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DATE: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 13:03:14 CDT
From: Philip Morgan
Subject: A few questions

I have a few questions concerning harmonica microphones:

1) There is a certain raw, distorted, saturated harmonica sound that I have heard in
several recordings. The first example that comes to mind is Kaiser and
Manfield--two blues guitarists who have this particular harp sound on their
recording. Is this sound a result of the harmonica, the microphone, or an
amplifier?
2) I have a suspicion that the answer to the above question is that the
distorted sound is result of the microphone. In reading recent posts, I have
heard the term crystal microphone tossed around a bit. Is this the type of mic
that will produce the sound I'm after? Are the Shure Green Bullet and the Honer
Blue Bullet of this type?
3) Finally, I had the thought that perhaps an old telephone mouthpiece (not
the _really_ old kind that have to be cranked but on old rotary dial tyoe) might
have a crystal microphone in it. Could this be used to construct a Green
Bullet-type microphone?

I'm sorry this post is so long, but I wanted to be precise. Thanks very much
for any help you can give me with this question.

Philip.