nacoran
1714 posts
Apr 19, 2010
11:48 AM
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I just got the last two major keys I need (thanks earlounge!) I've also got a Chrom, a C/C# pair of tremolos and a regular little tremolo. I'm thinking next on my list is going to be some unusual tuning. It may be a couple months before I can afford anything, but I'd like to start daydreaming about it now.
My short list, for now, includes things like:
Diminished Tuned Harp
Minor or Melody Maker
Spanish Tuned
Circular Tuned
A Turbo Lid
My first Suzuki
A discrete comb
Any suggestions? (A custom harp is probably out of my price range, at least until the fall.)
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Kyzer Sosa
401 posts
Apr 19, 2010
12:08 PM
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get a valved suzuki promaster... theyre the shiznit
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nacoran
1715 posts
Apr 19, 2010
12:16 PM
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I'm always fighting with the valves on my Chromatic, and I actually ended up taking them off of my LLF (which was half valved). Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance. I suppose I'd be less likely to attack the valves if they were in a redundant key, and therefore more likely to learn to live with them. I guess I haven't really given them a fair chance on a regular harp. Maybe I should try valving one myself.
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Kyzer Sosa
402 posts
Apr 19, 2010
12:59 PM
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thats next in line for me.. imma find the stuff PT Gazell uses, i think its called ultrasuede. it doesnt buzz (so he says) and its a fairly easy concept to do it yourself. I got one in C (with plastic windsavers), and its just awesome to hit those "otherwise hidden" notes on the fly. if you can blow bend 9 and 10, you can play fully chromatically on these things. I felt like my playing had advanced a year in just a few short weeks. it's only drawback? chugging... it could be the valve materials in the stock valved harps, but there seem to be a bit of delay with a stronger attack... it forces me to... play pretty.
im bringing mine to Hill Country and hope im not the only one who does so.
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Aussiesucker
605 posts
Apr 19, 2010
1:58 PM
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You can have a lot of fun and sound different with a Lee Oskar Harmonic Minor. I have a H-Gm & H-Am. Not a blues harp but can play soulful middle eastern stuff. Heres a sound clip of my Am
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nacoran
1716 posts
Apr 19, 2010
2:10 PM
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Aussie- That's pretty cool. Sometimes I play my chromatic using just blow notes with the slide and I get a Turkish sounding scale. You ended kind of abruptly. I was getting into that!
Kyzer- I've got a ton of cheap C harps. Maybe I'll make a valved Blues Band. I've actually been playing around with cover combinations. I've been seeing what it would look like to have one metal cover and one black plastic cover. It's two-toned! Maybe I'll valve that one.
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Aussiesucker
606 posts
Apr 19, 2010
4:16 PM
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nacoran> Thanks. Was short because my windows recorder only records for 60sec. Am now using Audacity.
Personally, I would think twice re Natural Minors ie they are nice but 3rd pos on a standard diatonic I think sounds better. I also have a couple of Melody Makers and I like the G which is like a standard C although played 1st pos it is in A? I find I can play lots of different stuff on the MM but not blues.
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Nastyolddog
573 posts
Apr 19, 2010
6:18 PM
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Yo Narc-man maybe if possible the best advice i would give ant person wishing to spend money on Harmonica gear,
Stop now you have enough invest in some 1 on 1 Harmonica Tuition if at all possible,
if you are an advanced player you will be suprised
at how far have advanced in a very short time,
start with say 6 lessons see how you go
it will be the best investment you can make relating to Harmonica:)
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congaron
833 posts
Apr 19, 2010
7:13 PM
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Harpmaster in C. Your first suzuki...it is time.
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snakes
508 posts
Apr 20, 2010
9:26 AM
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Try a Suzuki Fire Breath. I love them.
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Kingley
1108 posts
Apr 20, 2010
9:59 AM
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I agree with Natsyolddog.
One on one tuition with a good teacher (or maybe subscribe to www.bluesharmonica.com) would be way more helpful than some new harps or other gear.
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nacoran
1733 posts
Apr 21, 2010
8:47 AM
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I'm kind of in the middle of nowhere for lessons I think, although once I have my new computer I could do Skype stuff I suppose. Lessons are kind of expensive though.
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Kingley
1110 posts
Apr 21, 2010
9:52 AM
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I highly recommend signing up to www.bluesharmonica.com
David Barrett is one of the best teachers around and the way his lessons are structured are really excellent. For $16.95 a month it's a steal, and is almost as good as having one to one lessons.
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