Pass the Nutella !!!!!
Frankly, I'd just leave the KPA guys on their forum alone and all this 'cross forum' debate and arguing back and forth is needlessly done. It serves no purpose.
To OP, let me break it down to you in plain english.
Kemper will toast your sliced bread:
Fractal Audio will get you the girl of your dreams:
Scott: Ford or Chevy, man?
Right now, I can't buy either as neither product is in stock.
I don't get the guys that tweak a lot either. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I just assume they hear things I cannot and are picky about it.
I just pick the amp and play. There are just a few controls I adjust, TMB, gain, and MV. Maybe changing a cab, that has a huge effect. That and turning the dang thing up so the neighbors can hear. haha.
To OP, let me break it down to you in plain english.
Kemper will toast your sliced bread:
Fractal Audio will get you the girl of your dreams:
Thanks everyone for the feedback. It really helps to hear positive comments from real users of the Axe FX II.
It seems as though guitar players prefer the Axe FX II while professional recording engineers and studio heads prefer the Kemper.
Interesting!
I think my biggest concern with the Axe FX II is that it will take a lot of tweaking and learning to get the clean and melodic tones that I most want to sound good to me. I am not really into tweaking. I would rather just turn it on. Run a few simple pedals for sound modification and spend most of my time playing. Of course like some have said it might take a lot of time and effort to find the perfect Kemper Amp profile online or in one of the The Amp Factory Packs.
How many people here find that they have great tones right out of the box with the Axe FX II without a lot of messing with parameters and spending hours learning what each parameter controls? I know I had to invest a lot of time learning to tweak every aspect of the Eleven Rack and even though the Eleven Rack gave me acceptable tones (better than any Line 6 product) it still didn't sound or feel like a real tube amp.
Yes that makes the KPA always sound good if you only use those profiles, but that's like paying Scott to come over and create presets for me and then I can never do anything else.
Grew up in a Ford family, Dad was a Tool & Die maker for Ford. My wife works for Ford in the plant making Mustangs. I like Chevy (love their current line-up and the Vette is absolutely drool worthy) but gotta go with Ford here.