[Harp-L] tone and gear

[Buddha <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think tone and gear only matters to the player.  From my experiences
the audience generally doesn't care what you sound like as long as you
are impacting them emotionally via the music that is coming out of
your million dollar set up or $5 crap box. I sometimes play through a
small solid state bass practice amp,  it works pretty good for effects
and sounds terrible otherwise, I use it when I need small. And ya know
what? Not a single person has ever complained about my tone.  In fact
there have been a few harp players that approach and ask what I was
playing through. I know there is one local guy that went out to buy
one because of me.  Little does he know, I got it at a garage sale for
$15.

Tone and emotional impact comes from the player and then the next item
in the chain is the harp.  So spend your money on getting yourself
together and then get some good harps.  Once you have the basic of
"Your Sound" together then start looking at amps and things to further
enhance what YOU do.