Re: Moody's speaker question; amp size

[rocket@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Rick Barker)]

>Are there any guidelines on how much power a harper should go for to use in
>>smaller venues eg. from church/school to bar-band set-ups (eg. 30W-60W)? Do
>>most of you switch between two or more rigs?  Do you assume that you are (or
>>are not?) miked to the PA, or that there even is a PA :):)??

I don't think there are any set rules. I often, regardless of venue size,
use a Gibson Discoverer which has about 8W. It has to be miked. I use this
in conjunction with a rack mount pre-amp/effects unit depending on the
sound I want. I'm not a real purist/traditionalist though. I also have a
home-made, rack-mount, 4-stage(2-12AX7's) pre-amp that gets an incredibly
wonderful sound. With that many stages it can go from a slight tube
coloring to total grit.

>Is the main issue for not using the rack stuff the response of the solid state
>vs. vintage tube rectifiers?

Many of the rack mount pre-amps are tube.