Re: [Harp-L] Re: Tone Gear Grail blah blah blah

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Really?  A pro player with the "right equipment" is a hack if you think his
chops are poor?  Wow...

If a guy is pro - as in making a living at it - his chops are evidently good
enough for his audience.  I'm not gonna cast stones.  And what does "right
equipment" mean?  What is the right equipment?

I'm not sure every harp player needs to live up to some arbitrary level of
"chops" to avoid being branded a "hack."  We all have different strengths.

And we arrive at those strengths in different ways.  If your amped tone was
terrible -- if you were a hack -- before you were able to get good accoustic
tone, that is your story.  Other people can develop fat tone and good
chops using amps and mics, whether they be the "right equipment" or not.




On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Howard Chandler <h_chandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Rick Davis wrote:
>
>> SNIP
>>
>
>  Even if at first he sounds like a "hack," which I think
>> is a very unkind way to describe a new player.
>>
>>
>
> A true beginner I would not call a hack.  Generally I would define a hack
> as a pro or semi pro with the right equipment who has poor chops.
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