Using a harp for bass

[niceguyhomer]

My band played at the Whitworth Folk Festival in Matlock at the weekend. On the Saturday night, there was a band called The Shee - a bunch of mostly Scottish girls playing celtic and diddly diddly type stuff using mandolin / violin / accordion and harp etc. They were spectacularly brilliant at what they do but what really struck me was the harp player who was playing all the low end stuff and bloody hell, what a fantastic sound she made. Twas clear as a bell, warm and punchy, I realise it wouldn't do for a metal band but it sounded fantastic.

Just thought I'd share that witcha.

[shinhoman]

maybe rotosound need to make some harp design strings rather than piano?

[steviedee]

The wee guy that plays the button box in my roots band is a harp player as well as a box player. He brought his harp along to a rehearsal one night and played a tune. We almost all got our coats and left as we just felt a bit superfluous it was awesome, sounded like Pat Metheny or something.

[Happy Jack]

Heavy metal harps? Why not ... erm ... heavy metal bagpipes?

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[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='798836' date='Apr 7 2010, 03:49 PM']Heavy metal harps? Why not ... erm ... heavy metal bagpipes?

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Or even WHY?

Lasers are the Future:



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[beardybass]

Jean Michel Jarre, no no no.

[dumelow]

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='799025' date='Apr 7 2010, 06:18 PM']Or even WHY?

Lasers are the Future:



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Thats got to be the geekiest looking instrument ever played, he aint gona pull some groupies at any kind of gig

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='dumelow' post='801144' date='Apr 9 2010, 06:46 PM']Thats got to be the geekiest looking instrument ever played, he aint gona pull some groupies at any kind of gig[/quote]


I think that groupies will be a bit thin on the ground at laser harp gigs to begin with...

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='801148' date='Apr 9 2010, 06:57 PM']I think that groupies will be a bit thin on the ground at laser harp gigs to begin with... [/quote]

But [b]BY GOD[/b] will they be technically proficient.