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,…
Multitrack looping on the cheap: JamSyncing with Digitech’s XT loopers
I’ve been working with the Pigtronix Infinity looper for a while, and finally came to the conclusion that it’s not ideal for me. So I pulled my Digitech JamMan Solo XT looper out of the closet to take another look at it, and I’m liking…
The sound of 1978: Gentile, Hunter, Dunlap, and French live in Woods Hole
Working with our friends Nancy and Jim Van der Pyle to put on a community dance party, in February of 1978 I performed at the Woods Hole Community Hall with a band consisting of myself on keys and harmonica, Phil Gentile on guitar and vocals,…
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…
Revisiting an old friend and the RP355
I haven’t seen Derrik Huffsmith, lead guitarist, lead singer, and leader of Derrik and the Dynamos in Driggs, ID, for a couple of years. I heard he was playing a local Democratic Party rally in Victor, so I went to the rally with my daughter,…
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,…
