Re: [Harp-L] How many to do you bring...



Hi Joe
I got by for years in a fairly hardcore bluesband with 4 harps, A C D and little used G.When a new guitarist insisted on playing in, Gasp, F ,C or other exotic keys I learnt 3rd position.;-)
In reality I also ended up with a full set of harps.
Its a piece of string question really in that you need the harps on stage that you need for the tunes your going to play.
I see that your playing some Irish music music so you might need ,for instance, a G plus another G set up for paddy tuning.
A local guitarist I know has one harp jammed in his back pocket all night for an occasional blast on a tune but a local harp player who plays out a lot has a case with at least 40 diatonics in it.He can cover any eventuality.


Rick
in NZ


----- Original Message ----- From: "joe hagins" <joe_hagins@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:27
Subject: [Harp-L] How many to do you bring...



How many harps do you guys bring to one show that you actually will use during the gig? I am currently gigging with only 5 right now, but I am doing mostly blues/country/irish gigs. I am trying to save up some $ to upgrade my amp setup..


~Joseph







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