RE: [Harp-L] Gear

[maurice richard libby <blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once again Chris posts something I agree with totally. I've gone through a 
lot of gear, both for harp and for guitar, and the only things that really 
matter are you r chops and to a certain extent your axe. I've been forced 
to use house amps on occasion, or even had to borrow gear from another band 
on the stand that night. It's usually a bit of a challenge, since I don't 
know the idiosyncrasies of the amp, but at worst, it takes me out of the 
box. One night I borrowed an amp for my set, and ended up playing the whole 
night (guitar) with a super clean sound. it was great! That same night i 
played harp through the vocal mic since there wasn't an amp for harp.

Having said that, it is nice to have an amp you know and like and that has 
a basic sound you like, and it really is nice to have good, fresh tubes in 
the sucker.

"It ain't the meat, it's the motion",

maurice

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At 10:40 AM 27/05/2005, Chris Michalek wrote:

> Or not and just buy a bassman ri the audience won't know the
> difference nor will they care as long as your tone and chops are up.
>
> Equipment doesn't really matter. I consider it a luxury if it's a
> boutique job.  Your playing, your acoutic tone is what matters. If
> you can't really play then equipment is nothing more than a crutch
> that amplifies poor playing.
>
> I'll play through anything and the crowd still hates me :-) So why
> spend the extra dough.  go get yourself a Fender tube amp that you
> think you sound good through and spend your dough on some nice harp
> from Jimmy Gordon and a nice mic from Mr Microphone.
>
> I'm not knocking Sonny jr or any other boutique amp guy, they all
> make great stuff. Even if there is a difference it doesn't really
> matter as long as you can play. And if you can't play,  then save
> your dough until you can.
>
> If you need help I'm happy to do it. LMK
>
>
> Peace,