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

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

If anyone has Manji covers I can access, please contact me offlist.  I want 
to try them on the SUB30.  Just a note that people were tweaking B-Rad's 
too...I don't see around having to do some minor tweaks when you get a 
SUB30 just like any other harp...I am talking basic gapping and tuning.  I 
am fine with that.

There is a learning curve with this harp...it is like giving an overbend 
harp to someone who can't overbend (to some point, anyways).  I want to 
reiterate that the "improvements" that I felt necessary were in its 
performance as a Richter harp.  The new bends work as advertised assuming 
the gaps are set right and the technique is there.  Those are two variables 
that Suzuki couldn't totally account for.





On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:10:24 AM UTC-5, Michael Rubin wrote:
>
> Martin, 
> If you are talking to me, what I am trying to say is Suzuki should have 
> made a good harmonica and charged me more for it, instead of charging me a 
> lot of money for a bad one.  I am looking for value.  $185 for a bad 
> harmonica is way too much money, no matter how brilliant the IDEA behind 
> the harp is.  $300 for a great harmonica with a brilliant idea behind it 
> is 
> well worth it, imo. 
> Michael 
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:14 AM, martin oldsberg 
> <martino...@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:>>wrote: 
>
> > 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 donÂt say that the harmonica industry hasnÂt 
> > disiplined us customers! 
> >   "My new Steinway has arrived, but sadly, itÂs 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 IÂll 
> wait 
> > until I see some reviews saying that the factory has done what 
> > theyÂre 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. 
> > 
> > 
>