Arturia BeatStep Pro

I've had serious gear lust for this thing ever since it was announced at NAMM. It seems the ship date keeps getting pushed back, though there have been live demos of it at some boutique shops around the world.

Anyone else GASing for this sequencer?

http://equipboard.com/items/arturia-beatstep-pro

http://images.equipboard.com/uploads/item/image/17418/arturia-beatstep-pro-xl.jpg?v=1435416617

My big GAS bubble is set on the Kemper Profiling Amplifier - PowerHead 600-Watt Profiling Head with Remote Controller. I was planning on getting a high end Spector in the Fall but this took me over about a week ago.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ProfPwrHDwRMT

http://www.moogaudio.com/images/kemper_powerhead_plus_profiler_remote.jpg

Man, that's a thing of beauty! Love the design.

dude, I want a kemper so badly... I wish this thing had existed when I had a dozen vintage amps to profile :-( but will it live up to the hype and allow me to abandon my actual voxes? The user base seems to be way more from the high-gain world...

As it stands I got rid of 2 amps in January and now just have the 3 voxes and the muchle$$... if the Kemper didn't cost an arm and a leg I coulda modeled each amp as I sold it....

One of the reasons why I want to get the lunchbox version instead of the rack version (though I use pretty much all rack gear exclusively) is that the lunchbox is lighter and way smaller. I plan to pick this up in Fall and take it on a little tour of my town. I'm really anxious to see if it will do a good job on bass heads. I know one of the managers at Guitar Center here as well as a couple of local luthiers so right off the bat I would be grabbing some MarkBass, Ampeg, and Orange heads.

A dude I know from an onlineforum has a lot of really nice gear I'd like to steal the soul of as well like a Aquilar DB-751.

I'd like to get a collection of good guitar amps for sure. I just watched a documentary on Marshall amps and totally want the 800 in there.

I guess I could put out an APB to see if I can find a Dumble. If it works as well as I think it might, I may end up selling my main rig all together and just using the Kemper.

My early 80s 50 watt 800 was a great amp for hard rock. What a great design!

I've played a dumble in Manhattan, it was not my thing.

I've never seen a Dumble in person yet. The gear scape here in Texas is kind of limited. If you live in Dallas you can find some cool stuff, and in Austin you can find all the fender and Gretsch gear you'd ever want, but it is a dry well elsewhere. Dallas gets crazy awesome stuff on Craigslist sometimes but very few are willing to ship. I once saw a guy selling 2 SWR SM-1500 for 800 each. Almost worth a drive up there.

man, I've driven allover to pick up cool stuff when folks won't ship heavy stuff

sounds like a shame about texas... philly's gear market is so-so... I really enjoyed the music shops and pawn stores in southern Maryland when I used to work in DC, especially Atomic Music in Beltsville MD

look them up, they have a thriving interweb biz and are friendly, knowledgeable and keen to trade

I was noticing you have the Kemper in your gear board. Did you just get one?

nah, its on my want list... I am in a guitar acquisition phase right now... a high-tech modeling device is off the table until next year...