Overdrive pedal for harmonica?

[karter2000]

Hi all,

My singer wants me to build him an overdrive for his harmonica, or harp.  He wants something that sounds old-school, or has a nice breakup.  Has anyone built anything like that before?

Thanks!

[Mark Hammer]

I brought my tweed Princeton to a blues jam once and the harp player plugged into it and produced instant Chicago.  So I'm going to go with a 3-tube (5Y3, 12AX7, 6V6) amp using an 8" speaker.  Given the omnipresence of those things, whether fender Champions, Crate, Epiphone, Harley-Benton, or whatever, a crystal mic into one of those is a recipe for serious harmonica tone.

[mat]

I built a Fuzz Face (germanium) for our harmonica player and he loves it. He uses a Tech21 amp. Small Fenders and alike are good choises also.

Mat

Hi all,

My singer wants me to build him an overdrive for his harmonica, or harp.  He wants something that sounds old-school, or has a nice breakup.  Has anyone built anything like that before?

Thanks!