geordiebluesman
65 posts
Aug 31, 2008
9:51 AM
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Hi Harpers,i thoughti would share with you a tip i picked up from a pro player who in turn picked up this trick from Paul Lamb.When playing amplified instead of placing the harp directly onto the mic,try leaving a gap of a fingers width it has an immediate and quite startling affect on the tone,bigger, fatter,louder,try it it works
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Miles Dewar
11 posts
Aug 31, 2008
7:10 PM
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Thanks forthe tip! ill be sure to experiment with that.
------ Be Positive ------
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oldwailer
174 posts
Sep 02, 2008
7:58 PM
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Good tip, Geordie--it also seems to help to cup it so tight you can feel the air sucking at your palms when you draw!
Of course, it would also help if I could afford some of the cool equipment that gets discussed around here.
I just watched Adam's lesson on amps--now I seem to have picked up another expensive hobby! Maybe I should have stayed with the drugs. . . ;)
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geordiebluesman
66 posts
Sep 03, 2008
1:15 PM
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Drugs eh!,you old devil, i once got so wasted at Glastonbury that everyone in the entire place seemed to have my dead dads face,he snuffed it when i was away on holiday and although i came home early he had shrivelled up a bit and his false gnashers did'nt fit in his gob and he looked real bad, so as you can probably imagine i did'nt do Acid anymore after that!
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SweetLips
2 posts
Sep 03, 2008
5:39 PM
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Joe Filisko recommended this same technique and I have always found it produces a bigger better sound. I keep the harp a solid 1.5-2" from the face of the mic when playing with a bullet or similar shaped mic, but the EV vocal mics are harder to keep that space and still cup well.
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