Re: [Harp-L] Hohner XB40s

[Robert Koch <rok68@xxxxxxx>]

I heard they are still some lying around at Hohner USA. But please don't quote me on this....

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Robert KOCH 
Sunnyside Productions
rok68@xxxxxxx

> Le 15 sept. 2015 Ã 04:37, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> a Ãcrit :
> 
> There isn't really anything like the XB-40, sad to say. For those who know how to play it, the XB-40 has a big, robust sound that dwarfs any other diatonic. The Suzuki SUB30 doesn't have the guts to compete, sad to say.
> My best suggestion would be to haunt eBay.
> Winslow
>  Winslow Yerxa
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>      From: john coster <john.medicineb@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 6:47 PM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Hohner XB40s
> 
> I got ripped off 10 days ago and lost a bunch of valuable harps. Ahrgh! My
> harmonica specialty is playing traditional Celtic music or derivatives of
> it, mainly on tremolo harps, sometimes chromatics. When performing as a
> songwriter, I've often used xb4os. Now they're among the stolen items and
> Hohner does not make them. I like the blow bends and the big sound. Can
> anyone recommend anything that is similar? The Suzuki Ultima looks like a
> similar idea but people don't seem to like it. By the way, I'm having a pay
> what you want album sale at http://johncoster.bandcamp.com/ to help reequip
> myself.Here's some of how I use harps. I know what tremolos I need, but
> with the XB40s gone, I'm not sure what the best replacements would be.
> 
> Thanks, John Coster
> 
> 
> https://johncoster.bandcamp.com/album/lost-horizon     tremolo in a song
> arrangement
> 
> https://johncoster.bandcamp.com/track/five-hundred-miles golden melody in a
> trad song,
> 
> XB40 for a couple of fiddle tunes
> http://www.johncostermusic.com/maid-behind-th
> 
> XB40 in one of my songs at a house chttps://
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaII4L3lcWE
> 
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