Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night/ Fishman Loud Box

[Burke Trieschmann <burket@xxxxxxx>]

 Sorry to hear about your experience too Dale.  Sounds like one of those dreams where you are onstage, but your instrument isn't, or you forgot to put the strings on your guitar, and also maybe to get dressed first!  :)

To take some of the mystery of working a new room out of the equation, I too have settled on the same solution as George with the Fishman Loudbox (an older, 500 W version).  I play guitar quite often with vocals and a racked harp.  On its own the two channels of the loudbox give you a guitar and separate vocal input which as George mentioned can be sent directly to the house mix.  

Another bounus is the aux input which can take a feed back from the monitor mix and combine it with the direct guitar, vocal, harp, etc., and really gives a lot of control over what I hear on stage.

I use it at smaller rooms as the solo PA speaker sometimes with a small submixer.  For larger rooms or when hosting Showcase /Open Mic performances, its a great backend,  guitar, vocal, harp, amp, etc. monitor or supplement to the mains.  

The other night I had an opportunity to play with a wonderful guitar player and songwriter (Carlos Guitarlos) at a monthly showcase.  All I had was an Audix Fireball direct into the mic channel of the Fishman, with a bit of reverb, and it was able to fill the room and keep up with the electric guitar volume.  I've been experimenting with using the RP 355 and some of Richard's Amp models presets into the same channel to open up some other tonal options.

Burke T. 




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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:15:05 -0500
From: George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night
To: Dale Dutridge <daledut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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WOW Dale,  I have had those moments in my life.  That is when I began
hauling my own sound equipment everywhere I go.  Through the years, I've
gone from large speakers out front to a very small but loud speakers (you
know that system) to now a small/powerful acoustic amp, the Fishman Loudbox
Artist.  I will always have my own mix on stage, then feed the sound board
with a line out.

Sorry to hear about this experience.

GM