Re: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

What are you hoping to accomplish?  A gigging blues harp?  Overbends?

I'd just get something like a Big River or Blues Master and call it a day.  

On Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:39:25 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
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> Sadly,cheap harps are almost unplayable & I wish it was not the case...   
> OK.... Buy a Chinese Rolex watch for a $100 and will it be as good as a 
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> Rolex watch? at $6,000? 
> Probably not. 
> It is likely be made from inferior material... It is the same with   
> counterfeit harmonicas. They might last 5 minutes... But perhaps who 
>  knows? 
> Not worth customizing in any event. 
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> You get what you pay for! 
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> John "Whiteboy" Walden 
> Just now in: 
> Scotland 
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> In a message dated 9/8/2012 11:35:34 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,   
> pne...@xxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:> writes: 
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> << A couple of questions: First, has anyone out  there taken one of the 
> cheapest Chinese made Sp20 clones that are around  and tried to do a 
> complete customizing job on it - retuning, reed work,  embossing, in 
> short - everything? If so, how did it turn out? Next, are  there any 
> Chinese made harmonicas that right out of the box approach the  overall 
> quality of Seydel, German made Hohners or  Suzukis? 
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