[Harp-L] ART Tube MP for PA

[B Boggs <ceudoazul@xxxxxxxxx>]

Last night I used a Boss Blues Driver pedal into a DI box into PA (once again- KUDOS to Peter "Madcat" Ruth for sharing a good tip). A Turner bullet with one of Steve Warner's Thunderharp mic elements was plugged into the pedal and got a distorted quality that was nice for the blues. Chris Dracup played (excellent slide, blues guitarist/singer in Albuquerque) played through PA with acoustic Martin mic'ed- no guitar amps. Everything I brought to the open mic was in a small carry-on size bag. I played with Chris and later with two other guitarist/singers and once I adjusted gain on the pedal, it sounded decent. Now, I am curous and may check out the ART Tube MP mentioned below. Has anyone AB'd the Boss Blues Driver/ DI rig and ART Tube MP for playing into a PA?  Not needing a DI box makes a blues jam/open mic rig even simpler.  Chris Dracup mentioned the Harp Commander and I said the pedal/DI was a "poor man's harp commander." I have never heard the Harp Commander.
   
   
   
  Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 23:57:51 -0600
From: "Jonathan Metts" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Found a Cheap Tube Amp Alternative
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I want to thank Sloppy Joe for giving me a tip on this excellent little 
piece of electronics.  The ART Tube MP is a vacuum tube microphone 
preamp 
that can also function as a "direct box".  It has some nice features 
that 
I'll probably never use, but the most important things are:

1. I can plug my Green Bullet into it, then run a line to the PA, and 
it 
sounds like I'm playing through an expensive harp amplifier.  (Breakup, 
distortion, etc. but without ruining the harp tone.)

2. It costs less than fifty dollars at Musician's Friend, including 
shipping!

Tonight was my first time playing at the blues jam with this thing, and 
it 
impressed several people in the audience.  I've never played with the 
Harp 
Commander, but the ART Tube MP seems to offer the same core 
functionality 
(minus a lot of bells and whistles, naturally) for a fraction of the 
cost.

Jonathan Metts 




       
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