Re: [Harp-L] Marine band

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I said this earlier this week so at the risk of being repetitive ...

The Special 20 ...redo or House Custom called the " Rocket " was a surprise 
Rockin Ron has them.

More money than the SP20 but I was not Impressed with the SP 20 ...but I am with the
Rocket

I try them all also.

Mike Wilbur



On Mar 17, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jim Fitting wrote:
> <I still prefer Marine Bands after all these years. Partly because I am used to them I suppose, but mostly because they sound great and they can take <it when I play hard (which I do a lot). I've found that I tend to blow out the crossover and custom harps pretty fast. So for me the Marine Band <works great. They don't seem to swell up as much as they used to. Steve Baker mentioned them being sealed with a single layer of lacquer which might <explain that.  Anyway count me in the standard M B 1896 camp.
> 
> I was so disgusted with Marine Bands in the 1980s that I swore I'd never touch one again, and I've lived up to that pledge for about 30 years.  But when the likes of Jim Fitting and Steve Baker say they're good harps, I guess it's time to give one a try. 
> 
> FYI, I make a point of buying at least one of just about every decent-or-better diatonic harp out there, from S20s to LOs to Manjis to 1847s and Session Steels to Crossovers and MB Deluxes; the list goes on and on, does it not?  I still haven't found the grail--the harp make and model I can rely on for everything, every time.  
> 
> Anyway, I'll make a point of checking out an MB 1896 soon.
> 
> Regards, Richard Hunter  
> 
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