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

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Paul delay made big rivers sing. 

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From: "Mike Rogers" <bullfrog9@xxxxxxx>
To: "Steve Webb" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.
Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 3:22 pm


I think Big River is a good bet for the money.  They aren't comparable to MB's or Sp. 20's, but much cheaper.  I sent one to Matthew Smart a few years ago and he customized it for me.  It's a key that I don't use as often, but it's in my kit and sounds and plays great.

Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Webb" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Silk purse from sow's ear.


> Unless they have made major changes to the Big River, I have always found > this an almost unplayable harp.
> Steve in Minn.
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> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:13 AM, "Dan Axt" <dapperdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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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>> ----- 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?
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>> I'd just get something like a Big River or Blues Master and call it a >> day.
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>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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