HARP AMPS... TIPS & HINTS ON GETTING GOOD TONE.
MUCH INFO CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB (SOME GOOD SOME BAD) ON GETTING GOOD TONE, BEST AMPS, DESIGN, E.T.C. AS AN AMP TECH & HARP PLAYER I HAVE DONE LOTS OF RESEARCH, I HOPE THE FOLLOWING INFO WILL BE OF USE TO PLAYERS & TECHS
IT IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT PLUGGING YOUR HARP MIKE INTO ANY VALVE GUITAR AMP WILL GIVE YOU GOOD CHICAGO TONE, GUITAR PICK UPS HAVE A MUCH LOWER OUTPUT THAN HARP STYLE MIKES, SO MOST GUITAR AMPS HAVE TOO MUCH GAIN, LEADING TO THE DREADED FEEDBACK, ALSO THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE FOR GUITAR IS VOICED WIDE, FOR HARMONICA WE NEED THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE TO BE LIMITED TO THE BASS/MID RANGE, (THIS IS WHY WHEN USING A GUITAR AMP FOR HARP WE HAVE THE BASS UP, A BIT OF MID & THE TREBLE OFF)
THE OPTIONS FOR GETTING GOOD HARP TONE ARE;
CHOOSE A GUITAR AMP WHICH IS HARP FRIENDLY - THERE ARE MANY AMPLIFIERS WITH JUST 1 OR 2 GAIN STAGES WHICH ARE GOOD FOR HARP WITH NO OR VERY LITTLE MODS, THE EARLY TWEED FENDERS, THE CHAMP, PRINCETONE, AMPS BY SILVERTONE, GIBSON, MAGNATONE, SUPRA, HARMONY, ALL GIVE GOOD TONE,
HAVE A GUITAR AMP MODDED - NOT ALL AMPS ARE SUITABLE FOR MODDING, FOR FURTHER ADVICE ON MODDING FOR HARP FEEL FREE TO PHONE / EMAIL.
TO SEE MY CUSTOM BUILT HARP AMPS + MODS
IT IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT PLUGGING YOUR HARP MIKE INTO ANY VALVE GUITAR AMP WILL GIVE YOU GOOD CHICAGO TONE, GUITAR PICK UPS HAVE A MUCH LOWER OUTPUT THAN HARP STYLE MIKES, SO MOST GUITAR AMPS HAVE TOO MUCH GAIN, LEADING TO THE DREADED FEEDBACK, ALSO THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE FOR GUITAR IS VOICED WIDE, FOR HARMONICA WE NEED THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE TO BE LIMITED TO THE BASS/MID RANGE, (THIS IS WHY WHEN USING A GUITAR AMP FOR HARP WE HAVE THE BASS UP, A BIT OF MID & THE TREBLE OFF)
THE OPTIONS FOR GETTING GOOD HARP TONE ARE;
CHOOSE A GUITAR AMP WHICH IS HARP FRIENDLY - THERE ARE MANY AMPLIFIERS WITH JUST 1 OR 2 GAIN STAGES WHICH ARE GOOD FOR HARP WITH NO OR VERY LITTLE MODS, THE EARLY TWEED FENDERS, THE CHAMP, PRINCETONE, AMPS BY SILVERTONE, GIBSON, MAGNATONE, SUPRA, HARMONY, ALL GIVE GOOD TONE,
HAVE A GUITAR AMP MODDED - NOT ALL AMPS ARE SUITABLE FOR MODDING, FOR FURTHER ADVICE ON MODDING FOR HARP FEEL FREE TO PHONE / EMAIL.
TO SEE MY CUSTOM BUILT HARP AMPS + MODS
