DevonTom
96 posts
May 11, 2010
8:42 AM
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Adam that was a really ripping sound you used to get with the maxi mouse. Why did you stop using them and were there any particular problems you had with them?
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waltertore
547 posts
May 11, 2010
9:32 AM
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Is that the same kind of battery powered amp that was popular in the 80's? I used 2 when I played on the streets of brussels - one for vocals/harp and one for guitar. They were great amps- plenty loud, long battery life, easy to carry, and durable as heck. My street partner TT Fingers and I did a big festival in Belgium with mouse amps. They mic'd them and it put off a huge sound through the mains- that is what Bo Diddly said. He headlined and we saw him walking in front of the stage looking at our amps and when we got off he wanted to check them out. We had a full band - drums, bass, and horns. Walter
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Last Edited by on May 11, 2010 9:34 AM
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kudzurunner
1431 posts
May 11, 2010
9:41 AM
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I have a regular Mouse, not a Maxi-Mouse. Actually, I have two. One of them--the good one--has a kind of extra cone-piece, a raised ridge about 3/4" high coming off the cone. It's almost like a tweeter; it clearly adds an extra bit of resonance-buzz when you crank the amp up.
I like the amp, but I prefer my Kay 305 with its tube sound. Still, my Mouse is a great street amp
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kudzurunner
1432 posts
May 11, 2010
9:42 AM
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The only problem with them is that eventually the batteries wear out and you have to take the amp apart and put two new batteries in. That requires soldering.
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JDH
37 posts
May 11, 2010
9:54 AM
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"a raised ridge about 3/4" high coming off the cone"
I think you may be describing a "whizzer cone" common on organ speakers of the 60's and 70's. JD
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waltertore
548 posts
May 11, 2010
9:56 AM
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I had regular mouses too. The batteries never went dead while I owned them (about 2 years). Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" No one can control anyone, but anyone can let someone control them"
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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kudzurunner
1434 posts
May 11, 2010
7:58 PM
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Yes, I think it's a whizzer cone. That phrase may even have appeared somewhere in the original paperwork.
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DevonTom
97 posts
May 11, 2010
11:18 PM
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Thanks Adam, et al. Aye, those eighties small solid state amps really gave out a real Papa Lightfoot roar. I did some recording today with one and as you unbend into a big fat chord it sounds like hell, in a good way.
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DevonTom
98 posts
May 11, 2010
11:21 PM
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Sounds like a children's book title... Adam and the Mouse.
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Ray
195 posts
May 12, 2010
4:46 AM
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There is a Maxi-Mouse amp on ebay right now. Just type in harp amp
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DeakHarp
28 posts
May 12, 2010
10:49 AM
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I still can remember the first time i met yo..... guys in harlem playing i could hear you guys for a city block long ...I saw Satin one time on 31st st once around the corner from Pen Station and he let me sit in with him ....you werent ther that day .....
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