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Kemper Profiler Guitar Amp Processor
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Incredible Piece of Gear

By: Marlon      Submitted: 3/15/2022

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Product Rating Product Review I know I'm late to the Kemper world but this is the most valuable piece of equipment I own. So incredibly easy to get a sound you like and will want to use over and over. Since getting this I spend more time playing than fiddling with gear to get a sound I want. That says enough for me.
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Flippin' Amazing!

By: K      Submitted: 3/4/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love my Profiler, and American Musical Supply for being so user friendly!
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Awesome!!!

By: Steve      Submitted: 12/9/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I’ve been wanting a kemper for years, I finally decided to just get it and I’m so glad I did , it’s much better then I expected, it does exactly what it says it does , so many amp packed into one unit , it’s amazing how much the profiles sound like the original amps it’s profiling, very happy with this purchase
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great product!!!

By: Tommy Sherman      Submitted: 11/6/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Easy to use. great software. i am so impressed !!!
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An amazing sound

By: hanbokman      Submitted: 8/12/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review after owning a helix and not being impressed with the tones, I was blown away with what the kemper can do
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NEVER BUYING AN AMP EVER

By: Elijah      Submitted: 8/11/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review best thing i’ve ever bought for my rig. no need for an amp anhmore
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Worth Every Penny!

By: Carlos      Submitted: 7/28/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Blown away by the quality of this product, a little weary at first due to the price tag, but it is well worth it if you are able to afford it and it is ultimately a time and money saver. Being able to play the near equivalent of any amp profiled can save time and money when trying to decide if an amp is good for you. And as a worship musician, having an amazing direct-in solution is invaluable for lowering stage volume, and filling the versatile role that guitar players have in modern worship music. It’s not often you can play a JCM-800 for the first song and a Vox AC30 for the next. Big investment, but worth it in the end.
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Amazing Sound Quality and Every Effect You Could Want

By: Christopher      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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Product Review After initially looking up videos on the Kemper, I found myself questioning if this product was worth the $1800 that it costs at American Musical Supply. Even at the lowest price online, could I really justify spending this on an "amp head" when the most expensive rig I've ever owned was an Orange Dual Terror with a 2x12 Orange Cab. Let me tell you something. This profiler has everything you could ask for and more! The factory tones seem endless, as do the effects from factory. This profiler is so nice, in fact, that I will buying the pedal board/controller for the Kemper from American Musical at some point in the near future. The tones are rich to the point where I find myself using tones that I previously would not have enjoyed. The Rig Manager from Kemper is free online with the creation of an account. Rig Manager allows for the download of so many thousands of profile tones, many of which are free. There is no way that any solid state or tube will compete with these profilers moving forward except in the cases of the die hard old schoolers who insist on having the authentic tubes. Now, don't get me wrong. There are slight differences between the authentic tube amps and this profiler but only the seasoned pro can hear the differences due to the impressive emulation. Surely, these differences could be overcome for the obsessed guitarist who is willing to tweak all of the settings on one of these units. Lastly, I want to say that thanks to American Musical, I was able to enjoy this unit on a very affordable 12 month payment plan. I made some bad credit decisions when I was in my early 20s and as a result, don't have lenders waiting in line to loan me anything. American Musical took a chance on me and surely they won't regret it as I can't wait to pay this off and add the pedal board controller to my arsenal!
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Great

By: Brandon      Submitted: 9/10/2019

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6 people found this review helpful.

Product Review As expected - worked amazing. Quick to setup and update to newest firmware
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Amazing

By: Nathan Montgomery      Submitted: 9/6/2019

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3 people found this review helpful.

Product Review This thing changes the game. It’s become a staple in my studio. Killer tone in little time.
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TONES! ALL THE TONES!

By: Jesse G      Submitted: 8/9/2019

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Product Review Ive had this unit for a month now, its on par with both my 50 watt EVH 5150 and my Peavey 6505+, except much simpler to connect to my daw and instantly have add studio quality tones at my fingertips, forget modeler amps, forget vsts, and hey they me be loud and beautiful but if your focused on studio work like myself the Kemper Profiler is your best friend, its super pedal friendly, and incredibly intuitive, but make no mistake you can gig with it as well, its multiple output routing feature allows you to go into your favorite cab with no impulse added, while simultaneously going out to front of house monitors with the cab impulse on, its incredible.
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Best amp I’ve had!

By: Ryan      Submitted: 5/9/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I have owned a ton of different tube amps over the years, and I always find myself selling one to afford another with a different sound. I bought the Kemper because of all the YouTube demos and reviews I saw on it, and it really hasn’t let me down at all. I have been testing it side by side my Peavey 6505+ and honestly prefer the Kemper, which is insane to me! Same guitars and setups, but testing A/B and I LOVE the kemper! If you are on the fence, read the reviews on here and watch reviews on YouTube of it and your mind will likely be made up. I love this thing and I am glad I got it!
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Believe the hype

By: Aaron      Submitted: 4/13/2019

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This thing is so ridiculously good. Recorded a pair of guitars that sound like everything I’ve been hearing in my head for decades that I could never get with my own rigs.
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Havnt scratched the surface, but happy so far.

By: Jim      Submitted: 4/6/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review The best sounding digital representations of many amps to my ears so far. I bought this really so I wouldnt have to haul 412s around anymore. Sounds pretty good and comes with a solid deck of stock profiles though im sure there are better ones out there. For a long time tube guy it sounds pretty good to me. Using mostly in the studio now. Eventually will get a powered cab.
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Easily One of my Best Musical Gear Purchases

By: Danny      Submitted: 2/4/2019

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I have had my eye on the Kemper Profiler for years now and decided to pull the trigger with the help of American Musical Supply's payment plan. The modeler changed practicing for me. I live in an apartment and was not able to use my amp to practice for upcoming gigs. I was forced to do all of my practicing "unplugged" and it was a total drag! The Kemper Profiler completely changed that for me. I find that the tones from this amp greatly exceeded my expectations. Everything is on tap and A/B comparisons between profiles and the actual amps proved to me that this monster perfectly mimics the actual amps. I greatly prefer the Kemper due to being able to "crank" the amp and drop the master volume for cranked tones with earphones on. Very cool. I have also found that the profiles react to my pedals in the same way that an actual tube amp would. Being able to break this purchase up into monthly payments is the only way that I was able to afford this product. Thank you so much AMS!
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The Ultimate guitar amp and modeler worth the $

By: Active touring, recording artist and product endorser      Submitted: 1/7/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review The Kemper is the only amp sim that feels like an amp when you plug a guitar into to record or perform. It’s the only existing amp modeler that captures and reproduces the virtual ‘sag’ of my real tube amps, not to mention it can sample and bottle in -time the tone and true voodoo of flanger,phaser, or any pedal pedals you own plugged into an amp. While software and other amp modeling can do distortion for days, what they can’t do is breathe as real amps do when executions guitar volume knob adjustments. True pros, and accomplished hobbyists know how to do this make a guitar sound on one channel. While the Kemper goes beyond eleven, I record with 1 or 2 presets even though the Kemper has hundreds. I won’t part with it ever. Needless to say, I sold all my oversized amp heads.
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Game Changer

By: Garrden      Submitted: 12/30/2018

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Product Review This piece of gear will change your life. I went from rarely playing my guitar to playing everyday. I'm using this primarily to create original music. Using this with a scarlett 8i6. I'm able to record in parallel the isolated effects, guitar stack, and the DI. Effects sound great. Finding sounds is super easy with the rig exchange. Reamping is a breeze. They have extensive video guides on how to get anything done with it. My workflow went from barely including guitar tracks to having multiple layers. It's sweet being able to create music during the day and spend the night mixing and getting the perfect tones. It was basically impossible to spend time with tones previously because neighbors hated tube amps. No piece of equipment has brought as much joy to my life as the kemper. Get yourself one and never look back.
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Amazing unit well worth the purchase.

By: Craig      Submitted: 10/4/2018

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Very realistic amp tones onch you find the right profiles or make profiles your self. The effects could be improved vs the compilation.
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I got all the gigs!

By: Don “Vice” Johnson      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great Product 10 out 10 Sound Engineer/FOH Loves it Commercial profiles as Michael Britt,Brian Carl,Tone Junkies must have for Kemper User. Nothing will ever replace Tubes Amp but Kemper will make your life easier. AMS thank you for the great payments plan.
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Best gear investment!!

By: Joss castaneda      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Simply the best amp modeler in the market. Easy to use, lightweight & such a killer looking amp head. American musical also makes it so easy to purchase this stuff & the shipping is incredibly well done.
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Great sound, some learning curve

By: Peter Muszka      Submitted: 7/22/2018

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Product Review It has a great sound, love the portability of using the exactly sound with Amps and for recording with DAWs. There's some learning curve, I haven't mastered profiling and the details of all effects yet, just downloaded and used existing profiles - some very good though.
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Not as great as I hoped

By: CW      Submitted: 3/22/2018

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Sounds good and I have no doubt the profiling capabilities are excellent, but this thing is a pain in the butt to figure out how to run. The manual might as well not exist as it tells you nothing. I also own a Helix and that thing is a snap. The Kemper may be worth it if your idea of fun is sitting and endlessly tweaking things. But if you like to actually PLAY your guitar, this thing is kind of a pain.
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Well worth the money

By: Jarry Dee      Submitted: 3/1/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I count on reviews a lot before buying gear, so I hope this helps you. I been micing guitar cabs and tracking guitars for 20 years. I just bought the Kemper a week ago, the very first day I was up and running, I also watch a LOT of youtube videos before buying gear, so I knew how to work this thing before it even got to my door. The sounds in the KPA are great, the few profiles that I have done so far are SPOT ON! This is no longer gear to just profile amps you have, the Rig Exchange has thousands of amps for FREE, some great, some not. I can now have some of the most sought after amps in the world inside this thing, and the sound? Spot on! This IS NOT like an AxeFx, This does not sound like a modeled guitar in your face, it sounds like a miced guitar cab coming into the mixing desk. it is not a "model" of a specific amp, it is not modeled on what the creator THINKS an amp should sound like, it is a snap shot of the real amp. this thing sounds great, I hope this helps future buyers!
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Wow Kemper sounds amazing.....powerful clarity

By: Dr Steve Shredinski      Submitted: 4/30/2016

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is a game changer for working musicians . The sonic palette is unlimited. The quality of profiled amps, cabs and effects is exactly like the tube amps I have except You can improve on the sound in ways unavailable to the tune amp. The sound is so powerful I prefer to gig with it rather than my Mesa and orange heads. Really light years ahead of any processor.it actually profiles the amp and when compared to the Real amp there is literally no difference. Weighs 18 pounds and has a performance feature so you can set up all your song changes on the fly. Best investment I made in years...sold a lot of my tune amps because frankly this Kemper sounds better and plugs right into foh pa
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Mind Blown

By: Jacob      Submitted: 1/26/2015

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Firs off would like to thank AMS they are amazing to work with and the payment plan is awesome! Now on the amp, it is hands down the best musical purchases I have ever made. The German quality is top notch offering limitless tones, the effects sound amazing and extremely usable. I profiled my Dr. Z amp and couldn’t tell which one I was playing through once the profiling and fine tuning was done. Maybe took 4 minutes to complete for my first try. If you’re looking for amazing tone and the “tube” sound and feel this amp is for you. Don’t let the past experiences detour you from trying this out you won’t be disappointed! If this item was lost or stolen I would buy another one hands down.
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Just buy it!

By: RS5150 from Summerville, SC USA      Submitted: 4/9/2013

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I have to remain neutral on this one. Only had it for just under a month, but so far so good. See "Reliability." Haven't had it that long, but German engineering is notoriously robust and the Virus synths (also made by C. Kemper) seem to last. Your general opinion of this product. Best thing I've ever bought, no exaggeration. Feels like a perfectly miked tube amp. Whatever your pleasure, it's in there. Most people hate the look. I happen to be in the minority here. N/A