[Harp-L] Re: ART Tube MP for PA

["Jonathan Metts" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John, I can't speak to your experience with the product, as I don't even know how it works or how it may have interacted with your other equipment.  But I know that I heard some good distortion from it last night, and numerous people in the audience agreed, including the jam host, Dan Treanor, who is a great harp player himself and knows a LOT more about gear than I do.  Perhaps the disclaimer "Your Mileage May Vary" is appropriate in this case.  I've played through this PA many times, so I know the ART Tube MP is the reason for the distortion I wanted...there were no other variables.

Jonathan

From: "John K." <jkuzloski@xxxxxxxxx>

>Oooops.  I previously clicked send too soon.  Apologies.  Here >is what I wanted to post.
>My 2 cents on the Tube MP for PA.  I haven't tried it in awhile
>because I ruled it out for that purpose some time ago -- seemed >too clean even though it has a tube in there.  I think it warms >things up, but it is clean -- designed for recording even >vocals I think.  The harp commander works grerat for this as >has often been discussed.  What I also found to work well for >my taste is the Boss Fender Bassman (FBM) pedal with a DI >behind it (a not-so-poorman's HC?  the FBM-1 is $150 new)). I >have no experience with the Boss Blues Driver pedal (price or >sound-wise), so I don't know how it compares to the FBM.