Well, the Bass driver always stays on. The looper is a lot of buttons, but can be limited to two, and the M13 is only used for delay, usually. I use it more for rock gigs.
Thanks for the demos Mike. The Bass Driver really added a lot of tone. I didn't know effects for Bass Guitar could be used for harp. The single notes were clear as well as the octaves. What was the bass setting on the HG2?
Great stuff Mike. Thanks for posting here and comments regarding Harp Break n Attack. Can't wait to catch one of your solo gigs. ---------- Twitter ~ BossoBrewingCo
I stumbled on the Tech 21 stuff looking up straight to PA guitar-friendly pedals. In a thread about the Blonde, the Bass DI came up. I then Googled that and harmonica and found reference to SOD using it. I then went through 100's of pics to confirm this.
A week ago, this rig sounded worse (SOD settings didn't work for me). Through my laptop, the YouTube doesn't do it ANY justice. Through my super-expensive headphones and when hearing it live, it is awesome.
I also confirmed the awesomeness at two gigs with my own ears and the ears of some reliable music people.
The way I use the DI is to make the beatboxing and bass sound good in relation to the harmonica. I use a very clean AKG D5 (thanks Superchucker77) and don't cup it unless soloing. I play one handed and the harp tends to sound "acoustic" and without much coupling. Gripped tight, it gets more "blues" flavored, but nowhere near what I get with my Ultimate 57.
When I beatbox (my weakest skill) and sing bass lines, I cup tighter and strive for coupling. The signal to the HG2 sounds like crap, which is a good thing. The PA does all the heavy lifting of the bass and drums. The HG2 is really just meant for harmonica. I hope this makes sense. The HG2 and monitor are both important.
The HG2 has a lone tone control set on 2 (my man-cave is a feedback nightmare). There is no bass control. The QSC K10 was on about 1/4 way. The HG2 was on 6 with a 12ay7. Any more and if feedsback here. At a gig, I can get to 8. The K10 sounds like my old HG50 1210. Not quite like a 410, but damn close.
I intentionally have the DI set to be dark compared to the K10, again, for the bass and beatboxing. Again, the video doesn't even come close to doing it justice.
Posting from phone on runway! Made this when I had to run home b4 picking up the fam to skip town. Feel free to embed. I can't figure that out from phone. ---------- Mike Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas VHT Special 6 Mods
I am obviously back from my trip...here is a link for the video that isn't meant for a Smart Phone.
Thanks to those who are checking this out. Double thanks for all the positive support. I am excited to do a more formal demo really soon. I need to break out my mixer and get the stompbox and vocals set-up.
