My son Dean Hunter-Cutrona, the painter and sculptor 
(check out his stuff here) was part of a group show at the 506 Gallery 
on 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY for the last few weeks, and I was asked to 
play at the last night of the show tonight.  This was a solo performance, 
and I had to decide how to amplify the harp.  I eventually decided against
 bringing an RP200 or RP250 because I didn't want to haul along my big 
keyboard amp too, which was all I had available for this gig.  (My small 
keyboard amp is in Idaho.)  I decided to use my Fireball V mic into the 
Yamaha Magicstomp pedal (for reverb) into my Ron Holmes-modified Crate 
VC508.  This is the first time I have ever played a solo harp gig with 
what amounts to a Chicago blues setup.  It turned out to work very well.

I think the key to making this setup work for solo harp was the Fireball 
mic.  If I had used a bullet mic, the chords would have sounded like mush.
 But the Fireball kept things clear while the amp added a little distortion.
 I used a medium hall reverb on the Yamaha with a 1.7 second delay, and 
of course the reverb got some color from the amp too.  Finally, the room
 was basically a box, about 25 feet by 50 feet, with a wooden floor to 
bounce the sounds around and a bunch of people to absorb all those 
reflections.  The result was a big sound with lots of power and plenty 
of responsiveness to playing style, all in a package that's very easy to
 transport.

I've never played any of my solo pieces through this kind of setup, and 
it was gratifying to hear how nice it sounded and how playable it was. 
 When I play out these days I generally use the RP350, and this was a 
good reminder that a simple tube amp plus reverb is a nice setup for 
harp. (The Magicstomp has great tape and analog delay emulations too, 
but for the solo pieces reverb is better.)   I recorded the evening's 
performance on a Zoom H4.  I'll audition the pieces tomorrow and maybe 
post something.  I may also post some cuts from a jam session last week 
where I used the RP350 on a dozen tunes or so with a Behringer small 
keyboard amp, for comparison's sake.  As it happens, I played "Comin Home 
Baby" in both sessions, so maybe that would be a good one to post.