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From: harp11~ol.com
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:44:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Mic & Amp.

On Tue Apr 13 20:33:16 1999 CDT, Greg Dyer wrote:
>Out of curiosity I visited my local music shop (who have a very limited
>range of harps BTW), and asked about which Amps and Mics they recommend for
>harp players.
>
>Without hesitation they pointed at the Green Bullet 520DX for NZ$299 and the
>Jansen Entertainer 30 NZ$525. To me thats a fair bit of dosh.
>
>I have never performed, but I'm toying with the idea, figured if I learnt to
>use the mic before making a fool of myself, and I'm wondering whether to go
>whole hog off the bat and only have to set my self up once with expensive
>goodies. Or to go for something second hand and loads cheaper.
>
>They didn't have a Jansen on site, but they said the Jansen Entertainer is
>not an amp I'd grow out of. Its got two inputs (instrument & voice),
>rechargable battery built in, 12" speaker and apparently good quality. I
>know if one is looking various tonal qualities, warmth etc, that tube amps
>are the way to go. I figured the Entertainer wasn't a tube amp ?
>
>Any comments, recommendations ?
Yep ..I wouldnt spend all that..You can get a good green bullet or jt-30 for 100.00 if you hunt..A blues blaster is the same as a JT-30 ..some may argue that..but the astatic company told me they are the same mic.also just about any tube amp is great for harp..esp. ones with a ten or twelve inch speaker...you can get those for 400.00 or less..I seen pros show up at a gig with very small amps and sounded great...I tried tons of amps and settled for the fender blues deluxe..to me the green bullet sounds more harder sound and solid and the blues blaster is more the actuall sound of the harp..just my opinion but I like it.Ron http://members.aol.com/harp1119/harp.html