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

[Dennis Michael Montgomery <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>]

A Bluesmaster, yes.  But a Big River, no way.  I am no where near a professional harp player, but even I know Big Rivers leak air like crazy and aren't the easiest to bend.  Big Rivers are what re-inforced my dislike for Hohner (before the Big River came along I was playing the Marine Bands and Blues Harp).  I have mellowed since then upon discovering the Special 20 and the Crossover.  If you are a professional, please, remember that unlike us amateurs professional musicians have the earned ability and gift of making Eidsels look like Cadillacs.  We amateurs need all the help we can get.

Dennis


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From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.
 
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 
>  real 
> 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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