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Greg Heumann
1860 posts
Nov 29, 2012
11:21 AM
RJ Mischo was in town a few weeks back and had several harp players up with him to close the show, including Phil Berkowitz, Joe Lempowski, Gilberto Arredondo. We all traded through my Sonny Jr Avenger amp with BlowsMeAway wood mic - and had a bunch of fun!








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Rick Davis
936 posts
Nov 29, 2012
2:38 PM
Very nice!

You just can't beat a big amp. Everybody sounds great, especially you, Joe and that tall guy. Phil Berkowitz?

Who is the guitar player in the black shirt?

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Last Edited by on Nov 29, 2012 2:41 PM
Mojokane
621 posts
Nov 29, 2012
6:41 PM
tooooo much fun!!

Nice amp, too.

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Joe_L
2198 posts
Nov 29, 2012
8:27 PM
Bob Welsh. He currently plays with Elvin Bishop. He used to play with Mark Hummel and others. He's as bad as they get! I love playing with that dude. He nails the whole Robert Jr thing.

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Frank
1518 posts
Nov 30, 2012
3:48 AM

Oh yeah...That's some big boy KNOCKOUT tone there gents...Anyone out there lookin for a blues harp Amp/Mic combo obviously need to look no further, SHAZAMMM!!!
Tuckster
1195 posts
Nov 30, 2012
9:08 AM
I've said it before. I want to move to where you guys live!
KingBiscuit
204 posts
Nov 30, 2012
3:17 PM
Hey Greg, Great video. Man, the rig sounded fantastic! Are you playing through your Avenger? If so, do you mind sharing how you had it set up? Were the channels bridged? Knob settings, etc.

Thanks,
Dan
Greg Heumann
1863 posts
Nov 30, 2012
3:47 PM
@King

Yes - that was the Avenger.

Normal 2 bridged to Bright 1.
Normal volume 7
Bright volume 4
Treble 6.5
Mid 2
Bass 2

I probably had my Wet reverb pedal on too - just a hint of reverb.
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/Greg

BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
TetonJohn
10 posts
Dec 01, 2012
10:04 AM
While you're at it, Greg, what element? -- might as well tell it all!
(Well, I guess "all" would include tube configuration and bias #'s , but I'll leave that for someone else to ask!)
Greg Heumann
1867 posts
Dec 01, 2012
11:02 AM
That's a Black label CR element.

As for tubes - all modern stuff in the power circuit:

EH 5U4 rectifier
Groove Tube 6L6's - biased about 28ma

All bitchin' old cool stuff in the preamp circuit

V1: RCA (I think - mostly illegible but has their color paint) 5751
V2, V3: Sylvania 5963's - these are comparable to 12AU7/ECC82 tubes


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/Greg

BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
TetonJohn
11 posts
Dec 01, 2012
11:18 AM
Thanks, Greg.
BTW, last gig was a Greg H. Cocobolo Brush Crystal through a Greg H. Kali II -- pure Greg H! (except for the Kinder AFB+ and Lone Wolf Harp Delay in the chain.) ROCKED! Tnx.
(Also,BTW, I've got a 10F150-O in the Kali -- not what most folks would suggest -- but I LOVE it -- it's loud and allows more play with the Tone knob.)
Be well.
Rick Davis
947 posts
Dec 01, 2012
11:21 AM
Greg- I have one of those vintage Sylvania 5963 tubes. Very nice sounding low-gain tube. Bruce Collins gave it to me to try. Great for a Bassman-type amp.

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Joe_L
2200 posts
Dec 01, 2012
11:42 AM
Greg - was that the you made for RJ? That's a good one. What sort of cables are you using these days?

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Greg Heumann
1868 posts
Dec 01, 2012
11:51 AM
Hi, Joe

I think we used my mic that night - although RJ's mic is set up exactly the same. As for cables- I make cables and use Belden CBI Made In The USA cable.
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/Greg

BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
Joe_L
2202 posts
Dec 01, 2012
12:17 PM
Do you still put that tone enhancing stuff in the heat shrink tubing?

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Greg Heumann
1872 posts
Dec 02, 2012
8:44 AM
Yes, Joe, that's correct. There's also a resonating encabulator in the microphone grill.
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/Greg

BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
HarpNinja
2939 posts
Dec 03, 2012
9:00 AM
I listened without watching who was playing. Then I listened again watching who was playing. Then I gave it a third go randomly skipping around to different places.

Conclusion that is totally not related to sharing an opinion on the quality of playing, is that that rig sounded strikingly similar from player to player. Enough so for me to conclude that this is a great example of gear making a difference in tone. By the the insistence of many, and I am not making a straw man argument here in saying that everyone who has posted on this thread has state such, it should have readily been apparent who was playing, but it wasn't.

Everyone sounded like they were playing a wood mic into the same Bassman-type amp.


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Joe_L
2207 posts
Dec 03, 2012
10:26 AM
Mike - Aside from Gilberto, I've been on stage with these guys on multiple occasions. Aside from Gilberto, I seen each of these players frequently. This is probably the closest, we have ever come to sounding alike.

Do you hear a difference in this video a shot.



By the way, thanks. If I sound similar to RJ, Greg, Phil and Gilberto, I guess I must be doing something right. Those guys are all solid players.

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HarpNinja
2941 posts
Dec 03, 2012
10:43 AM
I didn't think that sounded to unalike either. It is more distinguishable than the first clip, but again, I think both vids serve as evidence that gear, in fact, changes tone. Both clips are good examples because they are the exact same rigs and a lot of the playing overlaps stylistically.

I might be way off, but this second clips sounds more compressed and maybe has less fidelity? The biggest audible difference in the three players is note choice and attack, but not timbre.
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The Iceman
531 posts
Dec 03, 2012
10:35 AM
question about Bob Welsh - guitar player.

Is he a Brit? If so, yes, he is very good player. Met him through Mark Hummel's 90's tours.
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HarpNinja
2942 posts
Dec 03, 2012
10:44 AM
I might be way off with this assessment. Technically, if all the artist were striving for the same tone, then we'd expect them to sound alike. I guess a better "experiment" would be to have players with very different acoustic sounds to begin with?

Edited - changed "." to "?"


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Last Edited by on Dec 03, 2012 10:47 AM
Joe_L
2208 posts
Dec 03, 2012
11:35 AM
Bob is an American. I believe he is originally from Louisiana. He's a good piano player, too.

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Last Edited by on Dec 03, 2012 11:37 AM


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