Rick Davis
2975 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:32 PM
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5-Draw reed is flat. Key of C.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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dougharps
561 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:44 PM
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Try Gary Lehmann, Suzuki repair rep.
gnarlyheman@gmail.com
Maybe your Manji is still under warranty!
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Doug S.
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Rick Davis
2977 posts
Feb 18, 2014
2:05 PM
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Doug, thanks. he can fix it.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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Gnarly
907 posts
Feb 18, 2014
3:00 PM
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Right, free repairs under the one year warranty.
After that, I do them at home. Suzuki Japan was nice enough to give me the HRT-10 portable repair kit, it works really well!
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Rick Davis
2979 posts
Feb 18, 2014
3:04 PM
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This Manji is not under warranty. I bought it about three years ago from Ronnie Shellist when he was a Suzuki rep.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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Sherwin
120 posts
Feb 18, 2014
6:16 PM
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Andrew Zajac!
I suppose you aughta send a couple other harps that need a little TLC along with the Manji to make the postage a little more reasonable.
Michael
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Frank
3872 posts
Feb 21, 2014
3:46 PM
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Sherwin
122 posts
Feb 21, 2014
4:52 PM
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Holy Cow!
Yep, sure looks like George Miklas can take care of it.
Yep.......
Michael
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Rick Davis
2995 posts
Feb 22, 2014
6:39 AM
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I sent the harp off to Gary Lehmann (Gnarly) several days ago. I'll report back later.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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MP
3097 posts
Feb 22, 2014
1:18 PM
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This George Miklas Frank mentions looks like a brilliant dude. I went to his site. Whoever made the site put blue writing on a blue background so a lot of things are very hard to read.
he does Melodicas and Polyphonias too.
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Rick Davis
3037 posts
Mar 07, 2014
1:24 PM
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I got the Manji back from Gary Lehmann. The repair is perfect and the harp overall plays better than it did new. Excellent work. Thanks Gnarly!
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
Last Edited by Rick Davis on Mar 07, 2014 1:25 PM
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Gnarly
948 posts
Mar 07, 2014
5:35 PM
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You are welcome Rick.
If draw 5 breaks again, it will be easier to replace, as the donor reed is held on with a screw.
Hey, how about pix of that?
Thank you for your support.
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Rick Davis
3040 posts
Mar 07, 2014
8:46 PM
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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Thievin' Heathen
292 posts
Mar 08, 2014
8:02 AM
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Gary, so I guess that's laser etching on 2&3 with your scratching/tuning added to 3? Do you back that screw with a nut on the other side or thread the reed plate?
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1847
1549 posts
Mar 08, 2014
8:27 AM
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the 5 draw was flat
so you changed the 4 draw?
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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Thievin' Heathen
294 posts
Mar 08, 2014
8:36 AM
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I think we are looking a 6 thru 2(?).
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1847
1550 posts
Mar 08, 2014
8:52 AM
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most likely we are, it just looked like 4 draw
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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Gnarly
949 posts
Mar 08, 2014
10:37 AM
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Rick, thanks!
I may have sharpened 4 draw, I probably did something to some of the other reeds, but this was a good harp (Except for the broken reed).
One of the reasons reeds get broken is that the harps get played. So by replacing only the broken reed, you get the same great harp back; the one that you loved to play enough to break a reed LOL
Last Edited by Gnarly on Mar 08, 2014 10:39 AM
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Rick Davis
3044 posts
Mar 08, 2014
12:25 PM
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It is a good harp! I'll be playing it again on stage tomorrow night at Ziggies in Denver.
This was harp fixin' week. I gave three Hohner harps (two Xovers and a Spec20) to Scott Woerner for repair. Will pick up tomorrow.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
Last Edited by Rick Davis on Mar 08, 2014 12:29 PM
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