Reply to: RE: harp-l-digest V9 #172 unsubscribe owner-harp-l-digest wrote: >This message contains more text than QuickMail can display. >The complete text has been enclosed as a file. > > >harp-l-digest Wednesday, May 15 2002 Volume 09 : Number 172 > > > >Subjects in this issue are: > >Juke early in the morning >NYC harmonica seminars and private instruction >stevie wonder tab >Sandy Weltman >Re: stevie wonder tab >Looking for Chord instruction NYC >Re: stevie wonder tab >Drummer/bass etc. near Florence SC? >Re: stevie wonder tab >re:Juke: early in the morning... >Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY >Turbolids >Re; Stevie Wonder tab >RE: stevie wonder tab >Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY >Luther Johnson Benefit This Sunday-Mucho Harp Content >Re: Papa Lightfoot/Sam Myers CD >Juke and the women at the bus-stop: correction >Re: Juke and the women at the bus-stop: correction >Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:28:19 -0400 >From: Glenn Weiser >Subject: Juke early in the morning > >The golden anniversary of Juke! For anyone who wants to mark the occaison >by playing the tune, here is my transcription online: > >http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/juke.htm > >Enjoy >Glenn Weiser >http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:36:13 EDT >From: BriDarle~ol.com >Subject: NYC harmonica seminars and private instruction > >Hello, >My Name is Brian McInnis. I am harmonica teacher in NYC. I have two upcoming >seminars with the learning Annex, on June Tue 11th, and Tue July 16th. >6:30-9:30 PM. > >There is a materials fee: >$12 for my Instructional Book/CD > >Bring a ten hole diatonic harmonica in the key of "C," or one will be >provided for $5. > >Learning Annex website: >http://www.learningannex.com/default.taf >1-212-371-0280 > >These seminars are beginner oriented, but I have more advanced seminars >upcoming. > >I also give private instruction, e-mail me for details. > >Thank you, >Brian > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:01:25 -0400 >From: Glenn Weiser >Subject: stevie wonder tab > >- --------------E505CE0CA48B0B935EA83FEA >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:35:42 -0700 (PDT) >> From: jazmaan >> Subject: Stevie Wonder tab >> >> Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 13:07:37 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Winslow Yerxa >> Subject: Re: Stevie Wonder tab >> >> David Fairweather asks: >> >> >What sources are out there for Stevie Wonder tab? Any >> >> >online? >> >> Then only thing I'm aware of is a solo transcribed in >> Richard Hunter's Jazz Harp. I've done plenty of my own >> transcribing, but that will see the light of day only >> in published form. >> >> Winslow >> >> - ---------------------- >> >> Yes I was aware of the solo in Richard Hunter's book. Why hasn't more
>Stevie Wonder >> tab been published? Is he asking too much money for the rights? >> > >As for a Stevie Wonder book, from an artistic point of view it would a >great idea, and I bet Winslow's tabs would be on the money, seeing as he has >previously performed the >Hurculean feat of transcribing John Popper's stuff. But I have been told
>that the ratio of sales of diatonic to chromatic harmonicas is about 100 to 1. >Rick, is this >correct? >So assuming that is right or even about right, think of how that frames the >market for a chro transcription book. I don't know how such a book, worthy as it >would be, would >sell, and that's what publishers would ask themselves. But that means it
>shouldn't be attempted. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. >From the authors point of view, transcribers are paid a flat, one-time fee >for transcriptions by publishers and do not reap the royalities from the book >sales, which are >paid to the copyright holders of the song. Transcribers get the glory, but >not much gold. That's probably why we don't see more chro transcription books out >there (oh, for a >Toots Theilman book!), and more transcription books in general. Not to >mention the fact that you can count the number of people in this country who are >capable of doing >these books accurately on the fingers of one hand (and that certainly >includes Winslow). Probably the best way to do it would be to try to buy the rights to >the material in >a lump sum and self-publish, but that takes capital. > >Glenn Weiser > >- --------------E505CE0CA48B0B935EA83FEA >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > >
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:35:42 -0700 (PDT) >From: jazmaan >Subject: Stevie Wonder tab > >Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 13:07:37 -0700 (PDT) >From: Winslow Yerxa >Subject: Re: Stevie Wonder tab > >David Fairweather asks: > >>What sources are out there for Stevie Wonder tab? Any > >>online? > >Then only thing I'm aware of is a solo transcribed in >Richard Hunter's Jazz Harp. I've done plenty of my own >transcribing, but that will see the light of day only >in published form. > >Winslow > >- - ---------------------- > >Yes I was aware of the solo in Richard Hunter's book. Why hasn't more >Stevie Wonder >tab been published? Is he asking too much money for the rights?
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As for a Stevie Wonder book, from an artistic point of view it would >a great idea, and I bet Winslow's tabs would be on the money, seeing as >he has previously performed the Hurculean feat of transcribing John Popper's >stuff. But I have been told that the ratio of sales of diatonic to chromatic >harmonicas is about 100 to 1. Rick, is this correct? > So assuming that is right or even about right, think of how that frames >the market for a chro transcription book. I don't know how such a book, >worthy as it would be, would sell, and that's what publishers would ask >themselves. But that means it shouldn't be attempted. Nothing ventured, >nothing gained. > From the authors point of view, transcribers are paid a flat, one-time >fee for transcriptions by publishers and do not reap the royalities from >the book sales, which are paid to the copyright holders of the song. >Transcribers >get the glory, but not much gold. That's probably why we don't see more >chro transcription books out there (oh, for a Toots Theilman book!), and >more transcription books in general. Not to mention the fact that you can >count the number of people in this country who are capable of doing these >books accurately on the fingers of one hand (and that certainly includes >Winslow). Probably the best way to do it would be to try to buy the rights >to the material in a lump sum and self-publish, but that takes capital. >
Glenn Weiser > >- --------------E505CE0CA48B0B935EA83FEA-- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:13:50 +0200 >From: "Andres Vicente" >Subject: Sandy Weltman > >Hi all, >the new Sandy Weltman CD "The Klezmer Nuthouse" seems full of Klezmer music, >but for those who already have this one, is this album full of harmonica >music??? > >Regards, >Andrés > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:27:27 -0400 >From: The Bernadettes >Subject: Re: stevie wonder tab > >Glenn Weiser wrote: > >> As for a Stevie Wonder book, from an artistic point of view it would a >> great idea, and I bet Winslow's tabs would be on the money, seeing as >> he has previously performed the Hurculean feat of transcribing John >> Popper's stuff. But I have been told that the ratio of sales of >> diatonic to chromatic harmonicas is about 100 to 1. Rick, is this >> correct? >> So assuming that is right or even about right, think of how that >> frames the market for a chro transcription book. I don't know how such >> a book, worthy as it would be, would sell, and that's what publishers >> would ask themselves. But that means it shouldn't be attempted. >> Nothing ventured, nothing gained. >> From the authors point of view, transcribers are paid a flat, one-time >> fee for transcriptions by publishers and do not reap the royalities >> from the book sales, which are paid to the copyright holders of the >> song. Transcribers get the glory, but not much gold. That's probably >> why we don't see more chro transcription books out there (oh, for a >> Toots Theilman book!), and more transcription books in general. Not to >> mention the fact that you can count the number of people in this >> country who are capable of doing these books accurately on the fingers >> of one hand (and that certainly includes Winslow). Probably the best >> way to do it would be to try to buy the rights to the material in a >> lump sum and self-publish, but that takes capital. >> >> Glenn Weiser > >I personally think it would be a seller, we're talking about, Stevie >Wonder, one of the most recognizable and most popular figures in >American pop music these days. Yes Toots, Popper, even Dylan and Young >are very well known harmonica players to mainstream audiences, but >Wonder has got to be one of the most succesful in a monetary sense, not >just musical. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >would be a big seller amongst not just already accomplished harp players >but novices and just people who have been "turned on" by Stevies playing >who would just purchase the book out of curiousity, even if they never >accomplish learning any of the material. Let's face it, I would wager >that many of the buyers of such musical instruction books, never ever >learn the majority of the material presented, and that the publishers >really don't care either, that they're interested in sales, period. >Yes, a Toots book would be greatly welcomed by the established harmonica >community, but how many sales would that account for? I don't think a >publisher would want to take chance on that one, but Stevie Wonder's >broad based appeal amongst the general public could very easily sell >such a book. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >would be a fairly succesful venture, it would just take someone to put >in the effort to put it together and sell the idea to a publisher. >Also, I guess how willing and cheaply, Stevie himself would sell the >transcription/publishing rights to his music. There are BTW already >quite a few standard notation Stevie Wonder songbooks on the market. > >Regards, >Don D. > >P.S., I know I would buy such a book... > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:37:40 EDT >From: BriDarle~ol.com >Subject: Looking for Chord instruction NYC > >Hello, >I got an inquiry from somebody in NYC looking for a chord harmonica >instructor. I don't play or teach chord harp, maybe somebody on the list >does? >Are there any chord harp books out there? > >Thanks >Brian > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:49:17 -0400 >From: Glenn Weiser >Subject: Re: stevie wonder tab > >The Bernadettes wrote: > >> Glenn Weiser wrote: >> >> > As for a Stevie Wonder book, from an artistic point of view it would a >> > great idea, and I bet Winslow's tabs would be on the money, seeing as >> > he has previously performed the Hurculean feat of transcribing John >> > Popper's stuff. But I have been told that the ratio of sales of >> > diatonic to chromatic harmonicas is about 100 to 1. Rick, is this >> > correct? >> > So assuming that is right or even about right, think of how that >> > frames the market for a chro transcription book. I don't know how such >> > a book, worthy as it would be, would sell, and that's what publishers >> > would ask themselves. But that means it shouldn't be attempted. >> > Nothing ventured, nothing gained. >> > From the authors point of view, transcribers are paid a flat, one-time >> > fee for transcriptions by publishers and do not reap the royalities >> > from the book sales, which are paid to the copyright holders of the >> > song. Transcribers get the glory, but not much gold. That's probably >> > why we don't see more chro transcription books out there (oh, for a >> > Toots Theilman book!), and more transcription books in general. Not to >> > mention the fact that you can count the number of people in this >> > country who are capable of doing these books accurately on the fingers >> > of one hand (and that certainly includes Winslow). Probably the best >> > way to do it would be to try to buy the rights to the material in a >> > lump sum and self-publish, but that takes capital. >> > >> > Glenn Weiser >> >> I personally think it would be a seller, we're talking about, Stevie >> Wonder, one of the most recognizable and most popular figures in >> American pop music these days. Yes Toots, Popper, even Dylan and Young >> are very well known harmonica players to mainstream audiences, but >> Wonder has got to be one of the most succesful in a monetary sense, not >> just musical. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >> would be a big seller amongst not just already accomplished harp players >> but novices and just people who have been "turned on" by Stevies playing >> who would just purchase the book out of curiousity, even if they never >> accomplish learning any of the material. Let's face it, I would wager >> that many of the buyers of such musical instruction books, never ever >> learn the majority of the material presented, and that the publishers >> really don't care either, that they're interested in sales, period. >> Yes, a Toots book would be greatly welcomed by the established harmonica >> community, but how many sales would that account for? I don't think a >> publisher would want to take chance on that one, but Stevie Wonder's >> broad based appeal amongst the general public could very easily sell >> such a book. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >> would be a fairly succesful venture, it would just take someone to put >> in the effort to put it together and sell the idea to a publisher. >> Also, I guess how willing and cheaply, Stevie himself would sell the >> transcription/publishing rights to his music. There are BTW already >> quite a few standard notation Stevie Wonder songbooks on the market. >> >> Regards, >> Don D. >> >> P.S., I know I would buy such a book... > >Don- > >Like they used to say on Tin Pan Alley, "Run it the flagpole and see who >salutes!" Oviously there's no way of knowing how it would do in advance. >I would certainly welcome such a book and probably buy one myself. > >Glenn Weiser > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:40:55 -0400 >From: "Rupert Oysler" >Subject: Drummer/bass etc. near Florence SC? > >Hi all, > >Sorry for the bandwidth, but I need to find a drummer and possibly bass >player near Florence, SC who could join us for some upcoming gigs ($$) >throughout the summer and possibly into full year. Need some versatility, as >we are an acoustic duo playing blues, folk, light rock, and some jazz >standards. Contact off list if you know of someone who wants to connect. >Thanks! (harp content: I'll be playing it!). > >Rupert Oysler >http://www.harprepair.com/ > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:38:23 +0000 >From: "Michael Peloquin" >Subject: Re: stevie wonder tab > >Don D writes: >>I personally think it would be a seller, we're talking about, Stevie >>Wonder, one of the most recognizable and most popular figures in >>American pop music these days. Yes Toots, Popper, even Dylan and Young >>are very well known harmonica players to mainstream audiences, but >>Wonder has got to be one of the most succesful in a monetary sense, not >>just musical. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >>would be a big seller amongst not just already accomplished harp players >>but novices and just people who have been "turned on" by Stevies playing >>who would just purchase the book out of curiousity, even if they never >>accomplish learning any of the material. Let's face it, I would wager >>that many of the buyers of such musical instruction books, never ever >>learn the majority of the material presented, and that the publishers >>really don't care either, that they're interested in sales, period. >>Yes, a Toots book would be greatly welcomed by the established harmonica >>community, but how many sales would that account for? I don't think a >>publisher would want to take chance on that one, but Stevie Wonder's >>broad based appeal amongst the general public could very easily sell >>such a book. I think a Stevie Wonder harmonica instructional/tab book >>would be a fairly succesful venture, it would just take someone to put >>in the effort to put it together and sell the idea to a publisher. >>Also, I guess how willing and cheaply, Stevie himself would sell the >>transcription/publishing rights to his music. There are BTW already >>quite a few standard notation Stevie Wonder songbooks on the market. >> >>Regards, >>Don D. >> >>P.S., I know I would buy such a book... >> > >Let's get Winslow published on this one! SERIOUSLY >When he's finished, he can start on the Dylan transcriptions! ;-} > >Michael Peloquin >http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/peloquin > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 23:23:55 +0200 >From: "Luca R." >Subject: re:Juke: early in the morning... > >her! > >hj
Yes, just half a century! Thankyou John, it has > >an effort > >to play that song today. What a great thought, harp brother! > > > >hj > >Yes, just half a century! Thankyou John, it has a real pleasure to see similar >feelings for the importance of that day. We have a radio program on the >main national radio that has Juke as signature tune. It burst into my car >everyday, while I'm coming home from work, oh, it's always a wonderful >impact… >:o > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:33:05 -0400 >From: "Chris Hammond" >Subject: Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY > >I currently play through a Tweed Bassman RI (have done so for about 10 >years) and like the sound pretty well. I do a few tube swaps to get a >better tone. Also, I play through a tweed Champ that has an awesome sound >although not loud enough. > >I am interested in the Kinder since I like the compressed tone that Piazza >gets on those west coast swing style tunes. The Bassman is not bad at this. > What I am really looking for is that Champ sound but at a higher cut and >volume level. > > > >>From: GoldR~ol.com >>To: dawgawntir~otmail.com >>Subject: Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY >>Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:37:01 EDT >> >>Chris, >>I am curious why you are looking for a Harp King ? Why not a Vintage >>Fender. >>I live in the Capital District and would be happy to let you try a >>Blackface >>Super or Tweed Vibrolux. >> >>If you are looking for the Chicago Sound, IMO why not use the same rig that >>originally made it. >> >>Rob Goldman >> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:09:37 -0400 (EDT) >From: "" >Subject: Turbolids > >- --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__860cad6d51488bfe729a0389cc4ac14a >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I'm certainly no harp expert, and no, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn >Express last night, but that's not gonna stop me from pitching my two cents about >Turbolids. > >I ordered via the internet site, and the three-pack of licorice/black >Turbolids arrived in less than a week. > >Harp-L-ers, these things are too simple! I bet even a guitar player could >install them in two tries. There's even directions for the rest of us. > >They're solid, they're wide open in the back and really project, and your >Special 20 will fit tight, I mean TIGHT! > >If I could spell air-go-nom-ik-al-li, I'd say they definitely fit the hand >that way, but I can't spell it, so I hope you know what I mean. > >Anyway, I'm a happy customer, and I'll probably be getting a few more in
>the future, and I ain't getting nothing from those guys what makes them, so stop >saying that and send then a little money and see if I'm crazy or not. > >I am, > >KR Larkin > > >- ------------------------------------------------ >Visit iWon.com - the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway! > >- --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__860cad6d51488bfe729a0389cc4ac14a >Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I'm certainly no harp expert, and no, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn >Express last night, but that's not gonna stop me from pitching my two cents about >Turbolids. >
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>I ordered via the internet site, and the three-pack of licorice/black >Turbolids arrived in less than a week. >
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>Harp-L-ers, these things are too simple! I bet even a guitar player could >install them in two tries. There's even directions for the rest of us. >
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>They're solid, they're wide open in the back and really project, and your >Special 20 will fit tight, I mean TIGHT! >
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>If I could spell air-go-nom-ik-al-li, I'd say they definitely fit the hand >that way, but I can't spell it, so I hope you know what I mean. >
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>Anyway, I'm a happy customer, and I'll probably be getting a few more in
>the future, and I ain't getting nothing from those guys what makes them, so stop >saying that and send then a little money and see if I'm crazy or not. >
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>I am, >
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>KR Larkin >
>Visit href=http://www.iwon.com >target=_blank>iWon.com - the Internet's largest guaranteed cash >giveaway! > >- --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__860cad6d51488bfe729a0389cc4ac14a-- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:30:42 -0700 (PDT) >From: Winslow Yerxa >Subject: Re; Stevie Wonder tab > >Glenn Wesier mentions the attitude publishers take >toward transcribers as a sort of special-purpose >lackey and not as an author. A guy at Warner Bros, >balking at my asking price for the Blues Traveler >transcriptions, declared, "I've got guys chained up in >the basement doing this for $15 a page!" But I stuck >to my guns and got my asking price, which was still >cheap for the work I had to do. Mind you, I had a very >specialized skill and the band behind me. > >As to getting the rights to the underlying >compositions, that opens another kettle of fish. The >largest music publishers - Hal Leonard, Music Sales >and Warner Bros. - all own large catalogs of song >copyrights. To do a Toots Thielemans book, for >instance, they would want to use only the compositions >that they already own. So that to do, say a book that >included all the cuts on "Man Bites Harmonica," or a >book that would bring together a collection of solos >that would make a good collection from the learning >standpoint, might prove unattractive to the majors if >it included tunes they didn't own. > >There are ways around both these problems, but there's >also the name and likeness hurdle. A great soloist may >not have any legal right to royalties from his solo >over someone else's composition (at least Music Sales >claims that this has been tested in court), but he >does have the legal right to control the use of his >name and likeness on a product, and that's how he's >going to make his money out of the project. So now, >you've got an author/transcriber, a publisher, >x-number of copyright owners/licensers, and the >artist's management to deal with. > >Eventually I'll sort these out and bring out books of >both Toots and Stevie. The market may be small but it >is real. > >Winslow > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience >http://launch.yahoo.com > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:49:36 +1000 >From: "Paxton, Michael" >Subject: RE: stevie wonder tab > >This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand >this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > >- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1FBA2.01212E30 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Maybe the solution is internet publishing? >Do the publication in the print ready format of your choice (PDF?) and make >it available for download via a simple(?) subscription system. Even with a >comfortable profit for author, intermediate ISPs and payment services the >low cost to the purchaser and accessibility of "specialty" publications >could easily offset the inconvenience of format? > > >Maybe its time for Harp-l Online Publishing Inc. ? :) > >- -----Original Message----- >From: Glenn Weiser [mailto:glen~lbany.net] >Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:49 AM >To: The Bernadettes >Cc: harp-l / foo.garply.com >Subject: Re: stevie wonder tab >Don- > >Like they used to say on Tin Pan Alley, "Run it the flagpole and see who >salutes!" Oviously there's no way of knowing how it would do in advance. >I would certainly welcome such a book and probably buy one myself. > >Glenn Weiser > >- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1FBA2.01212E30 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> >5.5.2653.12"> >RE: stevie wonder tab > > > >
Maybe the solution is internet publishing? > Do the publication in the print ready format of your >choice (PDF?) and make it available for download via a simple(?) >subscription system. Even with a comfortable profit for author, >intermediate ISPs and payment services the low cost to the purchaser >and accessibility of "specialty" publications could easily >offset the inconvenience of format?
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Maybe its time for Harp-l Online Publishing Inc. ? >:) >
Like they used to say on Tin Pan Alley, "Run it >the flagpole and see who > salutes!" Oviously there's no way of >knowing how it would do in advance. > I would certainly welcome such a book and >probably buy one myself. >
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Glenn Weiser >
> > > >- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1FBA2.01212E30-- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:05:12 -0400 >From: The Bernadettes >Subject: Re: Kinder amps in Schenectady NY > >Save yourself almost $2000 by going to Radio Shack and spending about $10 to >build a slave box that will allow you to slave the Champ through your Bassman. >Maybe not quite as nice as a Harp King and yes bit of a pain in the arse to >bring two amps to a gig, but it works. The slave box takes about a 1/2 hour to >build, you'll need a soldering iron, power drill, and some rudimentary >soldering skills. It takes a signal off of the Champs speaker, pads it to a >lower voltage that will allow you to inject it into the input of the Bassman. >Cranked tweed Champ tone coming out of your Bassman's four 10's. Not bad for >$10, get you by while you're saving for the Harp King. > >Contact me offlist for a schematic, though there are some harp websites around >with the schematic posted on them. Somebody else may know
