Re: Absolute beginner tips

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Timothy Rose wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 06:05  pm, Stephen Shaw wrote:
> 
>>> There will be times when you have to locate a harp very quickly in a 
>>> live playing situation.  It will usually be dark
>>> and time will be of the essence, as the crowd and your bandmates will 
>>> be waiting on you. As you frantically rifle
>>> through your harp case you'll find that the harp you need will ALWAYS 
>>> be the last one you pick up.
>>> I'm not sure why this is, but I'm pretty sure people are looking into 
>>> this too.
>>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>> Mark
>>> (Who had way too much caffeine tonight)
>>
>>
>> LOL!  You forgot to mention that when you finally find that harp in 
>> the dark and put it in your mouth it WILL be the wrong way round.........
>>
> Oh yes, and the harp you just swapped it for falls off your amp into the 
> glass of water you keep handy so your mouth doesn't dry out, tipping 
> over the glass, and leaving you standing in a puddle of water...
> ...man, that was a  night to remember!
> -- 

Every rack I've ever used needed a better way of clamping.  A lot of
people add rubber bands.  Another thing to try would be to glue a wide
rubber band strip on the surfaces that hold the harp to increase the
friction.  Racks are designed like cheap exercise machines--more for
show than use.