Kemper Distortion Stomps

Have Guitar takes a 'comperative' look at the built-in distortion effects / stompboxes in the Kemper Profiling Amp. There are seven of them; distortion, overdrives and fuzz... all trying to emulate the real deal like TS-808, MXR Distortion+, Electro Harmonix Big Muff and the ProCo Rat - to mention some of them.

All of these seven distortion effects will be applied to the same profile (Orange TH30 (Modded) from ReampZone) in this video to make it easier to hear how they affect the sound and also to make it easier to hear the difference between these Kemper effects. And what would a rundown like this be worth if we didn't turn the knobs? I've tested them all in four different settings (where possible as some of them doesn't have a tone control) for maximum diversity.

Some say the distorion effects in the Kemper Profling Amp are sub-par but I really don't know if I agree on that statement. Now, many profiles comes with gain enough allright and some profiles has been created withreal stompboxes in the chain as boosts but that doesn't mean you cant activate these built-in effects to tweak and/or color the profile according to your taste...

You kan keep the gain down but the volume up to strenghten the tone a bit, color the sound with some more / less treble or low / high pass filters through the tone control. The options are endless and the hunt for the perfect sound never ends!

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Index -
02:45 - Reference tone
03:07 - Short on adding effects
04:11 - Grean Screem (TS-808)
06:11 - Plus DS (MXR Distortion+)
07:52 - One DS (Boss DS-1)
09:59 - Muffin (EH Big Muff)
12:11 - Mouse DS (ProCo Rat)
14:00 - Fuzz DS (Dunlop Fuzz Face)
15:54 - Metal DS (Boss Metal Zone)

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[podxtv]

Please continue - its interesting to see another persons view on this stuff, and your demos are always entertaining. I wish Kemper would profile classic effects units in addition to the amps - I do feel this box of tricks could do much more.

[dvaoa]

I'd love to hear you run down all the other fx modules in the Kemper. Than you for doing these \m/

[markinthemix]

Good job 😎. Gotta get a shirt or two. I love this page because it's ALL things Kemper.

[dedhed]

that was great fantastic playing. I'm thinking of buying a kemper and this was really useful be great to hear delays reverbs act

[jatna]

Thanks for this! Did you ever do a run through video of all the other effects?

[jeffreymonroe]

If you scroll with the "Browse" knob instead of the "Type" you get way more options.

[ashtweth]

Just grab your beer and Have guitar video..your day will be better...

[robbauer]

Great video. Just a question, which rig did you use here?