Jason Ricci Acoustic? (and Brand/model tangent) (was RE: [Harp-L] Re: Loud extreme amps)

[J Compton <jofjltn4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perfect timing.  Just this morning, while listening to a Jason Ricci song on XM, I made a note to look for clips of him playing acoustically.  No, it was not a little voice in my head that said, "It's probably all just effects, he doesn't really have awesome tone and phenomenal playing ability."  The voice really did say, "I wonder how he sounds acoustically."  Of course, the little voice might have meant the former and phrased it as the latter to try to disguise his intentions, I really don't know.  The little voice and I aren't often on the same page.
(I just checked the schedule and it says we're due for one of those brand/model debates that start innocently enough but end with personal off-list feverishly heated debates.  I'll try to kick it off, but as a relative newbie who posts very little, and since I started with a question about where to find something online, I've calculate that less than 10% of you will even read this far.  Official beginning of brand/model discussion: My definite favorite right now is the Bushman Delta Frost.  Unfortunately, I lost the draw 4 reed on my one and only DF in less than three months of moderate playing.  During the same time (and before when I was even more newbie), I put in far more time on my Lee Oskars without losing a single one.  (I really dislike the non-smooth numbers on the top of the LO...and the high propensity for squealing, especially in the higher notes.)  My guess is that the early failure is more a result of my inferior playing ability than it is of inferior product.  I'm certainly willing to try some more of them.  As (bad) luck would have it, C2C is out of the DF reed plates AND full harps.  I haven't even tried a Sp20 or MB yet, so based on this information, the 4% of you still reading this can now officially move on to the next message without a shred of guilt.)
 
(Okay, fine, I'll order a Sp20 and MB with my C2C order as soon as those DF reed plates are back in stock.)
Thanks,
Jonathan "is still considering switching to kazoo" Compton
 
 



> From: SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:40:22 -0500> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Loud extreme amps> > As good as Jason Ricci was when I saw him open for Kim Wilson, I could only > take about a half hour of that blinding volume. Personally, I have always > mixed the most volume with the Tone that most of the players who deal with want, > Chicago style. Everyone has their own thing, but that is my thing. I don't > need my ears to ring anymore than they do. Remember, from what the old timers > told me, you are playing To the audience, not AT them. But how many have > actually spent extensive time with our fathers and grandfathers that have set the > stage so we can all be doing what we are. It is a very limited group from the > Chicago side, everyone else is pretty much Howard Levy on down. > _______________________________________________> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx> http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l