Re: [Harp-L] Nic Clark playing the VHT Special 6 amp

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

5 watt amps are loud, sure.  In a small room without a lot of competition from other instruments, a 5 watt amp can be very loud indeed.  

However, I would be very uneasy playing with a loud band if I was only armed with a 5 watt amp, especially if there was no way to line-out that amp to a PA.  Most players would find a 5 watt amp to be insufficient for a gig with most amped bands in a room with 80-100 people in it, especially if those people weren't sitting and listening politely.

In other words, there's a reason why people buy bigger amps.  I can't think of any working pro playing with a band who does most of his or her gigs with a 5-watt amp.  That goes for guitarists as well as harp players.

I also agree that most harp players should have a good 5 watt tube amp. They're generally inexpensive, good-sounding, and fun.  Most harp players will also need an amp that's bigger and louder.

Also keep in mind that if everybody in the world buys a VHT Special 6, everybody's gonna have the same amped sound.  (Yes, I know it's the player, not the amp.  But still.)

Thanks, Richard Hunter





-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Dec 8, 2010 5:30 PM
>To: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Harp- L <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Nic Clark playing the VHT Special 6 amp
>
>Richard, I have played the VHT Special 6 amp at a loud blues jam (with and
>without PA support) and it acquitted itself well,  It is not ideal for that
>(I had trouble hearing myself in the loudest moments) but the people I spoke
>to in the audience told me they could hear the amp just fine.  It is
>remarkably loud for a 6-watt amp.  It is not limited to only quiet
>coffehouse performances.
>
>
>-- 
>-Rick Davis
>The Blues Harp Amps Blog
>http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
>
>
>On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I figure that the cost for the final product--the one in the video--is
>> closer to $350, if you figure that most people will have a tech do the mods.
>> (I'd certainly have a tech install a line-out if I wanted one, which I
>> would.)  That's a good price for a small tube amp that's usable for
>> relatively quiet performances, e.g. practice, recording, gigs in small rooms
>> like coffeehouses (and for loud shows with a line-out to the PA).
>>


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