LeonStagg
11 posts
Aug 13, 2009
8:04 PM
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What's your favorite harp at the moment. I don't have any custom harps yet, so my current favorite is a Seydel 1847 in the key of A.
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addict
10 posts
Aug 13, 2009
8:35 PM
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My Marine Band custom Richard Sleigh Bb
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congaron
37 posts
Aug 13, 2009
9:03 PM
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Marine band in A. followed closely by suzuki promaster in Low F...followed closely by...(insert every other harp I own in any order..I love them all.)
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Kyzer Sosa
28 posts
Aug 13, 2009
9:25 PM
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I just cant get over the sound of an A harp... The Bb is a VERRRRRRRRY close second only due to the wealth of tunes played by Adam using it...both SP 20's
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jonsparrow
777 posts
Aug 13, 2009
10:44 PM
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my custom marine band in A and Bb (in that order) by chris rynolds. then marine band in G. the rest are just other keys to me. i dont play other ones then that much. only like once a day just to practice the differnce. i also like my prewar harps alot.
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Ant138
104 posts
Aug 14, 2009
12:32 AM
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Just got me a Seydel Soloist Pro in Ab, amazing harp!!!
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GermanHarpist
549 posts
Aug 14, 2009
1:35 AM
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Still my Blues Band in A... is there something wrong with me?
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wheezer
88 posts
Aug 14, 2009
2:30 AM
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"A" harp, Hohner blues harp cover plates and wood comb,
Suzuki Bluesmaster reed plates.
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bluesharper
16 posts
Aug 14, 2009
3:17 AM
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I would have to say my suzuki promaster valved
By the way Wheezer can you actually use suzukie bluesmaster reed plates with hohner blues harp Cover plates and wooden comb?
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jbone
123 posts
Aug 14, 2009
4:11 AM
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i have a few, it depends on what we're playing.
mostly i use a D delta frost in 3rd. nice.
low F df is nice.
G delta frost, 3rd position.
Bb, a very nice sound to it
not least, a hering 5148 chrom in low C, 3rd. with the bassman and the e-v m43u (modded), this is an awe inspiring combination.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
138 posts
Aug 14, 2009
7:34 AM
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Prewar Seydel Bandmaster G, made around 1915, retrofitted with an American Chestnut comb, 2 blow tuned up for fourth position. Had a weird tuning that started out on the 2 blow note and had an extra hole up high. Once I tuned up the 2 blow, it's became the perfect fourth position harp
blow B E G B D G B D G B
draw D F# A C E F# A C E F#
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scstrickland
165 posts
Aug 14, 2009
8:42 AM
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Just bought a Hohner 150 Anniversary key of C. Put old Big River cover plates that I had opened up. Plays like a stick of butter. Don't know why. It's just an MS harp. It does have a solid plastic comb but from what everyone says the comb doesn't make that much of a difference. Maybe its that one in five you get that is great.
Last Edited by on Aug 14, 2009 11:08 AM
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ness
47 posts
Aug 14, 2009
10:50 AM
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Suzuki Firebreath
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djm3801
192 posts
Aug 14, 2009
12:00 PM
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Tough one. I like Deltas, Special20's and Seydel solist pros. The Setdels sound sweetest.
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snakes
330 posts
Aug 14, 2009
12:19 PM
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I do not have any custom harps as of yet. I have tried Lee Oskars (major and minor tuned), Hohners (Marine band, Pro Harp, Blues harp, Golden Melody, Special 20, Big River), Seydels (Blues Session std. and 1847 Silver), and Suzukis (Promaster, Bluesmaster, and Fire Breath). For playability it is the Suzuki Fire Breath with the Suzuki Bluesmaster a close second. For tone I like the Marine band, but out of the 5 or 6 I own a couple are just unplayable for me right out of the box when it comes to bending on certain holes so they just sit. The rest are so leaky I'll have to get more chops or give up cigars (NOT) to make them viable. My loudest harp is definitely the 1847 Silver.
If I could only have one set of stock harps on a desert island they would definitley be the Suzuki Fire Breath.
Last Edited by on Aug 14, 2009 12:19 PM
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jonsparrow
782 posts
Aug 14, 2009
12:24 PM
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i want a firebreath. i keep saying that but i still have yet to buy one.
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congaron
40 posts
Aug 14, 2009
12:39 PM
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For a single set out of the box on a desert island..suzuki promaster..if i get to take toothpicks and a knife...marine band.
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bluzlvr
232 posts
Aug 14, 2009
2:23 PM
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Tossup between my custom Marine Band in A and my custom Special 20 in C, both by James Gordon.
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Blackbird
103 posts
Aug 16, 2009
1:36 AM
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Weltmeister Blackbird in D is a really comfy harp to play right out of the box. Got a SP20 in Bb and a Marine Band in C that follow close behind.
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mickil
460 posts
Aug 16, 2009
6:59 AM
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It's got to be my MB Deluxes and 1847 Silvers. Can't wait for my MB Crossover to arrive though. Apparantly, Hohner are on their hols at the moment, hence the mid-September release, I presume.
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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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Patrick Barker
385 posts
Aug 16, 2009
11:34 AM
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I have a self customized sp 20 that's broken in beyond belief... the reeds look rusty but I think for some reason that's making them more responsive and easy to bend because it plays and bends with just the lightest breath.
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It's all in the tongue
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isaacullah
308 posts
Aug 16, 2009
4:00 PM
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1930's Marine Band in G. It belonged to my wife's grandfather who brought it with him from northern Italy when he emmigrated to America. He was coal miner in Wyoming for a long time before he moved to South San Francisco and became a garbage man. I just imagine him playing that harp after getting home from a hard day int he mines. There's just a ton of mojo in that harp. I fully restored it, and it plays like a dream and sounds like nothing else...
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Aussiesucker
331 posts
Aug 16, 2009
4:17 PM
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Got lots that I love ie Promasters, Bluesmasters, Lee Oskars but the 'one' that I find I am consistently picking up is a Harpmaster in A. Don't much like the MBs or Blues Harps and can accept that SP20s are OK ie when I fluke it for a good one.
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Bluzdude46
122 posts
Aug 17, 2009
1:24 AM
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Bluzdude Custom D Marine Band I sing alot in E and A But I like my C harps too I also have a prewar MB in C that surprised me how good it is. If Hohner just dialed back and started making them like they used too I'd be happier then with any new innovative harp Stay tuned I'm waiting for a Buddha Harp that I'm expecting to change these rankings
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Philosofy
252 posts
Aug 17, 2009
11:02 AM
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I have an 1847 Silver in A, customized by Elk River Harmonicas. Its my "no excuses" harp. If I can't play it on that harp, its my fault, not a leaky harp or a harp that's not gapped properly.
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Andrew
526 posts
Aug 19, 2009
1:01 AM
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At the moment it's my MB in Bb, not because it's as good as say the A even, but it's one I thought was unplayable when OTB, but I stripped it a dozen times and now I'm really enjoying playing it every day to break it (and me) in. If I blow it out, I've got a deluxe as a spare.
One thing I've noticed about these hopeless cases is they're only hopeless when played pianissimo in the home environment - at work in the washroom it sounds great played mf* or louder. This includes my Ab, which was also really bad OTB.
(*that's mezzoforte, not motherf#ckin)
Last Edited by on Aug 19, 2009 1:25 AM
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DaDoom
116 posts
Aug 19, 2009
1:55 AM
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Right at the moment it's my Suzuki Promaster 350V in G. I once bought an MB in the same key and invested quite some time in tweaking it (replaced nails with screws, reedwork etc.) but I still can't get anything useful out of that harp. Thanks to the valves on the Promaster I can play a full blues scale in 1st, 2nd and 3rd position starting on hole 1 and ending on hole 10. Having so many notes to play with is just cool. Not to speak of the clarity and expressiveness of the blow notes. At last I can explore the fantastic world of the low harps without having to worry about the 1 OB (or any other OB for that matter). Being so low it's also easier to bend the draws on holes 7 to 10. It's just too much fun.
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ness
49 posts
Aug 19, 2009
5:30 AM
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isaacullah says:"1930's Marine Band in G. It belonged to my wife's grandfather who brought it with him from northern Italy when he emmigrated to America. He was coal miner in Wyoming for a long time before he moved to South San Francisco and became a garbage man. I just imagine him playing that harp after getting home from a hard day int he mines. There's just a ton of mojo in that harp. I fully restored it, and it plays like a dream and sounds like nothing else..."
That right there is cool. I want one. :^)
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