[Harp-L] Re: The Future of Blues Harmonica?

[martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting. I almost get the impression here that you think this harmonica really should cost a bit more? This despite some people finding it hard to play OOTB. Now don´t say that the harmonica industry hasn´t disiplined us customers!
  "My new Steinway has arrived, but sadly, it´s really hard to play. For one, it lacks strings; and the hammers require some serious hand tweaking by an expert craftsman. But he comes at just $400 /hour so why complain?"
 
(I have not tried the SUB. It may be a great thing, but I find it challenging just to remove the coverplates from a harmonica, so I´ll wait until I see some reviews saying that the factory has done what they´re supposed to do.)
 
Cheers,
Martin
 
 
>I know what you mean! I think there a lot of harps our there that cost 
>much less but are still overpriced.  This one, honestly I think with 
>some hand factory tweaking, should be around 250-300. If you were to 
>purchase a full overblow/overbend setup from a customizer it would cost 
>about the same without as many cool bends available.

>Did you see Richard Sleigh's video? He got a lot of improvement in 
>performance by just taping down 4 of the extra reeds, without 
>sacrificing much.