I am looking to make my harp sound like a baritone sax. Please share idea's and experience if you have that low tone I'm looking for. Thanks in advance.
Those superlow harps are great for baritone style licks. When we lost our baritone player (actually when we gave him his marching orders) I filled in some of his sax parts on a low G and Low Low F Seydel Session. The alternative is to use an octave pedal The electroharmonix pedals work best for chords on a harp, but since a sax doesn't play chords, you could get away using any octaver.
Use lower key chromatics (more "POP" to the note than diatonic), C-G? Single notes, tight punchy amp like Super Reverb, Twin, Concert.
Low key diatonics tend to sound more trombone-like to me?
Baritone Sax will go to the C below that on a tenor C/64 chrom and the highest note is A440Hz. ---------- www.myspace.com/markburness
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I have a SP20 LF in a turbo lid. Don't know if it's bari sax like but with a good mic and cupping technique it has a real round fat horn like bark. ---------- MBH Webbrain - a GUI guide to Adam's Youtube vids FerretCat Webbrain - Jason Ricci's vids (by hair colour!)
@Verylongusernombre Did you use an octave when you axed the sax player? I'd like my sound to go as low as possible. What octaves have you tried other than the electroharmonix?
@5F6H Thanks for the advise. What low key chromatics are you using and what do you prefer? I play through a VHT Special 6, not modded, and a few different mics. The EV 606 has more of the rounded low frequency I'm looking for. I bet the pop of the chromatic would be nice. Any thoughts?
@bluemoose I'll look into a low F to add to the quiver.
@tmf17 Love it. Great how Dennis and the Sax player alternate between high and low. Thanks for the vid.
@Framk I will work on my technique. Thanks for the advise.
I have a Hering Baritono Low C (nice to play, airtight, but very noisy windsavers) fitted with a Hohner 270 mouthpiece, a couple of Hohner 270s (Low C & D) and an Eb CX12 (was a special tuning offered by harp online.de before they went under).
I'd recommend the 270s but make sure that you buy one from someone who will ensure that it is in tune, equally happy with the CX12 performance wise, but I'm left-handed (play the right way up) so the 270's are easiest for me to convert to "sinistrals" use. ---------- www.myspace.com/markburness
With the superlow I went straight into a clean mic for the bari parts
I have and occasionally use an EH POG (the original not the POG2) it is the best for tracking chords. I've heard others speak highly of the POG2 and MicroPog.
I also own and use a Boss OC2 - it is a great sound, but like most other octavers gets confused when more than one note is played.
I once played the OC2 into the POG! Bit too much! The earth trembled!
