I sent three Special 20's and some combs to Ronnie Shellist a couple of weeks ago. Ronnie is a pioneer in the online harmonica industry. He was the very first guy to post instrucitonal videos and start giving private lessons via Skype. In short, he was the first guy to figure out how to capitalize on the income potential of combining the internet with harmonica instruction. In addition, he is a great player and just a all around nice guy. He was kind enough to make a video featuring some of my stuff. Here is it.
@florida-trader This is very interesting Tom. Given that you make the combs & cover plates for the Marine Bands, have you ever made these products for the Crossover series? These are currently the only harps I play. How would an anodized aluminum comb differ from the triple lacquered bamboo combs in the Crossovers? Would the sound change a lot?Thanks for the input. ----------
Owen: The Crossover is a member of the Marine Band family of harps which also includes the Marine Band Deluxe and the Thunderbird. The Marine Band combs I make will fit them all. Classic Marine Band 1896's are assembled with nails so you would typically replace the nails with screws when you install a custom comb.
The general consensus is that metal combs - like brass and aluminum - tend to brighten up the tone a bit on a harp. I like to use them on lower keys like the G Ronnie features in his video. The bamboo combs on Crossovers are very fine combs indeed. Custom combs just offer some other options if that is something that is of interest to a harp player. ---------- Tom Halchak www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
Last Edited by florida-trader on May 07, 2015 1:34 PM
