RT123
297 posts
Apr 04, 2012
8:24 AM
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This is from the website:
Major Diatonic
THE TRADITIONAL BLUES TUNING.
The Major Diatonic harmonica is the most commonly used tuning for playing Blues, Rock, Country Folk & Jazz.
Major Diatonic harps are produced by several manufacturers using various names such as Blues Harp, Marine Band, Golden Melody, Big River, Special 20, Pro Harp, Folk Master, Star Performer, etc.
Although the cover plates are stamped with a variety of different names for marketing purposes, all of these harmonicas have the exact same notation layout as the Lee Oskar Major Diatonic.
The most important difference is in the quality of materials, construction, design and sound. Lee Oskars are the best harmonicas in the world, and that's not just our opinion.
All over the world, professional players prefer Lee Oskar Harps over any other brand.
I will admit I have never played one, and they could be great, maybe even the best as they say. Does anyone else have a problem with these statements? I just don't know any professionals that use them, nevermind their claim of more professionals using them than any other kind. I could be wrong.
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Willspear
115 posts
Apr 04, 2012
8:48 AM
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I don't like the timbre of lee Oskars but they play well enough. I can't pop overblows on them with considerable work. although I am no overblow pro.
A couple guys in my area love them. I think out of the box they play good the several I have had did tge job but tonally I think hohner and seydel have them beat by a mile.
They are expensive here more than the golden melody I prefer.
Total crapshoot between a sp20 as to quality and play. Neither of which I like much.
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Honkin On Bobo
1034 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:00 AM
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Tried a Lee Oskar when I was first starting out. Thought it sounded OK, but didn't like its feel (ie. the shape/physical construction). So I went with The Special 20, which i've stuck with. Still have that single LO though, despite never playing it.
Regarding the statements, nothing suprises me anymore about the lengths to which a company will go to in promoting itself. The statements are just subjective enough (eg. if they can get "some" professional players to say they prefer LO, then the all over the world statement could be tough to disprove), that nobody would go after them for false advertising. But yeah, it's kind of a wild assertion.
My default is to take all advertising with a grain of salt, and the wilder the claim the more wary I am.
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RT123
298 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:20 AM
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@honkin - I went to the website because I was interested/curious about trying one. I am always a sucker to try a different harp. The strange part is once I read that it turned me off to them. Maybe I read too much into it but it seemed like they were trying to make you think all harps are the same, except theirs are better. I understand marketing and it makes sense to talk up your product, but this turned me off to it.
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Stevelegh
451 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:29 AM
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LO's were the go to harp for many music stores in the 80's and 90's. The cases slot together, they are well made and consistent OTB.
Overblows finding their way into the mainstream has kind of killed a market of intermediate to advanced players as people have trouble getting them to overblow.
I bought into this overblow issue and bought up a new set of harps. All different kinds. Some of the best I've been quite disappointed with to be honest.
I pulled out my Lee Oskars a month or so ago. To be honest, with a little gapping, I've found they overblow just fine when I tongue block. I've been changing my embouchure to lip pursing (or lip blocking by tilting the harp up as advised by some good people here) and I haven't tried that method, but I'll report back when I'm at work tomorrow. It may be due to my quirky tongue blocked overblow style.
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hvyj
2302 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:30 AM
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"Total crapshoot between a sp20 as to quality"
B.S. I've played both. LOs are far more durable than SP 20s. Sp 20s wear out MUCH faster than LOs. Not even close.
I don't like the timbre of LOs but they are certainly a quality instrument.
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7LimitJI
641 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:37 AM
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I don't overblow but find some, not all of them squeal if you play a long draw bend, or upper octave blow bend.
Never had that problem with Hohner or Suzuki.
LO are easy to play,last a while, but do sound bright, I use what few I have left just for practise harps left in the car.
I would not like to gig with them.
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HarpNinja
2299 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:37 AM
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I started out with LOs...recessed comb, closed coverplates, airy sound, soft timbre...all things I don't currently like, lol.
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nacoran
5493 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:38 AM
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I like Lee Oskars. Most of what they are saying would fall under 'puffery' that you can get away with in advertising. Saying other harmonicas are laid out the same as Lee Oskars is backwards. Other harps were laid out that way long before Lee Oskars, and listing the individual models from the other makers and saying Lee Oskar sells more than them is at best disingenuous, at worst maybe flat out wrong. I haven't seen sales numbers, but I would have thought from the posts on here that other models are more popular, but again, they are cherry picking how they compare the data. Hohner makes a whole bunch of models that collectively outsell Lee Oskar, who basically offers one diatonic model in the U.S. (Tombo, the company that manufactures Lee Oskar, makes other models but they are a pain in the butt to get in the U.S. because of an exclusive marketing deal with Lee Oskar.) So if you want a diatonic Tombo in the U.S. you basically get Lee Oskars.
That said, they are very durable harps. I like them. They are Equal Tuned, which for me is why I pick them over my second favorite harp, the Sp20. They label both the 1st and 2nd position on the harp, which is a nice feature if you don't have the circle of fifths memorized. They don't overblow well (I'm not an overblow player, so I'm relying on other people's opinion on that). They are a little bigger than other harps, and the strange square cut outs on the covers are notorious for catching mustache hairs.
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Honkin On Bobo
1035 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:41 AM
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RT123,
Yeah, I totally feel ya on that, and the good news is, as a member of the MBH forum (or maybe from your own independent knowledge base and experience) you knew it was a bullshit statement.
Wondering whether one harp was better than another (soundwise) ended for me when a member of this very forum (and I wish I remember who...so I could give him mega props) did a blind demo with a bunch of harps. To me, the sound difference was miniscule....they all sounded great, and hilariously, our own esteemed kudzurunner a known champion of the Marine Band, and disdainer of the Special 20, got those two mixed up.
It just reinforced for me the idea that, overwhelmingly, the quality of the sound is a result of you and your technique and soul....and not the harp.
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7LimitJI
642 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:44 AM
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@Honkin,
That was me :o)
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Honkin On Bobo
1036 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:47 AM
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7limit,
You will always be THE MAN for doing that demo.
.....straight up.
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MrVerylongusername
2309 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:03 AM
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You have to keep a sense of historical perspective, Hohner in the late 80s/early 90s were just too inconsistent in quality. The introduction of the MS range (ironically to compete with Lee Oskars) upset many people who liked the handmades they replaced (I was one). Suzuki had almost no market presence to speak of and Seydel was still behind the Iron Curtain.
When Junior Wells endorsed Lee Oskars it was as much a protest against the decline in quality of Hohners.
They are actually pretty good harps. Especially if you play in a big band where you need to cut through a busy mix (as I do). Quality has improved over the years too. As for OBs I can OB the 4, 5 and 6 and get the 7 OD out of the box on anything D and higher - sure they can often squeal (not all the time - especially if it is just a passing note), but that's as little work to fix as most people seem to do on their harps just to get them to play right.
If, like me, you need a bright, ET harp that lasts practically forever with little maintenance (at least 8 years and counting on my C harp) then you'd be daft to write them off.
As for pros who use or have used 'em - well Oskar (obviously) Musselwhite and Wells for starters:
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/607251.htm
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Willspear
116 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:17 AM
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To clarify above
I wasn't saying lee Oskars are a crapshoot qualitywise. They are very consistent. Atleast in my sample size.
I was stating as to which is the better harp. I think both are very similar in quality. Though if I were to pick I perceive sp20s as having better sonic quality for my tastes. But really I think so many other harps sound better than either it is a minimal issue.
My perception of durability of either is probably skewed as I had much worse breath control then. Bad enough that I wasted several reeds.
I feel they both have qualities that give them an edge over the other
Also I ripped out a ton of facial hair on lee Oskars as was pointed out. Now that I am playing more chromatic I keep the mustache shorter as it is easy to get hair in the slide
Of note I have never ripped out a facial hair with 1847 covers which to me makes those covers the best. Also it makes playing more enjoyable so it is a factor into tone. Feeling good about your instrument is as important as anything. I play better on my more expensive guitars not because they actually are better. My Amerindian 62 reissue and my white falcon are my go to guitars despite not being structurally or functunally that much better than much cheaper instruments. I feel better playing a Suzuki scx than a hohner 270 therefore it is better but a guy I know locally says the opposite.
As to sound of given harps it doesnt really come into recorded stuff it is more of a visceral in the flesh kind of thing people listening can't tell the nuances just like the cm vs dx vs cr thing. Though I knew tge sound I preferred despite all sounding similar. And the best sound was the element I thought it was. Which proved beyond a shadow of a doubt to me that tge 520 dx sounds slightly inferior to a well working cm. but no one in a crowd would ever notice as in the end it is stll amplified
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jodanchudan
584 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:40 AM
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I've played SP20s and LOs. Both sound good, but the SP20s have been far more durable. The LOs went out of tune pretty quickly, and I don't play with much force (having heeded BBQ Bob's advice!) No such problem with SP20s - or any other Hohner (except when I tried to tune them and wrecked them).
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RT123
299 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:43 AM
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From what I am hearing it sounds like there isnt much difference from my Suzukis. Durable and a little bright. I am not as excited at trying one as I was before.
My original post was mainly sarcasm pointed at their marketing.
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Todd Parrott
912 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:46 AM
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Does anyone know WHY Lee Oskars last so long? Is it the reed profiles? The quality of the brass? Both? Just curious.
I don't blow out reeds nearly as often as I used to, but it would still be awesome if other brands lasted as long as Oskars.
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RT123
300 posts
Apr 04, 2012
10:51 AM
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@willspear - I agree, Brendans videos are great. The only problem is they never sound as good when I play them as when he does. LOL
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nacoran
5494 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:05 AM
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I would point out one small quality issue with Lee Oskars. In what I think is an effort to make them as comfortable to hold as possible they have gone with very short screws. Every now and then this leads to the nut to come off, which if you don't notice it right away is a pain. I probably over-tighten the cover screws because of this, and I had at least one comb crack a little along the front edge, probably because of this.
lol, my Captcha is Haken! (Well, actually XKHAkn, but close enough.)
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groyster1
1839 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:05 AM
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my initial attraction to LO was the replaceable reedplates,which have not been needed due to the durability of LO;replacement reedplates are now available for Sp20,which IMHO is a superior sounding harp @ a similiar price to LO...that being said they are both inexpensive,non leaky harps
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waltertore
2155 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:24 AM
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MrVerylongusername: Being a hohner endorsee I can tell you hohner never gave away a harp. Junior switched because Lee gave him free harps. Junior told me that. He said he didn't like them but they were free. Lee oskar did a much better marketing push than hohner in the 80-90's. You have to remember prior to lee oskars, hohner had been pretty much the only show in town for a long, long time. Walter
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
799 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:24 AM
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Wow! You are right. These statements CANNOT be refuted! lol...
Seriously, you ought to see the statements companies were making back in the 1920s and 1930s. Borrah Minnevitch, who had his own line of harps, made by Rauner in Germany and assembled in California, in what I imagine as a harmonica sweatshop was King of the Blowhards.
Remember when the Thunderbird came out? They talked like it was the newest thing since this morning.. even though Seydel had been making LLF harps for like 20 years at that point.
I don't think there was any harmonica made in the 1930s that didn't have "world's finest" or something to say all other harmonicas are pieces of sh..t
There is certainly a history of attacking other other companies in advertising -- it was usually Hohner doing it. Nobody attacks another company PUBLICLY anymore. The one that always comes to mind for me is this one Hohner had back in the 1930s, where Hohner is standing on top of a mountain, holding hands with these companies they'd taken over, with all these other companies either stuck at the bottom or falling to their deaths.
Then you've got stuff like:
"Harken!
Holy Angels sing
Harmonicas are just the thing.
Always sweet and nice,
When they're made by
Ch. Weiss!"
There's definitely a history there. In the grand scheme of harmonica marketing, those aren't bold statements.
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RT123
301 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:27 AM
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Do you think they really believe:
"All over the world, professional players prefer Lee Oskar Harps over any other brand."
I would like to see someone back that statement up.
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Willspear
119 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:32 AM
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Well prove it wrong
They did not say how many pros prefer they just said that all over some amount of pros prefer
Which is true I am sure
Semantics
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HarpNinja
2302 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:36 AM
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"Get amazing players to demo their stuff and compare differences in a given model."
How much does Suzuki do that? I've seen pro videos with Brendon, much like Seydel with Rupert, but when it comes to marketing to the masses, I don't think they do much? Other people may take the initiative to do vids, but are they Suzuki doing marketing?
By contrast, and I am not doing this as a fan boy, Hohner takes out full page ads in rags like Musicians Friend. They also have full display cases at most major music stores.
The also have video demos done by Hohner with players like Joe Filisko, Jerry Portnoy, Steve Baker, Carlos Del Junco, and some guy named Levy. Then there are the adds with Kim Wilson, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, John Popper, and Steven Tyler...
That's direct from Hohner marketing, and not just fans demoing stuff, etc.
As I see it, Hohner has the easiest time marketing harmonica, but it isn't a top priority. Other companies make it a priority, but they don't have the resources to promote in similar or grander fashion.
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RT123
302 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:36 AM
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I cant prove it right or wrong. That was the point I made in my original post.
My opinion is they are full of shit. From what I've seen, most professionals use some form of marine band, custom or otherwise. After that i would guess Suzuki.
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RT123
303 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:39 AM
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Mike, you ARE a fan boy! But........ you are also right with what you said (wow, it hurt to say that) LOL.
Hohners marketing is much more in your face and probably more effective. If you dig deep and look for it you will find Suzuki marketing more informative and detailed. The only problem is you need to search for it and if you are searching for it you probably already know what you are looking for.
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Willspear
120 posts
Apr 04, 2012
11:55 AM
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Hohners big name endorsements from Dylan and the like probably sell more harps 10 to 1 over all other brands combined
They target masses like no other
They also have a huge backing of player's players as well as history to aid them.
Suzuki seydel and LO are a drop in the bucket sales wise due to hohners marketing and pedigree and being tge only dog in town for half a century.
Golden melody is my go to store harmonica. If they put a better comb on it out of the box I'd be thrilled.
Seydel and Suzuki are hard to get impossible same day. The amount of hohner harps in stores makes them a go to.
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HarpNinja
2303 posts
Apr 04, 2012
12:13 PM
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@RT123
Honestly, I am just talking marketing. Choice in harmonica is totally subjective, and most in the same price range are of similar quality. I do think some generalizations are unfounded and unproven, but oh, well.
Hohner changed packaging right after a price hike. It is hard not to think they are related. Here is a pick of the best OOTB harmonica in the world. ;)
I've had several harps on "backorder", many of which I didn't have in stock for customers before ordering, because they can't ship until they get new boxes to ship them in.
I got this ONE yesterday in a huge shipping box that could have easily fit a dozen no-boxed harps. Heck, 90% of the time, they don't even ship me harps in blister packs, so why this?
To top it off, I got charged shipping, which, as an endorser, should have been free. This one harp cost me more than a XO from Rockin' Ron.
I can relate to everyone else with the price thing. My customs have taken on more labor over time, and I've never increased prices due to added labor time. Now the extra cost of harps due, at least in part, to packaging I don't want bites more into the profits. Not only does my overhead go up, but my profits go down too.
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RT123
304 posts
Apr 04, 2012
12:19 PM
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The box does catch your eyes though. I like it a lot.
I wonder what will happen with guys like Rockin ROn who offers free shipping and sends them USPS. He will probably have to take them out of the nice box, ship them loose, and throw the pretty box in the trash.
PS.. The fan boy remark was a joke, nothing more.
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HarpNinja
2304 posts
Apr 04, 2012
12:32 PM
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Exactly. There is actually a little book that comes in the box with Kim Wilson on the cover - it used to be an old painting pictured.
It is super cool, but for people like myself or RR, we don't need them or the problems associated with receiving them.
I am overly-crabby about my stuff getting delayed for the boxes, which may or may not be fair, but I do see a line drawn for pricing on some of the premium models. I have no clue how many Crossover and MBD's Hohner sells, but for such a large company, I'd want to see them sell more of them at a cheaper rate than their competitors.
It is like Walmart charging more than a Mom and Pop to some extent. In defense of some of the price changes, I am fully aware that the change in combs and tolerances of some of the pro-level harps is going to cost them more overhead.
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RT123
305 posts
Apr 04, 2012
12:38 PM
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It might make sense for them to have "distributor packaging" and "retail" packaging. I know the bar i use to go to would get their bottled beer in plain brown boxes from Miller. It wouldn't have the fancy inserts inside the case and all the pretty lettering on the outside. The bar takes it right out of there and puts it in the cooler. The customer never sees the packaging. That might work for volume buyers like RR and yourself. It could keep the price down and ease on shipping costs.
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Stevelegh
453 posts
Apr 04, 2012
2:18 PM
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From Walter's post:
I remember back in the early 90's when I worked for Hohner UK, the Germans came over and gave the UK guys a rocket up their backsides. They'd just come out with the MS series (I've got stacks of 'em as a result, BTW), but their interest wasn't in harps at all. They were purely interested in selling accordions and couldn't understand why the UK wasn't like the reP_AUTH=7C21FEFA6995852B373EE7DF4EDB0EB9289AB27558CEBFF8580A96030F628001
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Stevelegh
454 posts
Apr 05, 2012
2:50 AM
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No idea what happened to my post last night......
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The Iceman
278 posts
Apr 05, 2012
6:56 AM
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When these harmonicas hit the scene, I believe they set a higher standard for out of the box playing.
As time went on, the other manufacturers started to also improve their mass production lines a bit.
Then came the era of Joe Filisko improvements which eventually spilled over to major harmonica manufacturers - at least in awareness and concept.
I was a Lee Oscar man till studying w/Howard Levy and then became a Golden Melody man.
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atty1chgo
295 posts
Apr 05, 2012
2:59 PM
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Weak sound.
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groyster1
1842 posts
Apr 05, 2012
5:39 PM
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anybody playing blues harp try Ebay for hicksville marine 1896 got a Bb NOS that is awesome for 10.00..love SP20s but great playing mb1896s have that sweeter sound....beauty is in the EAR of the beholder....
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
807 posts
Apr 05, 2012
6:38 PM
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You know the thing is, we can make fun of this stuff. I am usually the first one to make fun of the written word when I see it, and I am really anal about written words, having been a professional writer all my life.
Having been the guy who did pretty much all the writing at a harmonica company, I kind of feel sorry for the poor guy at Lee Oskar who wrote it and his hard work is getting ribbed...
Of course that doesn't stop me from saying this:
atty1chgo:
What do you mean, "Weak sound?" Didn't you read this:
"The most important difference is in the quality of materials, construction, design and SOUND."
The sound is one of four things that are the most important difference. That cannot be refuted. ;)
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SuperBee
193 posts
Apr 05, 2012
10:42 PM
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Lee Oskar, I remember I was always impressed with the sound when others played them, and indeed often noted pro players used them. This was a long time ago. I know Jim Conway used them before he started using customs. I think Ron King of the Foreday Riders did too. 80s/90s era. I would have used them but was shy of them because they cost a few $ more. when I found this forum, 5 years ago (?) they were still very popular locally. Now, not so much
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groyster1
1844 posts
Apr 05, 2012
10:48 PM
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anybody who plays LO and it is their preference....its what YOU say and think that counts.....they are tough and well made harps
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Kingley
1960 posts
Apr 06, 2012
1:13 AM
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"I got this ONE yesterday in a huge shipping box that could have easily fit a dozen no-boxed harps. Heck, 90% of the time, they don't even ship me harps in blister packs, so why this?"
Mike - I wold imagine that this is mainly aimed at the retail market and to attempt a forced increase of product placement in music shops. That should in theory increase sales of the product by a significant amount. As to why they sent it to you. Maybe it was near the end of the day and the despatch department just grabbed the nearest available harp in the given key and sent it out to you. Hence the large box. Who knows?
On the subject of Lee Oskars. I played them in the dark days of the Marine Band and they were a decent harp for a traditional blues player, with good tone and were very easy to play. They also seemed to last a lot longer than the Marine Bands of that era. However I haven't played one in about 15 years, so quality control may have dropped in that time.
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Steamrollin Stan
331 posts
Apr 06, 2012
1:42 AM
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I think its what you get used to using, i've spent heaps on stuff but sp20's are my fav harp, LO in key of A is the only one i have and i hate it. Then again any decent player can make do in an emergency i suppose.
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Stevelegh
459 posts
Apr 06, 2012
3:29 AM
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I just pulled my LO's out and had a try at overblowing when puckered. Many will overblow on the 4,5 and 6. Yes, some have that shrill overtone, but these are OTB harps that have had no work. My Bb works just fine, in fact I'd say better than my go to Bb. This may be due to the key, or the fact that it's a newer harp than the rest (I bought my first LO in 1988, this one in the 2000's) Could it be that Tombo has improved on them and not told anyone?
Conversely, I have a bunch of early MS series Blues Harps and MB's. They're totally useless. Not just for overblows. They're just bad harps.
My opinion FWIW: I've got a bunch of harps that don't need much more than gapping to do what I want at my level and I know I can walk into any music store and pick one up due to them being the 'go to' harp that retailers seem to prefer here in the UK. Perhaps harp players need to revisit the LO and see how they get on with a later model.
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atty1chgo
296 posts
Apr 06, 2012
5:49 PM
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@elkriverharmonicas - somehow I feel that maybe I mistakenly wrote my post in Mandarin Chinese. Let me try again. I don't like the sound of the harp. It sounds weak compared to other harps I have played. It's a very simple statement. OK, is "soft" and "not bright" better? No offense, but I think that the two words previously posted were sufficient to convey my opinion. I wouldn't buy another one.
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REM
191 posts
Apr 06, 2012
8:10 PM
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@atty1chgo: I think you should re-read elkriverharmonicas' post. Dave (aka. elkriverharmonicas) was simply making a joke.
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nacoran
5500 posts
Apr 06, 2012
10:59 PM
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A pretty good one at that. :)
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K_Hungus
111 posts
Apr 06, 2012
11:48 PM
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I just got my first LO. It's a low F (my first low key harp). It was terrible out of the box. Completely unbendable. I gapped the reeds now it's 'okay'.
I only have marine bands and special 20's. I only gap reeds, that's all the 'custom' work I do. But still I don't really like the lee oskar. It's leaky and I can only overblow the 6. I got a marine band in G that I like way more. No more Oskars for me
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Rubes
511 posts
Apr 07, 2012
12:01 AM
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I used them in my younger days....I wish I knew then like I did now!!
Nowadays it's the other brands.
I still have a few as 'back-ups', and if the style of song suits an ET harp then if it's a LO then so be it!
I've even upgraded a G with a custom comb.. Think I might do the same to my D, along with some hot-rodding.................see what happens.........
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atty1chgo
297 posts
Apr 07, 2012
7:22 AM
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Oh.
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STME58
115 posts
Apr 07, 2012
7:49 AM
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I have only had one harmonica stolen and it was a Lee Oscar. It was stolen from a locker at the Y. THey didn't take my phone or my pocketknife, just the Lee Oscar.
Is this further proof that they are the best?
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