The ringtones are going up
I’ve started making ringtones out of some of my recent pieces, including my 30-second blues explosion “The Ripper”, as well as some less aggressive (still harp-saturated) pieces. You can hear them all (and buy one for yourself or someone else, if you like) right here…
New amped blues patches for the RP355/350
I realized yesterday that I hadn’t done any patches for the GS2101 Saturated Tube Preamp amp model on the RP355/350, so I cooked a couple up. This amp model has a very hard, raw sound. I coupled it with a Bassman 4×10 cabinet model, and…
RP Tip #5: How to connect the RP to everything
Connecting the RP to other gear, like your amp and your mic, is really pretty simple. You don’t need a preamp between the mic and the RP; the RP is a preamp. You don’t need a direct box between your RP and the amp or…
Back to one RP (and a looper)
I’ve stripped my setup down to an RP355 and a Digitech JamMan mono looper for a little while. On the one hand the sounds are less complex, but on the other it’s easier to focus on what I’m playing, as opposed to building complex tones…
Gear Review: Bottle o’ Blues mic
The Bottle o’ Blues (also known as BoB) mic has a very distinctive sonic character–in particular, lots of low frequency response, with a reduced high end. The mic’s element breaks up strongly when the built in volume control is maxed out, which makes it a…
RP Tip #4: Dealing with hardware failures
There are basically only two kinds of moving parts on an RP: the expression pedal, and the up/down footswitches. There are a couple of ways these break down that have easy fixes. The expression pedal can break down when the nuts that hold it in…
Check Out Clint Hoover on “East Side”
I acquired a copy of the latest CD featuring Clint Hoover, Reynold D. Philipsek’s “East Side”, at SPAH in August 2010, and had the chance to listen to it all the way through on a long drive last night. Here’s a quick summary of the…
Getting a great organ sound on harp
Here are a few of the things I’ve discovered about getting a great organ sound on harp. 1) A rotating speaker effect is necessary to get an organ sound, but in itself it’s not completely convincing. If it’s all you’ve got, better than nothing. 2)…
RP Tip #3: Sounding like an organ with 1, 2, or 3 RPs
You can get different kinds of organ sounds with one, two, or three RPs. If you have one RP: use one of my patches with a rotating speaker effect, a phase shifter effect, or a univibe effect. Work the pedal to make the rotating speaker…
RP Tip #2: using two RPs
RPs are cheap, really, when you compare the cost of an RP to the cost of a dedicated effects device that only does one thing. There are plenty of guitarists out there who use more than one effects pedal, and there’s no reason why you…
