Re: [Harp-L] Gregoire Maret or Sirius and tweaked 270 comparison

["Suave Blues Man" <res6k2zt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brother Bill,

    You might want to read through, and/or join, the website specifically 
for chromatic at:

http://www.slidemeister.com/ and specifically -

http://www.slidemeister.com/forums/general/advice-new-suzuki-chromatics-sirius-and-gregoire-maret-3155.0.html

    As far as you 270 dreams, contact Mike Easton at:

http://www.harmonicarepair.com/Fathead_Musical_Instruments/Home.html

Be Blues...And Jazz,

Suave Blues Man

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-L" <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 9:26 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Gregoire Maret or Sirius and tweaked 270 comparison


> Hi everyone
> Can anybody pass judgement on the differences between the new Suzuki GM 
> and
> Sirius models - I'm in the process of debating whether to get one of them 
> or
> a tweaked 270 from Harponline. It would have a clear acrylic comb,
> seperately dismountable plates and covers with extra plate screws and
> mouthpiece adjustment for air tightness. I'd probably also go for the 
> round
> holed mouthpiece, as in the 270 mark 2.
>
> Part of the trouble with this is that I'm having to work out what to get
> without a chance to try out the harps at first hand.  At the moment I'm
> playing a CX12 Jazz, which is ok and I prefer the jazz mouthpiece to the
> standard CX12, I've read reviews that suggest the Gregoire Maret model is 
> a
> bit like a supercharged CX12.  The thing is I've also got an almost dead
> cheap Hering (if I can find a reed to fit, it will be alive again) and I
> think I prefer the size of it but more importantly i find it easier to
> change from a tongue block to pucker embouchure with the Hering 
> mouthpiece,
> which kind of leads me to the 270 as it is kind of similarish.
>
> Thoughts welcomed
>
> Bill