Re: [Harp-L] Honey Tone and other portable amps

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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:04:04 +0100 (CET)
From: Nicolas Fouquet <bbhcfr@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Honey Tone and other portable amps

>Thanks for the tip G.
>I have had the same trouble, but I thought it was my only fault (which is
still 
> true: amp are not made to fall on the ground lol)
Having that one extra strut and screw would make it a much studier device
that could handle more than a few falls.  Or if they used a 1/4" jack with
metal thread that too would hold up to a lot of abuse.


>Meanwhile, talking about that kind of amps let me introduce the Smokey Mini 
>Amp. Well, that's not a Bassman, but still pretty nice.

Before I bought my first HoneyTone I looked at mini amps on the market,
asked around, Smokey Mini Amp was among them, but settled on the HoneyTone.
  This year when I went to buy a replacement after dropping the first one,
I found there are more mini amps on the market than last time.  Weighing up
all the options, after a week of mulling decided the HoneyTone was what I
wanted.  

>That's a mini amp, tiny and nice looking. 8< There is an audio output to
plug 
> into another amp or to use a headset (well harmonica player using a headset 
> ????)
The HoneyTone has a headphone jack, but its not a line out like the Smokey
Amp, however its a relatively simple operation to install a line out jack
into the HoneyTone.

>I am also wondering if there is any of you using that kind of amp on stage.
I use a Harp Commander and reverb pedal directly into a PA.   I have owned
three different tube amps Soldano 100W, Fender Super 60, Crate VC508, at
various times.  Out of them the Super 60 was tonally the best, but these
days I have to keep things light and portable and since any of those amps
needed to be mic'd I may as well use the HC.  The only amps I own now are
two HoneyTones.  :)

>I remember I have seen, in Germany, a harmonica player using a mini Vox AC1 
> on stage. He was putting a shure SM57 in front of it. His sound was pretty 
> darn amazing. Sounded really nice with his green bullet.
I got to play with a Vox AC5 at a private party some years back, using a CR
element GB, it had great tone.

>Froggy
-- G.