[Harp-L] coupling capacitors to fatten the sound

Thu Jun 22 14:22:49 EDT 2017

Thank you so much John! The amp sounds KILLER!!!
For the Harmony H304, as you recommended,  I swapped out C2 and C3 (the coupling caps) to .1uF.
 I had an 8F125-0 Weber speaker put in to replace the blown speaker, as the Ceramic was recommended for this low wattage amp, so as not to over-compress the sound.
 I am using a Bulletini mic and a Suzuki Manji harp. The amp settings with the best tone for this amp are Volume 5 and bass 3.
This is the second amp that I have upgraded to a Weber speaker and, with the Bulletini,  they both have more warmth, fullness and volume while maintaining clarity.
[I have a collection of 8 mics including 2 NOS green bullet with black label and 2 EV605'S and a EV630 to name a few; however the Bulletini makes this and all 8 of my vintage amps sound the best !]

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From: stevenlois1 at xxxxx
To: John_Shirley at xxxxx
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Sent: 2017-06-19 2:49:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] coupling capacitors to fatten the sound

Thanks, John.
No need for the schematic.

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley, John [mailto:John_Shirley at xxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 2:31 PM
To: Steve Klein
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] coupling capacitors to fatten the sound

Hey Steve.

I don’t know if anyone got back to you on this….

Swapping out C2 and C3 (the coupling caps) to .1uF will likely do the trick.

With the H304 you might also want to swap out the input cap.

I can send you a schematic if you’d like as well.

All the best,

- John

John Shirley, Professor of Music
UMass Lowell

> On Jun 16, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Steve Klein <stevenlois1 at xxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just got, from eBay, a Harmony H304 amp with an 8" speaker that was 
> blown.
> I am replacing it with a Weber 8F125-0.
> I have heard that a change in coupling capacitors can fatten the sound.
> Could anyone give me a specific recommendation to give my amp tech. He 
> is a guitar tech and does not have specific harp knowledge. Thank you
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:47:01 +0100
> From: <coolblues64 at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Line 6 G30 wireless unit
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> Anybody tried this for harp?  B
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:50:28 -0600
> From: Rick Davis <bluesharpamps at xxxxx>
> To: coolblues64 at xxxxx
> Cc: harp-l at xxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Line 6 G30 wireless unit
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> Yes, I had good luck with this digital wireless.
>
> On Jun 14, 2017 3:47 PM, <coolblues64 at xxxxx> wrote:
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>> Anybody tried this for harp?  B
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:52:36 -0400
> From: Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat at xxxxx>
> To: Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?
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> Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?, is simply amazing!
>
> Each of the twelve songs on this CD features one or more mind-blowing 
> harmonica tracks, and every harmonica track features a different 
> electronically enhanced sound.  Richard has created such a large 
> palette of harmonica sounds: raucous & clean, complex & simple, 
> cutting & smooth, beautiful & weird, other-worldly, and impossibly 
> lush?  And all these amazing sounds support well constructed and 
> artfully preformed original songs (plus one cover tune).  The 
> production quality of this CD is flawless.
> I highly recommend it.
>
> Peter Madcat Ruth
> Musician - Grammy Award Winner
> madcat at xxxxx <mailto:madcat at xxxxx> 
> www.madcatmusic.net <http://www.madcatmusic.net/> 
> www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth
> <http://www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth>
> www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterMadcatRuth
> <http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterMadcatRuth>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:02:52 -0700
> From: Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx>
> To: Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat at xxxxx>
> Cc: Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L]  Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?
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> One hopes that you can participate in his live show when he comes to 
> your locality--he plans to recruit players to recreate the sound of 
> the album live on stage.
>
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>> On Jun 15, 2017, at 6:52 AM, Peter Madcat Ruth 
>> <madcat at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?, is simply amazing!
>>
>> Each of the twelve songs on this CD features one or more mind-blowing
> harmonica tracks, and every harmonica track features a different 
> electronically enhanced sound.  Richard has created such a large 
> palette of harmonica sounds: raucous & clean, complex & simple, 
> cutting & smooth, beautiful & weird, other-worldly, and impossibly 
> lush?  And all these amazing sounds support well constructed and 
> artfully preformed original songs (plus one cover tune).  The 
> production quality of this CD is flawless.
> I highly recommend it.
>>
>> Peter Madcat Ruth
>> Musician - Grammy Award Winner
>> madcat at xxxxx <mailto:madcat at xxxxx> 
>> www.madcatmusic.net <http://www.madcatmusic.net/> 
>> www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth
>> <http://www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth>
>> www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterMadcatRuth
>> <http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterMadcatRuth>
>
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> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:21:03 -0700
> From: David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Ultimo diatonic
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> Looking through my harp case I realized I didn't own an F# harp.  (How 
> many of us do?)  So I was looking for one that wasn't too expensive 
> and found
> the "Tombo Ultimo".   It just arrived and so far I like it.  Reminds me a
> bit of a Lee Oskar but more rounded and comfortable in the mouth and 
> hands.
>  Anybody else own an "Ultimo"?
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:28:58 -0400
> From: Brad Hatfield <BHatfield at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l at xxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Line 6 G30 wireless unit
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> Because it's digital there is no sound quality change and no radio 
> interference. Works great! Brad
>
>
> On 6/14/2017 5:47 PM, coolblues64 at xxxxx wrote:
>> Anybody tried this for harp?  B
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:02:37 +1000
> From: Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> To: David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx>
> Cc: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Ultimo diatonic
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> I've had them, David. Pretty decent harp, as I recall. Yes, I liked 
> the shape too, RD
>
> On 16 June 2017 at 08:21, David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Looking through my harp case I realized I didn't own an F# harp.
>> (How
> many
>> of us do?)  So I was looking for one that wasn't too expensive and found
>> the "Tombo Ultimo".   It just arrived and so far I like it.  Reminds me a
>> bit of a Lee Oskar but more rounded and comfortable in the mouth and
> hands.
>>  Anybody else own an "Ultimo"?
>>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:26:00 -0700
> From: David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Made in China?
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> I do NOT wish to spread false rumors, so please don't take my post this
> way.  I'm just seeking the truth.   A harmonica player (who shall remain
> nameless here) but who "seemed" to know what he was talking about 
> INSISTED to me that he was told by someone closely associated with 
> Hohner (who shall also remain nameless in the post, but was named to 
> me), that Hohner no
> longer makes its harps in Germany.   He said something about tell tale
> giveaway markings on current Special 20's that are supposed to prove 
> his point.
>
> Anyone want to chime in?
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:48:43 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Jerry Deall <jdeall at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L]  Convention registration error
> Message-ID:
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> Hi all,
> Well it appears I made an error in the registration packet by using 
> search and replace.
> The registration and the Souvenir Program Ads in the last HH had 
> Oklahoma in the address.
>
>
>
> SPAH Convention Registrar
> PO Box 551381
> Dallas, OK 75355
>
>
>
>
> which of course should be TX not OK.
>
>
>
>
> If you need anything else please let me know.
>
> Jerry Deall, SPAH Secretary
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:53:46 -0400
> From: Joseph Leone <3n037 at xxxxx>
> To: Jerry Deall <jdeall at xxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Convention registration error
> Message-ID: <9F42FEB8-EB48-4807-A3AF-047FD5326323 at xxxxx>
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> So, where IS the convention? I have a flight booked for Tulsa. In 
> other words..what are you trying to say. And since I dropped my spah 
> membership and don?t get a packet, where do I purchase a festival 
> ticket?
> sm0joe
>
>> On Jun 15, 2017, at 11:48 PM, Jerry Deall <jdeall at xxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Well it appears I made an error in the registration packet by using 
>> search
> and replace.
>> The registration and the Souvenir Program Ads in the last HH had 
>> Oklahoma
> in the address.
>>
>>
>>
>> SPAH Convention Registrar
>> PO Box 551381
>> Dallas, OK 75355
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> which of course should be TX not OK.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> If you need anything else please let me know.
>>
>> Jerry Deall, SPAH Secretary
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:54:00 -0400
> From: Richard Hunter <rhunter377 at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L]  Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Peter Madcat Ruth wrote:
>
> <Richard Hunter?s CD, ?The Lucky One?, is simply amazing!
> <
> <Each of the twelve songs on this CD features one or more mind-blowing 
> harmonica <tracks, and every harmonica track features a different 
> electronically enhanced <sound.  Richard has created such a large 
> palette of harmonica sounds: raucous & <clean, complex & simple, 
> cutting & smooth, beautiful & weird, other-worldly, and <impossibly 
> lush?  And all these amazing sounds support well constructed and 
> artfully <performed original songs (plus one cover tune).  The 
> production quality of this CD <is flawless.  I highly recommend it.
>
> Thanks Peter.  The praise that matters the most to us all is the 
> praise from people who know and have done the most.
>
> I'll just take this opportunity to note that there are many harmonica 
> records that feature novel and interesting sounds for the 
> instrument--Peter's own records include many, many examples going all 
> the way back to the mid-1970s.  What I've done with this record is to 
> use a wide range of sounds to put the harmonica into new roles in a rock band.
>
> The traditional role of the harmonica in blues and rock is lead 
> instrument, with occasional limited support for other functions in a 
> band. That lead instrument role is traditionally inevitable given the 
> range and tone of an unaltered harmonica--an unaltered harmonica sound 
> doesn't have enough weight or harmonic flexibility to put it at the 
> heart of the rhythm section, for example, not with keys and guitar 
> competing for the same sonic space.
>
> Magic Dick took important steps with the J. Geils Band to put the 
> harmonica deeper into the rhythm section.  Lee Oskar put it into the 
> horn section.
> With modern electronics, it's possible to put the harmonica into a 
> much wider range of roles--to orchestrate the sound with harmonicas 
> the way Jimmy Page orchestrated Led Zep's music with guitars.  That's 
> what I did on "The Lucky One."
>
> With the arrival of a usable MIDI controller based on the harmonica, 
> the roles available to harp players expand even further. The DM-48 is 
> not really a harmonica, of course--many of the expressive moves that 
> players can use on a real harmonica aren't available on the DM-48, at 
> least not yet.  (Brendan Power noted in a recent post that he's built 
> an add-on for the DM-48 that uses a lever to bend. That's precisely 
> the mechanism used on a MIDI keyboard--which is an example of how 
> different the DM-48 is from a
> harmonica.)  But that's not the big issue.  The big issue is that a 
> harp player armed with a DM-48 is absolutely unrestricted in terms of 
> what roles can be played in the band.  Can't find a decent bass player 
> for the band, or a decent organist?  Pull out the DM-48, load up a 
> bass patch or an organ patch, and do the job.  Two or more harmonica 
> players can now co-exist in a band without stepping all over each 
> other.  Doing so demands a solid understanding of how the various 
> instruments in a band interact with each other, which means that 
> harmonica players need to think farther and wider about the music 
> they're playing.  Great!
>
> I've said before on this list that in the 21st century a musical 
> instrument functions both as a sound-generating mechanism in its own 
> right, and as a controller for other sound-generating mechanisms.  
> Harmonica players now have the tools they need to enter the 21st 
> century. Let's do it.  We don't have to leave the 20th century behind; 
> we can take everything we learned with us.  But we can do so much more 
> now that these fabulous tools are available to us.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
>
>
> --
> Check out our 21st Century rock harmonica record "The Lucky One" at 
> https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardhunter
>
> Author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC) Latest mp3s and harmonica 
> blog at http://hunterharp.com Vids at 
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From: stevenlois1 at xxxxx
To: John_Shirley at xxxxx
Cc: 
Sent: 2017-06-19 2:49:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] coupling capacitors to fatten the sound