The Astatic JT-30 microphone is the perfect Harmonica mic for use with a vintage tube amps. It was created about 70 years ago and only recently has gone out of production. These pages are devoted to enjoying, playing and learning Amplified Blues Harmonica, so the name JT30 is appropriate. Today there are many cool harp microphones. In the long run, it’s not the mic that counts, it’s what’s in your heart!
The JT30 Pages
The JT30 pages have information about Microphones, Playing Harp, Learning Harp and reviews of shows and some news.
A Harp Player’s Guide to Music Theory
Learning Harp
A guide to learning to play Blues Harp
Microphone Information
More JT30 Stuff
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I’ve been building and repairing harp Mics for 20 years. I have some stock of some of the parts and I sell off some of the stuff at The JT30 Store.
History of this page.
In the dawn of the World Wide Web (1994), harp player Keith Graham created the JT30 page. It started out as a home page for modifying JT30 microphones. Eventually the page became a catchall for microphones and amplified harmonica playing. You can see these pages at:
The Original JT30 Page
Now I have three pages for harp mics, harp tab and harp amps.
Frequently Asked Harmonica Questions
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Links and Off-site Resources
There is a cool news search engine at Google and there is almost always
something interesting about Harmonicas. Try
a Harmonica Search at Google News.
There are interesting Usenet discussion groups at Google:
alt.music.harmonica
alt.music.blues
alt.guitar.amps
bit.listserv.blues-l
Click here to see where Little Walter is buried.
Click here to see where Muddy Waters is buried.
Here’s Big Walter’s grave
This is Sonny Boy Williamson’s (Rice Miller) grave
If you haven’t been checking out BassHarps Gig list, then you are missing out on great harp playing. If you are gigging and not on the list then you are probably playing to a half empty house.
Buy an Astatic mug, Harp Joke T-shirt or Mic Mousepad!
Hi,
love the website. Just wanted to let you know that you have a bad link.
In the brown history area, the link to harptab links to “hartab” some bald peoples website. You just forgot the “p” for “harp”.
Also, when i tried to submit this vie your “contact the webmaster” link, the captcha window does not show any text, only the background design. i tried refreshing, clicking continue anyway, closing out and returning to the page… nothing. as you know, if all info isnt filled in, no way to send the message.
Have a great day,-Hawk
I visited your site in the past and thought you had a list of repair shops for vintage mics…I believe there was one in South Jersey. I’m I remembering correctly???
Just wanting to let you know there is a new harmonia shop in the UK. The JT-30 site has lots of UK readers but there isn’t much abut help, advice or products in their country. Hopefully this is it. International shipping is available too so is worth a look where ever you are.
Please check out http://www.honkin-harmonica-shop.com
thanks
al