Re: [Harp-L] gear question

["David R. Fertig" <dfertig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe this is off track, but when I play thru my little 3-watt Alamo 
Fiesta, and I need to boost the volume to match loudness of the band, 
I  sometimes dangle a straight mic in front of the 8" speaker, and run it 
to the PA (with appropriate entreaties and coaxings to the 
sound-operator).  This keeps the amp's funky sound and gives me that rare 
thing, Monitor!  Now that's a treat!

Or I just pull out my darned harp and play thru the stage mic, what the 
heck.   Of course, I'm a rank amateur so perhaps my standards are 
low.   Hey, fun is fun...

Anyway, I'd rather use the PA than try to use tons of gear to compete with 
power-guitars and horns with heavy and complicated amp set-ups.  But then, 
I'm lazy and ingorant.   And, finally, has anyone ever said the tone ain't 
about the gear?  I mean less than a thousand times?

On the other hand, if you dig playing with gear, go for it!

-Dave Fertig


At 07:19 AM 3/4/2005, Smith, Richard wrote:
> I have a question for the "gear literate" folks out there.
> My harp amp is a Fender Deluxe Reverb, which at 22 watts
> with one 12" speaker, is great for small bars/clubs.
> But with an outdoor jam coming up in May, I'm concerned
> that it might not loud enough for the great outdoors.
> I'm wondering about 2 possibilities.
>
> I have a Red Knob Champ 12 (12 watts) with a 12" speaker:
> can I connect the two amps together somehow, so I have
> more power, with two 12" speakers?
>
> As for the 2nd possibility, I was at the music store, and
> I saw a Fender Hot Rod Deville which had a paper on top
> showing how to get different sounds from the amp.  One of
> the things it pictured was plugging your instrument into
> the #1 input of one channel, then running a jumper from
> the #2 input of that channel into one of theinputs of the
> other channel.  Since my Deluxe Reverb has 2 channels
> with 2 inputs each, would this work for me?
>
> I'm concerned about damaging my amp by experimenting
> without knowledge.  Thanks.
>
> Richard J. Smith
> Wormleysburg, PA
>
>
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