Re: [Harp-L] To Gear Or Not To Gear

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 6/28/07, Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "...Too many new players get caught up in the gear
> > before they can play much at all."

> On 6/28/07, Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx> responded:
> Wow, you must have mystical powers of perception; able to assess a player's
> skill level by reading an email at Harp-L.  It's okay for good players to
> get gear, but not those who can't "play much at all."  Amazing!  8^)
>
> Even begining players can start experimenting with gear; there is totally
> nothing wrong with that.  The notion that we need to become virtuosos 
> before
> we gear up is utter nonsense.  If a player hears a tone he likes from one 
> of
> the greats, I think it is a terrific idea to get the same gear.
>
> Look... anybody who ever wanted to play blues harp and tried it even once
> leaned quickly that it takes years of work and dedication to sound good.  
> If
> that is your point, you are belaboring the obvious.  Getting a harp rig 
> does
> not make you a better or worse player, but it gives you something to work
> with, and if that inspires a new player to practice more, then that is a
> wonderful thing.
>
> -Spec20

Look fellas-
I don't really want to hear harp that I consider to be awful any louder than 
acoustic (60dB?)
that being said, can just agree that a rig is nothing more than a personal 
PA system and we all know that even the worst of us always manges to get 
ahold of a mic plugged into a PA system!

I do want to hear bad harp players loud if they are aware they aren't that 
good, they may want to and eventually will improve. Nothing worse than a GUS 
WITH HUGE EGO. (GWHE)
---seems like a silly discussion all in all... I've always thought of 
amplified ("gear" aided) harp was a different instrument than acoustic harp. 
I have even had someone walk up to me while I was playing with a mic and 
harp cupped to my face : "what instrument is that that you are playing?"
---no awful electric guitar player should plug into an amp until they're 
good... RIGHT!

OK, I am ramblimg, see you at SPAH (Society to Prevent Awful Harping)

Michael Peloquin
http://www.harpsax.com
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