Clean Harp

[Douglas Tate <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 14:55 30/06/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>So much is said about blues players , their syles of playing, the amps and 
>set ups that give you that perfect sound that your looking for. But what 
>about the great clean players ,the accoustic sound like Levy, Mike Turk, 
>Toots, Charlie McCoy,Doug Tate just to name a very few. What is their mic 
>of choice. do they play through an amp or through the pa system. What type 
>of particulars do they require when they set up. This is what I'd like to 
>hear about. Jerl

First, thanks for including me in such august company.

I hate mics and try to play without them at every available 
opportunity.  When I DO have to use one I stand well back from it so that I 
can shade it like a normal acoustic room.  I leave the stuff that goes into 
the mic to the sound guy... in the main they know a lot better than I do 
what the room needs.

I have a particular set of sounds which I generate without electronics... I 
just hope the sound person can make those sounds appropriately louder to 
reach the complete audience.  In this way I have complete control of the 
noise I make... delivery is someone else's pigeon   :))

Douglas