Re: HARP-L Digest V94 #285

[dmf8@xxxxxxxxxxx (David M. Freeman)]

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>What is it about the list versus the digest? I've noticed that I miss 
>stuff on the list if I don't also check the digest.  I think the reason 
>you don't hear much about Lee Oskars is that the LO players are gun shy.  
>They're tired of defending harmonicas that Little Walter didn't play.  
>Sick of the tired line about how trebly and thin sounding all the 
>Japanese harmonicas are.  I play mostly LO diatonics.  I have a bunch of 
>SBS's and some 14 hole Marine Bands too.  They're both great for 
>different things.  I must admit that dealing with Lee Oskar as a company 
>is generally easier than the demi-gods at Hohner USA. That's because 
>Danny Wilson is such a nice guy and that's who you usually get when you 
>call LO.  There's an upside to Hohner too.  Although they're generally 
>uncommunicative as a company they do quietly fix their mistakes for free 
>if you send the harmonicas in for service.  I'm finding the List a tiny 
>bit too Chauvinistic for my tastes these days.  It seems to be dividing 
>into camps with correct and dogmatic partie lines.  I liked Tim's saying 
>this is what works for me why don't you try it? in his thumbs post 
>today.  There really isn't much absolute right or wrong in the harmonica 
>world.   Perhaps we can all try to couch our posts in the terms of what 
>we've found works for us and not this is the correct and absolute only 
>way to do this.  I'm the first to admit that I am on occasion guilty of 
>this very style I am now attacking.  Just a thought.  Don't anyone take 
>this too seriously because it's not meant to be an attack.  FJM
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David M. Freeman
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