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Or maybe he'll just decide I'm an idiot and should leave things alone. That's also possible, and maybe not far from the truth.
I got thrown a curveball today - since I may be getting rid of it soon, I popped round to my mate's house to profile the Kraken on his Kemper.
Gain II didn't profile particularly well, but Gain I...absolutely glorious. Even better, with the tweakery available on the Kemper, we made it behave like the channel we both wanted for Gain II.
Long story short, I'm getting a Kemper as soon as is humanly possible.
More than that, it sounded like me. There's definitely a lot to be said for using gear that you know inside-out - despite having not used one with a band since this time last year, everything just fell back into place and my playing was miles better as a result.
Don't get me wrong - the Kraken was/is an amazing amp, but it's too...hi-fi for me? It could just be familiarity - I've been playing Jet City amps for years now - but the JCA22H felt much more "forgiving", or at least more sympathetic with my playing.
Not only that, but it sounds great recorded through a reactive load and Wall of Sound III, as does the JCA50H.
I think I need to face facts; I'm a Jet City guy through-and-through, and that just isn't going to change.
They are superb amps.
It does grind a bit, though, that my delay pedal was three times as expensive as my amp
I agree, having something you know absolutely inside out is the best way to great tone.
The funny part is that I've lost count of the number of times people asked me if the JCA50H (without the logo) was a boutique amp of some sort, made even sweeter when they're told that it's a £240 amp and watching their eyes pop out of their heads