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

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Mike EBay had loose Manji sides that had been powder coated for sale.

Mikewilbur


On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>