Thanks for this, Gents! For my part, I haven't been a Kemper user, but I will be now. The Profiler Stage seems like exactly the kind of product I've been wanting, especially for live performance. Can't wait to get my hands on one! I'd love to see you guys do more videos on this unit.
Finally got my Stage. Been using the toaster + remote for gigs for the past two years and now with the Stage I can literally set up and tear down in 5 minutes as opposed to 20+. It fits on my Pedaltrain Novo 24 with my line 6 wireless unit and mission expression pedal perfectly. And for simpletons like me who can’t figure out how to get a good tone from the Helix, just want to find a good tone and make some minor effect tweaks... the Kemper is the way to go.
I've been a helix user for a year and a half now. I loved the kemper concept, but it was just so big and heavy to gig with, now i can finally look to buy the kemper stage
Danish Pete killing me again! Great tone and feel! It may not have the sexiness of the Helix due to the screen, and lack of onboard foot pedal, but the tonal difference is undeniable. From what I've heard and seen of Helix users blind testing these 2 units head to head, hands down choose the Kemper for feel of playing, and most often tone quality over the competitors. I'm getting the Kemper Profiler Stage!
Torben Meldgaard there’s not really any point - the Kemper Stage is EXACTLY the same tech & sound as a regular Kemper. There are loads of Kemper vs Helix videos out there already, so just watch one of those. 🤘🤘
I bought this product from Andertons and when I gave them an average review on Feefo, strangely enough, my review wasn't published on the Andertons website. My gripe was that they had sent out an item (costing almost £1449) for delivery just in the original Kemper box - with no additional protection or packaging. This seemed lazy to me and I told them so. Now that I know that the Feefo reviews are vetted for negative comments, I will not be buying from Andertons again.
I agree your review should have been published but if the kemper was sent safely from their factory, why would it need any more packaging? Especially in this day and age with the environment
Wow very interesting bit of kit. To reduce weight for gigging I modified a 1988 Fender Red Knob Princeton chorus and dropped 2x g10 vintage 80s sounds more like an ac15 than fender now but quarter weight wish I could afford one of these cheers for showing us Pete and Captain👍
The stage is the Kemper deal breaker, bought yesterday I have a pristine Helix floor for sale. Compared to the Kemper the Helix sounds like I'm playing with dull strings, the Kemper brings out the upper harmonics, sounds richer
I'm so glad i haven't bought the rack mount yet, this looks a much more diverse unit. However, it would be cool to see a blindfold challenge again to see if there is any anomalies that you don't get in rack mount unit.
Great demo and introduction. I have the toaster and I’m proud to be a Kemper user for sure. K Kemper seems to make logical decisions regarding design and the tones are right.
Long time Kemper user here - The Kemper will only sound as good as the profile being played. Think of a Profile as a snapshot of a amp tone. There are good profiles and there are bad profiles. Also, the Kemper needs the correct kind of output speaker to be appreciated. At low volume that would be quality near-field monitors. My Kemper with Michael Britt profiles and some decent Focal near-fields sounds so good I get misty eyed thinking about it.
Exactly what I’m working with. Haha. I have the Kemper rack mount with focal monitors. Mine are the older Focal CMS 65. I have some larger PA speakers connected as well if I want to just play louder, but the tone is more accurate on the Focal’s.
It's 47cm wide and a rack width is 48cm wide. It's just under 2u rack space high. Gonna try putting this in the studio on a 2u slide out. You reckon Kemper planned this?
@@dylanlbdb just realised the rack screw mounts take up too much space so you've actually only got 45cm to fit something, damn haha. BUT get a 1u slide tray and mount it upside down... so the kemper sits on top of it filling up a further 2u, so 3u all together. Then all you do it take out the screw mounts in that 2u space and BAM a slide out tray with a Kemper stage on top that fits perfect & takes up 3u (same as the rack) then just unplug and take to gigs. Sorted
Somehow I missed this product and this video but some pro friends of mine are highly recommending it. I’ve been really happy with my Helix....can it sound better than a Helix....?🤔
So I can take this and hook it up to my mig 50 or my orange cr120 like a normal multi effects board and use it like that to get different amp sounds? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
I’m new to Kemper. Is this kinda like the Helix, where there are effects inside the unit? Reverb, Delay, Distortion, Chorus, etc? Or should you get pedals to get those things?
Cool. Must admit I’m a kemper noob and I always thought that you had to buy profiles from 3rd parties in order for the unit to work. I didn’t realise that kemper does ship with preset profiles which I thought sounded pretty good! I think I’ll consider this! Looks great for live! Thanks for clarifying Andertons!
Catherine Faulkner more than that you can download hundreds of free profiles in the Rig Manager. Nonetheless you‘ll get the best profiles for some money (MBritt, TopJimi, Tonejunkie etc)
Holtermarvin thanks! Ill look into this ! Always put me off with the thought of having to pay for 3rd party but actually the stock sounds were decent! Thanks for the advice!
Another great part is that there are free profile packs by some of the big names that are great for teasers. Some of my favorite clean and crunch are the free MBritt profiles he did, and the best Morgan profile I've heard is a free one made by just some guy with a Kemler and Morgan amp. So yeah, 3rd party stuff can absolutely be amazing, but there are plenty of wonderful free presets when first buying.
I think that Andertons's took it down. Did they just decide decide to take it down because of the negative comments or did Jeorge Tripps ask them to take it down? We'll probably never find out. It's a shame really because understanding the root cause of the problems could have been a valuable learning experience for many of us whether it be in terms of recording experiences or pedal buying experiences
So... they waited for me to buy a Helix before bringing this out :( I don't know if I could turn up to practice with one of these anyway. My bandmates already call the Helix 'The Spaceship'.
Also, just looking at the front panel, I'm not sure I could be bothered to learn it. I'm sure a million Kemper users will say it's not hard, but the learning curve is a little daunting.
I have owned the toaster Kemper for a year and I haven't seen the remote floor pedal for it separately for sale on Andertons or Thomann. I'm a very technical person but for me, the Kemper is too confusing.
I was planning on going with Fractal when they finally put out the FM3, but this looks a lot easier to use, more futureproof, and is an actual product that has been shipped. I always thought the heads/rack units were ugly but putting it on the floor, visible only to myself, fixes that.
I like it and I guess I'm glad I waited... I've been looking all over to see how (and if) it can be used to create profiles. From what I can tell it can??? I don't see a mic input as on the previous models so I'm curious how it goes about making them, if it does... If it does make them, then I'm in.
I would love you guys to prank Mick and Dan at that Pedal Show, offer them a chance to blast through the "Top End" amps of Anderton's and keep switching "amps" until they twig the sound is coming from the same place each time no matter which amp is selected!
Anyone who has this (or has used it), is there a noticeable dropout in sound when switching presets? I chose the Helix over this for the user interface and brand loyalty but there is a VERY noticeable gap when switching presets. Also, any delay/reverb trails get dropped between presets and I can't have this where I use it. Thanks!
It's getting confusing with all the great modelling amps out there. Any chance we could see this Kemper Profiler Stage vs Helix vs Axe-FXIII vs Katana vs others in the running? That way it would help make things clearer for customers, it would break things down so we're not paralysed by choice, so we have a better idea of which has better functionality and better, more convincing sounds. Cheers guys, always enjoy your work.
Yeah, Im one of the guys on the fence.. this, or a Fender Bassbreaker 30r with a Helix Stomp in the loop/fx return. Tough choice as both gives a lot of options. The amp/hx combo still seems more flexible to me, for less dough, but the Kemper seems to have an edge on the sound..
They must be doing something right as I'm looking at this when I was previously eyeing a Mesa California Tweed. No reason for the comparison apart from the similar price point and not really having a live requirement. I've been an Access Virus owner for years and love what they did there.
#KlimperProton
I used to drive a 1985 Klimper Proton.... terrible car. The springs on the back were completley shot,, but that's another story. #KlimperProton
Storm Kemper, they can’t stop us all #KlimperProton
Can i trade in my Kemper rack for one of those? x)
As an all-in-one unit this is a #KlimperProton pack, right? #Ghostbusters
I'll #KlimperProton and 'er Ducked Clean Trem. Know what I mean, Squire? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Say no more!
Came for Danish Pete’s sick riffs, stayed for the Captain’s shout out!! 😂
Thanks dudes!!
Always providing good quality profiles.
The Klimper Proton is the first pedal we find in Area 51
Thanks to RUclips glitching out, I gave this comment two likes
@@trollystudios243 lol
😂
That's some of THE most convincing tones I've heard of out of a kemper. Nicely done Pete.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we have more of Pete on this channel hes just so phenomenal and has the skill to demo just about anything in the right way
Yea man I like how he dosent stick with distortion sounds
Pete, always sooooo inspiring. 20 seconds of your playing and I'm going for a guitar.
Thanks man.
It's pretty big. Imagine a Mini Kemper Stage with only 4 footswitches and most of the fancy buttons moved to a phone or PC app. I'll be delighted!
Thanks for this, Gents! For my part, I haven't been a Kemper user, but I will be now. The Profiler Stage seems like exactly the kind of product I've been wanting, especially for live performance. Can't wait to get my hands on one! I'd love to see you guys do more videos on this unit.
Finally got my Stage. Been using the toaster + remote for gigs for the past two years and now with the Stage I can literally set up and tear down in 5 minutes as opposed to 20+. It fits on my Pedaltrain Novo 24 with my line 6 wireless unit and mission expression pedal perfectly. And for simpletons like me who can’t figure out how to get a good tone from the Helix, just want to find a good tone and make some minor effect tweaks... the Kemper is the way to go.
2:47 It's really impressive that people still buy the Behringer MIDI pedal controller. That thing is ancient and it still does the job!
I've been a helix user for a year and a half now. I loved the kemper concept, but it was just so big and heavy to gig with, now i can finally look to buy the kemper stage
Danish Pete killing me again! Great tone and feel! It may not have the sexiness of the Helix due to the screen, and lack of onboard foot pedal, but the tonal difference is undeniable. From what I've heard and seen of Helix users blind testing these 2 units head to head, hands down choose the Kemper for feel of playing, and most often tone quality over the competitors. I'm getting the Kemper Profiler Stage!
You have GOT to make a comparison against the Helix!
WHY!
I think with Helix 2.8 it’s a lot closer now! I don’t think I can tell the difference from what people are using on videos now anymore.
Already Millions of videos on RUclips. WTF!!!!! WHAT IS BETTER THAN A 100% TUBE AMP SOUND??? THAT'S THE KEMPER.
@@TeleCathster i know its much the same but what guitar do you use?
Torben Meldgaard there’s not really any point - the Kemper Stage is EXACTLY the same tech & sound as a regular Kemper. There are loads of Kemper vs Helix videos out there already, so just watch one of those. 🤘🤘
I bought this product from Andertons and when I gave them an average review on Feefo, strangely enough, my review wasn't published on the Andertons website. My gripe was that they had sent out an item (costing almost £1449) for delivery just in the original Kemper box - with no additional protection or packaging. This seemed lazy to me and I told them so. Now that I know that the Feefo reviews are vetted for negative comments, I will not be buying from Andertons again.
Just a guess but they might of shipped it directly from Kemper. A lot of businesses do this
stevesxbmb2 great for them! They just get rid of one annoying client. 😊✌🏻
Gibson guitars are shipped exactly the same way all the way from the states. So whats the problem?
I agree your review should have been published but if the kemper was sent safely from their factory, why would it need any more packaging? Especially in this day and age with the environment
Wow very interesting bit of kit. To reduce weight for gigging I modified a 1988 Fender Red Knob Princeton chorus and dropped 2x g10 vintage 80s sounds more like an ac15 than fender now but quarter weight wish I could afford one of these cheers for showing us Pete and Captain👍
The stage is the Kemper deal breaker, bought yesterday I have a pristine Helix floor for sale. Compared to the Kemper the Helix sounds like I'm playing with dull strings, the Kemper brings out the upper harmonics, sounds richer
Just want to point out that I got an ad for riff city guitars closing and it made me sad.
:(
Theres a letter saying that they can't compete anymore and because Chapman Guitars were being sold from Guitar Center, they lost alot of market share.
really sad. Joe & co were very great to deal with
who gets ads on youtube anymore? #SmellsLikeBrokeInHere
Oh no! I just bought a guitar there. Good service great price.
Apologies if this has been said already, but I wish that it had 6's Floor models screen.
pete's playing ALWAYS blows me away......
finally a guitarist that plays lead as if telling a story instead of just licks patched together.. bravo on the mad playing skills
Would not have even known about this, had my old bandmate who owns a Kemper setup, told me about it. Looks great.
You continue to blow me away Pete! What feel! Wow.
“Let’s check this out for the first time ever.” Comedy gold. How do you guys keep a straight face?
I'm so glad i haven't bought the rack mount yet, this looks a much more diverse unit. However, it would be cool to see a blindfold challenge again to see if there is any anomalies that you don't get in rack mount unit.
nice high quality screen like in modern digital floor units , very impressive....
Captain, Pete, Shorts & Kemper??? Ok I'm in.
Anmol Karki it’s that European heat wave thing 🔥
Great demo and introduction. I have the toaster and I’m proud to be a Kemper user for sure. K Kemper seems to make logical decisions regarding design and the tones are right.
Long time Kemper user here - The Kemper will only sound as good as the profile being played. Think of a Profile as a snapshot of a amp tone. There are good profiles and there are bad profiles. Also, the Kemper needs the correct kind of output speaker to be appreciated. At low volume that would be quality near-field monitors. My Kemper with Michael Britt profiles and some decent Focal near-fields sounds so good I get misty eyed thinking about it.
Exactly what I’m working with. Haha. I have the Kemper rack mount with focal monitors. Mine are the older Focal CMS 65. I have some larger PA speakers connected as well if I want to just play louder, but the tone is more accurate on the Focal’s.
It's 47cm wide and a rack width is 48cm wide. It's just under 2u rack space high. Gonna try putting this in the studio on a 2u slide out. You reckon Kemper planned this?
Genius
@@dylanlbdb just realised the rack screw mounts take up too much space so you've actually only got 45cm to fit something, damn haha. BUT get a 1u slide tray and mount it upside down... so the kemper sits on top of it filling up a further 2u, so 3u all together. Then all you do it take out the screw mounts in that 2u space and BAM a slide out tray with a Kemper stage on top that fits perfect & takes up 3u (same as the rack) then just unplug and take to gigs. Sorted
@@AlexMaile glad there's someone else to do the thinking 😂
@@dylanlbdb haha! All I've had to do waiting on order haha. It arrives soon, I'll let you know how it goes as a rack fit.
Oooh that would be sweet
I want an Anderton's Klimper Proton t-shirt. I hereby patent that.
Petes playing is the best part of this .Wow.
Does this pedal board let you modify effects based on picking / plucking dynamics?
If Kemper did a combo amp my god I’d be all over it.
Danish Pete is the master of tasteful demos and loops !
Floor model should have a built-in wah/ volume pedal to one side of the board.
No..Why? You have four inputs in the back where you can just add a pedal if you want.
Somehow I missed this product and this video but some pro friends of mine are highly recommending it. I’ve been really happy with my Helix....can it sound better than a Helix....?🤔
Clicked for the Kemper, stayed for that Tele
Was going to buy a helix, gonna go kemper now!! 😁😁
So I can take this and hook it up to my mig 50 or my orange cr120 like a normal multi effects board and use it like that to get different amp sounds? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
I’m new to Kemper. Is this kinda like the Helix, where there are effects inside the unit? Reverb, Delay, Distortion, Chorus, etc? Or should you get pedals to get those things?
Cool. Must admit I’m a kemper noob and I always thought that you had to buy profiles from 3rd parties in order for the unit to work. I didn’t realise that kemper does ship with preset profiles which I thought sounded pretty good! I think I’ll consider this! Looks great for live! Thanks for clarifying Andertons!
Catherine Faulkner more than that you can download hundreds of free profiles in the Rig Manager. Nonetheless you‘ll get the best profiles for some money (MBritt, TopJimi, Tonejunkie etc)
Holtermarvin thanks! Ill look into this ! Always put me off with the thought of having to pay for 3rd party but actually the stock sounds were decent! Thanks for the advice!
Another great part is that there are free profile packs by some of the big names that are great for teasers. Some of my favorite clean and crunch are the free MBritt profiles he did, and the best Morgan profile I've heard is a free one made by just some guy with a Kemler and Morgan amp.
So yeah, 3rd party stuff can absolutely be amazing, but there are plenty of wonderful free presets when first buying.
What happened to the Jeorge Tripps video from yesterday?
I think that Andertons's took it down. Did they just decide decide to take it down because of the negative comments or did Jeorge Tripps ask them to take it down? We'll probably never find out. It's a shame really because understanding the root cause of the problems could have been a valuable learning experience for many of us whether it be in terms of recording experiences or pedal buying experiences
Best sounding presets and the volumes seems
to be well balanced when switching from one press to another.
The drives and gains sound great.
Pete is just too good. I need an album of tasty danish jams.
Pete, you machine you! Amazing riffs!
FM3 and Kemper stage which one is more worthy to buy?
My lights on gain,treble,middle,treble and presence are burn and non fonctionnal anymore!
did they resolve this probleme yet...
I really like it.needs an expression pedal.pete's playing is freakin the best!so inspiring.#1
Everytime you click a switch, the click-noise seems too be quite loud. Isn't it annoying?
I'M SO EXCITEDD
Sold!
So... they waited for me to buy a Helix before bringing this out :(
I don't know if I could turn up to practice with one of these anyway. My bandmates already call the Helix 'The Spaceship'.
Also, just looking at the front panel, I'm not sure I could be bothered to learn it. I'm sure a million Kemper users will say it's not hard, but the learning curve is a little daunting.
Thats what Michael Britt is for...
Fraser McFadyen it’s not hard to learn but using a floorboard you’re going to have to put it up on a desk first.
I call my bass player's Helix "Tonehenge"
Great for regularly gigging musicians and or someone wanting to get in on the Kemper world and save a few $ over the Rack or head/Remote bundles.
Is there any sense in using this directly into ableton for a home studio?
If I could insert Kemper tones into my Helix floor it would be supreme👍🎸😜
Curious about the brand name of the tele style guitar. Can't quite read the brand. nice demo.
I have owned the toaster Kemper for a year and I haven't seen the remote floor pedal for it separately for sale on Andertons or Thomann.
I'm a very technical person but for me, the Kemper is too confusing.
How does the Kemper honestly stack up against the Helix now that 3.0 has been released?
What about the start up/power on time? Is it still over a minute like the toaster/rack units?
I plug my Shedua Strat into a Mesa Lonestar and that’s all I need 👍 Weighs a bit more though I guess 🤔
Nice rig, but with the Kemper I can imitate a Lonestar for my Strat, a Princeton for my Tele and a JCM 800 for my Les Paul without braking my back.
Thank you Kemper
I was planning on going with Fractal when they finally put out the FM3, but this looks a lot easier to use, more futureproof, and is an actual product that has been shipped. I always thought the heads/rack units were ugly but putting it on the floor, visible only to myself, fixes that.
Paul Mackie ehh floor units get dirty and more prone to damage
so you need a power amp to have this working?
Kemper sells a separate DI box. Do you need this if running direct into a PA system?
If there are XLR outs then no you don’t have to use a DI but you can run it through a DI if you use the 1/4 inch out
Just curious (not that I'm planning on getting this or whatever) but shouldn't this come with a sort of Wah/volume pedal style footswitch
firdaus125 expression pedals tend to wear out pretty quick. So the idea is to make the whole unit last longer and make it more durable.
You can attach up to 4 exp pedals.
I like it and I guess I'm glad I waited... I've been looking all over to see how (and if) it can be used to create profiles. From what I can tell it can??? I don't see a mic input as on the previous models so I'm curious how it goes about making them, if it does... If it does make them, then I'm in.
3:44 Pete feels “it” kicking-in.
Nice Jam at the end!
I like Noise Gate knob on the front of the rack unit.
Do you guys play a stock factory profilers out of the box in this video?
Says it's not powered but there's a 240v iec plug in the back 🤔
which profiles are they using in this video? I missed it if they mentioned?
Are you guys going to be reviewing the jimmy page tele?
I would love you guys to prank Mick and Dan at that Pedal Show, offer them a chance to blast through the "Top End" amps of Anderton's and keep switching "amps" until they twig the sound is coming from the same place each time no matter which amp is selected!
Do Kemper make the user interface awful for a reason ?
franki68 for you to focus on playing guitar ;)
The learning curve isn't that bad honestly
Laure-Elie Carloni ouch! 😂😂😂
It’s easier than a helix
Does it come with a Klimp-on tuner?
Anyone who has this (or has used it), is there a noticeable dropout in sound when switching presets? I chose the Helix over this for the user interface and brand loyalty but there is a VERY noticeable gap when switching presets. Also, any delay/reverb trails get dropped between presets and I can't have this where I use it.
Thanks!
my big question is, does kenper stage sound good on any PA? because in studio it's not so hard to sound good
Loving the end tune!
Can you please tell me the guitar brand and model thanks great video getting my stage Friday
Agree, as cool as the Kemper is that guitar looks awesome. Love to know exactly what it is
Its a Hansen telecaster model. Danish builder
@4:43 what song and/or style of guitar playing is that? I love it. Sorry for being such a new-gen youngin.
That'd be rockabilly, young'un. 👍
It's getting confusing with all the great modelling amps out there. Any chance we could see this Kemper Profiler Stage vs Helix vs Axe-FXIII vs Katana vs others in the running? That way it would help make things clearer for customers, it would break things down so we're not paralysed by choice, so we have a better idea of which has better functionality and better, more convincing sounds. Cheers guys, always enjoy your work.
Yeah, Im one of the guys on the fence.. this, or a Fender Bassbreaker 30r with a Helix Stomp in the loop/fx return. Tough choice as both gives a lot of options. The amp/hx combo still seems more flexible to me, for less dough, but the Kemper seems to have an edge on the sound..
Noisy stuff all nicey, but can it emulate a Jazz Chorus?
it's "just" a kemper, in a pedalboard. still very good looking! love it
Usability trainreck
A great advance but I'm waiting for the 100w 2 x 12" combo version ;0)
Pete is such a tasteful player.
Hi guys any chance you can do a Kemper vs axe fx video?
hey pete. what's the gig bag you have for the rack kemper??
Love the blowing at the end!
I have one on order here in Chicago.....it will be epic!!!!!......
What an awesome video to come home from work to
Please what are the profiles pete is using 9.43 to 10.15???
It’s just the 1st bank of presets on the unit straight out the box
Kemper unboxing vids: for that Christmas morning feeling midsummer.
They must be doing something right as I'm looking at this when I was previously eyeing a Mesa California Tweed. No reason for the comparison apart from the similar price point and not really having a live requirement. I've been an Access Virus owner for years and love what they did there.
xeniousAR that’s a great amp though.
Is this loop from Kemper Stage factory presets?
Got to get one of these!
Does the stage come with presets i.e. if I select a rig, have the footswitches also been programmed for added FX etc
Tim Morris it should. All the kempers do.
Is your guitar connected to an audio interface?
Awesome vid. You guys should try and react some guitar gadgets that you found online and give us your opinion on it. Have a good one.