From the website: -------------------------------------------------- The MM Harpman pedal was designed to help working harp players solve the problems we face when confronted with an amp that may not be ideal. Guitar amps often suffer from issues that make them bad for blues harp: screaming feedback, icepick tone, no break-up, and not enough range in the tone controls to make it sound good for harp.
The MM Harpman is way more than just a feedback solution. It has controls that allow you to sculpt your amp’s sound: you can boost or cut Volume, Gain, Treble, and Bass. It will reduce the feedback, cut the harsh highs, boost the warm lows, and get you closer to that nice break-up point.
Using this pedal you can get decent usable blues harp tone from a bad amp. It may not get perfect vintage tone from a bad amp, but it will calm the amp enough that you can do your job and play the blues. You can use the MM Harpman to calm down and warm up nearly any amp, including your good harp amps.
The pedal has all analog circuits and a true bypass design.
$49 is a very nice price point for such a versatile tool for working harp players. The price will go up later, but not by much. I can think of two feedback pedals that sell for many times as much. I can think of another that sells for about the same but all it does is cut your mic volume by a set amount and offers zero adjustments.
Remember, all amps are different and they all will require a different “dialing in” on the MM Harpman pedal to get to that sweet spot. There is an easy pattern of adjustments you will need to make while using your ears to fine tune it for whatever amp you are using. It ain’t “just Plug ‘n’ Play,” but the improved tone is worth it.
We will begin shipping these pedals in about three weeks.
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http://www.memphisbluesamps.com/harpman ---------- Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
Hmmmm...sounds a bit like the Harp Tone+? In the second vid, the treble and bass are cranked on the amp it appears.
What I'd like to see is the pedal being used with a large amp at a loud jam. The MM gear tends to cut highs in general. ---------- Mike My Website My Harmonica Effects Blog
These are the setting for the pedal in the second video: https://www.facebook.com/MemphisBluesAmps/photos/p.1839003589655108/1839003589655108/?type=3&theater
It needs more testing in a real world scenario that is for sure. But that price is so tempting!! ---------- Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
Time I have heard the same. Is there any truth to this i wonder.
Also Just because it was marketed as an overdrive pedal doesn't mean it won't work as described for harp. I was going someone got their hands on one. ----------
Honestly first a disclaimer I know nothing regarding harpman. I would then hazard a guess that's a rebranded Timmy clone. I have Caline pure sky(chinese rebrand)is an absolutely outstanding pedal although I haven't tried it with harmonica but given the transparent nature of the overdrive and the bass/ treble eq I'm sure good tone can be easily obtained with it. For the real deal perhaps stick with Lone Wolf Blues Company they are legends and genuine quality circuits that can't be cloned easy
Yea Jimmy, but all due respect to LW. I'm just not 100% happy with alot of the sounds i get out of those pedals. Having said that ... I'll Never sell my Harp Attack. That's a great pedal.
Time . Following that train of thought, I was wondering if my Joyo American could do just as well at dialing out the feedback. And it did. Setting it up similar to how it is suggested to use the Harpman. Amp cranked up, Volume and gain down on the pedal. So basically your getting rid of the heavy PreAmp Distortion and only getting the Power side distortion. Unfortunately I also get the Joyo coloring the mix a little too heavily. And with the current setup im playing with I'm trying to keep it simple and just get a nice clean tube sound with a touch of Delay. So while the joyo can sound nice, in this instance it's kinda messing up the works.
Maybe (as Jimmy Said ) the key to the harpman is the transparency of the pedal.
I actually did try the Harp Break too. And in conjuction with the BBE Sonic Stomp and Boss DM2 was able to get a pretty good sound. Pretty organic.
Even though the Joyo is supposed to be all analog, I still dont like the way it colors the sound on a tube amp. I think it may have a bit to do with the speaker emulator circuit. Aswell as other things.
Because I want to shape the tone right before it goes into the amp. Shaping the complete sound of your chain.
And I usually want the my raw signal to be going through my time effect pedals. ( delay, reverb, etc.) If you have something Boosting or Lowering the signal it can sometimes sound pretty funky when you send it through a Delay pedal. It can create funky sounding loops and feedback. Or just sound dirty ( in a bad way )
Having said that, I always play with the order. Because I have found that there is no real rules. Sometimes certain combos Just Sound better.
Im no expert. Thats just what I do. 8^) ----------
Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Sep 21, 2016 12:40 PM
From all the videos and pictures of the Harpman pedal, the Volume knob is always set very low, so, I think that the antifeedback part of this pedal is the same that the Mojo pad from LW (lower input signal = more easy feedback damage control), so ofcourse that you can get the same result in that are by turning down the signal strengh right before it hits the amp.
As for distortion goes, there are alot to pedal for guitar that sounds good whit harp at home, but in a live situation they feedback fast, so maybe is a rebranded overdrive, maybe whit a couple minor tweeks but I asume that gets the job done. I bet that you can get the same effect whit the American Sound, but I always prefer a product designed for harp.
---------- Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
I do belive that it has to have some kind of tweeking, I mean at least I expect 1meg input impedance. Maybe is just faith in humanity. RD was a member here, and he seems to be a good guy. ---------- Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
FWIW, most guitar pedals have a 1M input impedance. The big differences are found in the gain structures of the circuits. ---------- --Nathan Heck General Manager, Lone Wolf Blues Co. customerservice@lonewolfblues.com
Used a Harpman for 1st time in electric blues gig in medium venue on a bone stock Fender Blues Deluxe, with settings per MMs instruction page. Usually everyone says "Turn it up"...and I can't. This time everyone said "Turn it down". I felt my tone improved marginally, too. Well worth the low price.
