Re: [Harp-L] Boutique Amps and Feedback

[Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx>]

No argument from me... But will your boutique amp be more feedback resistant
than a vintage amp with the usual swap for lower gain preamp tubes?  Not in
my experience.

There are many good reasons to buy a boutique harp amp:  Tone, build
quality, even vanity.  But feedback resistance (with the exception of the
Harp King) is not one of them.

BTW, I agree with Gary O. that the Kinder device colours your tone, in my
opinion.  It does a great job of zapping some feedback, but not all.

-Spec20

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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> - Cornel West
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