[Harp-L] clean and dirty, yin and yang

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

the recent rehashing of the hackneyed topic of tone sparks a query: 

How many of you take, along with your mics, amps and gadgets, an acoustic set up, at least a good acoustic-style ("clean") mic and cord for the PA?

I find it helpful to have the variety of a clean sound, after all that crunching and distortion, so I always bring my beta57 and cords (xlr-xlr, & xlr-1/4". I should get a vol pot on my mic.) 

At least one song in an evening, I'l play clean, maybe use a PA mic already set up.

Also, one can usually set one's amp (and bypass gadgets, except the AFB+!) to give a pretty clean acoustic-style tone in case the PA ain't available, or the sound-board jockey is like most and prefers to bury the harp in the mix AND monitor.

Shouldn't every performing harp player have their gear set-up to play clean AND dirty? 

Variety is the spice of life, Music is the rice of life!

-Dave Fertig