59 BLUE PLEXI 2.0 KEMPER© PACK

A total of 112 profiles

✓ 28 DI 2.0 PROFILES (Liquid)
✓ 84 MERGED 2.0 PROFILES (Liquid)
• w/ Celestion® Vintage 30
• w/ Celestion® G12 Vintage
• w/ Marshall® JCM800 Cab
✓ Recreation of the original DOOKIE® signal chain
✓ 3 Performance Banks for Head, Stage & Rack
✓ 3 Performance Banks for Player
✓ Matching DI and Merged Captures
✓ Carefully captured and balanced for a consistent, authentic amp response
✓ Compatible with all Kemper® PROFILER models, including Head, Rack, Stage and Player. 2.0 PROFILES run on PROFILER MK 1 series at standard definition.

Marshall® Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Amp
From Dookie to Pete to the Signature Sound

The story behind Billie Joe Armstrong’s iconic guitar tone begins with Green Day’s breakthrough album Dookie®. During the recording sessions, producer Rob Cavallo brought a modified Marshall® 1959 Super Lead Plexi to the studio. Billie Joe Armstrong used this amp to create the aggressive, punchy guitar sound that became a defining part of Dookie®. Since the original amplifier belonged to Cavallo, Billie needed his own setup to recreate that sound on tour. He acquired his own Marshall® 1959 Super Lead and had it modified by Custom Audio Electronics® to capture the character of the original studio amp. This modified amplifier became known as Pete, the legendary amp that helped establish Billie Joe’s signature live sound. Decades later, Marshall introduced the 1959BJA Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Amp, drawing inspiration from the modified Plexi sound associated with Pete and the original Dookie® recordings. It represents the next step in this evolution, bringing that unmistakable tone into a dedicated signature amplifier.

For this profile pack, I went back to the source: the original Dookie® recording chain. I recreated the signal path using a Strat-style guitar equipped with a Seymour Duncan® JB bridge pickup, the Marshall® Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Amp, and an old Marshall® JCM800 cabinet loaded with old Celestion® Vintage 30 speakers. The cabinet was captured using a Shure® SM57, a Sennheiser® 421 and an SE Electronics® VR1 ribbon microphone in place of the original room microphone. I tried a room but preferred the ribbon. The original recordings were brightened with additional EQ during post-production. Since this new amp already has a naturally brighter character compared to the original Dookie® amp, I left out that extra EQ to preserve the amp’s response without adding unnecessary high-end. To explore the tonal differences between speakers, I captured two additional Vintage 30 speakers, giving you three distinct speaker options.

From the original studio inspiration to Pete and the modern signature amp, this pack follows the evolution of one of punk rock’s most recognizable guitar tones. The result is a focused, aggressive Plexi sound built for punchy rhythms, cutting power chords, and melodic leads.

(1) Amp

59 BJA = Marshall® 1959 BJA Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Amp

(2) EQ

VID = EQ Settings from Billie Joe Armstrong, taken from the official Promo Video
PROD = EQ Settings from Rob Cavello´s original Dookie, taken from the Tim Pierce Interview
BRIGHT = The classic Marshall EQ´ing, Bass Boost, Treble/Presence Cut, this is my personal fave next to the VID
DARK = A darker tweak of the classic Marshall EQ
NOON = Everything at 12 o´clock
LOW = Low Gain Channel

(3) Gain

1 = Low Gain (2)
2 = Medium Gain (4)
3 = High Gain (5, Sweet Spot)
4 = Higher Gain (6)
5 = Even Higher Gain (7)

(4) Speaker

DI = Direct Amp Profile (no speaker cabinet)
30 = Blackhole Custom Cab w/ Celestion® Vintage 30 speaker
800 = Marshall JCM800 Lead Cab w/Celestion® Vintage 30
G12 = Blackhole Custom Cab w/ Celestion® G12 Vintage Speaker

All profiles were captured using multiple Shure© SM57, Sennheiser 421, Royer© R-121 and SE Electronics© VR1.
Every sound has its own optimized mic position and mic balance. Only high-end equipment was used in order to create the profiles.

These are Kemper® profile files. You will need a Kemper® to use those profiles – any Kemper® will work (Head, Rack, Stage, Player, MK1/MK2).  No audio files, impulse responses, or plugin versions are included.

TRADEMARK

Kemper®, Marshall®, Celestion®, Seymour Duncan®, Shure®, Sennheiser®, sE Electronics®, Royer®, Custom Audio Electronics, Green Day®, Dookie® are registered trademarks of their respective owners. All trademarks are used for identification purposes only. No affiliation with or endorsement by the respective trademark owners is implied.