The Digitech JamMan Express XT has a SERIOUS design flaw
Small design decisions have consequences. I am no longer recommending the DigiTech JamMan Express XT, for the reason you see in the photo: the jamsync IN port on the Express is not supported all the way around by sheet metal, so it breaks off if…
Richard Hunter demos the Joyo American Sound for harp players
Monster Rock Harp: “Blues to News”
10 minutes plus of some of the most intense and original live rock harmonica ever recorded. Live performance with looper by Richard Hunter, 2017. Lee Oskar Natural Minor harmonica into an Audix Fireball V mic into a Digitech iStomp running the Swingshift polyphonic pitch shifter,…
Another taste of a Blue Future: Disconnected Blues
“Disconnected Blues” is one of the pieces I recorded for my upcoming record “Blue Future”. I’ve included two clips: the first 12 bars of the piece, and the first 12 bars or so of a 36-bar solo. These are sections from a very rough mix,…
Rock Bottom Cheap and Cheerful Amp Modeling: The Joyo JF-14 American Sound
Rob Paparozzi wrote recently on Facebook that he was using a Joyo JF-14 American Sound amp modeling pedal in his home studio. The thing is apparently modeled on a Fender ’57 Deluxe amp, so when you plug its output into a PA or keyboard amp,…
A little taste of the sounds of (a) Blue Future UPDATED
UPDATE: see the end of this post for a clip of the harp solo from my rough mix of “On The Road Again.” Canned Heat’s Version of “On The Road Again” is one of my favorite records, and I’m covering it for “Blue Future” The…
Yippee! Digitech Updates the Stomp Shop App for the iStomp
A while ago we wrote about Digitech’s iStomp, a pedal that can be loaded with any of dozens of very nice FX via Digitech’s Stomp Shop app. Alas, we discovered soon after that the app had been discontinued by Digitech pendng an update to make…
Recording “Beautiful at Night” with the Mustang III
About a month ago Edward Abbiatti, leader of the Lowlands Band (whose last gig I unfortunately missed in April) asked me if I’d like to play on a track called “Beautiful, At Night” from his next record (which I think not coincidentally is called “Beautiful,…
From My 4-track Cassette Days: “Highway 61 Revisited”
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan, recorded by Richard Hunter all instruments and vocals by Richard Hunter I’ve been transferring my cassette tape archives to digital media, and I’m finding stuff I like. It’s amazing to remember that in the 1980s cassette tape (or for…
Overdubs, overdubs
Worked tonight on overdubs for “Blue Future” songs including “Mercy Me,” a 12-bar minor blues, and “Disconnected Blues,” a big strutting blues with a harp running through an envelope filter driving the tune. I’m liking a horn section of 2 harps, at least one pitch…
