-----Original Message----- From Tom Fine: "... if you want to sound anywhere remotely like Little Walter or his class of harp players, you gotta overdrive a tube amp and even overdrive your cheapo crystal microphone by cupping it close to the harp..."
The classic sound is very specifically the Asiatic JT30 microphone plugged into a "tweed" Fender Champ or its Gibson equivalent from the same era. For many years the JT30 was the cheapest microphone available.
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