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From: Pete Brunelli
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:00:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Harp Amps

At 11:20 PM 8/28/96 GMT, you wrote:
> Hello all. I'm new to the Harp-L mailing list, and I hope you
>all will forgive me if I am bringing up a whorn out topic. I am
>looking for a harp amp, and was wondering what you all would suggest.
>I have been using just a plain old microphone, and an amp, but that
>just wasn't cutting it. A guy at the music store said the reason why
>I was blowing out so many harps was because I was wailing to hard and
>I didn't have a good enough Harp amp. I'm looking to spend somewhere
>in the 250.00 price range... is there any hope that I can find a
>decent one at that price?
>

I just played through a new fender pro-jr. It is a single 12" combo with a
very nice 30 watt tube amp. I have been looking over the schematic for a
week or so, and may integrate some of the elements into my next homebrew
amp. I think that the price is right in the ballpark, and it is pretty damn
loud. As an additional tack, look for a decent amp head, like a music man
or a sunn. Sometimes they can be had on the cheap and sound great through a
small pa or bass cabinet.

As for the guy at the music store.... maybe and maybe not. You are gonna
blow out harps anyway. What kind of band and playing space is common for
you. If you are paying clubs and trying to get over a guitarosaurus, good
luck, he'll probably just turn up more.

Lastly, here in CT we have a few shops that always have a supply of used
guitar amps, many of them are fab harp amps. Look for the smaller shops for
better deals. Also, look for the stuff that guitar players pass over like
Peavey, Music Man, and the like.

Good Luck,
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Pete Brunelli p~onnix.com http://www.connix.com/~pcb
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