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Steve Cropper and the Fender Harvard Amp ASK ZAC EP 19

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At an early age, I fell under the spell of Steve Cropper watching the Blues Brothers movie. From there, I went back and became familiar with all of his incredible work with Atlantic, and Stax/Volt records with Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Booker T and MG's and many others. Through reading guitar magazines in the 1980's I first heard of this strange amp called a Fender Harvard. Fast forward to 2016, when I finally found and purchased a 1959 Harvard, and it became part of my small stable of favorite amps. In this episode, I give some history on both Cropper and the Harvard and demonstrate the unique sound that makes it, in my opinion, the best small tweed amp Fender ever made.

References:
Steve Cropper lesson book https://amzn.to/39u0Dd3
The best history of Stax - Soulsville - https://amzn.to/3aAEATd

My Spotify playlist highlighting Cropper tracks where he used the Harvard amp
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ArO9z9gCd40GybXZHeNeS?si=6TjdveeHRYy1IVo15jk_Nw

Dave Hunter's Harvard amp article for Vintage Guitar Magazine:
https://www.vintageguitar.com/15163/fender-harvard/

Gear for this video
1967 Telecaster -
D'Addario XL120+ 9.5-44 strings https://amzn.to/3a5qxVi
1959 Fender Harvard amp
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