Brock
Experienced
Preface: I swear I didn't do this on purpose.
A good friend of mine had used and recommended the Kemper to me for years, and I the Axe-Fx to him. (He now uses both (but seems to have a preference for the Axe-Fx).) The NAMM show was my first opportunity to check out the Kemper.
Anyway, not really mindful of what shirt I was wearing, I walked into the Kemper booth. I noticed four Kemper reps immediately staring daggers at me when I walked in, and I was thinking 'WTF??'. One of them told me I needed to switch shirts. I looked down to see what shirt I was wearing and all immediately became clear to me. I actually kind of felt like an asshole.
I started talking with the "Cliff" of Kemper, Christoph, and people, mostly comprised of their employees, started taking pictures. All were pretty amused, Christoph included.
Christoph then gave me a person tour of the unit. In short, I was very impressed. Concerns I had about the unit given demos I've heard were allayed. Based on my experience today, I agree with the many, many guys on this forum who have played both units and found both to be entirely wonderful and legit.
EDIT: Please, please, PLEASE let's not make this a Axe-Fx vs. Kemper thread. That was not my intent at all and there are already plenty of those.
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