I play electric guitar and I play harp solos while I play with band. I use my vocal mic and I seem lose the harp in the mix unless I cup the mic, which isn’t practical as a guitarist. Naturally, Not being able to hear makes soloing difficult.
Has anyone ran into this and what solution did you use?
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It’s the nature of the beast. There are gadgets that cover the harp and mic but I’ve never seen a hands free one. You may as many have done have to choose whether you want to play harp or guitar. If you want to play guitar get a good harp player if you want to play harp get a good guitarist.
@Dboone - welcome to the forum! I’m quite behind here. Sorry for the long delay in getting back to ya.
So you’re using a neck rack? If so, then you definitely wanna check out the Racket 2.0:
I don’t like playing on a rack. I use a looper pedal on solo/duo gigs and then hold the mic. So if I need to cup the vocal mic a little bit in order to get the volume right, I can.
If I was playing in a trio, I’d probably just drop out on guitar and play the harmonica rather than play on a rack.
I’m thinking about picking up a Dyna-Mic at some point, and I know it’s inventor is working on some kind of rack for that which will be super-adjustable, so I’m not saying I’ll never play on a rack again. I’m open to it. But right now I rarely do!
I do use racks occasionally when I’m playing acoustic at church.
Hope that helps!