Re: [Harp-L] My amp is best, no my amp is....

["Bob Laughlin" <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

MY amp is best. I don't even know who made it. It says "Musical Electronics,
Inc., Los Angeles, California"

I paid 75 bucks for it, and a trade-in. It's the coolest little amp in the
world, and it's MINE,,so there.

BL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Thompson" <jay.jmt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] My amp is best, no my amp is....


> >
> > This was recorded on a little white MacBook with a built in camera
> > resulting in the amazing sound, but uninspiring visual.
>
>
> I never thought it would happen. I love gear! I love to play with it, talk
> about it, and play around with it. But...this current thread amazes me.
> Somehow we're comparing the SJ to the Harpking from an impromptu Youtube
> video. I've looked at the video twice and I don't see a Harpking...they're
> pretty hard to miss! That white MacBook may have "amazing sound" but it
> doesn't inspire me to try and critique the two harp tones laid down by two
> incredible players. Everyone agrees that the player is the biggest factor
in
> how a player sounds. Both of the players in this video are amazing players
> but I doubt that either one of them is trying to emulate the other's tone
so
> that we can evaluate the two amps. However, I am guessing that both
players
> were trying to sound like themselves.
>
> I sat in with my friend's band last night. We both own the same model
> of purpose-built harp amp. I used his amp and sounded nothing like him
even
> though I used his mic and his settings on the amp. If he had been sitting
in
> at my gig and using my same model amp, my mic and my settings we would
have
> still sounded differently and like ourselves. He's a GREAT player but I'm
> trying to create a very different tone than he is and it's cool that we
can
> both find the tone we want from the same amp.
>
> I'm probably taking this thread way too seriously because I have no vested
> interest. I'm not trying to sell anything or endorse anything. I continue
to
> receive way more from this list than I will ever be able to give. It's
been
> said here many times. I love to hear first hand accounts from the owners
of
> various amps, harps and other gear but to make so much from an impromptu
> recording goes beyond my admitted "gear sickness".
>
> All the best,
> Jay
>
> PS-- I *KNOW* that my amp is the *BEST*....*for me!*
>
> -- 
> Where words fail -- music speaks.
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