Re: [Harp-L] Deluxe 270 and CX12

["Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Drew
Go to www.harponline.de and go down to custom chromatic.  

Bill  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ev630 
  To: Bill 
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  Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Deluxe 270 and CX12


  Bill,

  Do you have a link for those custom 270s?

  Drew


  On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    I was put off buying a 270 deluxe recently because although Hohner have got rid of the nails on this model, the mouthpiece screws still go straight into the wooden comb.  To me that's just an accident waiting to happen, sooner of later the threads are going to strip out of the wood and the mouthpiece screws won't grip anymore.

    I'm playing CX12s at the moment personally but I think I prefer the sound of the 270 models, the beauty of the CX12 is the ease of maintenance.  When I can afford it, I think I'll get one of the Harponline custom 270s with an acrylic comb and reedplates that can be dismantled seperately.

    Bill

    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ev630" <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx>
    To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:25 AM
    Subject: [Harp-L] Deluxe 270 and CX12



      I have a bunch of chromatics and I think that both of these chroms are very
      comfortable and responsive to play.

      But I think the Deluxe 270 is one of the best out of the box chromatics I
      have *ever* played. The harp is brighter, sweeter in tone, more responsive
      and is better tuned out of the box than any of my other 270s. The mouthpiece
      with the round holes is also extremely comfortable and fast. I don't know
      much about why that is - all I know is it has the round holed mouthpiece and
      thicker reed plates - but I also think someone has taken way more care on
      the tuning and set up than the half dozen 270s I have owned.

      I know someone here recommended a standard 270 with a custom set up. But why
      do that when the Deluxe is such an amazing harp with no screwing around with
      mods?

      The Deluxe is such a sweet harp to play (and I play amplified blues stuff)
      that I have been playing more and more chromatic than ever before at my
      gigs. I can't recommend it highly enough and have become a bit of a harp
      bore on the subject with harp buddies I meet at gigs.

      And I still dig my CX12 as a back up!

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