Re: [Harp-L] Boutique Amps and Feedback

[Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The choice is
> purely economic:  If you think you can exploit the virtues of a
> boutique harp amp to the extent that it is worth the extra thousand dollars
> (or more) then by all means, buy one.  But it won't solve your feedback
> issues, and it probably won't make you sound a bit better than you would on
> a vintage amp you have properly tuned for harp, in which you have invested a
> fraction of the price.

indeed, the key here is the "you have properly tuned for harp" part.
what you're buying is the boutique amp maker's expertise in having
done that part for you.

i could probably build as good an amp as sonny jr.  it'd take me 20
years of R&D, but i could do it.  i think i'd rather buy.

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