RE: [Harp-L] can I blame the gear--please?

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> Did I forget how to play harp after I recorded the acoustic piece? Do I get 
> to
> wound up and play too hard when I play electric. Is there something 
> inherantly
> strident about a 80s green bullet mic into a tweed champ. And lastly, 
> feeling
> like a heretic, since the acoustic piece was played on a Hohner Blues harp, 
> is
> it the Lee Oskars?
>
> Rainbow Jimmy

When I made my CD I used just a SP20 low D and a G Lee Oskar.  We did 
everything the same way for all the tracks with an SM58 mic on a stand and 
minimal intervention so as to get a clean sound.  In spite all I've heard 
about Lee Oskars having a thin or shrill tone I was amazed at how little 
difference there was between the two harps in the sound quality.  I've 
always thought that tiny differences are much more evident to the player 
than they are to the listener - the same goes for fine-tuning differences 
too.

Steve

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