Carvin Legacy VL100 Steve Vai Profile | Kemper

Profile of Steve Vai's signature Carvin Legacy VL100. This is the original Legacy amp, not to be mistaken by the second and third generation Legacy amps. The Carvin Legacy VL100 is as pure as it gets and it's no coincidence it is called the Master of Lead! The Legacy’s clean channel sounds confident and loud, yet with enough dynamic sensitivity to cover everything from twangy country to warm jazz while the lead channel is darker than its clean-toned buddy. 

At lower gain settings, vintage tones are within reach while gradually nudging the gain up adds further harmonic complexity, until you increase it enough when the ‘Vai hidden feature’ kicks in, signalling a hefty jump in gain after which the sound gets more and more saturated. Back up at full gain, the Legacy is extremely responsive – it’s one of those amps that gives back whatever you put in, and seems to emphasize whatever you do, whether it’s good or bad, so you’d better have your chops together if you want to go up against it!

This preset can be used either with a Power Amp (or the FX Loop of an Amp) and a Cabinet or straight to an Audio Interface, PA Speakers or FRFR. If you intend to use a Power Amp and Cabinet, please turn OFF the pedal's CAB SIM. Includes both STUDIO and LIVE  NVA Matching Cabinet Impulse Responses. 

ALL INCLUDED PROFILES ARE DI PROFILES, meaning that you can either use them with your Kemper and a power amp/cabinet or select any Stock Cab/IR of your choice when connected to FRFR/PA Speakers or Audio Interface. Comes with a Carvin Legacy C412 4x12 IR and a Carvin V412 4x12 IR!

The profiles for the Carvin Legacy VL100 Steve Vai  include:

• Clean Channel, clean sound
• Clean Channel, clean sound, presence ON
• Clean Channel, breakup sound
• Clean Channel, crunch sound
• Lead Channel, overdrive sound
• Lead Channel, overdrive sound, presence ON
• Lead Channel, lead sound
• Lead Channel, distortion sound
• Lead Channel, distortion sound, presence ON
• Lead Channel, distortion sound, boosted by Barber Tone Pump EQ
• Lead Channel, solo sound
• Lead Channel, solo sound, boosted by Barber Tone Pump EQ

Audio Samples

Breakup

Overdrive

Solo

RAW AUDIO CLIPS ONLY, NO POST-PROCESSING EFFECTS

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Includes Impulse Responses from our Ultimate IR Pack

This Profile is part of our Signature Amps #1