Rgsccr
99 posts
Oct 14, 2012
10:10 PM
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Does anyone have any experience with one of these amps as a harp amp? I've seen a couple on Ebay and through Surf City Amps. Thanks. Rich
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Mojokane
597 posts
Oct 15, 2012
1:10 AM
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yeah, they're tricky with feedback. And hard to get good tone and crunch. What are you after? Are you gigging? in a band? Sittin in on open mic nights?
don't do it. Get something smaller, lighter, and more portable.
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Last Edited by on Oct 15, 2012 1:11 AM
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rbeetsme
871 posts
Oct 15, 2012
8:14 AM
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I have one on a shelf somewhere. Mine is really clean and pretty loud. I haven't messed with tubes, Mojo may be right, puts out too much power to break up easily.
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Rick Davis
815 posts
Oct 15, 2012
8:41 AM
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I owned one briefly. Very heavy and dry tone. There are better choices out there...
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
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Rgsccr
100 posts
Oct 15, 2012
9:16 AM
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Thanks guys - I'll cross this one off my list. To answer Mojo - I am starting to play at open mics and jams and am exploring different ways to go. I have a Brugera V5 which I really like and may just mic it to the PA where I can, or buy a powered speaker. However, as a number of you have advocated on another thread I started about loud jams, a louder amp might be simpler - particularly for jams. So I am looking around and asking questions.
As long as I am asking questions I have another one. I have several mics - a Red Howler, an Astatic 200 and a Shure PE 585. I usually use the Astatic and it seems to work well with the Brugera. However, I noticed that I could turn the amp - both gain and volume - up higher with the Shure without any feedback issues. Just wondering why? Also, pro and cons about either mic with this type of amp.
Thanks again. Rich
Last Edited by on Oct 15, 2012 9:20 AM
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Rick Davis
816 posts
Oct 15, 2012
9:32 AM
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Rich, your little Bugera amp has a "PHONES" jack for headphones out. You can use that as a line out to the PA at your jams. Just use a regular guitar cable to connect to the LINE input in one of the PA channels. But, as we discussed in the other thread, you may have problems hearing yourself. Ask the Jam Masta to put you in the monitors just a bit.
Using the line out is way easier than mic'ing the amp up, and will sound just as good in a jam setting.
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
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Rgsccr
101 posts
Oct 15, 2012
9:34 AM
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Thanks Rick - I'll try that. Now just to make sure I know what I am doing. The speaker out line is powered and should not be used (except to passive speakers) as it will fry a powered speaker or PA, right? The headphone jack, on the other hand, is okay.
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Rick Davis
817 posts
Oct 15, 2012
9:48 AM
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That is correct. Good luck and have fun!
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
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Rgsccr
102 posts
Oct 15, 2012
10:02 AM
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Thanks Rick
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