Re: [Harp-L] Gear

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

CHARLES BASSI wrote:
> A rhetorical question - 
> Why is all the good stuff for harp amplification 
> (at least the stuff that people brag about) - mics, amps, preamps,
> effects, etc., made a minimum for 40 years ago,
>  really (like astronomically) expensive, and generally totally unavailable,
>  even if you could afford it, which you (and by "you" I mean "me") can't?
> Isn't there any new amplification for harp which delivers 1) nice warm distortion,
> 2) low feedback, and 3) the volume to compete with guitar players, and is:
> 1) readily available
> 2) doesn't cost thousands of dollars???
>
>
> Just asking,
>
>
> Charles

Pignose makes a couple of tube amps, a 40 watt and a 60 watt, that 
aren't bad and are pretty cheap.  You might have to replace the tubes 
because the tubes that come with it aren't too hot.  They also might 
work better for you with lower gain preamp tubes.

Another thing to consider is  getting a low power amp and micing it. 
The Fender Pro Junior and Blues Junior are good harp amps.  Kalamazoos 
and Premiers from the fifties and early sixties don't cost too much and 
are great harp amps.

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