Re: [Harp-L] Re: amps for beginners?

[Jenn and Kim Hansen <JENNKM1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wrong?  That's a pretty strong word.  I don't think there is a wrong  
way to play amped, it's not exactly rocket science, and you discover  
that a tight cup on the mic gives you the driven sound, and then take  
that away and you get the lighter sounds...  I grabbed a big amp  
(Fender Bassman 410 reissue) and mic pretty early.  Didn't know what I  
was looking for at the time.  Had a ton of fun with that rig though.   
Now I've taken a step back, a reboot as it were, to refine techniques  
etc, I haven't played that same rig in at least 5 years.  Do I still  
have an amp?  Yeah, a better one (imho).  I picked up one of Purdy's  
Harpgear I amps.  An amp that size will color your tone, let you hear  
the different settings on a delay pedal, make you work to produce a  
lick amped correctly... Either way, garbage in, garbage out.  You have  
to know the harp before you become an amplified virtuoso.

Or you could put a smile on your face and just play.  One thing Harp-L  
is notorious for, since day one almost, is the need to pick apart the  
big picture, until you have pieces of info, so minute in detail, you  
forget what you were looking at.

Keep blowin' the chrome,

Kim




On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Howard Chandler wrote:

> Ray Beltran wrote:
> > It's really not as simple as picking up a mic and blowing.
> > This is a statement I can whole heartedly endorse.
>
> I also agree if it ain't fun you're doing it wrong.
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