Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Blues harp vs. Marine Band... and repair !!!

["Mike and Beverly Rogers" <mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I prefer Marine band, also.  Never had a Blues Harp that lasted very long.
As to mustache, I think you'e stuck.  I have the same problem, but not so
bad with my customs.  Big Rivers are the worst.  As to shocks, our band was
having a problem in some clubs, so we bought a Furman power conditioner.
All amps and P.A. are run through it.  Seems to be doing the trick.  It was
$130 at Musician's Friend.  Well worth the peace of mind.  Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Reid" <mreid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hohner Blues harp vs. Marine Band... and repair !!!


> I play Marine Bands, and off topic, if I may, I'd like to know if there is
anything other than shaving off my stach, that I can do to stop pulling the
freaking whiskers out of my face while I'm playing.  I know it is noticeable
because I squint and cringe when it happens. As a mater of fact I was
playing last week and a girl from the audience came up and said 'you were so
moved while you played I saw a tear come down from your eye.  Of course I
did not tell her it was cause I'd just yanked a fistful of whiskers out of
my face.  I've had my share of pain on stage a couple of weeks ago I was
playing at Grossman's in Toronto and I had to use an old extension cord to
plug in my rig (no Ground) I was holding my sure 533SA big heavy steel mic
in my hand and singing into a 58 every time I had belt it out if I
accidentally touched the mic with my lips I would get a jolt from hell that
would send me back a ways I couldn't stop.  On the good side my lips were so
numb I could feel the !
>  whiskers getting yanked out anymore.
>
> Ground your amp guys.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Moyer [mailto:wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:41 AM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Blues harp vs. Marine Band... and repair
> !!!
>
>
> Ron wrote:
> > Question: do the dimensions of the BH reedslots make for a poorly
> > responding harp?
>
> No.  I have a few Blues Harps that I like quite a lot.  My biggest
> beef is the depth of the comb tines from the front edges of the
> reedplates, and for that I just overdrill the holes in the comb so I
> can slide the plates back a little.
>
> The tuning gouges you describe were a big problem with MS harps made
> a few years back, and I haven't seen them in a while.  I think
> they're not using that tuning technique anymore.  I actually saw
> reeds with gouges that went all the way through on a Big River
> once.
>
> I believe that the newer MS harps are better quality than those of a
> few years ago.  I know that they are much less machine built than
> they used to be, and the quality of the hand-assembled production
> seems to be higher.
>
> One thing you might want to try is moving the reeds farther down in
> the slots.  That should help tighten the response.
>
> -tim
>
>
>
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