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

["Bob Boyd" <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have owned the Blues Driver, Art Tube MP OPL and the Harp Commander and 
have used them all into tube amps and PA's. I was never able to use the 
Blues Driver without getting a lot of feedback so I sold it. I like the Art 
MP OPLpreamp as it give a great warm tube tone. Lately I've went back to the 
Harp Commander into a Harp Gear 2 I guess because I have so much invested in 
it and seems to work well and lots of control. I would highly recommend the 
Art Tube MP OPL preamp as they are so reasonable and give a warm tube tone 
when using a vintage mic.

Bob "The Captain" Boyd
www.texastide.com


> 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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