Top Jimi "Gilbert/Lee Jackson" Kemper Profiles
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- The "Gilbert/Lee Jackson" Pack for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier seeks to recreate the sound of Paul Gilbert's Lee Jackson Modified Marshalls. These are the amps used by Paul to record the first two Racer X albums.
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![Rig Rundown: Mr. Big's Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan [2017]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/B8I5pNnvNgY/mqdefault.jpg)
Hey all. This is a completely new pack from our previous Gilbert/Lee Jackson pack. The 50W is re-profiled, and the 100W and Racer X profiles added. The old pack has a significantly different sound due to the profiling techniques used at the time and makes a nice complement to the new pack.
I posted a comment about the recording of Getting Heavier and a link to a photo I took of the Mel Bay at Paul's house. Did you moderate it or RUclips because I posted a link.
I don’t know - I didn’t see it
@@TopJimiStudios Had to be the YT. I'll repost it for you.
I love the history and stories behind these amps.
I don't even own a Kemper, but I've been binge watching your channel because your work and research are so thorough and interesting. You absolutely nail so many sounds! If I can ever afford a Kemper, I know that your website will be the first place I go! Cheers
Amazing tones, the strat at the end sounded beautiful
The RUclips Gods sent me your Skyes video, since I recently bought a Kemper. The minute you started playing...I spied the MEL BAY ROCKET and almost fall out of my chair. I've been a friend of Racer X since 2000. I have an AC/DC and Priest band (Priest /DC with Scott and Jeff and yes..I'm going to try out your Malcolm profiles with my M.Y. Gretsch!). I manage their website (not much going on) and FB. In 2001, I went to Paul's house in Henderson, NV, aka Bat Girl Studio to watch them record, take photos, videos of them recording it. That's when I saw the Mel Bay (PHOTO 89), it's unique...so I asked questions so I was aware of the mods. I don't remember exactly how he used it...Paul is obviously way more advanced than 99% of the population. So how they recorded the record, Paul and John were in the main bedroom (actually has Bat Girl), with the mixing board and such. Racer X recorded Getting Heavier "Live", with all of them playing at the same time, not in pieces and parts. It was the first time they recorded as a band. So Paul had the Mel Bay on top of his Laney. Paul was sponsored by Laney at the time and he plugged into the Laney, not the Mel Bay. But he had the Mel Bay on, and you can see that in Photo 104 on the RacerXband website in the Getting Heavier photos. So if or how he connected the two heads, would have been from the back. Paul had those heads CRANKED!! Very loud, so he ran the speaker cable out the door, across one bedroom (more later on that) and down a small hall to another bathroom. There he had 2 Laney cabs mic'd up. John played his bass in the room with Paul. That other bedroom, was Paul's guitar room and drum recording room. All his guitars (where he got them for 100 guitar solo on Burning Organ), plus Scott's kit. Scott had a TV to watch and talk to the main room, and John and Paul had a TV to see Scott play in the other bedroom. Attached to the Paul/John bedroom, is a bathroom and that's where Jeff sang the vocals live with the door shut to get a "live" room for the vocals. BTW...Paul lent that head to the guitar player in Roxanne and he claimed to Paul it was stolen, but that story is debatable. Roxanne was Jamie Brown on vocals, and he became famous for running the bands Boogie Knights and Metal Skool (which became Steel Panther)
Very cool. Thanks for the background!
@@TopJimiStudios Welcome! I played 3 gigs in my AC/DC band with your profile vs Michael Britt's...and with my MY Signature Gretsch, yours is SO BITING! I love it. I added a bit of gain for BIB era AC/DC. Anyone reading, if you love AC/DC and particularly if you have a Gretsch....Get Jimi's AC/DC pack.
Man that sounds GREAT! Loved learning the history on these amps too, very cool. Professional-grade work as always, Jimi!
Not sure if you remember, but I used the 50 Watter in Pastel Black. It played such prestigious venues as the Zumbrota VFW, among others.
@@TopJimiStudios Oh, I remember! Through that amp (and later through the Kemper) I had the privilege of hearing some of the best live guitar sounds ever. I had to play my best so my bass didn't crap up your awesome tone and kick ass solos!
@@travisnorman I'm kinda surprised our singer didn't quit due to the excessive stage volume wars between my amp and his monitor. :-)
You sound excellent to me sir. What do I know I'm just a 69 year old bass player that's been playing since 1966. Oh well stay safe and well and keep Rocking. Signed John Gregory/ Zepbass from Munster Indiana.
need this on tonex Jimiiiii
Awesome as always! You're doing a great job capturing these amps. Still waiting for a Marshall Major/Made in Japan profile pack ;)
I don't care for the profile (got too many already), but man, that opening Racer X riff just made my day. Coool. Need to listen to those records again.
Sounds killer! You also did a great job playing that Scarified intro :)
Amazing, really interesting and cool to see & hear these classics. Thank you!
I could kill for the Mel bay rocket 🤩 awesome you got Paul’s amp !
I'd love to see a warren demartini pack, or a mick mars one!!
I’ll keep those in mind. Lots currently in the queue…
Love your work Jimi, thanks a ton!
Best profiles out there
You do the cranked thing better than anybody!! I wish you would consider selling IRs for those of us with other modelers.
Hey Jim , awesome video just some more information on the amp and usage. I had this amp and used it on my The Color Of Light album which was on Favored Nations Entertainment. I borrowed it. ! 🤟🏻🎸🎶
Cool - I’ll check it out. Which amp did you use?
You had me at scarified
cool! Could you make the Marshall Dookie Mod profile please?
I own it. Freakin sick response and gain.
I have one of those Metaltronix modded Marshall 50 watt, but it does not have the effects loop. It has the rotary switch mid filter on the front, and a push pull switch volume pot on the back
I have your previous Lee Jackson/Gilbert pack. Is this an updated pack adding the 100 watt? Sounds amazing.
Hi, this is an all new pack. The 50 Watter was redone as well as adding the 100 Watt and the Racer X profiles.
Interesting story about the 50 watt version being stolen. You mentioned that you asked Paul if it was his amp, did he not want it back? Lee did some great work back in the day. I used to own two Lee Jackson XLS 1000 heads and top and bottom cabs that did belong to Paul that Lee gave to him for use while on tour years ago. Great and totally underrated amp! It had a gorgeous kind of fendery blackface clean and anywhere from classic Marshall to over the top modded Marshall tones by twisting the more knob!
Very cool. Paul knows I have the amp and replied to me once saying it was the correct one. I asked if he wanted it back and he didn’t reply, so he evidently doesn’t. Seems he’s sold or donated all his Racer X stuff now.
@@TopJimiStudios That's really cool that you asked him! I'm surprised he didn't respond, any way cool demo of that amp it really does sound killer and you have great chops!
Hi Jimi, would you be able to make a Paul Gilbert (Mr Big) pack for tonex? thank you very much
I see that you've got the same 60w Laney Supergroup era head I have. Would like to hear a demo of it.
What riff is this at 14:09? God damn, that is one of the coolest riffs I've ever heard...
Hi, just something I came up with on the spot
Jimi. Making presets for Quad Cortex? There is a feature on the cloud for uploading presets to share with one person .. after a confirmed purchase you could send the purchased presets pack to their quad cortex.
Just a thought, I would love your version VH on the QC.
I thought about it but couldn’t figure out a way to make that work for large numbers of customers.
Supposedly the QCortex folks are working on a marketplace for third party sellers.
@@TopJimiStudios .. I'll keep an eye out .. if you do Van Halen presets for QC, I'll be your first customer!
Awesome
Wow, will you revisit more legendary tones your have done in the past? I love your brown sound pack!
The Greenback Medium and High profiles of the TJ pack have been my go-to drive sounds for some years now! Great tones!
Are the Tones of the LJ50 pack included in this pack as well? Did you do additional EQ work to match the tones of the records or is it more focused on the pure amp sounds? I guess, my question is: Do i want to upgrade from the LJ50-pack ;-)
Hi, this is a completely redone pack. The 50W was redone and the 100W and Racer X profiles added.
Oooooo it sounds so goood 😎
They were great tones on those albums but I really like the thick but clear tones on the first Mr Big album also- do you know the rigs used for that? Not easy to find out..
Haha! I think your proclamation at 0:56 that you suck because you can't play the lead may be slightly exaggerated. I mean, most of the guys that can...can't play the right chords underneath it! 😂 You're fine! 🤘🏻
Hi, do you have this one for the ToneX?
How about a nuno bettencourt one that would be awesome
Hey Jim how about a Vito Bratta pack
You son of a gun. I almost had that amp when it popped up for sale on ebay in 2008-2010. It was listed for $1,500 and I went up to $1,800 and won, but the seller wanted to reserve for $3,500. Ah well, great tones!
The Mel Bay Rocket is the one I'm talking about.
It’s definitely fun to play. Very happy to own it!
Mick mars next?
Almost any of the hot rodded plexi profiles will get you there in terms of pure amp tone. However, his best tones require a stereo or wet dry wet with micro pitch setup.
Do Jake E Lee or Warren DeMartini next!
Can we get a Metallica pack?
Anything new coming soon?
Absolutely great tones! What are the strat pickups?
The bridge is a Lindy Fralin with a bit of an overwind to cut the stock Strat shrillness a bit.
Metallica pack pls!!
I bought this pack last year with the "old" profiles, is there a way to buy the new updated profiles separately, so that I don't have to buy the pack again? (I have the "TopJimi-Gilbert_Lee_Jackson_Pack_20201114.zip")
I'm thinking about these new profiles: racer x ' 87, racer x'86 and the rkt max v30 profile
Same. I would have waited otherwise.
Hi, the pack is completely redone, including the 50W. If you bought in the last month or so I can get you the new one. Otherwise the old pack is a nice complement to the new one with a pretty different sound.
Hey there all the packs I bought from you don’t seem as bright and sound kind of muffled to me. I have the Kemper Kabinet. Was wondering what speaker you used with your Kemper? Also I bought my Kemper power amp second hand so you think it’d be a settings issue? Not sure, love your videos I just feel like maybe it’s my Kemper cab? Would love your input. Also I don’t use merged profiles just the studio, I’m supposed to use studio with the Kemper branded cab right?
Hi. Not sure if you received my email. There are a bunch of things it could be. I recommend doing a factory reset on your Kemper to eliminate that variable. I’m not very familiar with the Kemper Kab, but I believe it does speaker emulation. Be sure that is turned off. There are other suggestions in one of my blogs on www.topjimi.com.
So hey Jimi, So, I had bought a few profile packs from you a couple of years back for my Kemper, took a hiatus for awhile, but recently saw your Boston video, wanted to buy this pack and a couple of others.. tried to log in with my old account, and couldn't .. thought maybe I forgot my password, so tried the reset.. and was given the message, no account with that email address.. so went to "Contact Us" and get nothing but a blank page. I know I am using the right email account, because I have tons of old emails from you there.. help me out?
Hi. We had to move to a new web site provider a couple years ago. Unfortunately we couldn’t bring the list of user accounts with us, so you’ll have to create a new account.
Great tones, What gauge of strings do you use? Do you vary according to the tone you want to achieve or do you always use the same one?
Hi. I use hybrid 9’s (10’s on the bottom, 9’s on top). String gauge doesn’t really affect tone, so I don’t ever deviate.
have this for tonex pedal?????
Sorry, not yet
Do you do profiles on other platforms like Fractal or Quad Cortex?
My understanding is Fractal doesn’t support true profiling. Quad Cortex doesn’t have a good way for third parties to sell captures through their mandated cloud environment.
Thanks for the reply.@@TopJimiStudios
Warren Demartini,Please
Have you heard the story from Beau Hill on Warren's tone? The basics.....Warren wasn't happy only 1 Marshall head was used on Out Of The Cellar. So after, when he had some money, he apparently went on a buying spree...searching for the perfect Marshall head...Beau said at one point he had like 12-13 heads. They record Invasion and Beau uses the original head from Out of The Cellar without telling Warren and he loves it.
@@zublacus yes i know
What pickups do you have in the black les paul custom?
The original PAFs.
@@TopJimiStudios thanks man, sounds so beefy 🤟
What's the song at 14:08?
Just riffing…
Any chance you could share what you use to monitor in studio?
Focal Solo 6be
@@TopJimiStudios Thank you
Should of grabbed the charvel