RE: [Harp-L] acoustic jug band volume

["Steve McIver" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Follow up

Ross,

		You said that your solo's are ok. The only reason, to me, that they are
loud enough is because everyone else has backed off a little. If you could
convince them that sometimes less is more and that if they stayed at the
vol. which you do your solo's then you've got balance and everyone sounds
good.

Just a thought,

Steve

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Behalf Of Ross Macdonald
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:07 PM
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Subject: [Harp-L] acoustic jug band volume



Help please - I play / busk in an acoustic jug band - a finger picker
guitarist on a really high end national steel resonator, washboard and
washtub bass.  I play pretty hard to attain the volume that sounds loud
enough and right to me and luckily most songs are in C so I can play 2nd
position F harp that cuts through pretty well, but audience and friends say
I need to be louder to be at the right balance with the guitar. Solos are
loud enough, it's when I am chugging rythmn that seems to be the problem.
Much worse problem on lower key harp songs, so I got an inconspicuous Smokey
amp and use my Shaker Madcat mic to add a little punch - and still the
audience wants me louder.  I play SP20s and Delta Frosts - Is this a common
problem with resonator guitars? or is my finger picker just too loud? or
perhaps it might be the position of my harp relative to the audience?  I'm
stumped - The guitar guy wants the pure Memphis feel to the band (no amps),
but it feels like I may blow a gasket if I have to blow hard enough to be
heard without amplification.

Any jug band street-buskin harp players out there with pearls of wisdom?


Ross Macdonald

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