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A harp pedal for a crunch tone?
A harp pedal for a crunch tone?
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marine1896
441 posts
Oct 17, 2015
9:09 AM
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'Just as Lee Oskar had it back in the day, before he fell into the pedal abyss.) '
hee hee...I like that.
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Barley Nectar
932 posts
Oct 18, 2015
9:05 AM
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Crunch: Overdriven, distortion, breakup....
This can be achieved with gear to a certain extent. Light speakers with small magnets will give crunch. Cheep amps with small output transformers will give crunch. Master volume amps can give you crunch. The Bad Monkey OD pedal can give some crunch, I have one. The LW Harp Break will give crunch on a clean amp but I didn't care for it. I just bought an Aiwa DM-14 mic. It is a dirty little bastard, crunchy for sure! ...BN
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blueswannabe
579 posts
Oct 21, 2015
9:39 AM
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I question the use of too many pedals. Cupping technique, mic, speaker and amp, as well as playing technique (timing, tone, phrasing, chords, double notes) make a far greater difference. Overtime, at least for me, i use fewer pedals.About half the time, I may have only have one of the following pedals that is actually switched on and in use: reverb, delay, or distortion. The other half, I may go dry. Whether I go dry depends on the amp choice, the speaker, and the song. Am I using a kalamazoo or a champ(plenty of distortion) or the mission 32-20 (cleaner at lower volumes). Volume is also a consideration. The mission 32-20 distorts at higher volumes. But the real test is, "does it sound good, (regardless of how many pedals you are using) or not?" If yes, who cares how many pedals you have switched on. There are way too many variables. The most improtant is, it either sounds good to the audience or it doesn't. Notwithstanding, I try to sound as best as I can with no pedals on. In fact, it is vastly more important to sound your best acoustically. That's the real challenge to me.
Last Edited by blueswannabe on Oct 21, 2015 9:46 AM
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barbequebob
3045 posts
Oct 21, 2015
9:56 AM
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I'm among those who DESPISE crunch pedals and master volume controls because it takes away from dynamic touch and that also comes from something most players fail MISERABLY to learn and that's breath control and what most players aren't smart enough to understand is that what you think sounds cool and crunchy when your standing less than 5 feet away from the amp that when you'e about 20 or more feet away, everything you play loses definition and sounds horribly muddled and to me, if you need that, you're just trying to cover up really poor playing technique more than anything else and waste more money in the process than getting real skills together.
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hvyj
2807 posts
Oct 21, 2015
10:03 AM
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@blueswannabe: It's not an either/or. If you use pedals that are harmonica friendly and respond to technique you can use variations in cupping/mic grip, breath control, phrasing, double stops, variations in oral resonance chamber, etc. to "play" the pedal similar to how you use those techniques to play without pedals. I play both with pedals and without pedals.
Last Edited by hvyj on Oct 21, 2015 10:11 AM
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hvyj
2809 posts
Oct 21, 2015
10:15 AM
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@bbqbob: I don't disagree with what u are saying, But I've always thought that distortion in general tends to mask tone (or lack thereof). But so do effects pedals,
Last Edited by hvyj on Oct 21, 2015 10:16 AM
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