The importance of aesthetics to me.

Lysander said:
Not ashamed to confess i'm on the same boat. You can give me the best sounding guitar in the world, but if it looks like shit i'll likely won't feel like playing it.
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It’s the same with cars
Computers phones
As humans I think we like shiny things
 
Lysander said:
Not ashamed to confess i'm on the same boat. You can give me the best sounding guitar in the world, but if it looks like shit i'll likely won't feel like playing it.
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What if it looks like cock? 😬

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paisleywookiee said:
I agree. I think the toaster looks fucking cool. Had they kept that, and uh, done other things to make it viable, I'd have been interested.
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On the flipside, that Kemper aesthetic is the first thing that made me look at it sideways before I understood what profiling was and once I understood it, only added to my disinterest in Kemper.
 
DrewJD82 said:
On the flipside, that Kemper aesthetic is the first thing that made me look at it sideways before I understood what profiling was and once I understood it, only added to my disinterest in Kemper.
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Yeah it’s weird. And yeah when I learned what it was, I felt it was something that people with a bunch of amps would want. After all, who would possibly want to be beholden to others for their guitar tone?
 
About the hardware visuals:

HX Stomp, QC, FM3 and FM9 all earn points for non-cluttered looks. Important when on stage, no distractions.

Kemper, Amperio Stage ... terrible. All kinds of superfluous elements.
 
Straight visual aesthetics for coolness mean next to nothing for me--except for guitars. But there is an important aesthetic to how a device fits into my routine. As the end goal is creating art (that no one's ever called my music endeavors "art" being beside the point--it's what goes on in my head that matters) I like things to have a certain grace when I use them. I want them to feel robust--like a tool and not a toy. And that includes how understandable/accessible all the bells and whistles are. I like to have the option of digging into obscure, nerdy things, but I also like the option of getting nearly all of the capability I bought the thing for in a simple manner that comes with a minimal learning curve. In the realm of contemporary digital and modeling devices, since there's a lot of staring at screens and knobs and such, there is a place for visual aesthetics for the sake of clarity
 
yek said:
About the hardware visuals:

HX Stomp, QC, FM3 and FM9 all earn points for non-cluttered looks. Important when on stage, no distractions.

Kemper, Amperio Stage ... terrible. All kinds of superfluous elements.
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While I can appreciate your difference in preferences and the reasoning behind them, I personally think the Ampero II Stage is gorgeous. In person it looks like a high end piece of gear to me. It’s part of why I tried it over the Ampero II Stomp. I like how the gray highlights separate the bank/tuner/looper section and the stomp/patch/bypass mode. The line/strip below the gray HOTONE box is a tri-color input level that’s continuous rather than segmented.

They use a similar schema on the back segregating inputs and outputs that I find visually appealing and useful. The feature listing text up top doesn’t really bother me much. It’s not noticeable to me when using standing up/on stage. Here’s a pic of the back to illustrate what I mentioned and it matches the front well (pic included to compare).
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I do wish it had four encoder knobs instead of three underneath the display. Credit for pointing that out goes to @laxu.
 
KingsXJJ said:
While I can appreciate your difference in preferences and the reasoning behind them, I personally think the Ampero II Stage is gorgeous. In person it looks like a high end piece of gear to me. It’s part of why I tried it over the Ampero II Stomp. I like how the gray highlights separate the bank/tuner/looper section and the stomp/patch/bypass mode. The line/strip below the gray HOTONE box is a tri-color input level that’s continuous rather than segmented.

They use a similar schema on the back segregating inputs and outputs that I find visually appealing and useful. The feature listing text up top doesn’t really bother me much. It’s not noticeable to me when using standing up/on stage. Here’s a pic of the back to illustrate what I mentioned and it matches the front well (pic included to compare).
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The little lines between the footswitches, the "modeling engine" branding up top and those lines between the bank indicators serve no real purpose, and don't give it a better visual identity IMO. The rest is fine.

They are definitely products that look much better in person than in these top perspective product pics.

Random pic off the 'net:

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laxu said:
The little lines between the footswitches, the "modeling engine" branding up top and those lines between the bank indicators serve no real purpose, and don't give it a better visual identity IMO.
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This. Also, the various filled boxes. Unnecessary.
 
It’s a good thing we have options. We get to choose just what we like. I love how the market keeps evolving so there’s something for every one. Some people like style others bland. Some like function over form and some like aesthetics. Different strokes.

Back in the ART days it was all hot pink. Nobody likes someone forcing their ideas of cool down your throat.
 
I’ve never been into the aesthetic end of things. I guess it’s because I grew up pretty poor. If something worked, that was good enough.
 
Not a modeler but I always thought this was pretty good looking. The entire line is IMO. I’d like to see CM issue a modeler based on Plexi’s and Hot Rods.

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laxu said:
The little lines between the footswitches, the "modeling engine" branding up top and those lines between the bank indicators serve no real purpose, and don't give it a better visual identity IMO. The rest is fine.

They are definitely products that look much better in person than in these top perspective product pics.

Random pic off the 'net:

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Yeah it's pretty good looking. Gives off a stars wars vibe.
 
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