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TurboSlide - share user experience?
TurboSlide - share user experience?
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HarpMart
6 posts
Jul 13, 2015
11:26 AM
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Has anyone here had experience playing the TurboSlide? Care to share your experience and opinion?
I came across this harp on the web (Google search TurboSlide harmonica), which uses a slide to put in place magnets which allow extra bending on the blow holes? It seems like an interesting idea, and who doesn't like the idea of having more chromatic notes on a blues harp?
First came out in 2012 and Brendan Power gave a nice demo (although he didn't invent it) , but was commenting on it in conjunction with his power tuning ( or something like that - I am presently sitting in the dentist chair and can't surf for references)
The same fellow who offers these makes turbo Lids.
Would be great to hear of any user experience. Thanks!
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Mahcks
45 posts
Jul 13, 2015
3:10 PM
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It's definitely pretty neat, though mine doesn't get any play time anymore. Honestly, overblows are pretty damn satisfying.
That's not to say there isn't anything to learn from the turbo slide. If you have the coin and the desire to try something that's truly different, you should give it a go.
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nacoran
8580 posts
Jul 13, 2015
7:07 PM
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I think it would be more useful if there was a second slide for the draw notes. If I was a chromatic player and had a better idea where the notes were using the slide I'd use it more like a chromatic, but, failing that, it makes a great, awesome, incredible whammy bar sort of thing, which makes it doubly disappointing that it doesn't work on the draw notes too.
The turbolids are nice too, but they won't fit on some custom combs, and they don't fit in a lot of harp cases. That said, they really are comfortable to play, both on the lips and in the hand, and they clean up really easy and are great for popping on and off quick when you are doing reed work on a harp.
They are nice over there. When I was prototyping my magnetic lids (fine until you have two of them next to each other, lol!) I had a very nice email correspondence with Jim on the nature of invention.
The turboslide really is pretty neat. There are sounds you can get out of it that I just can't imagine getting out of any other harp, and in theory, with enough practice, they can really be played chromatically.
Of course, Brendan Power could make a stick of butter play amazing music.
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GMaj7
720 posts
Jul 13, 2015
9:35 PM
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I love them..
But really, it is better as an effects device and not really to hit the missing notes, although it does do that..
To me, it is like a Whammy Bar...
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Mahcks
46 posts
Jul 14, 2015
10:40 AM
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@nacoran if I remember correctly, you can whammy draw bends another semitone down. I feel like I need to dust mine off now.
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nacoran
8581 posts
Jul 14, 2015
3:24 PM
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Mahcks, yeah, you can. It gets complicated to get the specific warble you are after though. :)
I don't know why, but I love playing the Beatles 'Within You and Without You' using the whammy.
There has to be a pedal that would do the same thing but I can't think of what it would be. You really have to train with it to unlock it's full chromatic abilities.
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