The Caline Old School Reverb: Good for the (low) price
Don’t blow so f—in’ hard!
The people who blow their harps out frequently don’t like to be told that the reason their harps fail is that they’re playing too hard. But that’s the only reason why anyone burns through a lot of harps. The ONLY reason. So if you’re burning…
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“Lightnin Bounce” live
Electric Harp Looping and Improvising, May 2021
In the last few weeks I’ve done a bunch of looping, working on stuff with beatbox, synth bass, and two harp parts. More than two starts to lose its tough. Amyway, I like where this iss going. See if you do too. “G Minor Ostinato…
Improvised Harmonica Solos, May 2021
I improvised solo pieces for close to half an hour with a Kongsheng Bluebird harmonica a week or so ago. I liked it when I heard the recording, so here’s the entire session, start to finish. The pieces ae all improvised. Enjoy.
Stay tuned for the comb tests!
I posted to Facebook a couple of weeks ago about my experiences with different comb materials on my diatonics. Not long after, and based in part on my experience with metal and aluminum combed harps, I ordered a few brass and acrylic combs from Tom…
Richard Hunter jamming harp at the Acoustic, Black Rock, CT 30 Sep 2019
Digging the iStomp again
I recently decided that taking my Joyo American Sound to jams by itself is not enough. I wanted a battery-powered delay too. My first inclination was to order a used delay pedal. Then I decided instead to try loading one of Digitech’s delay pedal models…
What every player (including a novice) should know and do about harp setup
I read a lot of posts on Facebook from people who have bad experiences with harmonicas right out of the box. These people complain that the harp is out of tune out of the box (which I agree is bad), reeds break (FYI, you’re blowing…
