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

[Venky Ramakrishna <jazzyvenky@xxxxxxxxx>]

For what its worth, I thought I 'd throw in Adam Gussow's name in here.
Maybe others can do, but I watched Adam get great tone, bends and blows out
of a $4.00 harmonica. Might have been a Pocket Pal. Mikey Jr. saves his MBs
for gigs but has several cheap ones [from a flea market] that he uses for
practice. So it is the player 50% of the times.

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Steve Webb <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Unless they have made major changes to the Big River, I have always found
> this an almost unplayable harp.
> Steve in Minn.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:13 AM, "Dan Axt" <dapperdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I disagree. I like Big River harps and I've had no problem playing them.
> For the money I think they are one of the best values out there.  They
> remind me of what Marine Bands used to be like when I started playing back
> in the 60s. Dan Axt
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Michael Montgomery" <
> gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:32 AM
> > Subject: Fw: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx; MundHarp@xxxxxxx; pneupco@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> You get what you pay for!
> >>
> >> John "Whiteboy" Walden
> >> Just now in:
> >> Scotland
> >>
> >> In a message dated 9/8/2012 11:35:34 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,
> >> pne...@xxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:> writes:
> >>
> >> << 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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