of time and now they’ve come out with the Gen 3 I will have to upgrade 🤷🏻♂️😆
the toaster!
It looks like a ham radio from the 60's.
When Shane hefted it up, I thought it's the ZT Lunchbox but in different colour.
It’s baaaaaaack 😂
Shane is buying all the amps lately....
I forgot to mention that I sold a bunch of stuff recently to make room for this. :-)
I hope you didn’t sell that V!!
That s not exactly The typical digital modelling amp....It s a profiler....Nice piece of kit anyway ;)
The next month i gonna buy a USA Peavey Delta Blues...
Digital amps 🥱
You like this more than the CaptorX?
It's just different. I think the X has some great advantages when it comes to certain situations but it's also reliant on the amps so it's a bit of give and take with each unit. The captor is great for pedal demos where I need the real amp front-end. This is a quick way to get my sound without needing everything else.
We have Two Notes for our amps. Toasters are good for bread though.
Heheh, good pick but I think you might have been happier with the Quad Cortex.
That is over $1300 more expensive than what I paid for this. :)
@@intheblues Oh well then. Good choice and nothing beats Kemper IMHO for that amp-in-the-room sound.
Thank GOD! I was expecting the Boss Katana Gen 3 as I am sure about 10 thousand TH-cam videos will flood my notifications at any moment now.
Yeah, but it's technically not a modelling amp, as it's not modelling anything specific. I know it's a distinction without a difference, but it's a distinction nonetheless. ✌️
@@castleanthrax1833 I can see your point and it's a valid one as well. Just because I consider it one does not make me correct.
Katana is an all analog amp with digital effects. Reviewers often advertise it's a modeler and get people confused.
@@eugenehavens Yes it might have an analog power section but as far as I know all of the different presets are all still going through a DSP first. Take the "Brown" preset for an example. I think we all know what that is trying to be. Just because it has an analog output power section does not mean that it can't be a modeling amp.
@@eugenehavensIs there a digital amp that amplifies digitally? Afaik they all have an analog power section, and create dist/od/mod/rev digitally.
It looks like some medical gear from the original Star Trek series. ❤😊
Fess up dude you've got G.A.S. real bad, no other excuses needed!😪
Who cares?
Use what you like! You're a great player and would sound fantastic on a $100 guitar and amp!
Time flies...... I remember when Kemper was the new guy.
Kemper and Helix are prime examples how to release a great platform that can last for ages
The older we get get we just want a easy amp even if sitting with 5 puls amps 😅
I’ve got two digital modeling guitars.
Next on the modeling horizon: modeling pickups. Then we'll have a whole new classification of things to get into pointless circular arguments over.
No need to wait. We can start having those arguments now. Check out the Cycfi XR pickups. They're supposed to be full frequency response pickups that you shape with EQ controls to sound like any pickup but they haven't caught on. The more popular option is pickup emulator vsts and pedals that use EQ to make your pickups sound like a built in pickup or a profile you provide.
@@ViviSectia I know there's a few things already. Hell they had the VG Strats 15+ years ago.