Karl Houseknecht
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Feel. Honestly, the sound really hasn’t changed much in years. But feel has. Most of the improvements since then are things in the models that most of us will not perceive audibly.
laxu
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Please hit up both the Kemper and BluGuitar booths and report back!I'll be at Guitar Summit, don't think they were there last year? At least, I don't remember seeing them. If they have anything new I might report it here... I might also not though. We'll see
Kemper should be at Guitar Summit this year at least based on the GS website.
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I'll definitely have a chat with Thomas but I expect the news to be the same as last year. We'll see though, I'd love to be surprised!
Pack-Rat-Jerry
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Pack-Rat-Jerry
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GTR37
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You will not
GTR37
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I wonder if there will be other new products released
I know line 6 will be there with Stadium , I think also Sweetwater gear fest is next week too
Could be an interesting few weeks
Ed DeGenaro
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I’m not sure that Guitar Summit is much of a new release venue then rather a fun roll for end users.
I mean I’m 2 hours from there and you couldn’t pay me to attend.
ChordInversion
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Amusing to me that 4 months later, Kemper still has no new firmware. The MkII release is very "sad trombone."
Ed DeGenaro
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It very much has new firmware. Sadly the new supposedly “improved” profiling hasn’t happened (yet).
ChordInversion
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Ahh, point taken. Still amusing. And I suspect Kemper will remain successful regardless of how "improved" the profiling really ends up being.
Ed DeGenaro
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Well to be fair they do offer public betas.
Frodebro
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A *lot* of this earlier Fractal stuff has ... how shall we say .... "not aged well"Thankfully Cliff and his team don't communicate like this anymore .... at least not in the last 2-3 years ... notwithstanding his embarrassing "gameboy" comment .... they [mostly] let their excellent products do the talking ... unfortunately, the same cant be said for a lot of the f*ck-knuckles over in the official Fractal forum
I think you’re taking what Cliff said completely out of context. He said that what they’re planning for the next generation will make every unit currently on the market seem like a GameBoy in comparison. That’s not embarrassing in the least, do recall that the Axe FX 3 clobbered everything else when it was released as well, and still has way more power than most units out there.
BenIfin
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I.m.h.o .... nope. He knew exactly what he was saying .... there was huge discussion ... both pro / con on that thread re: the Stadium .... and it was his way of "settling the acolytes" / minimizing "potential crossover sales"
Its far from a new thing .... just another sort of F.U.D.
It was a piss-poor comment - that's my view - clearly we disagree - its all good.
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Dimiguitar
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But it does seem like taking a slight swipe at competitors, hence the "gameboy" phrasing. I doubt a new axe fx would actually make current units look as weak as a Gameboy, comparatively speaking, but I'm not an expert of such tech.
That said, I don't think this is nearly as bad as some other things, like Cliff confidently claiming things about Kemper he never seemed to substantiate. Such talk does get fanboys riled up, or people who are insecure about their fractal units when new stuff comes out, perceiving these as a kind of existential threat, but I don't know how credible it is.
And as a side note, personally I am also not a fan of how fractal runs their forum when it comes to competitors, like closing up threads about other units. It feels like there's this faint climate of fear or insecurity. Generally speaking, I prefer how Kemper have traditionally handled this, even though it seems to change recently -- they'd allow threads about other units and quite free discussion within them.
Frodebro
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If you go through life seeking drama, you’ll always be able to find it regardless of whether it is real or not.
The actual discussion in which his comment was snipped from included talk about Fractal falling behind, so in the correct context Cliff was simply letting people know that they are not going to do that. The first part of his statement (which is always ignored) was “we have not been resting on our laurels.” It wasn’t so much a shot at the competition so much as a reassurance to his own customer base.
