[Harp-L] Tone Wars - Middle Class Rig

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

  "How's come people buy mics and amps, and then they buy more mikes  
and
amps, and then they sell the mics and amps?
Are they searching for 'That' tone?  smo-joe

Addressing this empirically: My performance needs have changed over  
the last 3 years and I now need to be more competitive with louder  
musicians on stage. Secondly harp voiced amps and mikes are usually  
purchased blindly, e.g., ebay, made to order, etc. so sometimes you  
gamble and get a relative dud. It took me a long time (and no doubt  
some judgmental master of wisdom will remind me about how many times I  
have bought and sold) but working with a friend of mine I have landed  
in a terrific place tonally with my little Premier, my little  
Magnatone and my big 15'' Magnatone. And yes I may at some point sell  
the Harpking I recently bought. but I have no regrets about buying it.  
I understand (without necessarily agreeing) that indignation is  
activated when people are compensatory, i.e., short people on steroids  
in the gym to compensate for their shortness, harp players with anemic  
tone trying to purchase a tone pedal, etc, etc. but after all it is  
their bodies, and their money. I can only approach this organically  
and for me: Dennis: I've had to try out a lot of rigs and some have  
definitely supported my playing better than others. Didn't I read on  
this board that: there are lots of rooms in the house of music!  d
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