Re: [Harp-L] Why use an effects pedal?

["Gordon Graham" <ggraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can someone recommend an effects pedal to emulate an hammond organ.

Thanks,

Gordon
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Elaine Graham
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; <leone@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Why use an effects pedal?


> Smo-joe wrote:
> "Lee Oskar used to play very cleanly. The last couple time I heard
> him live, he used a lot of effects. I didn't like it. He also has been 
> dragging out tunes for up to 13+ minutes. Don't like that either. I 
> feel if a person wants to play harmonica, they should play
> harmonica. If they want a lot of effects, get a Millionizer."
> 
> So, like, Little Walter shoulda played the Millionizer, I guess, instead
> of putting the harp through a tube amp? 
> 
> With due respect, this is the 21st century.  Every other musician in the
> world is using lots of effects, and I don't see why harmonica players
> ought to make a point of being ignorant about it.  Hell, we've already
> got a reputation for being ignorant about everything else where music is
> concerned.  
> 
> I've released two CDs containing nothing but solo harmonica
> performances, with no effects other than reverb, so I don't have
> anything to prove where purely acoustic harmonica is concerned.  But if
> I want to use an effects chain as long as the Panama Canal, I'm going to
> do it. 
> 
> Thanks, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com
> 
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