What’s the best choice for your first (or next) amp?
A frequent question from novice harp players is: what should I buy for my first amped setup? Some of the people reading this are going to buy an amp for themselves or someone else for Christmas, or buy one after Christmas with their Christmas money….
Video of the Day 10 January 2015: Marcos Coll and Reyharp Naufal
Marcos Coll is one of our favorite harmonica players. Check out the Video of the Day we ran not long ago featuring Marcos with Los Mighty Calacas playing a cover of Michael Jackson's "The Way You make Me Feel." He's also a longtime user of...
Video of the Day 18 December 2014: Tom Morello on “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
I love Bruce Springsteen's lyrics. I tuned in to a broadcast of the Springsteen tribute concert on PBS recently and saw this absolutely mind-blowing guitar solo by Tom Morello, who's done a lot of great work with Rage Against the Machine, on Springsteen's "The Ghost...
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…
RP200 Patch for Harmonica: Stack Amp with Whammy (pitch bend)
This patch combines a Stack Amp Model setup — a useful “hard” amp model for harmonica on the Digitech RP200 (my favorite), RP100, and RP300 — with a deep pitch-bending “whammy” effect that’s under foot-pedal control. It’s great for long, timed bends that seem to…
Richard Hunter: setting up the Digitech RP200 for performance
Harmonica players need to initialize the Digitech RP200 for every performance. It's easy. Here's how.
