re: [Harp-L] Butterfield's rig

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> It was actually a super reverb with a big PB painted in white on the side I saw it on ebay and brought it to the
attention of harp L because i wanted to find out if it was for real then a whole bunch of people got involved including
Gabe who had loaned the amp to the guy that was trying to sell it.  he had loaned it to him a long time before and the
guy pretty much dissapeared.  he was trying to get some other guy to sell it for him but when this person found out he
pulled it off the auction block.   to the best of my recolection it was a super reverb 4X10.
>
> Someone asked about Butter's rig.  Tho not an expert on his  rig. I've read
> that he often used an old black face  Princeton.  A year or so ago that amp was
> on ebay, and Butter's  son, Gabe, claimed that the amp had been stolen by an
> associate of Paul's or Gabe's (i forget), after his father's death.
>   Acc. to many posts here on HarpL, as well as in G's terrific webite,
> Butter primarily used a Shure 545S mic, wired for high impendence.  Read  about it
> here: _http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica/shure545.html#intro_
> (http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica/shure545.html#intro)
>   One last thing which i mentioned on Harp-L a few years back, much to  the
> chagrin, dismay, and disbelief of many a Harp-L'er, but one time i saw  Butter
> in NYC with several of his Marine Bands sitting in a glass of  water.  That
> would have been about 1970 or so.  It is apparently  documented that in general,
> PB didn't like to soak his harps because of  the ensuing wood swelling
> problems.
> ron
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