[Harp-L] RE Rookie questions

[Peter & Connie Ruth <conruth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yo DD,

Not all solid state amps are junk.

A friend of mine took an old solid state Peavey head made in the 1980s  
and put it inside an old Supro cabinet  -  and people were always  
coming up to tell him how good his "tube amp" sounded.

Albert King played thru an Acoustic brand solid state amp.

And Peter Madcat Ruth (hey, that's me) plays thru a Peavey Tranformer  
modeling amp. (completely tubeless)

(I've been given warnings from the Blues Police but I haven't yet been  
arrested...)

Perhaps those solid state amps ARE junk...  but then again they might  
not be.

So I recommend you let go of your preconceptions about solid state  
amps.  Try out those amps and see how they sound.

Forget about what you "should" be playing, and find an amp that sounds  
good to you.

Peter Madcat Ruth
madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.madcatmusic.net
www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth

> From: Random Standard <randomstandard@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Rookie questions.
>
> Recently my friend passed away and his mom gave me his harmonica  
> gear. What
> I received was the following. 1 Green Bullet (3 years old or so with  
> modified
> xlr input jack), a Presonus Tubepre and 3 crappy solid state amps  
> (non worth
> mentioning, his older brother got the tube amps, as he should). I  
> cannot
> afford a decent tube amp in the near future unfortunatly. I have  
> been slowly
> absorbing different harp content on the web and feel like I know  
> more than
> the average campfire player.
>
> My question.... Does anyone have experience/advice with the bullet,  
> tubepre
> and a 8" or 10" solid state combo. I know, it's not what I should  
> have but
> its what I got and what im working with for the time being.
>
> Thanks guys. DD