Roly Platt Harp Wah Review

#Short #review

:00 How to Use the Roly Platt Harp Wah
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#Shorts #Review of the Roly Platt Harp Wah

All right, so as you can probably tell in my short, I LOVE the Roly Platt Harp Wah! I give it an A+, 5/5 stars. To me it's much fun, and gives me those wah wah kinda sounds I want, even without playing amplified!

As with learning any new technique on the harmonica, the Roly Platt Harp Wah takes some getting used to and some practice. My personal learning curve was several days - yours might be shorter or longer.

Let me tell you WAH IT'S ALL ABOUT!

Wah it’s NOT:
-NOT intended to be a replacement for regular hand wah sounds on the harmonica.
-NOT something I’d recommend for a total newbie. First focus on fundamentals. If you’re at the point where playing clean single notes is a breeze and you’re starting to work on bending, you could consider this.
-NOT something you should expect to be able to pick up and have an instant mastery of. The first time I used it, I felt frustrated, just like the first time I tried to learn any new technique on harmonica. At first it felt so awkward, I questioned if I’d ever be able to use it. But after a week of coming back to it daily, I slowly started getting the hang of it. It’s a new technique. Expect it to take time to become comfy with it.

Wah it IS:
-An additional tone option you can work on and develop, and then add to your arsenal to use when the moment calls for it.
-A variation on the sound that harp players have achieved for ages by simply playing into a coffee mug, but I think it’s better than a coffee mug because:
- The sound projects out the front of it so that you can easily direct the sound where you want, such as into a microphone.
-Because the sound projects out the front, the hand wah movement is more similar to regular hand wah movement, compared to using a coffee mug (where it’s kinda backwards, and too awkward for me.)
- It looks cooler!!! And, hey, looks do matter! (Especially on stage.) :-)

One unexpected side benefit I found from playing with the Harp Wah is that the way it reflects my tone back to me is kinda like putting my tone under a microscope. I feel like playing with it is helping me to develop better tone as a harmonica player, even when not using it.

For example, I sometimes struggle to hear how tongue-blocking improves my tone, but when using the Roly Platt Harp Wah I can immediately tell the difference.

And that's wah it's all about.

LMK your thoughts and questions in the comments.

Aloha,
Luke
Da' Boss
Harmonica.com

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