Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Amplifiers

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, one of my favorite harp amps is the solid state Roland Cube 30.  I
wrote about it some time ago in the Blues Harp Amps blog.  Good tone. Lots
of fun amp models.

But I gotta tell ya... playing througjh a "fuzz box" ain't my idea of good
harp tone.  If I wanted tone like that I'd play a kazoo. (I mean the toy,
not the fine Kalamazoo amp.)  And a distorting solid state amp is a horrific
sound for harp.  A good tube harp amp colors the sound in an entirely
different way.

-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/




On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:27 AM, <MundHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK...
> There is a "myth" (In my opinion) That "Tube amps" ("Valve amps") are the
> only way to go to get a good "Chicago" harmonica sound.
> That is ... Honestly... RUBBISH! Tube amps hum and fail at the most
> inconvenient times. SADLY!
> You can use a "fuzz box" through the pa... Or simply play through a
> distorting solid state amp!
> For 25 years I played "amplified" harmonica through a Vox Supreme 100 W
> transistor ... Yes it was that long ago... Amp. It had built in Fuzz...
> Perhaps the best "sag" distorted sound I ever recorded with was using  a
> small 4 Watt Selmar "Little Giant" amplifier. (40 years ago!) (a  tube amp)
> I wish I still had it!
> A harp player gets a great sound "from their chops"... A good amp  helps...
> But it doesn't matter if it's "tube" "part tube" or solid state...
> SIMPLY
> Try before you buy!
> Find what works for YOU.
> Best wishes
> John Walden
> London
> England.
> PS
> My "stage amp" currently is a 1990's Fender Blues Deluxe... A tube  amp!
> Jj
>
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