[Harp-L] RE: Harp Amps / SPAH stuff

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the kind words Tom. I definitely appreciate that coming from you. 
Those who haven't heard Tom play
are missing out on a real talent. The guy is a monster. Thanks also to Wezo.

As for SPAH. I can't even begin to name all of the memorable people and 
great playing that I experienced last week
so I'm not going to try. You all know who you are. For the past 2 years you 
have been the people who make me look at
myself and ask why I stopped so short on the learning part of playing the 
harmonica. I'm absolutely blown away by the talent
and the personalities at SPAH. Thank you all for being my inspiration again 
for the next year.

The one person that I do want to single out is LD Miller. Before meeting him 
and hearing him I thought that he was another
"Popper" player. I appreciate what Popper can do and all but it's not my 
thing. I was absolutely blown away by this kid.
I think that he absorbed more in the week of SPAH than I have in 20 years. 
He is like a sponge and he is a great player & singer.
On top of all of that he is a riot. Great personality and VERY mature for 
13. Great stuff. I had a ball hanging at the bar with
his family as well. These folks are just great and I honestly hope that all 
of the recent publicity pay's off for them.

Peace,
Scooter


> As a run up to SPAH I had the chance to play through Scott Berberian's new
> smaller Meteor ("Mini-Meat") prototype amp. Scott sent it to me a few days
> before SPAH so that I could play with it and then bring it along to 
> Milwaukee
> when I drove up from Chicago. I was able to run it through the paces  at a 
> band
> rehearsal and also gig with it once. It looks just like it's big  brother 
> (one
> of which I am a proud and very happy owner) but smaller. Instead of  two 
> 10"
> Webber speakers and one 12" it sports two 8"s and one 10". Another 
> feature is
> that it is switch biased so that you can run it either at 30  watts with 2
> 6L6 or 20 watts with 2 6V6 power tubes. The sound is  very similar to the
> original amp; punchy and articulate with a broad range  of tonal color 
> though not
> quite as loud and with a bit less bottom  end. Since the amp is a 
> prototype I
> know that Scott, in his obsessed quest  for perfection, is still not quite 
> done
> tweaking it yet. That said, it  still sounded incredible and when I gigged
> with it using the line out there  was absolutely no problem being heard 
> all the
> way in the back of a  big room full of people. This is a great little 
> (actually
> medium sized at  about 35 lbs.) amp and should be considered by anyone who 
> is
> looking for a  manageable sized unit that will allow them to be heard in 
> any
> situation and  make the most of their own sound.
>
> tom albanese
>
>
>
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