RE: [Harp-L] Re: Marine Band Lifespan

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

My D harp is the one that blow hole #4 a LOT. I use plain old Marine Bands or Special 20 or Lee Oskar most of the time. Steve is right. When I was doing mostly country gigs this did not seem to happen but since playing blues for the last decade or two, my attack is way different and if I am getting washed out by the rest of the band, I play too hard.
 
"manufactured things these days are far more 
reliable than they were back in the '60s.."
 
Mostly true but then I remembered, "oh yeah, what about that Fender buy out by CBS". Well, some things "they just dont make 'em like thet used to". However, the key word is "reliable". With manufacturers being held to ISO & such, the proceedures make the manufacturing process "reliable" and consistant. I'll bet Leo would have made "lesser" amps if held to ISO.
Buck  
 
> From: MundHarp@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:14:02 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Marine Band Lifespan
> To: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Steve Baker said:
> <<
> As others have commented, it depends on how you play and what kind of 
> music you perform. My experience is that the new reed profiles (used 
> since about 2005 in all Classic models) last a lot longer than the 
> older ones, I hardly ever break any now in comparison to before,
> >>
> 
> Steve Baker is 100% right. Same here. The latest Hohner harps stay in tune 
> for FAR longer than they used to.
> 
> I am sure that harmonicas.. Most ALL harmonicas... Are VASTLY better now in 
> 2010 than they were in the 1960s and 1970s...
> 
> Perhaps that is because there are now lots of companies making harmonicas 
> available worldwide.
> 
> 30 and 40 years ago, Hohner had the field virtually to them selves. No one 
> else had good quality harmonicas available in England back then. Only 
> Hohner... Now there is COMPETITION... And Hohner have improved, and become far 
> less arrogant than they once were.
> 
> And for all their faults, Hohner made good harps back then, and they STILL 
> make excellent harmonicas. In my opinion, probably the best "non" custom 
> harps now in 2010.
> 
> Well... Lets face it... most manufactured things these days are far more 
> reliable than they were back in the '60s..
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> John "Whiteboy" Walden
> Cebu City
> Philippines
> 
> 
>