Electric Harmonica Blues

A little take-off from Slim Harpo's "Got Love When You Want it".

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Music

Tags:

• Harmonica
• Slim
• Harpo
• Harp
• Got
• Love
• When
• you
• Want
• It
• Blues
• Electric
• JJstunes

[Tsutsomu]

well played,

I'm happy to discover your playing.

Friendly :

Steph.

[JJstunes]

Thanks Steph, we appreciate it!

[nilethestrat]

awesome stuff man. what kind of harmonica do you have?

[JJstunes]

Thanks for the post! I actually mess around with a few different ten hole diatonic harps. This one is a Huang Star Performer. I've had it so long, most of the chrome plating is worn off. It still has a great sound though.

[beinpatient]

ok thanks for your response, could you possibly tell me which key you're using though?. take it easy

[JJstunes]

I'm playing in key of B. Take Care!

[mard1600]

very nice!!

[rockguitarist946]

my allowance of $14 bucks a week from my parents is probably gonna allow about 80 bucks, seeing i have a model railroad to put scenery on

[MrDidjcripey]

You can pay anywhere from ten bucks to five or six hundred, beware, collecting is addictive and there are plenty beautiful vintage mics on ebay. Its nice to have a good one, but all said and done, technique will make far more of a difference to your sound than the mic you use. You can get a good sound out of a crap mic if you know how to use it and run your amp properly. Most Hi Z mics will have a quarter inch jack on them, same as your guitar, just plug em in!

[rockguitarist946]

thanks, how much do the mics cost and how do you hook them up?

[MrDidjcripey]

Hohner are pretty much the standard by which all other harps are measured, after all the harmonica was invented by Matthius Hohner. The new cheaper Hohners made in China will do for starters. C, A, and D are good ones to have. Guitar amps are what is usually used, but generally smaller is better as they distort sooner for the dirty blues sound. You will need a High impedance (Hi Z) mic to properly drive an amp.

Good luck, blues harp is a great instrument; easy to play, hard to play well.

[rockguitarist946]

hey, im looking to learn the harmonica, and i was wondering if you could suggest one to start with and that kind of stuff.

ps: for an electric harmonica, would an electric guitar amp work for amplification?