Hoping to pick the brain of some long-time blues harp players out there.
I have been trying to record a cover of the Joe Walsh tune "Two Sides to Every Story" here is a link to the song/sound of the harp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzvkqq9BOdI
If anyone could help and shed some light I would greatly appreciate it. I bought a couple of harps already but neither of them sound remotely close to the smooth/full sound of the harmonica used on the song. Also, if anyone has any ideas as to the amp and/or effect used I would appreciate that as well.
So is it a harmonica of some sort, and if so, what kind? Sorry, don't mean to be so naive, starting to play a couple of years ago (primarily a guitarist). Just trying to find the same/similar sounding instrument.
To me, it sounds like a regular diatonic harp that is distorted with some sort of wha-wha effect (I am not familiar with amped effects much). The riffs that are being played are played legato and rely heavily on bend notes which adds to the sound.
This is not very difficult to play. It sounds like it's mostly happening between holes 2 to 4.
I think the important thing here is that while the notes are not crisp, the groove is. The harpist slides somewhat lazily into each note (legato) but the beat is bang on. ----------
