RE: [Harp-L] Re: The 'Flexible Gospel' according to Rob P

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think James is a 100% TB guy.  One of the few that plays fast.


>>Sugar Blue is a 100% pucker guy and you gotta agree that he's got a
>pretty 
>>amazing proficiency in executing fast musical single notes lines
>with 
>>intricate bends and has sharp, clear presence of each note.
>>MN (a dedicated three-embouchure guy)

I prefer pucker over anything else.  I TB when I need to but I really
don't hear a diffrence in tone when amplified. 

I have yet to hear a TBer have as an acoustic as some of the pucker
players.

Yet those same pucker players can't match the TB guys in amplified
tone.  One would think there would be a direct correlation between
acoustic and ampified tone. There seems not to be...

Personally, I have a much bigger and rounder acoustic tone than Jason
Ricci but he absolutely kills me with the amilifier... can't figure
that stuff out.




Chris Michalek

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