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Yeah! Another stupid idea.
Yeah! Another stupid idea.
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tookatooka
309 posts
Jul 21, 2009
6:55 AM
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Toying with the idea of getting a Roland Microcube. I thought it would be great to run it on battery power and set it up on the rear of my bicycle and use a harness for my harp. That way I won't annoy the neighbours but could annoy the whole of London Town.
But seriously. If you have a MicroCube maybe you could help me out with a couple of answers.
1. Do you use the Mic Switch setting for harp as it has six or so options?
2. If using a harp and switched to mic, can you still get the delay effects etc or are the effects only for guitar or do they go through the mic too?
3. If I input a cassette player to provide a backing track, and I wanted to add a reverb to the harp would the backing track be reverbed also? What I'm looking for is an unadulterated backing track sound with only the harp affected by the reverb setting.
Many thanks for any input. Oh! and by the way, I am deadly serious about the idea of mounting the Roland on my bike. Once I get over my stage fright, I'm going to be out there, busking. I'm thinking about recharging the batteries through a dynamo system.
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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mickil
392 posts
Jul 21, 2009
7:13 AM
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tookax2,
Sorry, but I'm not much use about these of questions. I just wanted to ask you where can peeps busk in London?
I live in Croydon, where we've got some great tunnels, which I used to use. Trouble is, now, you either get serious life-threatening shit from the beggars or the cops give you grief.
You can get a licence to busk in north end, but a) there's no acoustics; b) it's so crowded I can't bear to be there, and; c) you need to carry about 14,000,000 tons worth of gear just to be heard. Not my idea of fun.
A few weeks ago, I checked London Underground's website and it said something like, 'We are no longer accepting applications for performers' licences.' Who decides that shit? It's not their underground; it was stolen from the public as I recall so that someone could turn a profit.
Anyway, sorry, it's your thread. I'll see how this goes and maybe re-post in a new thread.
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimHarpMick
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tookatooka
310 posts
Jul 21, 2009
7:22 AM
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Hi Mickil. The most popular place would be Covent Garden but I don't know whether there is a procedure for having to be licenced like on the tube. I was just thinking about setting up anywhere. With a bike you can make a fast exit.
If my local ice cream man can legally wake those of us who like an afternoon nap at 4 o'clock every afternoon then so can I.
I wrote to my council about the number of watts that he knocks out and they said there was nothing they could do about it. Even the noise abatement people are powerless when it come to ice cream vans. Don't know why. I have to either nap around 2 or after 4, Hang on for a minute zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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RyanMortos
226 posts
Jul 21, 2009
7:54 AM
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A roland micro cube would appeal to me with its cost & portability. Would a shure SM57 microphone be a good match for harping with this? If not what microphone would in a similar price range?
You might start a new fad, bike busking :) . Add a crushed can to your bike wheel for percussion, heh.
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~Ryan
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
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geordiebluesman
198 posts
Jul 21, 2009
7:54 AM
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I have one and for the price it's great, I use it with a Bottle of blues mic so i have a real buget rig but that is fine for my playing level. For playing harp set the EFX control to R-FIER coz thats the dirtyest sound, Classic is good too but R-FIER gives that real down n dirty chicago sound we all long for!. You won't want to set the switch to mic coz R-FIER sounds so good and that setting gives you all the effects, The backing track is unaffected by the various effects but the volume is drastically reduced when the amp is trying to do to jobs at once ie amp ypur harp and backing track simultaineously so i dont bother i use my IPOD Docking station instead. I would have no hesitation in recomending one of these baby's they are amazingly loud for the size and very portable,So get on ya bike you crazy SOB!
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mickil
394 posts
Jul 21, 2009
11:04 AM
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TT, that's funny. I won't hi-jack your thread anymore, except for to say this:
One time when I was ordered to move on by the local Stasi, I said to the guy, very politely, 'Under which local bylaw are you empowered to stop me from busking here?' He said, 'I don't know exactly, but you can't play here.' I retorted, 'Well, you can't invoke a law if you don't even know which law it is that gives you this power. For all I know, you could be making it up; you can't just make laws up, you know.'
I did move eventually, but the guy was seriously out-manoeurvered and he did have to scratch his head a lot. Let me know if you find any good pitches and maybe we'll work them and blow the froth off a couple to boot, if that's OK. Good luck, Mick
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimHarpMick
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superchucker77
177 posts
Jul 21, 2009
11:44 AM
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I have a microcube. It is indeed a cool little amp. I usually use either a shure Sm-57 or a Shure Pe35H microphone. I only ever use either the Black Panel or the Brit combo setting. Classic Stack and Rfier have way too much treble for my tasts. Since the Sm57 is a pretty high gain mic, I tend to use the Classic Stack setting so that the tone has warmth, but sometimes I will use the Brit Combo if I want to get extra dirty.
With my Pe35-H, which is pretty similar to an Sm58, I use the Brit Combo setting since the mic is of lower gain than the 57. I usually have the gain knob all of the way down, unless I need extra volume. I like a bassier tone, so I don't like very much treble. I keep the tone knob at around the halfway mark, unless I need extra definition on the harp, which isnt usually a problem when using the 57.
With a good pair of batteries, the amp will stay portable for ton of hours.
As far as the effects, I will usually use some delay, since I like it a lot better than the reverb. Sometimes I will use the Chrous if I'm feeling extra cool :)
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Brandon Bailey
Superchucker77's Youtube
Last Edited by on Jul 21, 2009 11:56 AM
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Buzadero
100 posts
Jul 21, 2009
12:00 PM
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I think you need to find out what the Ice Cream venodr permit runs. If it's going to be cost effective to keep the Man off your back.....and, to give you the loophole to play as loud as you want with immunity (impunity)...you could keep a small sign on the front of a small cold box with some ice cream in it.
You never know.
Or, you could stay outlaw and use the haul-ass fallback.
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~Buzadero
Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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JoshTheMagish
68 posts
Jul 21, 2009
12:22 PM
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1. Do you use the Mic Switch setting for harp as it has six or so options?
I don't i use the fender twin model. but you could if you where playing into a mic for a acoustic tone.
2. If using a harp and switched to mic, can you still get the delay effects etc or are the effects only for guitar or do they go through the mic too?
effects work on the mic channel ( someone back me up, but im 95% sure)
3. If I input a cassette player to provide a backing track, and I wanted to add a reverb to the harp would the backing track be reverbed also? What I'm looking for is an unadulterated backing track sound with only the harp affected by the reverb setting.
does not effect the back track. I plug my mp3 player into to play along
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tookatooka
312 posts
Jul 22, 2009
2:49 AM
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Thanks Guys. I think that answers most of my questions. Much obliged.
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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