HarpNinja
1513 posts
Jul 19, 2011
6:58 PM
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I have a LLF and LF that should be here any day! I tried to score a LA and/or LG, but Hohner didn't have them for me yet. I had to beg for a few months to get a crack at any key before they were widely available in the states, lol.
I will for sure post a review as soon as I get them. I actually figured out how to use my new computer for that kinda stuff..
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
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nacoran
4336 posts
Jul 19, 2011
7:02 PM
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Cool. Have you played a Seydel LLF to compare it against?
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Nate
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Todd Parrott
568 posts
Jul 19, 2011
11:42 PM
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I've played both, Nate, and the Thunderbird LLF blows the Seydel away. It was absolutely amazing, and I don't just say that because I'm a Hohner guy. I played two prototypes last year at SPAH, a low C and a double low F (LLF). (I now own the low C prototype.)
Unlike the Seydel, the LLF Thunderbird I played had no valves - doesn't need them, and responded much better and was much louder than the Seydel. I was surprised to get so much volume and power out of such a low harp. On the LLF Setdel I had (and sold), I seem to recall that extra material was added to the lower reeds - looked like solder, but the Hohner Thunderbird did not.
I think the only advantage that Seydel may have in this area, at least for a while, is that they offer all of the extra low keys including sharps and flats, while Hohner does not. If I can get a regular low C Thunderbird, I'll probably retune my prototype low C up to a low Db, which would be of much more use to me.
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HarpNinja
1514 posts
Jul 20, 2011
5:16 AM
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I think the TBird will eventually come in low Db too? I actually have a few Sleigh built low harps from MoonCat and have managed to get similar results in my own builds - including the modded bottom coverplate - but I honestly don't have the time/energy to work on my own harps currently.
I haven't tried any LLF harps from Seydel, but I have played several of the low 1847 Seydel harps, which are great.
Over the last year, I've pretty much sold my soul to the Marine Band. I used to play all GM's, but for whatever reason, I've ended up with pretty much all Crossovers and MBD's in my gig case. The exceptions are the key of D and higher (I don't carry a standard F# to gigs and use a LF# Big River with a wood comb).
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
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jim
928 posts
Jul 20, 2011
5:35 AM
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@HarpNinja:
your 1847 LBb will soon be ready.
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HarpNinja
1515 posts
Jul 20, 2011
6:03 AM
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It shall be glorious!!!
It is insane how in just a few years harmonicas have gotten so much better. When you think about the general buying public, and how the overwhelming majority of harp purchases are entry level super-cheap harps, the fact that we can access stainless steel reeds, tighter tolerances, or longer lasting materials is pretty impressive.
I know that hits on a number of recent threads, but considering that most of us make up only a small niche of harmonica-buyers, we are spoiled!
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
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tmf714
732 posts
Jul 20, 2011
6:39 AM
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Musicians Friend already has E and Eb in stock-
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HarpNinja
1516 posts
Jul 20, 2011
7:56 AM
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For me, I plan on getting the "odd" keys first (although I got the LF). I can set up a super sweet LE MB for myself. I know it is more work, but, unless I use it a ton, it is just as easy to take a $30 MB (or SP20), and seal it, etc.
In fact, I will probably do as such very soon. Heck, I might even order one today - seal the comb, mod the covers, and put it back together with nails. However, the only readily available low key I really want and don't have is Db...easy enough to make, though.
I have a LE MB and Big River, but they are old and probably pretty crappy compared to my current work. Even the MB coverplate is a bit off.
For me personally, the cost of a Thunderbird is the same as, if not lower, than the super low harps from other companies.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
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tmf714
733 posts
Jul 20, 2011
8:33 AM
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These are the keys offered for the Thunderbird:
Order No. key reeds reed
plates body length
in cm
M201116 LF
20 Brass;
0.9 mm
Bamboo
(cpl. sealed) 10.0
M201115 LE
M201114 LEb
M201113 LD
M201197 LC
M201174 LBb
M201173 LA
M201171 LG
M201175 LLF
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