# 3 I think it had a flake in it .. Plinked it out running like a scalded dog for 3 yrs now only had to replace the #1 draw last year to the date of this show ...i got it running minutes before we went on ....I think my lo F dont like the Hot aug blues fest .... ---------- Have Harp Will Travel
I always have backup (or even two) for all harmonicas I gonna play at gig? not always have backup for odd kyes (B, Db, E, F#). ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
I agree with Boris. I can't imagine going on stage without a backup set of of the 8 most used keys. A reed can blow out, or, more commonly, a reed can jam. This is especially so with custom harps where the tolerances are tighter. So, IMHO, in order to be professional about a performance, one needs to be prepared for such contingencies
Switch to to your regular F. Don't tell me you don't carry one of those. Hell Low F 's are always a little touchy and anyways regular F's are great. Think of Pontiac blues by Sonny Boy. Like Boris, I always try to carry two of every key ( except the lesser used F# B and maybe Db).
i love a Bb in 3rd rather than a low F in 2nd. Deak you could prolly teach me a thing or 2 about low F in 2nd! i DO like the low F in 3rd- a lot! been using that instead of a C in a lot of material both with Jolene and at jams and gigs with Big Red.
by the way Deak the Bassman and bullet is a total killer set of tools in your hands!
Chops wise your time with James Cotton was well spent imho.
High harps can be sweet and funky, just need another resonance in mouth ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
I would have kicked over the guitar player's amp and then would've thrown the bass through the bass drum. No way anyone would have noticed that my Low F was bad then, and we would get to end the gig early.
As an added bonus, the cost of a new Low F would be like nothing compared to a new amp, bass, and bass drum. Heck, I'd get two new harps!
Option #2 would be to have the guitar player get on all fours and bark like a dog. While the audience was distracted, I'd quick grab my Bb. Then I'd kick over the guitar player's amp for being such a fool.
Haha....Mike's having a good morning, I gather. Good plan-we're all in this together, and you're all going down in this ship with me! Hey, it was always a hit when The Who would destroy all their gear after a concert. ----------
Crescent City Harmonica Club Todd L Greene, Co-Founder
I used to love doing that Harp Ninja .. At the end of my show i would Kick the Fender stand alone reverb box ... then kick over my RI Baseman .. And throw my harp on the ground ....Nobody would ask for another song .in the 90's in Belmar NJ at Jason's Jazz & Blues Club .. lol ---------- Have Harp Will Travel
