[Harp-L] Guitar wars

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Took my Super Reverb Reissue out to a blues jam that's been run for  
the last several weeks by some musicians i enjoy playing with.  I'd  
stopped in before, but I got tired of playing through some other harp  
player's Blues Jr. & green bullet mic'd through the PA.  Too much  
distortion for me.  So. I decided to bring in my own tube amp to play  
through.

Anyway, I set the SRRI volume at the sweet spot (which, for me is 7,  
going into the #2 input of the reverb channel and having swapped out  
the 1st two preamp tubes for lower gain).  I used the volume control  
on my 545 Ultimate to set playing volume, and didn't mic the amp.   
Now, some of the guitar players there get aggressively loud when  
things start to rock hard. One of the loudest politely asked me if i  
would turn down my amp a little.

Great tone, articulate response, good projection and certainly more  
than enough volume available.  Those four 10s move a lot of air.  i  
haven't played out with this amp since i got my 545 Ultimate last  
year, but setting the amp volume for optimum tone and controlling  
performance volume w/ the VC on this mic seems to be a very practical  
and effective way to do it.  And I certainly didn't get washed out by  
the guitars.  Fun experience.

FWIW.

JP