[Harp-L] Re: reverb pedals

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've owned rack processors, vintage outboard reverb tanks and pedals  
over the years.
The bigger bulkier stuff sits in my office now. I spent a few hours  
last night checking out pedals on the
Musician's Friend site but decided to stick with the mini Dano pedals  
I bought a few years ago.

I purchased the pedal board with 5 pedals but only use the Tuna Melt  
and Corn Beef reverb these days
with my 40's something Flot-A-Tone amp. I run the amp into the pa.  I  
use just a touch of reverb to give the amp some presence.
Like any reverb unit, too much is not a good thing as your tone will  
thin out.  While "thick and lush" are great for guitar it
sucks to hear a harp or horn with that much reverb, IMHO.

  I set the Tuna Melt tremolo pedal  speed to match the speed of my  
throat vibrato.   A nice side effect is it makes the vintage speaker  
sound
like it's  breaking up more then it is.  The Flot-A-Tone has a  
tremolo channel but there is no speed control making it useless for  
harp.
Effects can be like garlic. A little bit can go a long way. I try not  
to make it obvious that I'm using them.  A guitarist in the audience  
asked me last week when do I use the pedals.  I told him I leave them  
on all night.   Thats good use without overkill.


I would recommend using both with the Dano power adaptor if you amp  
doesn't have an effects loop input.  For some reason Dano pedals seem  
to peter out over a short time when just using  the battery.  Could  
be the mic input is greater then the pedal can handle.  After about a  
year of battery use I can only use them with the adaptor  or the  
signal is very weak.  As cheap and small  as they are I don't mind  
stocking up on a couple spares.

mike


On Dec 28, 2006, at 7:55 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  You get what you pay  for most of the time with effects. I
> use Dan Electro effects on my guitar and I  love 'em. I don't think  
> it will
> suck to use those but I would buy the higher  priced ones to be  
> sure. I've been
> wondering about that Tuna Melt tremolo though  and it's like 30  
> bucks. If you
> try the cheaper Dan Electro pedals let me know  what you think.