Re: [Harp-L] re: musselwhite 1970 tone

["john" <jjthaden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Greg,
     Charley's mic is a beauty!  
     Wednesday I received the two mics  you worked on for me, 
unfortunately after I got home from my gig, but I did get to try
the JT30 shell containing the black-label CR element in rehearsal 
on Thursday night.  I'll also play it at two gigs tonight. 
     From what I can tell so far, I may well own the mother of
all harp mics!  And the new potentiometer and knob are very
easy to control with my pinkie. This mic sounds great through 
the 6" speaker of  my Premier, very growly, yet somehow clear 
and tight at the same time, with no hint of the overly emphasized, 
out-of-tune difference tones that dogged my other CR element. I'm 
going to have a look at the spectral response of that thing because 
the sound is rich with interesting harmonics, like, when I lean into 
the hole 2 draw G on a C harp, the 2nd harmonic (D) can be heard
clear as a bell.  That makes for a very interesting sound!  This thing
has it all over my old CR element and is way more expressive than
the nice, hot Astatic crystal element in the other mic, which has
been my favorite for years now.  What really surprised me is how
well it does with the harp's high end!  Not like my other CR! 

Please let me know when you get the taller pot knobs come in.  I'll
want to swap out on the other shell, since the shorter pot is rather
buried.

Thanks a bunch,
John Thaden
Little Rock, AR



======= At 2008-08-08, 16:26:56 you wrote: =======

>He's still got it too. Heard him last night outdoors in Windsor, CA.  
>He rocked! Here's a photo of him, just so you can see what he looks  
>like now...
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>http://www.blowsmeaway.com/images/charlie_700.jpg
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>That's a BlowsMeAway Productions microphone and volume control he's  
>using, I am honored and proud to say.....
>
>We'll both be at SPAH - come say hello!
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>/Greg
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>http://www.blowsmeaway.com
>http://www.bluestateband.net
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>> From: <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: August 8, 2008 11:31:50 AM PDT
>> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Harp-L] musselwhite 1970 tone
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>> i saw CM around then at the golden bear, across the street from the  
>> huntington beach pier.  great club!  gone now...
>> anyway, CM had either a twin or super reverb sitting on a chair  
>> right next to him, and the sound was absolutely phenominal!  i've  
>> never forgotten how clean and clear the entire band was.  it was  
>> loud, but not stunningly so.  it was just right.
>> i think a lot of bands would do well to add a few highs...you get  
>> clarity and don't have to have the dang guitars up so doggone  
>> loud!  not that i can't compete with them now!
>> so CM takes a break, and some of us headed for the boysroom...CM  
>> walks in...some guy asks, ya gonna play 'memphis' tonight?  CM,  
>> with a drawl that would double what elvis had, but the same style,  
>> said yeah, second set...  of course, that was back in the day when  
>> he still looked like a blues guy, with his hair not so long, and  
>> greased back.
>> some of my favorite CM tunes:
>> louisianna fog
>> cristo redemptor
>> oh heck, too many to list from back then, not to mention the  
>> continental drifter album, which, if ya got an advance demo copy,  
>> had an additional tune on it that was better than anything that  
>> made the final cut, and CM used the riff on an instrumental that  
>> went on 'one night in america'...
>> i really love his early stuff.  i learned cross harp and chords  
>> listening to him, and try to combine the passion and intensity of  
>> butterfield with some of the riffing of CM...it's a mighty  
>> combination!  :)
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Best regards.				 
john
jjthaden@xxxxxxxxx
2008-08-09