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

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've sen the mod you're talking about. 

Brendan takes a bit of rod not much thicker than a coat hanger and bends it into sort of a flattened and elongated S-shape. He attaches one end to the slide button and the other wraps around and ends at the back of the comb about two inches in from the right end of the harp. You pull on that end with your index finger to operate the slide. That way you don't have to disturb your hand cup to move your index finger around to the button.

When he initially showed it to me (maybe ten years ago) I wasn't sure what the point was. Since then I've triad to use the button while doing extreme open/close wah-wah cupping. Trying to coordinate two isn't easy. The button extender might make it a bit easier, at least for positioning the hands.

Winslow

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--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: [Harp-L] Suzuki G-48 (was Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica)
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 8:36 AM


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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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>> 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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>> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
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>> Resident expert at bluesharmonica.com
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>> Harmonica instructor, jazzschool.com
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>> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
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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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>> author, "Jazz Harp" 
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