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Post by earleg on Mar 2, 2020 17:32:53 GMT -5
This one has been through a very rough life.
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Post by jbone on Mar 2, 2020 22:35:08 GMT -5
So Earl, is that you taking this on? I can't imagine. Of course I've never needed to do any in-depth work on a guitar. That one looks like it was in a couple wars! Past replacing strings- which takes both Jo and me- I've done very little to stringed instruments.
If I can build a shelf with a drill and a saw, or paint some stuff, I'm good. Otherwise I leave the esoterica to guys who are qualified!
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Post by whitefang on Mar 3, 2020 10:24:01 GMT -5
I'm with you Bone. Unless you want your instrument entered in an "ugly guitar" contest, don't let ME try to "fix" it. When it comes to that kind of stuff, I'm all thumbs. Whitefang
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Post by earleg on Mar 3, 2020 19:55:12 GMT -5
jbone, LOL! no it isn't me there. That guy must be good if he is at Gruhn's. I'm limited to standard maintenance, setup stuff and some electrical work.
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Post by jbone on Mar 3, 2020 20:44:57 GMT -5
That's what I get for watching with the sound off! I tried to make Jolene a diddley bow years ago and it never did work out. I also got one of those old 5 gallon jerry cans and had planned to build a HUGE sounding guitar with it but I just don't have the skills. But if you needed a crate built or some simple stuff around the hpouse I'd be your guy.
Only other close thing I ever tried was sealing harmonica combs and replacing the tiny nails with screws. It was sort of my attempt at hot rodding harps without really getting into the fine points like reed work etc. To do that stuff you need to be about half watchmaker and half trained musician. I think my halves were opposite of what I needed!
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Post by whitefang on Mar 4, 2020 10:21:06 GMT -5
Unless there's already one I haven't heard of, perhaps you can customize a harp with a pick-up built in so a player wouldn't have to stand up to the mic or juggle both a mic and harp in his hands.....
I know they make special mics for harps, but the ones I've seen still look like a bit of an encumbrance. Whitefang
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Post by jbone on Mar 4, 2020 19:02:54 GMT -5
Someone in England was making a kind of stick on very small pickup for harp some years ago. Suzuki makes a pickup that rests between your fingers with a kind of ring thing. Generally though for my purposes, I figured out how to hold a mic and harp at the same time, sometimes even one handed. There are good options in smaller sizes too. My usual work mics are about 2/3 the size of the traditional Shure Green Bullet yet have just as much power if used correctly. I don't mind a harp mic in a stand either. I have a couple- one is a standard Shure SM57- that work better if you don't have to hold them. The other is a kind precursor to the SM58, a Shure 585, which is high z so compatible with tube amps. It's a ball/stick mic and easier to manage well in a stand. I have an Astatic 332 mic, which is old and crystal and art deco and small, but the element is shot. Little chance of finding one to replace it due to its size. The shell is made of aluminum or alloy and is small and light, very easy to hold and cup.
Greg Heuman makes his own elements these days and puts them in his half size shells. Rave reviews from most people. He also makes a kind of slip on shell for SM57 and 58 and will cut those mics down and more or less bulletize them.
I have a friend in Oregon, he is working on improving harps and also he has begun a line of mutes for use with harps, and is moving into a sort of market which includes people with small hands and those with injuries or finger amputations. The mutes enable more expressive playing.
So, there are plenty of options if you know what you want and where to look!
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Post by earleg on Mar 6, 2020 15:40:52 GMT -5
This kind of reminds me of Paul Butterfield being on the TV show "I've Got A Secret" around '66. He then invented a cupped like thing that placed a standard mike like a Shure 565 at the time and then the harmonica on top of it. The result was a one piece form fitted enclosure that enclosed the mic just below the harp. I had just gotten home from school and my mom was watching the show and I recognised Paul right away. I pointed him out to my mom as he was the one of the 3 on the mystery panel. Needless to say my Mom was impressed. I went into the other room and got the 1st album and showed her. A year later I went to a Paul Butterfield show at a college and Paul didn't use the thing but just the standard mike into a Twin Reverb. So much for his invention. It was advertised (think) in the back of Downbeat magazine so these were produced and sold. It would be an interesting thing to own as not only a rarity but a piece of history.
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Post by jbone on Mar 6, 2020 16:46:02 GMT -5
Strnad used to have "the" harp clip on mic. I have a bud in Oregon who makes mutes for use with harps so people with small hands or handicaps can make use of the effects one gets with a mute. Speaking of Butter, he used a Shure 545 "pistol" mic, it had the main mic body attached to another part that held the on-off switch. Great mic for high or low z.
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Post by whitefang on Mar 7, 2020 10:17:07 GMT -5
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EAR, you gotta be careful of that "enter" key. It's breaking up your sentences like this. Anyway folks.....
I was thinking more or less having a kind of pick-up inside the harp, which might possibly send a wireless bluetooth kind of signal to a receptor plugged into an amp. I've not the technical know-how for such things, sorry. But just an idea. Whitefang
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