[Harp-L] Re: harp amps

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

That would be a perfect situation, but rarely happens. Monitors if you have  
someone working the board can cause problems, which is why many harp players I 
 talk with want their amp to sound strong enough so they can hear it on 
stage.  Wattage, that is another issue. No matter who makes it, you are not going 
to get  the full wattage unless you are pegged all the way on every control. 
With a hi Z  mic, that is not going to happen. I have my tubes set up so a harp 
player can  saturate the power tubes by being able to play at level 6-7 
volume, sending a  strong signal which they control with their mic or their hands. 
Even then they  are using maybe 25 out of the 40 watts. And probably 18 - 20 on 
the new amp.  Where you stand in relation to the monitors will determine if 
you are just going  to be feeding back all night. And getting guitar players to 
stop inching up  their volume controls, well, good luck. Especially with two 
of them. This has  been the single most issue in my 12 years of building amps 
and I have tried to  make it happen. From reading the reviews you will see 
that number one their tone  is heard in a totally different way, and guitar 
players are now telling THEM to  turn down. You always mic any amp, it has to be in 
the house. I would use a  Kalamazoo in a duo, or trio at best, micing it, but 
other than that, with drums,  bass, two guitars, sometimes an organ, you need 
on stage volume. If you have the  perfect sound man running your sound and 
kicking you up during solos with out  feedback, good luck.