Fwd: RE: [Harp-L] Advice on a First Chromatic

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "adams, john" 
<adams_john@xxxx> wrote:
I never asked when I got my first chromatic, I got a Hohner Toot's 
Hard
Bopper.  The review on Coast2coast music says "not for begginners".  
I'm a
reasonable diatonic blues player...  

Have I made a mistake in which one to start on?

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John - 

Don't worry about it; you did fine. The Hard Bopper is a good 
instrument. As a beginner on chromatic you might have chosen 
something either less expensive (the Hohner Super Chromatica that the 
Toots model is based on, or maybe a Hering) or more expensive, like a 
Hohner CX-12, or bigger, like the various 16-hole models.

The Hard Bopper won't bite you and it won't go horribly out of tune 
if you don't play it ridiculously hard, nor will it jam up too often 
if you don't eat and drink while playing it. It's a loud beast and 
should serve you well. If you find that you like the chordal third 
position style of Chicago and West Coast blues chromatic, you may 
decide to extend your playing peasure by investing in lower keys of 
12-hole chromatic or in a 16-hole, which has the lowest-pitched 
bottom end.

Winslow