[Harp-L] gear

[Harpmac01@xxxxxxx]

Some harp players i hear have the most killer acoustic tone,  then they blow 
through some tube/valve amp, and theres that big chicago  sound  just awesome, 
but hold on, although these guys have great big killer  acoustic tones, why 
is it when they put their harp to a mic that goes to an amp  and it sounds 
awesome again? i'll tell ya why cos no one has an amp discreetly  tucked away in 
their chest cavity somewhere (well maybe big walter, ok) make no  bones about 
it, tubes/valves of all different kinds give different tones and  electric 
expressions, yeah sure, good chops and tone have got to be there and so  does 
there have to be a good amp there as well if you want it, i can tell when  say 
paul lamb blows through a concert or a sonny jr, but ok maybe the audience  don't 
know the difference between amps and  NOS tubes and wet fart but the  proofs 
in the pudding with some wicked NOS tubes in my sonny jr 4x10 and a few  
deadly william clarke licks (phew i try honest) its enough for some cats to  
mention to me after a gig, wow great sound from your thingy,ermm that wee  blowing 
thing, ehh the mouthie,you know what i mean, but they are listening! at  the 
end of the day its all about choice viccy's, the harpking etc. and of  course 
sonny jr,for me i want the best of old brought up to date, so thats  sonny jr. 
you get what you pay for or you just get extremely  lucky!
 
mac
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