OzarkRich
418 posts
Mar 26, 2011
1:03 PM
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Saw this at GC yesterday. A real confidence builder!
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LSB
32 posts
Mar 26, 2011
1:07 PM
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Ummm, okay.....
I think we can now officially say that Hohner has Jumped the Shark.
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Matzen
98 posts
Mar 26, 2011
2:03 PM
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Wow! LMAO!! Why?
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Todd Parrott
412 posts
Mar 26, 2011
3:06 PM
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Yes, that is a Guitar Center exclusive. According to Andy at Hohner, it's something that Guitar Center requested. They wanted something with skulls on it. Funny thing to me is that it's called the Last Gasp, and below that we see the Hohner slogan, "Just Breathe."
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eharp
1232 posts
Mar 26, 2011
3:24 PM
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this one will be a collector's item in 25 years.
some shmuck on some forum will be posting, "i found this harp in my dad's drawer. does anybody know anything about it?"
buy one fast!
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ReedSqueal
107 posts
Mar 26, 2011
3:42 PM
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I think they are trying to appeal to a different [age] demographic.
Shit, I'll bet if they produced a model that had Facebook and Twitter logos, they'd crack open a huge market. The packaging could say "Just Tweet"
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Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
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MrVerylongusername
1638 posts
Mar 26, 2011
3:48 PM
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Nothing new, remember the Beatles harp - look how much they're worth now.
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Tundra1
5 posts
Mar 26, 2011
4:00 PM
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Okay, now skulls are pretty cool, I have to admit. You see, one of the main purposes of any harmonica producer is to satisfy the largest pool of buyers and enter their product(s) into the mainstream of consumerism as with cymbals or guitars. Anyway, I'd love to see the harmonica used in rock more often, it certainly has the potential as an instrument.
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pistolero
106 posts
Mar 26, 2011
5:18 PM
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Last time I was in GC my boy saw that and wanted it (he's 10). I talked him out of it.
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It's MUSIC, not just complicated noise.
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pistolero
107 posts
Mar 26, 2011
6:00 PM
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Oh, he's got other harps, I didn't want to get him that one that day. He blows the hell out of em. It sounds like music sometimes. Of course I could say the same about myself.
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It's MUSIC, not just complicated noise.
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Matzen
101 posts
Mar 26, 2011
6:33 PM
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What do they charge for one of those?
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OzarkRich
420 posts
Mar 26, 2011
7:09 PM
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$15. I'm thinking about going back to get it just to hang on the wall. Like Todd pointed out, I like the irony of "last gasp/just breathe".
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MP
1545 posts
Mar 26, 2011
8:27 PM
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i'm at least 10 years old and i would want one too.
but, they only cost $15. when a hohner costs half as much as a GM they tend to be cheapo/chinese stuff.
i'll bet you can put the covers on something good.
plus it has a scary 'mouse coffin' case.
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Mojokane
344 posts
Mar 26, 2011
11:19 PM
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cool..
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jbone
505 posts
Mar 27, 2011
6:37 AM
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so a cheepass $5 chinese built harp with cool covers. where have i seen THAT before?
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nacoran
3928 posts
Mar 27, 2011
1:38 PM
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It's a shame. They should be doing special covers for SP20s and Marine Bands instead. And unless they've improved the technology, it will wear off. The gold lettering (unfortunately including the key) wear off of Piedmonts in a couple days.
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MP
1547 posts
Mar 27, 2011
4:31 PM
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it's unfortunate to have purchased a piedmont. i saw one for the first time 2 weeks ago. i was fixing harps for a guy and he accidently included a piedmont with the SP/20s and GMs he sent.
the covers are a soft flexible plastic. he told me to junk it. i kept the screws and may make tools out of the reed plates.
i'd like a fancier coverplate design for SPs. the black they use on harps is cool, but like you say nac, it wears right off.
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