RE: Battery Powered suggestions [busking loops]

[Jimmy George <jimmy@loadhandler.com>]

carvin also makes a battery powered system. http://www.carvin.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: MediaOne [mailto:clifsound@mediaone.net]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:37 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Battery Powered suggestions [busking loops]


Crate makes a battery powred amp called the "Taxi" - there are others
although I don't recall who makes them- I think Fender has one called "Amp
in a Can" or some such nifty name-

c

----- Original Message -----
From: "whiteoakstudios" <whiteoakstudios@supanet.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: Battery Powered suggestions [busking loops]


> Excellent story. Can we hear the tape, (MP3) ?
>
> I'm fired up and will be ready to busk when the temperature rises a good
few
> degrees above zero.
> I'll just be taking my trusty old 8080, my beezarre geetarre and a hand
drum
> or two, (think I'll leave the capybara at home : )).
>
> What are the groups  opinions on the best sort of portable amp for 
>busking
> loops ?
> I've often thought of building some speakers, an amp and a battery into
the
> case that I carry my instruments in. Does such a thing exist commercially
?
> Advice anyone?
>
> Gareth
>
> > The first time I used this rig for looping, in a concrete bunker in
> > the Marin Headlands, was a lot of fun-- my pal Patti sang down in the
> > tunnels, into a close mic feeding the Eventide 10 sec loop which
> > played back into speakers even farther down in the chamber, for a
> > nice combination of electronic and acoustic regeneration. Then we
> > recorded the whole mess to DAT with a separate stereo mic.
> >
> > I guess this was more of a bust than a busk, but anyway I felt it was
> > a story worth repeating, so to speak.
> >
> > -Alex S.
>
>