Fwd: [Harp-L] Suzuki G-48 (was Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica)

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> While I cannot cup the Chromatic the same way I do the Diatonic and still get at the slide button...( and do bend notes on the CX12
> At his clinic on Sat. Brendan Power did discussed some sort of clip or attachment  modification he made to the  slide button that allowed him not to foil his cupping....while getting at the button...
> Did not see it in use but it would have liked to...
> This may be too simple an issue to the more advanced Chrom...users..here..(as i am not)
> might be better to hit me offline if that is the case...
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> The other Grant....Grant Walters
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> On Jun 3, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Gene Pool wrote:
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>> It's interesting that you should mention cupping.  I never really did much cupping and now I find myself doing a ton of it with the G48.  Not to sway you into mods, but Pat Missin's quote was, 'it plays impressively well as a half valved instrument'.
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>> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Suzuki G-48 (was Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica)
>> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 8:29 PM
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>> T me the G-48 has a unique sound - horn-like and even brawny in the lower register, very smooth in the higher register, and very responsive to tone shaping with the hands. I'm trying to take this horn (as Jimmy Gordon likes to refer to individual harmonicas) on its own terms and haven't even thought of doing all the usual (or even unusual) mods.
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>> My only complaint is I want more low range. I'm eager to see how well the Sirius 64 addresses this.
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>> Winslow
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>> Winslow Yerxa
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>> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Gene Pool <subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Gene Pool <subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica
>> To: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 4:20 PM
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>> I would have agreed until recently.  I have found that the Suzuki G48 can sound even more like a diatonic.  I will post a youtube soon, just need to find some time to record a demonstration.  
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>> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [Harp-L] Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica
>> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:15 PM
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>> The CX-12 is the chromatic that sounds most like a diatonic, for two reasons: 
>> 1) It's very loud and responds well to a hard attack.
>> 2) It bends farther and more easily than most chromatics, right out of the box.
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>> No chromatic sounds exactly like a diatonic (just as no diatonic sounds exactly like a chromatic).  But an amped-up CX-12 can give you a similar vibe.
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>> Regards, Richard Hunter
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