Re: [Harp-L] Re: I got my B-Radical

[David Payne <dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

I'm glad you like it. Keep us all posted on your new journey. 

dave

----- Original Message ----
From: Brad Kava <bradkava@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 10:10:42 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: I got my B-Radical


On May 24, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Brad Kava wrote:

> B-Radical::
> 
> Someone was asking for reviews of the B-radical. I got mine Saturday. 
> It really is like a Stradivarius. You play it out of the box, and it's like velvet. It plays so easily, clearly, smoothly. I hit the bends effortlessly and it rings like a trumpet. All the things I've wanted from a harmonica, it has. Now, I've only had it two days and have yet to see a flaw, but consider this an early review. I'll update. It's like when you get a new amplifier and it's the best, but six months later, you feel differently because no amp can do everything.
> 
> I hope this feels and plays the same in six months. If it does, he's really made a miraculous thing. It feels great in your hand and it is to other harmonicas in looks and design what the Stealth bomber is to a 747....a thing of streamlined, unimaginable elegance. You wouldn't think the instrument we all have played for so long could be changed so much, but this doesn't feel like any other one. It's not just cosmetic. It has that sound I wanted the first time I started playing. It's not tinny or metallic. It gets those bends that sometimes send other harps into a tailspin or choke out the first time you try them. I feel like it's given me a larger vocabulary in easy reach. No, it's not going to make me Jason Ricci or Michael Peloquin...nothing can do that. But it feels and sounds great and I think makes me better right off the bat.
> 
> I hope this doesn't  make it harder to get the next one. I waited a year for the first....
> 
> Brad Kava
> Santa Cruz
> (www.santacruzbluesfestival.com)