Ted Van Beek on the Hering Golden Sound
Ted van Beek’s reviews of double-reed harmonicas are well worth a look if you’re considering buying one of these unusual instruments. Here’s Ted’s take on the Hering Golden Sound.
Ted Van Beek on the Hohner 53/48
Ted van Beek’s reviews of double-reed harmonicas are well worth a look if you’re considering buying one of these unusual instruments. Here’s Ted’s take on the Hohner 53/48.
Here's a few louder (not necessarily better, but BIGGER!) amp setups!
Okay, you’ve been running a 5 watt tube amp. Â You like the sound, and now you want something bigger. You’ve tried running a line out from the amp to the PA mixer, and it works fine, but you just want control, man, you just…
Alternate Tunings? Try Pat Missin's Altered States
Pat Missin is a UK-based harmonica technician and player whose modified and retuned instruments are used by some of the best players in the business. Pat’s incredible research into alternate tunings for diatonic harmonica is documented in his freeware publication Altered States, which to our…
First steps to my new band
I’m meeting next week with Jerome Harris, the guitarist who backed me on two cuts on “the second Act of Free Being”, to discuss a new band. I plan to bring records by Morphine, Hazmat Modine, and the White Stripes to that meeting. I don’t…
RP200 Patch for Harmonica: Boutique Amp with "Pong" Delay and Chorus
This patch combines a Boutique Amp Model setup — a useful “hard” amp model for harmonica on the Digitech RP200 (my favorite), RP100, and RP300 — with a long ping-pong delay and a touch of chorusing. The overall effect is a big, animated “stadium” sound,…
RP200 Patch for Harmonica: Blackface Amp with Phaser
This patch combines a basic Blackface Amp Model setup — a very useful “soft” amp model for harmonica on the Digitech RP200 (my favorite), RP100, and RP300 — with a Phaser effect. The Blackface amp model in the RP200 is a crisp, punchy, but not…
Got a Jones for Gear? Read This
It occurred to us recently that lots of players we know seem to constantly buy new gear, and some of those players don’t think much about how to get more out of the gear they’ve got. With that in mind, we’ve put together a few…
Tom Ball on Acoustic Little Walter
Tom Ball, besides being one of the top acoustic harmonica players working today (as visitors to our Pro Pages know well), is also a harp scholar, and a great student of the masters. Tom recently posted this message about Little Walter’s acoustic harp work to…
Tom Ball’s Advice on Getting a Clean Harmonica Sound
Tom Ball is one of the top acoustic harmonica players working today, as visitors to our Pro Pages know well. Tom posted this message to the Harp-L list recently; it’s re-posted here with Tom’s permission. (Don’t ask what we had to do to get it…
