Re: [Harp-L] Recommendations for an affordable first amp?

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

A good "first amp"?
 
Get the cheapest "Pignose"....The smallest, battery operated one.
It's a GREAT harp amp... In my opinion... NO IT's NOT A TUBE AMP!
 
Of course, it is hopeless to gig with, except for "busking" in the  street. 
Because it is NOT very loud...
 
But... To make good music, you do NOT need to be loud.
 
I do NOT think that a blues harp player needs a "tube/valve" amp  to make 
music with.
 
Most any amp will do!. And don't waste $500 on a custom mic... My current  
mic is Chinese, and cost me just 380 Philippine Pesos.. About $8 USD .. Or  
£5.00 GBP....OK I've gigged with it for six months, and It will fall to bits 
 soon... Its RUBBISH.
 
Then I'll buy another one.
 
Do you think Big Walter or Little Walter paid hundreds of Bucks for their  
equipment?
OF COURSE NOT!
 
They simply used what they had.
 
THEY HAD NO MONEY to buy expensive gear.
 
Sincerely,
John "Whiteboy" Walden
 
English harp player...
Currently residing in :
Cebu City, 
Republic of the Philippines.