rabbit
1 post
Mar 18, 2009
1:57 AM
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Hail & hullo harpskteers!
New here & to the harp but I've searched
your archives a bit & discovered you to
be a cheerful mob. Mr. Gussow impresses
deeply of course; thanks all for the shelter.
I am unremarkable, bluecollar, honky on
the threshold of geezerhood and possessed
of no detectable musical talent. I have
accumulated some knowledge of theory
fooling with other instruments.
I've got a GM(A), MB(Bb), L.O.(C) and an
S20 (in G, what was I thinking?) These
things are nearly impossible to play
but their irresistible intimate portability
has gotten to me.
I can offer perhaps a small contribution
to the data bank: picked up a Hohner
'Hot Metal' as cheap take apart training wheels.
Tinkerers may be interested to know that
this harp is bound together by no fewer
than 9 screws (threaded to bottom plate,)
not including the two bolts that fasten the
cover plates. Seemed remarkable to me.
Thanks,
rabbit
Last Edited by on Mar 18, 2009 2:29 AM
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harmonicanick
192 posts
Mar 18, 2009
2:53 AM
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Greetings Rabbit, welcome to the forum where all opionions are welcome, and lively debate in good humour is encouraged.
You should get all of your harp questions answered here and have a lot of fun doing it..
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mickil
94 posts
Mar 18, 2009
3:29 AM
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Greetings from me too, rabbit. harmonicanick isn't wrong about the 'lively debate' bit or the 'good humour'. Enjoy!
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
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BlueWB
5 posts
Mar 18, 2009
3:50 AM
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Hello from another new member. ask myself, if i have any question that is`nt already answered in this forum. So let`s have fun!
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MJ
9 posts
Mar 18, 2009
8:13 AM
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Greetings and welcome. I am also a newcoer who feels right at home after many hellos from older members. Lots of good stuff here.
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oldwailer
588 posts
Mar 18, 2009
8:30 AM
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Hello and welcome to MJ, Blue, and Rabbit.
There is also no shortage of screws in the Bluesband and the Big River harps--but the Bluesband is a cheap harp and plays badly--and the Big River, some people's favorite, is, in my opinion, not all that I would want in a harp. A good harp is a never ending quest for the harpist--and, whenever I get one--I need another!
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Buzadero
46 posts
Mar 18, 2009
8:31 AM
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Greetings, Rabbit.
Now......quantify "threshold of geezerhood".
As someone who is still operating on brute force and ignorance past 50, I'll need some clarification on this point.
But, welcome to the joint.
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~Buzadero
Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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oldwailer
589 posts
Mar 18, 2009
8:54 AM
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Here's a couple of verses from a song written by me and my wife--just to help delineate that fine line where one crosses over to geezerhood:
They say I'm old and kind of out of it
But they don't even know the half of it
I didn't really just forget their names
they're under 50 so they all look the same.
I ain't dead--ain't dead yet.
My achin' joints are always stiff and sore
Little Ralphie Johnson he don't work no more
I seemed to grow old in the wink of an eye
I guess I'm still in Kansas oh me oh my
I ain't dead--ain't dead yet.
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Tuckster
124 posts
Mar 18, 2009
8:58 AM
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Welcome to the forum,Rabbit. As for the screws--why does the MS series only use 3, not counting the ones doing double duty holding the cover plates on. Have 2 Suzuki Bluesmasters, and they use a bunch of screws to hold the reed plates.
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rabbit
2 posts
Mar 18, 2009
2:44 PM
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Thank you all for the welcoming replies.
Feels good here.
Buzadero,
Oldwailer pretty much got it right for me.
I'm almost 57, but my geezerhood is defined
by 'mechanical failure' and makes
" I ain't dead yet" really resonate.
I dig the your candor about 'brute force and
ignorance.' Studying the harp will illuminate
one's ignorance. Brute force is the pure will
it takes some times, as you know.
Still, it's all pretty good.
Tuckster,
Did not know about MS series but an MS 'ProHarp'
is on my list, as is a 'Bluesmaster.' I can't say I
know anything about the connection of how a harp
sounds to how it is built. I've got a few more to
try and then settle down.
Thanks again.
rabbit
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snakes
134 posts
Mar 20, 2009
1:19 PM
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Welcome to MJ, Blue, and Rabbit. Just a word about the key of G harmonica. It is one of my favorites. Some of the brands are harder to play than the others, but the lowness of the key is very cool sounding to me.
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MJ
11 posts
Mar 20, 2009
1:50 PM
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Snakes, I like the G harp also. I picked up a high G and it comes in handy on some of those songs in D that don't always call for the deepness, Using them both simultaniously is fun too.
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snakes
135 posts
Mar 21, 2009
4:50 PM
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MJ
My next harp is going to be a low harp (most likley a Promaster). What key should I get - F?
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oldwailer
606 posts
Mar 21, 2009
5:59 PM
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Hi Snakes! The low F is very cool and handy for the key of C--but only one note lower than G. The Low D is cooler and lower--SBWII sometimes played "Bye Bye Bird" on the low D--and the low C is the lowest one I've got--and I like it the best.
I've been wanting to get a low A to vamp on E blues--it seems that the lower they get, the harder to play but still the most fun! Did that make any sense??
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mickil
111 posts
Mar 21, 2009
6:21 PM
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OW,
You realise that in a couple of months or so, your number of posts is gonna reach 666! Da Da Da (loud, eery organ music!)
When the time approaches, I'm gonna listen for the shaking of ground, the creaking of the walls around me; I'm gonna watch for flames falling from the heavens, and pidgeon shit raining from the sky. Don't do that post man! LOL
Mick
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
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oldwailer
608 posts
Mar 21, 2009
6:28 PM
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Good point! Actually, I've been hoping that the Devil would pop out of the dirt at my feet and offer me a Robert Johnson deal--the ability to play harp on a stick better than SBWII while accompanying myself with slide guitar to shame Bob Brozman into the primordial slime! I just might take it too! Sounds like a pretty good deal. . .
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