Re: [Harp-L] Re: Not all solid state amps are junk



>From chest cavity, to head and sinus cavity, to breath and mouth cavity, to
harp, to mic, to amp.

If you have thin crappy tone, and amplify that, what will you get?

Amplifying thin tone will not create fat tone.

I say work on your accoustic tone first.  Then add gear.

Splash
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Davis" <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Howard Chandler" <h_chandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Not all solid state amps are junk


> I'm not trying to start an argument; I am asking a question:  If the tone
> comes purely from the player, what contribution did the "Green Bullet with
a
> HOT vintage
> CM" make?
>
> I know many Harp-Lers insist gear has no bearing on tone.  Splash seemed
to
> be making the same point.  Yet in the same paragraph he touted the tonal
> characteristics of a certain microphone.
>
> So which is it?  Does gear contribute to tone or not?
>
> -Rick Davis
> The Blues Harp Amps Blog
> http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Howard Chandler
> <h_chandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Gawd
> >
> > I know I'm going to regret hopping into this ages old argument but I
really
> > don't see the purpose in extrapolating the man's words.
> > The point (as I read it) is that the dude took what he had and MADE it
work
> > for him.  And who knows, he just might have been able to make the Bandit
and
> > Blaster work for him too.  But since we will not be able to test the
straw
> > man you are attempting to set up....  Well what's the point.  Are you
trying
> > to start an argument that can have no end?
> >
> > Rick Davis wrote:
> >
> >>  If "HE" has tone, why did he need a "Green Bullet with a HOT vintage
> >> CM?"  Your point seems to be that gear is irrelevant to tone...
> >>
> >> If that is true, couldn't your friend get good tone with a Peavey
Bandit
> >> and
> >> a cheap Blues Blaster?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Splash <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Amen, brother.
> >>>
> >>> A friend of mine has a 15 watt Peavey SS amp which has a drive control
> >>> and
> >>> a
> >>> master volume.  (Might have been a $5 yard-sale find.)   I made a
'50's
> >>> Green Bullet with a HOT vintage CM for him and with that combo he
> >>> absolutely
> >>> kills with tone.
> >>>
> >>> Notice I said "HE" absolutely kills with tone.  He has tone.
> >>>
> >>> I think that's an important distinction.
> >>>
> >>> Splash
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Peter & Connie Ruth" <conruth@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:28 PM
> >>> Subject: [Harp-L] RE Rookie questions
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Yo DD,
> >>>>
> >>>> Not all solid state amps are junk.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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