Re: [Harp-L] crystal or dynamic

[Paul Routledge <kingley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's not strictly true !

Yes Little Walter played through a Shure 545 as did Butterfield for 
some of the time.

But if you read the Linear notes of Butterfileds first album you will 
see that he used an Altec mic and a tweed Fender amp on that recording.
Not the fabled 545 and Fender Twin. Yet he still sounds the same !

Little Walter has been photographed using a Reslo ribbon mic.
Big Walter has been photographed using a Shure 545, an Astatic JT30 and 
a Argonne mic.

The point is that these players used what was available to them at the 
time and used a variety of equipment. They never used the same rig all 
the time. They too just like us today were constantly searching for 
that elusive sound ( the one that resides inside your mind ).

Take for example people like Kim Wilson or Rick Estrin both use a 
number of different mics and when on tour or recording in a foreign 
country cannot take their amp of choice. So they will use whatever is 
the best available gear at that time, as did Walter and the others.

But the one thing that the great players Like both Walters, 
Butterfield, Wilson , Estrin , etc, etc, knew was that the sound comes 
from inside of you the player not the gear.

Paul

On 28 May 2005, at 12:05, TomEHarp@xxxxxxx wrote:

> ya know what the funny thing is??? i would say 90% of harp players use 
> a jt30
> crystal mic.when little walter played through a 545 dymamic mic. and 
> had the
> killer tone. so did butterfield.
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