I can't vouch for the Lone Wolf Tone+, but I have the Lone Wolf Harp Attack and Harp Delay and they are outstanding. It is my understanding that all of Randy's harp pedals are designed specifically for harp. That being said, they are built to help your harp playing sound better and they seem to do a great job of that...whatever he is doing, it works!
I kind of wonder about this too. I run my harp mic through a Boss ME-20 multi effects peddle. It has a nice EQ feature to chop out the highs, and I can add delay, reverb, gain, compression, chorus, etc as needed. If my mic doesn't have a volume knob I use the volume pedal instead. You can save different presets and have one for solo's, one for comping, etc. and just change them with your foot. I can go stereo out and use two smaller amps like Adam does. The whole thing is about the same price as the Tone+
The Mic inputs on my Behringer MX802A are electronically balanced so not sure there will be a matching issue with my crystal mics..I am going to try it now to see if I lose any signal. I know running a mic through my BBE two timer is awesome with a crystal as it has a high impedance input and lower output impedance which matches the input impedance on my vintage amps better. For my Shure CM or CR there is not difference.
Last Edited by on Mar 16, 2011 1:45 PM
I've got a Harp Tone+ pedal. It's a useful tool, when using amps that are not considered good harp amps. They are of marginal use when using amps tuned for harp. It really fattens up higher key harps.
It also enabled me to use ultra-cheap harp mics like the Shure 520DX. I used the Harp Tone+ with the 520DX into a Harpgear Double Trouble in this video.
I also used that pedal with a solid state Peavey Bandit. It helped out quite a bit and I was able to get some good sounds out of the combo. I've used it to boost the bottom and cut the brightness out of an old Valco amp. This amp has no tone control and can be quite bright.
I'm a fan of the pedal. It can boost the bottom end. It can cut the high frequencies. It will allow the user to crank an amp to the volume range where it sounds good and control the volume from the pedal. It also does impedence matching for crystal mics. It is quite versatile.
I never considered buying a EQ pedal, but I am glad that I bought the Harp Tone+.
