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Is the Crossover really...
Is the Crossover really...
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joshnat
38 posts
Feb 27, 2010
9:28 AM
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...REALLY just an MB Deluxe with a bamboo comb, different covers and different tuning?
I know some of this has been beaten to death, but I just received my first Crossover. It plays really nicely and sounds great. I've had an MB Deluxe and a Manji in the same key, and I can't say that I enjoyed playing either of those as much.
Why do Filisko, Baker et. al. say it's so great, if it's just those fairly superficial differences?
I guess my question really is: is the reedwork, aka gapping, profile, etc. (aside from the tuning) REALLY the same (as the MB Deluxe)?
I was hoping I could work the word "really" into the post a couple more times, but I'm really out of gas. Really!
Last Edited by on Feb 27, 2010 10:46 AM
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barbequebob
542 posts
Feb 27, 2010
9:43 AM
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The comb is FULLY sealed, wheras the MBD is only partially sealed (sealed only along the outer edges, meaning that it can still swell, wheras with a fully sealed comb, this won't happen and this process takes much longer and is a lot more expensive in terms of production line costs). The slot tolerances are tighter, meaning less air needed to play them, and yes, the tuning IS different, a comprimise tuning, yet different than anything Hohner has used.
As far as the tuning, I've posted these links before, so here they are again:
From Delta Frost Forum:
http://www.deltafrost.com/diatonic-harmonica-tunings-an-update_topic6473.html?KW=
From Harmonica Space forum:
http://www.harmonicaspace.com/viewtopic.php?topic=688
Those differences are NOT superficial.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Bb
178 posts
Feb 27, 2010
9:52 AM
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In my personal experience the Crossover is a markedly better responding harp. I have some MB Deluxe harps that I'm really kinda "meh" about. But the Crossover is a very nice out of the box harp.
-Bob
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joshnat
39 posts
Feb 27, 2010
10:42 AM
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I'm with you guys. It's the slot tolerances/reedwork that has surprised me. Comb sealing and tuning don't immediately appear to affect playability (on a dry harp), but reedwork does. Everything I've read has said it's just the same reedplate as the MB Deluxe, with different tuning. It sure doesn't play that way, though.
@harpwrench, sorry! I mean Filisko, not you. Original post corrected.
Last Edited by on Feb 27, 2010 10:47 AM
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