Reckless Love – Cory Asbury – Kemper Performance

In this demo Bradford is using a Suhr Classic Pro

This Kemper Performance file re-creates the guitar tones from the song ‘Reckless Love’ as recorded by Cory Asbury. It is designed to be used with the Kemper Remote, and all effects are included in the Kemper.

Profile by Selah Sounds

The profile used in the Kemper is the ‘Red Mk II’ profile from Selah Sounds – this is a premium profile from their British pack. It is a profile of the Jackson Scarlett amp. Selah Sounds makes incredible profiles of many amps – you can see their full line-up here.

Slots and effects

We’ve set up the different song sections in the different slots on the remote (Rig Buttons 1-5), and we’ve mapped effects that you’ll likely want to access on the effects buttons (Effects Buttons 1-4).

Rig Buttons (Slots) and effects associated with each rig

1. Intro/Lead: Mid drive tone for the intro/lead with delay/verb
   1. Effects 1: Pure boost (on)
   2. Effects 2: Vintage chorus (off)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/4 (off)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/8d (on)
2. V1/Swells:Ambient tone for the first verse and chorus
   1. Effects 1: Pure boost (on)
   2. Effects 2: Vintage chorus (off)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/4 (on)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/8d (on)
3. V2/BR1:Clean tone with chorus
   1. Effects 1: Pure boost (off)
   2. Effects 2: Vintage chorus (on)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/4 (off)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/8d (on)
4. CH BIG: Rhythm gain tone
   1. Effects 1: One DS (on), Wah pedal booster (on)
   2. Effects 2: Vintage chorus (off)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/4 (off)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/8d (on)
5. BIG LD/BR: Solo tone
   1. Effects 1: Pure boost (on)
   2. Effects 2: Vintage chorus (off)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/4 (on)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/8d (on)

Effects:

These are the effects used in this performance to create the sounds for the slots above:

1. Stomp A:Compressor (always on)
2. Stomp B: One DS
3. Stomp C: Pure Booster
4. Stomp D: Wah Pedal Booster (used with the green scream)
5. Stomp X: Vintage Chorus
6. Stomp MOD: Single Delay (1/4)
7. Stomp DLY: Single Delay (dotted 8^th)
8. Stomp REV: Hall Verb (big)

You can map these various effects to the effects 1-4 buttons on your KPA Remote as desired.

How to tweak this performance for your guitar

We tested this performance with multiple guitars, but ultimately you may want to tweak it a bit for your guitar, which will most likely have a different output level and pickup tone than our guitars.

Start with the ‘Definition’ and ‘Clarity’ controls on the amp

These two controls have an enormous impact on the overall tone, and are very efficient at adjusting the gain structure and clarity/tone of the sound, all without straying too far away from the base tone. They’re perfect for tailoring a patch made with humbuckers to a single coil guitar (or vice versa). We always recommend starting here rather than EQ or Gain controls.

EQ Controls:From there, adjust the EQ controls (in the amp stack). If the tone is a bit dark or bright, adjust the EQ to compensate.

Gain control (proceed with caution). We recommend adjusting the gain on the amp last – especially raising the gain. This will introduce digital gain, which sounds pretty gross – it does not behave like a gain knob on an amp. If you need more gain, either adjust the definition control or increase the level control on the compressor. If you need less gain, turn the gain control down works well.