Re: [Harp-L] re: Bassman and amps in general

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Thanks for the cudo's Jason. One of these day's we'll have to get you into one of those Meteors. As far as your Bassman goes, it does sound great. I guess that kinda supports my theory that they all sound different and there's a lot of diamonds out there in the rough. It does help though that your a great player and the amp is only a link in that chain. On a side note, I'll be going to Buffalo this weekend to check out your old school buddy John Nemeth. Anyone who hasnt heard of him, you will. He's a great harp player but more so, he's an increadible singer. 

Scooter


> I like My Fender RE Bassman fine! I've had four, and they all sounded
> different, that's FOUR NEW FENDER BASSMAN RE AMPS THAT SOUND
> DIFFERENT..Sonny Jnr sent me one of his new Bassman Repros and 
> offered it to
> me for free if I chose to use it exlusively as well as three other amp
> companies..Sonny's amp was great,r eally well built and Kim  
> Wilson ended up
> using it or taking it or something so he dug it. but a lot of 
> people on the
> road including my Bro ROSCOE up in MICHIGAN said they liked the Fender
> Bassman better after I switched back which I did all night long, 
> song to
> song, sometimes more than once within one song.I'm still using my 
> Bassman..Iwish I could find some small time guy with big heart 
> like some of the people
> that sent me these amps to support instead of FENDER (who never 
> sent me
> anything) but I got to go with my ears..Maybe it's just 
> familiarity but I
> think they sounds better for my playing. Of all the boutique harp 
> amps I've
> tried I did like the Meteor the best but overall I guess I like 
> Catfish more
> than Caviar.
> Jason Ricci www.jasonricci.com
> 
> 
> A reissue won't sound like an old amp because any 2 old amps will 
> sounddifferent. Components age. This changes the sound. My friend 
> has a blackface
> Pro that's hissing, the reverb channel is shot, but it sounds like 
> a million
> bucks right now so he's not touching it(he's a very good amp tech 
> but a
> little
> superstitious). The tweed champ he's got sounded awful until he 
> put a lot of
> work into it. Sounds wonderful now.
> 
> Different mics work better on different amps. A Bullet and a champ 
> is a
> beautiful sound. An sm57 and an old Pro is a gorgeous sound, but 
> different. 
> So you can spend time trying tube swaps and tweaking and changing 
> things, or
> you
> can take a pocket full of harps and a mic down to your music store 
> and keep
> trying all the cool old amps until you have one that's right. 
> Trust me.
> You'll
> know it when you hear it.
> 
> Rainbow Jimmy
> http://www.spaceanimals.com
> http://www.soundclick.com/theelectricstarlightspaceanimals.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 
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