Re: [Harp-L] sp-20`s, MS, etc.

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> Each brand has it's supporters and detractors. And once in a while there 
> will be bad apple in the bunch. When that happens we need to get out our 
> micro-tools, magnifying lenses, tuners, pens/pencils/notebooks and a LOT of 
> patience, take a deep breathe and proceed.

> Suave Blues Man



You're paying twenty quid/dollars for an off-the-shelf instrument that has 
the potential to be played in front of hundreds of people or on your next 
CD.  We are all different in what we want the harp to do - play hard, play 
soft, overblow or not, play fast, play high up, play low down....The 
off-the-shelf harmonica cannot help but be a compromise.  That's why 
customisers exist and that's why droves of us take off the covers and get 
out our Lee Oskar kits.  If you're deliriously happy with your twenty quid 
harp as it comes then good luck to you.  The rest of us must tweak, and it's 
a healthy thing so to do.  It's good to know what goes on under the covers 
and be able to put little things right.  Make it fit your needs better.  
Then, when you get a little richer, you'll know exactly what to ask the 
professional customiser to do for you.

Steve

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