Being a “newbie”, I am new at playing the amplified Harmonica. I have a Fender Champion 40 amp (solid state) along with an old Shure Green Bullet Mic, a SM57 and a SM58 mic. I do have an inline low impedance to high impedance transformer when using my SM57 & SM58 Mics. I enjoy playing, however am missing that good old Chicago sound you get from a tube amp.
I was wondering is it worth me getting a Lone Wolf Harp Attack to help provide some true power tube distortion? Either that or the Wilde Drive pedal from Lone Wolfe. Or something else?
Right now, getting a tube amp is out of my budget. Although I can pick up an old Ampex 620 tube amp for a great price, I feel that a 10watt amp wouldn’t be much of an advantage over what I already have, and that the proper inline pedal to the amp is more affordable. (I could always run to a PA). My jamming more or less in the basement or garage setting lol.
@doug_yski If you do a YouTube search for American sound harmonica you’ll see a few more videos. That will give you more of an idea on how this peddle might work for you.
There’s a million (probably) overdrive pedals on the market that’d do a job, they all claim they have “tube” sound but having an actual tube in the pedal is mostly a gimmick IMO. That Joyo pre-amp above could well be a decent start point. I’m assuming the drive sound out of the amp is not good.
@doug_yski I’ve been playing guitar all my life ( I’m 67 ) One thing I’ve found is that mostly every pedal out there do the same thing regarding the specific sound that your after . @dai made a great suggestion with JOYO . Example :
Good luck and enjoy. Just realized I meant to add to my earlier post the importance of setting the EQ for a good sound. I know it’s kinda an obvious point but it can a long way to worsening a sound if it’s done badly.
