RE: [Harp-L] Re: Sugar Ray Norcia

["Donnie MorTone" <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Sugar Ray Norcia
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:08:02 EST

> I got some interesting  information from a 30 year pro who happened to see 
> Rod
> in Georgia, of course  with his two Harpkings, so he looked in the back, 
> and
> Rod had a Tube Screamer  bolted to the bottom of the amp. Bad enough you 
> have
> to play two of those  monsters. I still love my Boss RV5, instead of wah 
> wah
> pedals, I have these  things called bear paws for hands. That's as far as I 
> will
> go. It was an  honor and a pleasure to be asked to play by Ray

Ray's a sweetheart of a man to boot....very down to earth and 
approachable...
besides being a very under-rated harp player...he's a Killer vocalist!

As far as the Tube Screamer in the back of Rod's amp goes...
He keeps an older Boss DD2 in there that he spray painted flat black...
gives him some slight verb/echo/slap...but as far as I know...thats it!

I sat in at a gig through his rig about a year ago...and all I can say is 
that
the sound and volume on stage, about 20 feet in front of the 2 amps...
was the Loudest I ever heard myself play with a full band...at 200 watts...
I should hope so! I honestly don't think he'd need a Tube Screamer overdrive
petal in there...not with all the mods that John Kinder does to those 
things...
but...what do I know? I know I want and need to be playing out more often...

I know I want a Sonny Jr I amp...
I know I want a Sonny Jr II amp...
I know I want the NEW Sonny Jr amp...

and I know my bank account right now just don't reflect my desires...

damn...

~Donnie~