I tried the Kemper Player...

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00:00 Intro and discussion basics
3:45 Cons Part 1
6:10 The best guitar...
6:35 Stock factory tones & Rig manager
15:10 Cons part 2 VERY IMPORTANT!

[stringstrum]

Got the Profiler for years already. And now finally got the Player. Tried so many other stuff incl. UAD pedals but always came back to the Kemper. It's a no brainer for me.

[tonepilot]

Just got mine today. Really impressed with the tones. Great sounding unit.

[wolvesandguitars]

I just used mine live and it ruled!! Had my phone on my stand and it was simple. 7 songs and I used 3 presets in a row in a bank. Could not have sounded better or been easier .

[kevinmusso]

Man… Steve, I really like your insight and perspective. Good common sense and honesty. Thank you for taking the time to help us out.

[robertosaavedra]

I’ve been waiting for this for a long time

[MikaelNihilsen]

I own the HX Stomp and although amazing, it’s overkill for me and I have zero patience to profile on Kemper or work with the HX stuff… the thing is that Kemper tones are top tier and for me this’ll be a no-brained and I’ll be selling the Stomp and getting this. I play in a Deathcore band and every single gig people that have a Kemper blow my HX sound out of the water… Being in the market for so long there’s ton of stuff that’ll meet my needs wether in Metal or Rock or Soul or Jazz etc…

[troyhouse]

Best demo I’ve heard so far! Just got mine in the mail a few minutes ago but I gotta go teach right now. My direct solution right now is a Kingsley Maiden tube preamp into Two notes CabM+ in the effects loop of an HX Effects. I’ve never used a Kemper either so I’m curious to try it. Thanks for the vid!

[peterschermers]

Thank you for this video, have been thinking about buying this myself. What do you think of the new Hotone Ampero II Stage? Can you make a video about that as well? Always curious what your professional opinion is 😉👌🏻
But thanks again for this video! 🙏🏻

[ruvchbrevth]

How would you run that with a stomp or even the POD Go from Line 6????

Great video 😊

[Stratman]

FWIW.. I sincerely appreciate your honesty on these gear reviews. It really helps me a ton whenever even considering to try out various products. Thanks again for all you do and have a great 2024!

[Mourninghorse]

I have Had A Kemper for 4 years! there are so many Great profiles on the Rig exchange or paid platforms that I still have not made my own... And may Never! IMHO Kemper is King...😎👍

[ShreddingFinn]

This type of product update mechanism is our worst nightmare. Basically we are looking at video game DLC. People are going to start selling "unlocked" players

[markinthemix]

Simply put, the tones l heard are really good. It’s a pedalboard amp. Hook it up to your 3K pedalboard and take on the world. I have used Kemper for the past 8 years and l run to house and absolutely monitor out to a real amp cab.

[Ganther]

In rig manager you can set the maximum banks to 1 bank so that 5 Presets Loop back around to #1

[davidjoel]

I’m not sure about the price of this unit, you can use effects but just basic effects, would the effect that it has enough for it to be a stand alone unit? If not then the tone x will serve the same purpose for $300 less. And if you’re looking for an all in one unit in that price the hx stomp is hard to beat, I prefer the amp profiles from kemper than the amp models in the hx stomp but I would still go for the stomp just because it has more to offer for a similar price. What’s the power requirements for this unit? can it be powered with a normal pedalboard power supply?

[stephenupton]

I’ll be honest I had a change from line 6 which are awesome. And bought an underdog the headrush core , I’ll be honest tried it for a few weeks now and it’s a great sounding unit. With some excellent added features Wi-Fi Bluetooth practice tools vocals, profiling for £759 worth a look at. Great content love your videos and your input, thank you

[tonyg]

when you first played you had me sold. What a sound. Perfect for YouTube videos and if its anything like the Kemper Stage amazing for live as well. Its limited but still very much a perfect solution for so many needs. I wish it had an effects loop. It would be nice to hear what the sound is like with ex. an overdrive before the player and a delay/chorus after the player into speaker monitors maybe it doesn't need an effects loop.

[AutismRocksOfficial]

Whenever I see a really expensive piece of gear that has the most outdated USB connections, it gives me pause.

[ericjenks]

Steve, I think you’re going to end up with a toaster at some point. I got mine used with 950 some odd profiles from MBritt and Tone Junkie for $750. I added the floor remote used as well ($300), but it’s not necessary if you want to just use midi controllers.

I think a used toaster head is a way better entry into the kemper universe than the little player. But if you are looking for compact gigging, the new player looks neat

[r.llynch]

Too bad they left out midi and screen :( I have a tonex board built that's controlled by Morningstar MC6 PRO and a ML10X switcher which controls the ToneX and all my pedals so I don't use the internal effects at all except noise gate. Great time to be a guitar player nowadays!! The Kemper, QC, and ToneX are all great options.