It's been over a month since my last post! In that time, I've put away my Tradition Tele-style guitar and brought out my Harmony Strat copy. My Harmony Strat copy was my first electric guitar. I bought it in 2007, after years of only having an acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar that I was playing on and off at the time is also a Harmony. It is one of the last U.S.A. made Harmony guitars (made in 1975). I've always loved my Harmony acoustic, so when I had the chance of buying a Harmony electric at a very reasonable price, I took the chance and ordered it. I had not been playing guitar that often up until that point, so I did not want to buy an expensive guitar. I did not want to buy something expensive, not knowing if I was going to continue playing on a regular basis. There are a lot of people that buy an inexpensive guitar as their first guitar, only to be discouraged because the guitar is poorly made and set up and is hard to play. This was not the case with my Harmony electric. I loved it from the first day I got it! It is made very well, considering the price. It was also set up very well when I got it. I have researched the model number on the internet, and it seems this guitar model was made in 1990 or 1991, but it was brand new when I bought it in 2007 (new old stock).
Now that I am using my Harmony, I have been testing it out on my Vox DA5 amp (as I have been testing all of my guitars since I bought my amp). So far, my Harmony sounds great with all of the different amps settings I have used. I still need a few more settings to try out on my Harmony.
I have also been using my Harmony to test out my two pedals that I bought last month. The RAT 2 pedal was great from the start, so I have not really been testing it all that much. The Tube Driver pedal needed a different tube to make it sound better, so that is what I have been focusing on lately. I was able to get two tubes from a great member of one of the forums I belong to. As soon as I got the tubes, I began experimenting with them. I swapped out the 12AX7A tube in the Tube Driver with one of the 12AU7 tubes I was sent. The first tube I tried was an improvement, but I was not totally satisfied with the sound I was getting out of my pedal. I then tried the second tube with great results! I am now very happy with my Tube Driver pedal! I've been testing it with my Fender Champ 6oo and with my Vox DA5. To my ears, it sounds better through the Vox. I am thinking of putting up a demo recording of both of my pedals in the near future (I just have to get up the courage to record myself again!). As I've been saying lately, "Stay Tuned" to see if I go through with it!
