[Harp-L] Meteor Amp

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

A local harp player I know plays through a Meteor amp using a bullet  
mic.  Very nice guy. I've sat in with his band before, and played  
through this amp using his bullet mic. Well, I went out to listen to  
his band last night.  Knowing that bullet mics are not my preference,  
he very graciously offered to plug my 545 Ultimate into the Meteor  
between sets when he invited me to sit in.  He also showed me what  
the control knobs do and said I could feel free to re-adjust them.

There is a dramatic difference using a 545 and using a bullet with  
this amp.  The amp is much more articulate using the 545.  There's a  
limit to how much a player can adjust the settings of an amp  on the  
fly during a performance as the band is playing, but it was clear  
that it's possible to dial in a wider range of tones playing through  
a 545 than just the very dirty sound one gets using a bullet.  Now,  
this amp is not made to do clean, but the range of overdriven tones  
has much more variety using the 545 than I would ever have suspected  
from using a bullet.  Very nice amp.  The sound of this  amp is not  
my sound, so I'm not tempted to get one, but it has a very nice sound  
nevertheless.  I was impressed.

I posted about playing through this amp using a bullet mic a few  
months ago.  I wondered what the amp would sound like using a 545.   
Now I know.  Very cool sound.

FWIW

JP