My first post too!
After years of playing my acoustic (which I still love) I bit the bullet and got the Camac 30 string Baby Blue. I was extremely lucky and found a second hand one reasonably locally (ie: the same continent!) and at great price. In an ideal world I would have gone for the DHC but there’s simply no way I can justify the price.
My main motivation for getting a fully electric harp is that I mostly play in folk groups and at pub sessions these days (I live in the Shetland Islands where life revolves around informal music sessions like these) and was getting very tired of being drowned out by fiddles and accordions. I also played at a rock concert and there was simply no easy way my acoustic could compete with several electric guitars/drums/bass etc, even when surrounded by mics!
The Baby Blue is fantastic as I can simply plug myself straight into the PA at gigs, or a small amp at other events. I know there’s so much more it can do that I’ve not tried yet and I’m trying to learn all the jargon associated with electric instruments. At the moment I’ve been having fun experimenting with various amp effects, some lovely and some no so much!
The only issue with it is the weight (I initially hoped to play with a harness but it’s far too heavy for me). There may only be 30 stings but my other harps have 31 and 19 so that’s no problem for me as I’m well used to it, and mainly play traditional Scottish music.
Not sure if that’s useful to anyone but that’s my thoughts on electric harps 🙂
