Re: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.

[Steve Webb <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unless they have made major changes to the Big River, I have always found this an almost unplayable harp.
Steve in Minn.

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On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:13 AM, "Dan Axt" <dapperdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I disagree. I like Big River harps and I've had no problem playing them. For the money I think they are one of the best values out there.  They remind me of what Marine Bands used to be like when I started playing back in the 60s. Dan Axt
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Michael Montgomery" <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:32 AM
> Subject: Fw: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.
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> 
> A Bluesmaster, yes. But a Big River, no way. I am no where near a professional harp player, but even I know Big Rivers leak air like crazy and aren't the easiest to bend. Big Rivers are what re-inforced my dislike for Hohner (before the Big River came along I was playing the Marine Bands and Blues Harp). I have mellowed since then upon discovering the Special 20 and the Crossover. If you are a professional, please, remember that unlike us amateurs professional musicians have the earned ability and gift of making Eidsels look like Cadillacs. We amateurs need all the help we can get.
> 
> Dennis
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> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.
> 
> What are you hoping to accomplish? A gigging blues harp? Overbends?
> 
> I'd just get something like a Big River or Blues Master and call it a day.
> 
> On Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:39:25 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Sadly,cheap harps are almost unplayable & I wish it was not the case...
>> OK.... Buy a Chinese Rolex watch for a $100 and will it be as good as a
>> real
>> Rolex watch? at $6,000?
>> Probably not.
>> It is likely be made from inferior material... It is the same with
>> counterfeit harmonicas. They might last 5 minutes... But perhaps who
>> knows?
>> Not worth customizing in any event.
>> 
>> You get what you pay for!
>> 
>> John "Whiteboy" Walden
>> Just now in:
>> Scotland
>> 
>> In a message dated 9/8/2012 11:35:34 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,
>> pne...@xxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:> writes:
>> 
>> << A couple of questions: First, has anyone out there taken one of the
>> cheapest Chinese made Sp20 clones that are around and tried to do a
>> complete customizing job on it - retuning, reed work, embossing, in
>> short - everything? If so, how did it turn out? Next, are there any
>> Chinese made harmonicas that right out of the box approach the overall
>> quality of Seydel, German made Hohners or Suzukis?
>> >>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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