Steve said
> I breathe in on every pull note and breathe out on every push note!!

GUEST responded
> You learn not to do that, eventually.
After about twenty years...

and Howard agreed
> you stop breathing in sympathy with the bellows after a while.

Although I dabbled only very briefly with a mouth organ and have been playing Anglo for over 40 years, I still tend to breath with the bellows except when I am singing at the same time.

I'm bemused at Adam's image of miked-up bass. In the context of a session there's surely no place for an amplifier unless, just maybe, for an electric guitar.

If you do want a really rich farty bass, there's no substitute for a Helikon bass instrument. But not for Irish music.