Im not really sold on the Kemper..i have heard great clips, but until i hear it hooked up to a cab and PA then it has nothing the Ax doesn't have.
I hope it's a great product..but alot of guys on TGP are talking like it is THE thing to have and Ax beater when they have heard nothing more than clips, (none of them that i think that is some thing the Ax can't do) that is completely stupid reasoning, and does nothing to promote the Kemper..but i like the way the company are not getting involved, and hopefully the unit will speak for itself.
But damn is it UGLY!!
Great interview. Cliff even mentions BeOS at the end -- brownie points for that one.
I frickin hated carrying it around, but the deal was if I got good at it that I would be able to play drums the next year. Basically I would be allowed to learn every instrument they had in school band. So I was first chair after about halfway through the school year, did well with it and when 7th grade rolled around I was told 'no' to the drums. I'm still kind of pissed about it to this day. I quit because there was no way I was going to take the abuse on the school bus another full year for carrying a flute and being the only boy without a perm who played flute. 
shasha you tell the best storiesThat was a really good article. For me the part about the business model in terms of not letting the bean counters design it really is where the biggest differences between FA and all the rest lies. I know that a lot of people got all up in arms over lack of availability from the announcement, but you have to remember that it's a two way street here...in order for FA to make the best product possible at this price point a lot of what makes the mass produced crap so readily available is eliminated. I just don't think that a major manufacturer could ever get a design built to these specs through all the red tape and beuracracy without it being neutered.
Oh and I played the flute in 6th grade too Ivan.
I had a feeling that Cliff and I shared a similar childhood; we liked broken toys more than new ones and if it wasn't broken it was going to be real soon. I don't think that I ever played with toys, I was always trying to make them do something other than what they were intended to do. Cliff probably had a lot more success than I did with those projects though.
I played brass instruments 6-8th grade and hot to be in honor band which was rad. Then I got braces and got to bash the drums late 8th. I'm sorry if I rubbed that in your face :lol 
That was a really good article. For me the part about the business model in terms of not letting the bean counters design it really is where the biggest differences between FA and all the rest lies. I know that a lot of people got all up in arms over lack of availability from the announcement, but you have to remember that it's a two way street here...in order for FA to make the best product possible at this price point a lot of what makes the mass produced crap so readily available is eliminated. I just don't think that a major manufacturer could ever get a design built to these specs through all the red tape and beuracracy without it being neutered.
Oh and I played the flute in 6th grade too Ivan.
I had a feeling that Cliff and I shared a similar childhood; we liked broken toys more than new ones and if it wasn't broken it was going to be real soon. I don't think that I ever played with toys, I was always trying to make them do something other than what they were intended to do. Cliff probably had a lot more success than I did with those projects though.
