That's good stuff. For me, your version of Hendrix's Purple Haze still has my vote as the most badass though. I know that's far from your typical style, but to each his own, right?
That's just a mic and amp right? So that's you making it sound like that!! I have played through a re-issue Bassman Chris and I've never got it to sound anything like that. Like Jbone says...just like a trumpet ot trombone..that's a beautiful sound.
it's all in the tubes, personal resonance factors and how you cup the mic.
the preamp tubes in the amp are 12ay7 12ax7 12ax7
I'm not a fan of bullet mics because they are too big. Now if I were a Nephilim then cupping a bullet wouldn't be an issue. The small ball mics like the re-10 EV 660 or SM57 are perfect for what I do because I can really push the sound into the amp and distort the hell out of it.
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Not to cause controversy,but I find that kind of blues groove very boring. The whole band played excellent,but it seems its very limiting musically. I've encountered it way to often in open stage jams. Just a framework for one long guitar solo after another. If I had to play that all the time,blues would bore me,too. Just my opinion,don't want to tick anybody off.
it's why I don't like blues Tuckster. I haven't been a fan of guitarists for a very long time unless they are very unique. I don't remember that cut exactly but I know now the guitarist wanted to sit in and plays some blues.
well, if you get kicked in the ol' nards enough times anyone can play blues.
Honestly, like it or not, every harps needs to have their blues chops together. You'll always encounter a situation where you will need to play blues as a harp player. I think all harp players need to know a bit of country music. You saw me demonstrate that at Hope's place.
If you're going to get work as a harp player then you need to know a few things like Blues, country and cowboy songs. Also there are two song every harp player needs to know without exception. Happy Birthday and Amazing Grace.
Once your tool box is filled up with that stuff then you can branch out into other styles.
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Buddha said:"Also there are two song every harp player needs to know without exception. Happy Birthday and Amazing Grace"
I eould also like to add, "The Wedding March" a.k.a. "Here comes the Bride" Don't expect it to play it FOR a wedding, but you go to so many of them, it puts a smile on the people when you all are are standing around.
That wonderful horn-like sound you get seems to be more that just the amp and mic and personal resonance--seems like there might be a difference in the way you attack the notes--a kind of scooping alternating with a hard "ta." Does this seem accurate to you?
I don't know Ray, it's hard for me to dial in what I am doing exactly. I know I definitely attack each note with great fervor. I believe a note has three points.
The beginning, middle and end. As dumb as it sounds, each point can be manipulated and add dynamics to your playing. Sometime I swell into a note and softly trail out or I cut into a note and end it just as quickly.
A Nephilim? I'd never heard that term before so looked it up in the dictionary and it says it's an old hebrew term for a giant race of people who lived in biblical times. Goliath was one. Well you learn something new every day. You truly are an educator Chris. So what kind of harmonica did these guys play? Was it really these big guys blowing their blues harps. that knocked down the walls of Jericho?
Oldwailer...I know exactly what you mean by the attacking the notes...it's a very sutble thing, not the great honks that I usually play. I was listening to some Miles Davis this afternoon and that's what Chris's playing remnds me of.
That was cool,Buddha. I love the Cobham albums from that era. Saw Mahavishnu twice,once with J. Geils Band as the opener. LOL The first time I saw them--after the first songs,5 seconds must have passed in silence before the applause started. It was that stunning. The communication between the musicians was near telepathic.
Thanks,Chris. I'll be listening (and copying) that for awhile. So if I find myself at a jazz jam,3rd position is a safe bet? I know you're going to say 12th,too. LOL I've got a long way to go on that position.
