bluesharper
64 posts
Aug 05, 2010
4:55 AM
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What do you guys thinks of Hering harmonicas?
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boris_plotnikov
184 posts
Aug 05, 2010
5:22 AM
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Great tone. Very short reed life.
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The Gloth
438 posts
Aug 05, 2010
5:53 AM
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I had only a short experience with a Hering, but it was just like Boris wrote : the harp sounded great, but the first time I played it live with full electric band (and bad stage sound, wich lead me to play too hard), I blew off a reed. Later I opened the harp, tried to plick the reed and broke it. Too fragile for me !
And also, the comb has a really bad taste of vernish.
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Andrew
1104 posts
Aug 05, 2010
5:56 AM
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I've only got keys of E and F#. Rare keys, so I didn't want to spend much. I'm not especially happy with them - quality of engineering is poor.
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gentleman of leisure,
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jim
268 posts
Aug 05, 2010
6:09 AM
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It's not the comb that has the taste. It's the RIVETS (I have no idea what material is used there but their taste sucks)
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bluesharper
65 posts
Aug 05, 2010
6:26 AM
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Wont be buying those then I dont think.
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lumpy wafflesquirt
228 posts
Aug 05, 2010
1:01 PM
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@Jim
You eat rivets?
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barbequebob
1085 posts
Aug 05, 2010
1:10 PM
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Hering chromatics are the easiet to play out of the box and their mouthpices are truly quite comfortable, something I often can't say about Hohners. For some, they may sound a bit thinner than Hohner. Their chromatics can be bent close to 1/2 step, but like any chromatic, you have to EASE your way into them or they'll either, like any other chromatic, blank out or worse, get blown out, and this is especially true on any other models using a thicker reed plate.
I personally use Hering chromatics most of the time and also Rod Piazza has been using Hering harmonicas exclusively for the last 5 years.
For years, the slot tolerances on Hering harmonicas were often tighter and because of that, and also some of their models using really thick reed plates as well, such as the Hering 1923 Vintage Harp and the Delta Blues, I wouldn't recommend them for someone who tends to use far too much breath force because that bad playing technique will blow them out real quick.
One thing about any Brazillian made harmonica is that you may need to readjust the reed plates occasionally or hear a high pitched squeal on a bend, and like any other harp with screw tapped construction, occasionally retighten the screws.
Most of their diatonics are tuned to either 19LJI or 7LJI. I know for a fact the Hering 1923 Vintage Harps are tuned stock to 7LJI and the Master Blues and Delta Blues are tuned to 19LJI.
Again, if you tend to blow out harps quick, these you can blow out faster than Hohners because of their generally tighter slot tolerances.
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jim
269 posts
Aug 05, 2010
1:35 PM
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And because of the metal alloy they use for reeds, they sound different. And are very, very fragile.
I would say phosphor bronze Suzukis are very close in tone.
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barbequebob
1086 posts
Aug 05, 2010
1:38 PM
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One thing that makes me stay away from Suzuki chromatics is the fact that like the CX-12 and the present day 64's, Spuer 64's and Super 64X, they're cross tuned and chromatics set up that way tend to have very uncomfortable mouthpieces and the slide action tends to be slower than the straight tuned style that Hering uses (as does the Hohner 270's and 270 Deluxes use).
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Todd Parrott
150 posts
Aug 06, 2010
10:11 AM
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Don't know about the chromatics, but I hate Hering diatonics.
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groyster1
298 posts
Aug 06, 2010
10:34 AM
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again I say you cant test drive harps if you dont like them after you have bought them you are stuck with them
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Todd Parrott
156 posts
Aug 06, 2010
2:05 PM
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They have one that's supposed to be good for overblows, called the Golden Blow, but there is NO WAY in heck I would ever play a harmonica by that name. What were they thinking? :-)
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boris_plotnikov
188 posts
Aug 06, 2010
9:12 PM
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barbequebob
I don't blow out hohner reeds at all. But once I blow out reed from almost new Hering chromatic just at gig. I now hae black 64 chromatic and use it for 1-2 tunes at gig, while at rehearsals I play cheap SWAN 16holer.
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boris_plotnikov
189 posts
Aug 06, 2010
9:12 PM
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barbequebob
I don't blow out hohner reeds at all. But once I blow out reed from almost new Hering chromatic just at gig. I now have black 64 chromatic and use it for 1-2 tunes at gig, while at rehearsals I play cheap SWAN 16holer.
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Last Edited by on Aug 07, 2010 3:04 AM
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Ant138
523 posts
Aug 07, 2010
1:33 AM
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Ive got a Vintage 1923 and for the money i thought it was a good harp. It did need some gapping but for £17 i thought the build was very good. There was a funny taste on the cover plates for a while which is a common complaint with them but that goes after a little while. I think you could do alot worse at that price.
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