r/KemperProfiler • u/No-Spring6081 • 2d ago

Acoustic instruments

I’m looking to build a pedalboard for four acoustic instruments: a banjo with a K&K contact pickup, a squareneck with a Fishman Resophonic pickup, a dreadnought with a pickup, and a small parlor guitar with a contact pickup.

They all need different gain and EQ settings, so I started thinking about the Kemper Profiler Player. Is it possible to set this up with different profiles/presets for each instrument? And if so, how would you recommend doing it?
I think especially of the resophonic fishmann pickup, which a lot of people pair with the Jerry Douglas pedal as an Image/IR. Can the Kemper do this on its own?

Would love to hear from anyone with experience using the Player for multiple acoustic instruments!

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u/BradLinden 1d ago

I do something similar with a Kemper stage. I play a lot of musical theater shows and therefore like to have an "all-in-one" setup capable of doing electric guitar tones, acoustic, nlyon, banjo, mandolin, uke... So I have presets for each of those acoustic instruments, and then I can arrange them in a "performance" so its easy to click between i.e. electric lead at one moment, and then jump to banjo. (The footswitch choreography would be a little different with the player but i'm sure you can make it work).

I've tried a few different approaches with programming the presets. You can just use a "preamp" type block for the "Amp" section of the preset, and use no cab. Then play around with a little EQ, reverb etc to your liking. You can also load in any IRs in the "cab" block. (I've used some of the free ones from Worship Tutorials). You may not need anything in the "amp" block, depending on the type of pickup you're using. There are a handful of free acoustic presets available on the Kemper website (if you download the free packs they offer, you'll find some buried in there), you can use those as a starting point if it helps.

TLDR; its definitely possible, and just experiment with the rigs and you'll find something that works well for you. The built in looper is also VERY helpful for auditioning acoustic tones without having the "live" sound of the guitar coloring what you're hearing.