Re: Mic Cup

["Stephen Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

I'm glad you said this Andrew.  Good advice I think.  I use a green bullet 
and 15 watt amp most of the time and I sometimes find, in the small venues 
in which I play, that a totally sealed cup gives me almost too fat a tone if 
such a thing is possible.  Then again, does one always hear oneself the way 
others do...?  A bit of variation in the cupping technique can work wonders.

Steve Shaw.



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>From: Andrew Wimhurst <awimhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Andrew Wimhurst <awimhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Mic Cup
>Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:33:55 +1000
>
>
>The folks on the list have offered some good advice already. My 2 cents 
>worth would be to keep a chamber between the harp and the grill - you don't 
>need the harp bashing up against the mic. AND, you don't need to have a 
>tight seal the whole time you play. Try varying between a good seal, a 
>slightly open seal and holding the harp and mic with one hand and using no 
>seal. It gets boring very fast hearing a one-dimensional ballsy tone all 
>night long. Playing with the seal creates tonal dynamics. Use your other 
>hand for wah effects, too.
>cheers
>Andrew

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