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

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Garry Hodgson wrote:  "nobody has said they cannot, nor have they mentioned
"permission".  nobody said a new player would be ruined by buying an amp,
nor did they demand that all blues harp students play only acoustic.  dial
down the
rhetoric a notch."

Then what is the exact objection to beginners buying an amp?  Perhaps you
should dial up the specificity a notch.



On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rick Davis wrote:
>
> > Seriously, where is it written that a new player cannot learn good
> "chops"
> > and good habits while dabbling with amped tone?
> ...
> > But it is equally silly  to suggest a new player
> > will be somehow ruined by buying a small tube  practice amp
> ...
> > And more importantly, when does the new player get permission to start
> using
> > an amp? ...
> > It seems wrong-headed for us to demand that all blues
> > harp students play only acoustic music.
>
> nobody has said they cannot, nor have they mentioned "permission".  nobody
> said a new player would be ruined by buying an amp, nor did they demand
> that all blues harp students play only acoustic.  dial down the
> rhetoric a notch.
>
> in my case, i found it a distraction.  and while some may have limitless
> resources, in terms of time, money, and attention, i do not.  money i
> spent on gear early on would have been better spent on harps in more
> keys, or on instruction.  time spent fiddling with said gear would have
> been better spent practicing technique.  and i believe i would have made
> better choices when it did come time to gear up, with more experience
> under my belt.
>
> the OP asked "is there any reason for a beginner to get an amp?"
> bill hines offered a good one: to avoid learning bad habits that
> will need to be unlearned later.  you offered others, the positive
> feedback of hearing "that" tone early on, or the negative feedback
> of hearing your mistakes amplified.
>
> it's all about tradeoffs.  everybody's got to make their own.
>
>
>
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