[Harp-L] Re: The Fireball.....

["M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Ellis wrote:
"... the guys who developed it have a number of folks out there trying to 
convince people--myself
included--that the mic is a great substitute for a traditional bullet, and 
that it overdrives and distorts like one, too. <snip> they seem to be trying 
to convince traditional blues players that there's a new substitute out 
there. <snip> As I always tell my friends when some new product is announced 
or advertised as used by so-and-so: Let's see it on stage, in their hands, 
not next week, but
next YEAR. That will tell us if they REALLY like it."

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I haven't read anyone here on the "L" making out like the Fireball is a 
substitute for a bullet. In fact, the posts I've seen have said rather 
explicitly that the Fireball AIN'T like a bullet. And I just read the PDF of 
the manual that comes with the mic and nowhere does it say or even insinuate 
that the Fireball is a substitute for a bullet.
That's a great point, though, about waiting and seeing. How many big name 
pros do we see playing Shakers, afterall?
MN