[Harp-L] Gear Shaming Other Harmonica Players

[Steve Hayes]

I’m sorry this happened. It’s a big group, so even a small percentage of miscreants can seem overwhelming. I block the ones who are not interested in learning and mean know-it-alls, that can be a lot of blocking, but my feed is pretty nice. 

I have favorite harps, but I still try others—especially cheaper ones for gifts or the car. I like Easttop (T008),  Kongshen (Babyfat)

Ignore boneheads.
Steve

> On Feb 4, 2024, at 4:28 PM, Amy Rister <amyrister02 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I don't know if anybody else has ever experienced this, but I get gear
> shamed every time I mention that I like a certain model of harmonica. I
> often get gear shamed by the Classic Marine Band Player's Cult (I call them
> that because they all play the original Marine Band, play exclusively
> tongue blocked Chicago blues, have a cult-like mentality surrounding tuning
> and comb material, and harass anybody that has a different opinion than
> them) every time whenever I say that I like the Golden Melody. They always
> tell me that the tuning on those harps suck, that I should be playing a
> Marine Band instead, and not use my Golden Melodies at all (which I had
> mentioned in the past). These people are the reason why I hate the Marine
> Band so much is because other than being terrible to maintain, the members
> of its fanbase are almost entirely made up of people who drag other people
> down. I even got bullied because I owned two good playing Chinese
> harmonicas, the Kongsheng Bluebird and the Golden Bird Parrott Tuning
> harmonica (which I received as a gift from my friend/teacher, Todd
> Parrott), and said they are "useless for expression". I don't know why
> "harmonica players" on Facebook are so up their own ass when they criticise
> my choice of harps, when I never did the same thing to them.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Amy Rister