From: Steve & Anne Price Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:16:12 -0500 (CDT) Subject: blues tools rack update
I tried turning taking off the triangular pieces of metal to flip them over so that I could get the angle I need on the headpiece, but he must have glued one of the allen screws in because I stripped it trying to get it out. Then I took a small rat tail file I sometimes use to abuse reeds (to make them split and crack in weird ways) and filed a couple of holes not intended to be used the way I'm using them and what I have much better but not quite perfect. Even so, I now see that there can be no perfect solution with a rack, unless I don't sing and set the harp so that I can play perfectly comfortably, but bump my chin when when I sing. It's either that or set it so that I can sing okay and then telescope my face, as on a spring, toward the harmonica. That's not quite as comfortable, but given the choice of only alienating people with my singing, alienating people with my playing, I get a compromise of both and sing occasionally bumping my chin, and play with the angle not quite right, but almost. But at least that way I alienate everyone, while banging away on my guitar. I'm currently following the California example and working on getting the cymbols between my knees, the bass pedals on my left foot, and kick drum on my right foot. A little duck tape for the kazoo and I'll be rolling.
