[Harp-L] (no subject)



A sound came out of the electric Chicago blues era - dirty, distorted,  
crunchy. It was mostly due to harmonica players using cheap equipment - not a  lot 
of disposable income in those days. It had emotional impact, was recorded  and 
has become the benchmark sound for this style.
 
In a quest for this tone in the 21st Century, amps are designed to recreate  
the cheap equipment sound - the way of the world, however, instead of cheap 
amps  creating that cheap distorted sound, expensive amps are built to recreate 
that  cheap distorted sound. Since music is performed at such a LOUD volume 
these  days, a lot of expense is put into designing that cheap amp sound that 
can  compete with those lunatic guitar players and their volume.
 
I think we should all play a lot quieter and use cheap amps - everyone  saves 
money (except boutique amp companies) and everyone saves their  hearing.
 
The Iceman



I find this to to be humorous. Tone is where you find it. I don't need an amp to make my tone or my ideas, which I feel many derive by technical means. If you are good, you are good. An amp or mic will help to achive a certain sound that you either wish to replicate. After that it is up to you.

I have many older amps and new ones, but it has never made me a (better) player. That is always in the mind and soul. It may enhance or as I like to say   (elaborate the condition).

Quieter, yes. Soulful....well, thats how you may play.   That is the mainstay of my life.   Check it out.




This archive was generated by a fusion of Pipermail 0.09 (Mailman edition) and MHonArc 2.6.8.