Re: [Harp-L] Re: Digitech RP255????

[Mike Best <mike.d.best@xxxxxx>]

Wow, what a thread!  When I heard the term "tweed police" recently I didn't really know who it was referring to. Now I do

> On 19 Jun 2014, at 4:00 am, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> It's interesting to read Richard's perfectly sensible remarks, and then follow the firestorm over on Modern Blues Harmonica about Jason Ricci's use of effects to get a decidedly "modern" sound on a live rendition of Scratch My Back: 
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> http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/5467635.htm
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> Winslow
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> Winslow Yerxa
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> From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:37 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Digitech RP255????
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> 
> Great idea Mike.  Don't forget to try a couple of different mics with the RP, and make sure to run through a bunch of patches--not just the ones I put up front for Chicago blues sounds.  
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> The great thing about the RP is that you can get SO many different sounds out of the thing.  You might think "Oh, why would I do that?"--but it's really a lot of fun to turn the harp into an organ or a tenor sax, and it's not bad for harp player job security either.
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> Regards, Richard Hunter
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> Mike Fugazzi wrote:
> Any chance anyone has one on the cheap they want to unload?  If possible, I'd like to have one at the Midwest Harmonica Workshop next week for demo purposes.
> I am doing to different sessions with effects - one rock oriented, and one towards playing blues at jams.  I have Lone Wolf gear, miscellaneous pedals, and Zoom stuff.  I have used the 255 before and have Richard Hunter's patches - just not the 255 anymore.
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> I think a lot of people would be interested in hearing his patches and trying them out.  
> Thanks!
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> Mike Fugazzi
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