Re: [Harp-L] harp amp

[michael harp <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good Point,
I wanted to take back what I said earlier about the Deluxe Reverb being the
Holy Grail. I was excited for the moment about the amp. There are many amps
that can qualify as a Holy Grail amp. If it works for you and you are happy
with it then that is your Holy Grail amp.
The same goes for mics.

The '59 Bassman may be great in a band setting like the Mighty Flyers but
would be over kill in a Cephas and Wiggins type setting, IMHO.  Then again
the Skylark would probably tank in a loud band setting unless you had the
right soundman to boost the signal.  If the amp is overkill or underpowered
for the situation, it then becomes a holy pain in the butt.

Also an amp that is highly rated as a Holy Grail by others won't mean a
thing if you don't have your chops and tone together. I let many guys play
through the Invader only to make it sound sickly. The same may hold true if
they play through the Deluxe Reverb. As the saying goes, "trash in, trash
out".

mike



on 10/25/04 3:14 PM, Marion.Spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxx at
Marion.Spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Jon,
> The reason I went to a 4X10 amp was so I could hear myself on stage in a
> no-monitor situation. It makes for a more enjoyable jam night.
> Also, I've discovered that better harp players can sound pretty much (or
> EXACTLY) the same no matter what amp they're playin' through, so I've been
> hidin' in the woodshed working on my own tone, listening to LW and others
> that I think really control their tone well, adding different dynamics to
> their music. I can sound thin and reedy, or very dark and full, it's up to
> me, not my amp.  For example- my amp crapped out and I asked to borrow a
> Peavey solid-state pawnshop refugee from the guitar player's reserves. I
> played with the settings and miced it up, and it sounded pretty darn good.
> I was very glad to use it that night, at least it didn't quit.
> kcmojo