Re: [Harp-L] re: Loud extreme amps

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interestingly...about Jason's amp / tone....

I've been lucky enough to play through Jason's rig.  It is unlike anything I
had ever experienced / felt. It's a frikkin' beast - just a wild animal that
I'm sure I couldn't tame. Loud, yes, but so respoonsive that I was sure I
wasn't man enough / player enough to handle it...though I tried....

Anyway, I'd never tried anything like it until a couple weeks ago, when I
plugged in to a Sonny Jr. 410 for the first time. Thanks for the
opportunity, Brad (he's lurking here somewhere). Same feeling - raw, crisp,
brawny, powerful tone.  Just cutting and aggressive - not anything like a
vintage class A tone...but with the feeling that there was a lot you could
do with it as far as variety if you learned how to finesse it.

Anyway, to my ears, and I've tried lots of amps in my day, the Sonny Jr. was
a very similar sound / feel to Jason's rig - only thing I've found quite
like it.

- Blake


On 2/12/07, Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have to brag here!  I play in a blues rock band.  We
> only play loud enough to hear ourselves over the
> drums.
>
> Our guitar player has a 22w Deluxe Reverb RI and he
> plays it on 7 no matter where we play.  That's too
> loud you say!?!?!?!  Not when you have an attenuator
> (usually bringing it down to 5w)!!!
>
> I just picked up a Double Trouble amp from Brian Purdy
> at Harp Gear.  It was plenty loud for my band!
>
> I usually use a Bassman, not cranked however.  We
> don't play quietly...we're a full on electric four
> piece, but we get a lot of comments about how much
> better our volume levels are then other rock bands.
>
> I hate monitors as they always sound like crap for
> harp, and they usually feedback (unless we do our own
> sound).
>
> Mike Fugazzi
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