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

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

Recently I played in NYC at a  jam for Ibogaine awareness and a psychiatrist 
friend of mine showed up with his  harps and an Art Tube Pre-amp. I thought it 
sounded great and I wanted to try it  out, but I was the only guitar player 
carrying the tunes most of the time and  didn't get to play much harp. I played 
on one tune clean through the board and  mic, and the contrast between the 
two sounds was quite evident. Given a choice I  would have taken the tube 
pre-amp over playing clean like I usually do. He was  using one of those little 
Astatic mics (did I spell that right) and his tone was  awesome. I'm thinking that 
one of these just might keep me from having to spend  big bucks on a tube amp 
for guitar too. Has anybody tried playing with one of  these Art Tube MP's 
through an electronic amp? Just wondering. I know that I  would use it for harp 
never the less, and at that price how can you go wrong? I  haven't played out 
much in the past few years and I gotta gear up for the not so  distant future 
things I have planned. This ought to save me a little money if it  works. 
"Course if things go the way I'm hoping they will, (I'm pretty confident  in this) 
I'll end up buying one of Sonny's new amps, but for now I gotta go on  the 
cheap.
          Randy
       BiscuitBoy Blues
 
In a message dated 5/3/2007 8:11:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


When  I play acoustically, I'm want to get a nice, well-conditioned (like
John  says, "warm"), yet "clean" sound, not an over-driven one, so I use an
ART  Tube MP Preamp along with my (original, non-modified) Audix Fireball.
It's  a schweeeet combination, methinks. Sounds great and it is  virtually
impervious to feedback. I usually play with the Fireball on a  stand so I can
use my hand effects, so the anti-feedback attributes of the  Fireball are
key. BTW, I have no intention of having my Fireball modified  with the
Musselwhite mod. I think it is a near perfect mic for the above  stated
purpose. I have several antique bullets and my personal favorite,  the Shure
545 stick mic, for various levels of "crunch" when I play  amplified.







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