Re: [Harp-L] B-radical on E-bay

[Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, like I said before, they don't make 'em anymore, and it IS is piece
of harmonica history. It might be worth $500 to me if it said "Gnarly" on
it, but I wasn't brave (or lucky--you know the story I am sure) enough to
to have one made for me.
As far as being "better", I doubt if a Fabulous is better than a Joe Spiers
Stage One! Which now makes me think, what a monster you would have if you
bought one and sent it to Joe--or what would he do to Danny's B-Rad . . .
I think part of what brought Brad down was not charging enough for the
harmonicas!

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Daniel <dany_perrone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Fairweather wrote:âBased purely on playability as opposed to
> rarity,  is this harmonica better
> than a Suzuki Fabulous (the most expensive commercially produced diatonic I
> know of?)     Is it better than a vintage Filisko?   I've only known one
> person who actually owned a B-Radical and he wasn't particulary impressed
> with his.â Hi David, I would not know if itâs better than some of the
> harps you mentioned as I donât own any of those.I bought it soon after my
> personal âdiscoveryâ of the diatonic harmonica... the initial euphoric
> phase if you will.I wanted to explore the different techniques ( overblows,
> valved bends etc ) I was blown away by the effort and risk that Brad took
> in producing the B-radical and I wanted to do my part to support
> him.Ironically, me doing my part probably contributed to them not being
> able to timely fill those initial orders and ... well..you know the rest of
> the story. Soon after I got it my searching/discovering lead me to decide
> to play half valved spiral diatonics.I donât overblow and donât play
> Richter anymore. Even if I wanted to half valve it the protruding nuts
> securing each individual reed makes attaching valves difficult.I treasure
> my B-radical ... but I am a minimalist and hate collecting things...mixed
> feelings...I know. P.S  Brad...wherever you are I still admire you for
> taking up this huge project...your life dream... and I am saddened it did
> not became profitable so you could continue it.
>