RE: [Harp-L] B. Thomas 12/10 suggestion help...

["Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your music store harps sound very overpriced. You're already using the
internet by being on this list, why don't you use one of the web sites
that has been mentioned on this list lately for your harps? Buy a few at
a time to save on the shipping costs (which shouldn't be much). You can
also find the answers as far as what harp and tabs for songs like
Whammer Jammer on sites like harmonicalessons.com and others...

Bill Hines
Hershey

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bry Thomas
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 1:37 PM
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] B. Thomas 12/10 suggestion help...


I would like to settle on a harp, get a set (or at least several keys)
and 
really get to work.

My first harp (American Ace) was pretty much junk after a week.  The
harp 
that came with the David Harp book was junk on arrival, I bought an Old 
Standby (all they had in town) in "A" for the Portnoy set, I don't
really 
like the Bushman Delta Frost that came with the Bean Blossom seminar,
and 
the Pro Harp (D) I got at Bean Blossom (booby prize for the contest) has

such an awful, metallic taste it's a chore to put it in my mouth.

Now, i'd like to spend some of my Christmas money on harps.  I'm looking
for 
opinions on the best buy, most durable (no working on them), bluesiest 
sounding "out of the box" harps.  All at a reasonable price (under $20?)

Around my small town there are two music stores, both catering to school

band and churches.  L.O. are $38, S-20 are $26, Bluesband, $28, Old
Standby 
$12, Big River $18.   Also, the key selection is quite limited and if
you 
ask a question you might as well be from Mars.  It isn't they aren't
good at 
customer service, it's that they don't know what to say.   Those are the

reasons i'm not out buying one of each and trying them on my own.

I play (practice) alone w/o mic (for now) and probably won't jam (the
guys 
live a couple of hours away) until mid next year or so.  If that makes
any 
difference in harp choice.

Sincerely,

Bryan (Huntingburg, Indiana)

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