Re: Harp Depot

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey John,

Thanks for the clarification! 

I've been intrigued by your new Delta Frost harps
and ordered one last week to try it out (along with
a good ol' Special 20 in A that needed replacing). 

Haven't recieved my harps yet, but if I like the
Delta Frost I'll be buying more from you at SPAH.

Stay well, and I wish you great success with this
new line of harps.

Harpin' in Colorado,
- --Ken M.


- --- Melissa Hall <melissa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> Harmonica John ? Bushman is a brand name that
> encompasses several models
> ? our best selling, highest quality, longest
> lasting model is the Delta
> Frost which currently sells for only $21.50.  Do
> not make the big
> mistake of limiting Bushman to one Seydel made
> harmonica that?s like the
> Weltmeister Blackbird.  The huge success we?ve
> enjoyed with our Bushman
> line has not been based on a Weltmeister product.
>  The Delta Frost
> brings significant improvements to the 10 hole
> diatonic world.  To have
> an instrument that sports Stainless Steel cover
> plates and longer
> lasting, stronger yet more resilient and easier
> to play Phosphor Bronze
> reeds is wonderful ? Hohner and others need to go
> back in time and read
> lessons from their own playbook about the
> advantages of Phosphor Bronze
> over Brass.  Some of the top players in the world
> have switched to
> playing our Bushman Delta Frost exclusively ?
> many of them are official
> endorsees of other brands.  See
>
http://harpdepot.com/productdetail/~Model/7~/d.html
> Does that look like a Weltmeister to you?
>  
> No, Bushman harmonicas are NOT Weltmeister
> Blackbirds.  The harmonica
> you introduced me to was not the current
> Weltmeister Blackbird.  In
> April 2000 I had to fly to Germany and completely
> re-design the
> Blackbird?s comb and reed slot widths and
> positions in order to create
> the Soul?s Voice.  I permitted Weltmeister to
> adopt the same
> improvements for their Blackbird model in
> exchange for them paying for
> the expensive comb mold.  By working together
> with a long time Seydel
> factory foreman named Karl, we came-up with a
> harmonica that would sell
> in America.  The model that you introduced me to
> was leaky,
> uncomfortable and would never have been
> successful in this market, but I
> liked their black and gold packaging and I
> thought we could improve the
> faults.  After refusing the factory?s first 2
> shipments, we finally had
> a sellable instrument.
>  
> Please do not think you brought a new harmonica
> to the market for a
> gallon of BBQ sauce!  It cost me MANY thousands
> to introduce Bushman
> harmonicas to the market ? that?s why you don?t
> see our competitors
> introducing their own brands ? it very EXPENSIVE.
>  We must pay for our
> exclusive brand name products far in advance of
> actually receiving them
> because the factories don?t want to be stuck with
> product that has
> someone else?s brand on them.
>  
> In the past, the cost of supporting our own brand
> name limited our
> financial ability to sufficiently stock our
> Hohner, Lee Oskar, Suzuki
> and Hering inventory, thus leading to some slow
> service mentioned in
> this thread, BUT we have made it through the
> storm!  
>  
> We have the biggest stock of harmonicas EVER ?
> I?ll put our fast service
> and inventory size against anyone in this
> trade!!!  We?ve shipped out
> over 500 Delta Frosts this week while at the same
> time we are on pace
> for our all time biggest month in harmonica
> sales!  Give us another try
> ? if your order doesn?t ship within 48 hours and
> you don?t receive a
> phone call or email telling you the exact status
> of your order ? the
> shipping will be FREE.  We?ve also adopted a
> Lowest Price Guarantee ?
> see http://harpdepot.com/bestprice.cfm
>  
> I?ll see you all at SPAH August 17 ? 21 with the
> biggest selection of
> harmonicas you all have ever seen!
>  
> John Hall
> Harp Depot
> Bushman Harmonicas
> Bean Blossom Blues Fest
> www.harpdepot.com <http://www.harpdepot.com/> 
> 


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- ---Li'l Ronnie Owens


		
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