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



Mik Jagger,You state:
"Seems like an old asian practice of stealing the intellectual property
from the west, without giving credit to where the  idea/ engineering came
from. "

At the risk of being meta, seems like you are assigning a character trait
to an entire culture.  I would prefer you base your character assessments
on the actions of individuals.

That said, I have had all positive interactions with Suzuki employees.

What's so great about the Sub30 or different than the XB40?  It's the size
of a regular diatonic harp.  All of the notes can bend, I do not know where
you got the idea they cannot.  It is different than the XB40 in that the 40
ebdns down a full step, whereas the Sub30 bends down one half step.  Much
easier to control.  In my opinion, the tone of the XB40 is very different
than a standard diatonic, whereas the sub30 is much closer to a standard
diatonic and closer than a half valved PT Gazell Seydel harp.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>



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